Comments on: Here Comes Kroenke

By: cwoff » Here Comes Kroenke II

cwoff » Here Comes Kroenke II — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:31:42 +0000

[...] there is no better investment opportunity in English football than Arsenal FC. As mentioned in a previous article 12.19% stakeholder Stan Kroenke would not tire in his pursuit of following his American [...]

By: cwoff

cwoff — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:24:13 +0000

Ah well my ‘best case scenario’ was not what I thought was going to happen. I wrote, “Clearly they are determined – probably even to the detriment of the club – to maintain control”. The best compromise for Arsenal would be the scenario I suggested but I agree with you, it’s simply not going to happen if for no other reason than the board would never admit even privately that Wenger is the most important person at Arsenal (which is, and Kroenke, Dein and the players know).

By: RB

RB — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:16:21 +0000

I agree with you on the whole but would like to point out that you may have oversimplified the aceptance of Kronkear by the board. The club has been in theri hands for years and they may well be thinking about sticking their heels in and steadfastly refusing to do a deal. Althought they should have the clubs interst at heart and accept the money, bring back Dein and keep Wenger for the long term security of the club they willnot like the fact that their hand is being forced. They will look like idiots and probably will not want to work on the board.
Unlikely as it may be they may want to prove that they can continue to run the club without Dein and Wenger believeing that they did it once and won’t be held to ransom by some pushy Yank and a disgruntled empoyee !
(Just playing Devil’s advocate as usual )