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Allen Taylor · 1 year ago

Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

Allen Taylor

Alex Hleb · 1 year ago

inevitable? gaffer do you think you are Nostradamus? You're not. Kroenke said he does not want to take over Arsenal. The board members are going to invite him into the board. There is no way any of the board members would even think of selling when Arsenal are profiting so much from the new ground. Danny Fiszman, board member may i say, holds 24% as well. Lady Bracewell-Smith holds 15.8%. Richard Carr 4.35%. Board Pres. Peter Hill-Wood 0.8%. So there are other major share holders already in the board who said they wouldnt sell. Arsenal is a family run business since most of these holders had family before them who held their shares. There's also the Arsenal Supporters' Trust which has the goal of aquiring as many small shares as well as uniting most of the small shareholders. I think Arsenal will remain in English hands as it should be. If anyone, it could be Danny Fiszman buying more of Arsenal. But my point is that no one knows for sure what will happen to the shares and there is equal oppurtunity to keep Arsenal, the last remaing of the most successful English clubs owned by Englishmen, to stay English.

Geoff McPherson · 1 year ago

I find the comments interesting of how Arsenal should stay in English ownership. The EPL has become a model for a complete worldwide free market with only 30% of the players actually being English. English fans love all their foreign players but when the worldwide free market concept is applied to ownership they start blowing their English nationalism trumpet.

The EPL is all about money and even though agree on a sentimental perspective that the clubs should stay in English ownership the wheels of globalisation are moving to fast for sentiment to keep up.