Frank Lampard has clarified that Alisher Usmanov was in conversation with Farhad Moshiri just before the manager's interview with Everton.
The former Chelsea and Derby County boss was appointed at Goodison Park at the end of January following the sacking of Rafael Benitez a few months previously.
On Wednesday, Everton announced that they were suspending all commercial agreements with USM, Megafon and Yota following a backlash due to Usmanov's ties with Vladimir Putin.