Usmanov or "Silent" Stan?

[law90026]

Well Griezmann would be a good choice, but imagine if we signed him for those, lets say 80 million, and he would get injured (which is a likely scenario), or that he doesn't preform like he did in Athletico or France.

Than you have a player that cost you a fortune, is costing you a fortune with his wages, he isn't playing good enough, and he is also keeping others (probably better) players on the bench (with his "superior" contract). Its like Sterling at City.

So even if we would break the bank, we could still end up in the same position, or even worse (given that there was just one team ahead of us this season).

Wow. So basically never ever do anything just in case catastrophe strikes.

Wenger, is that your new account?

 

[law90026]

Considering where Arsenal are now revenue wise, a winning team wouldn't increase revenue that much considering the investment in players that would be needed to achieve that. Arsenal will never be as popular at United, Real Madrid and Barcelona no matter how much we win. I can see them jumping City at most and getting stuck behind Bayern and PSG, who are the uncontested best teams in their countries and will be perennial CL contenders because of it.

The risk isn't worth the reward. This is a business before a football club to the owners. Which is why this club has been stuck behind the heavy hitters for the last decade.

Your post itself shows the fallacy of not spending. We can jump City? Freaking City? A club with practically no heritage until oil money went in? It goes to show how a club can grow if you invest in it.

 

[logic DC]

some people are under rating how popular Arsenal are, in africa's dirtiest street you are more likely to spot an Arsenal shirt than a Barca one.

 

[Witty Futty]

some people are under rating how popular Arsenal are, in africa's dirtiest street you are more likely to spot an Arsenal shirt than a Barca one.

Arsenal is in the top 10 clubs in the world, from around 1 million clubs (guessing), so yeah Arsenal is a very very strong brand!

 

[bingobob]

Well Griezmann would be a good choice, but imagine if we signed him for those, lets say 80 million, and he would get injured (which is a likely scenario), or that he doesn't preform like he did in Athletico or France.

Than you have a player that cost you a fortune, is costing you a fortune with his wages, he isn't playing good enough, and he is also keeping others (probably better) players on the bench (with his "superior" contract). Its like Sterling at City.

So even if we would break the bank, we could still end up in the same position, or even worse (given that there was just one team ahead of us this season).

Di Maria says hi. Bought for 59 one season sold for 45 the next, yes it's a loss but not a massive one. I'd say it's worse to take a 14m gamble and it flop as most likely you'll be stuck with the player or looking at a loss as well. If the player was highly thought off most clubs will think wrong club wrong time class is still permanent. As for injuries that is the nature of the beast it's a risk everyone takes.

 

[Witty Futty]

Di Maria says hi. Bought for 59 one season sold for 45 the next, yes it's a loss but not a massive one. I'd say it's worse to take a 14m gamble and it flop as most likely you'll be stuck with the player or looking at a loss as well. If the player was highly thought off most clubs will think wrong club wrong time class is still permanent. As for injuries that is the nature of the beast it's a risk everyone takes.

Di Maria was an exception, a player that wanted to go to PSG in the first place, before being bought by United. He wasn't wanted by Van Gaal, and he didn't really play that bad (he had plenty of assists).

Bigger chance would be that the player wouldn't want to leave, because he would have too good of a contract. You would end up loaning him away and hope someone will pay for his wages (Adebayor at City and Tottenham).

 

[Gooner Zig]

Over in the U.S, Stan isn't going to refund St. Louis season ticket holders who pre-paid through to 2024.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/4u4i7e/nfl_rams_argue_no_full_or_partial_refund_for_st/



The guy is just pure ****. Get the **** out of this club.

 

[liam1om]

Saw this comment on him:

"They were trashing Kroenke during the Cardinals broadcast last night. Calling him the worst owner in professional sports and such. Good luck with this donkey of a franchise, LA".

Why the hell is this guy at the helm at our club.

 

[Witty Futty]

Saw this comment on him:

"They were trashing Kroenke during the Cardinals broadcast last night. Calling him the worst owner in professional sports and such. Good luck with this donkey of a franchise, LA".

Why the hell is this guy at the helm at our club.

Because Arsenal is a good investment!

 

[Mark Tobias]

Di Maria says hi. Bought for 59 one season sold for 45 the next, yes it's a loss but not a massive one. I'd say it's worse to take a 14m gamble and it flop as most likely you'll be stuck with the player or looking at a loss as well. If the player was highly thought off most clubs will think wrong club wrong time class is still permanent. As for injuries that is the nature of the beast it's a risk everyone takes.

I agree with this, especially considering how many small flops/losses we have had over the last decade.
Senderos, Squillaci, Myaichi, Park... The list is endless. How many of those add up to more than 80 mill.

 

[Trilly]

Is that even legal.

That's like selling us Arsenal tickets for the next nine years, collecting our deposit then moving the team hundreds of miles alway.

How are those fans not getting a refund? Sounds like the most illegal, unethical thing to me. I hope the case ruins him.

 

[Preacher]

Speculation is mounting that Alisher Usmanov is ready to sell his stake in Arsenal and join former partner Farhad Moshiri at Everton.

The Uzbeki took full control of the 30.04% that RED and WHITE SECURITIES LTD own in the club when Moshiri purchased a 49.9% stake in Everton earlier this year.

However, with an almost non-existent relationship with Stan Kroenke – the 67.05% majority shareholder in Arsenal – and the chances of him being offered a position on the board, or one of any influence at the club, almost zero, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he decided to go all in with Moshiri at the Merseyside club.

In order to do that though, he would need to find a buyer for his shares, as he is highly unlikely to sell to the American’s KSE group.

What that might mean for Arsenal is very interesting. At the moment there’s a kind of status quo, where Usmanov has accepted he can have no influence leaving Kroenke quite happy and untouchable, but perhaps new investors might be more inclined to shake things up.

Since his arrival at Everton, Moshiri has presided over the appointment of Ronald Koeman from Southampton, as well as installing Leicester’s former chief scout Steve Walsh as the club’s director of football, real signals of ambition from the club.

This is definitely a situation to keep an eye on because the implications for Arsenal are obvious.

Interesting.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

I remember majority of arsenal forum not wanting Usmanov. They didnt want thr club to be sell out like Chelsea or City. Most wanted Kroenke rather.


Funny how things plans out...

 

[North5]

Hope Stan goes bankrupt. Proper ****.

 

[logic DC]

Yoh just asking out of interest is Usmanov still around.

 

[logic DC]

Hope Stan goes bankrupt. Proper ****.

he is too smart to go go broke, funny cause we are seeing his strategy of avoiding that right here at Arsenal lol

 

[North5]

Yoh just asking out of interest is Usmanov still around.

Owns like 30% or something. Still wants the club.

 

[Hunta]

Stan just ordered residents who've lived for decades on the land he bought to move.

#Stan

 

[logic DC]

Stan just ordered residents who've lived for decades on the land he bought to move.

#Stan

literally or is this a metaphor for this arsenal situation?

 

[Hunta]

literally or is this a metaphor for this arsenal situation?

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....ke-evicts-residents-from-texas-ranch.amp.html