ARSENAL shareholder Alisher Usamanov is rumoured to be heading off to Everton as he looks to sell his share in the Gunners.
Could this summer get any worse for Arsenal fans? With the club’s severe lack of drive and determination to sign players to push for the title, it now appears someone else is indeed feeling the frustration.
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Alisher Usamanov could be selling his share in Arsenal
Earlier today,
arseblog.comreported that speculation is mounting and Usamanov’s company Red and White Holdings to sell up.
Usamanov is a huge fan of the club hence the reason for his desire to own it himself but his relationship with the majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is as obvious as the plans are to sign a top class striker, it simply doesn’t exist.
Such news will have supporters pulling their hair out as Usamanov has been seen as the eventual messiah to all of their worries.
But with a 30.4 per cent stake in the club the Uzbeki has been frozen out from the board meaning his views and opinions are not listened to and especially not by ‘Silent Stan’.
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Stan Kroenke has a 67.05 per cent stake in Arsenal
Former partner Farhad Moshiri bought a 49.9 per cent stake in Everton and has shown signs of real ambition to transform the club especially with the addition of new manager
Ronald Koeman.
With Arsenal lacking such ambition in the transfer market and very much stuck in their ways, Usamanov’s hands are tied as he is desperate for his club to challenge.
First though he must find a buyer for his share in the club and fans will be desperate that does not mean selling to the KSE group owned by Kroenke.
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Arsenal have failed to deliver success at the Emirates, its now 10 years since they moved from Highbury
The absent owner is unlikely to get Usamanov’s stake as he wants to sell to someone that will challenge the board and Kroenke.
It won’t be great news for the board either as any interested party may well decide that this could open the door to make an offer to Kroenke for his stake too.