You used the word standing. The standing of a club means more than financial. In fact it almost never means financial to football fans.Have the club generate revenue without him lifting a finger? and not having to worry about his investment getting relegated due to team performance? a team he doesn't want to invest in?
Yeah that's exactly what I think KSE wanted out of this - what else did you think he was hoping to get out of this?
I never said he cares about the club, he 1000% cares about his investment and the bottom line however, which is what the ESL was all about.
Arteta also said he understood the logic and why they (they being himself and the players|) were not told, but first he said he found out just before the news was "leaked".
I watched the entire presser and all it left me with is a bad taste in my mouth.
"The ownership and everybody involved in the "process" all of them with the right intentions to defend the club and to put the club in the right position for now and for the future". He actually went on to use the words "genuine intentions".
"Trust the process"
I'm putting money on it: He was told the ESL was the ultimate goal when, or soon after, they signed him.
And please remember, this is the same man that asked the players to take a pay cut so staff would not be fired, and then watch as the entire scouting team was fired. Who needs scouting in the ESL?