The facts show that Usmanov is the right man to lead Arsenal to success
Arsenal’s inability to hold on to Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy and Samir Nasri last summer will be repeated this year with Robin Van Persie, Theo Walcott and Alex Song all joining the exodus. This is a simple by-product of Arsenal’s failure to show ambition to win trophies by investing in top class players.
Stan Kroenke took over as owner of Arsenal and immediately announced that Arsene Wenger’s policy of buying young (or cheap) and selling at a profit will continue as long as he is in charge, despite the obvious fact that this policy WILL NOT bring success to the club.
The board at that time had a choice between Kroenke and Alisha Usmanov, the fantastically rich Russian billionaire who is listed as the 35th richest man in the world, and just as shrewd a businessman as Silent Stan.
Usmanov was ignored by the board but refuses to give up his shareholding. In fact he has increased it this season and still intends to try and takeover if he ever gets the chance. But why do I believe that Usmanov would have done a better job than Kroenke?
Here is why. This is how Usmanov saw the way the club was going and his plan to make Arsenal even more profitable. His comments (in July) were in response to a question of why he wanted to be on the Arsenal board. He said: “If the role of a board member is to oversee a trophyless period, while making significant personal profits and asking fans to pay inflation-busting ticket price increases then, no, I would not want to be on the board.
“If instead it is to try to deliver sustained success, to increase your personal investment in the club, to help develop the commercial position and to ensure the fans have a say in the running of the club then, yes, I think I certainly have something to contribute.
“In terms of doing things differently, let me give you a very clear example. Arsenal has all of its major commercial contracts coming up for renewal in the next couple of years.
“It’s no secret that to maximise the value of those you want to have success on the field and be winning trophies. To do that you need to invest now in building a winning team. This is simple commercial logic. Whether it comes to pass, we shall see.”
Simple commercial logic, with the side-effect of breeding future success and happy fans. Wouldn’t you prefer to have that man in charge that a silent partner that just wants to line his own pockets? All I can hope is that Kroenke suddenly realises that his investment will be devalued if he stays in charge and relinquishes control to Usmanov this summer. Before it is too late for the non-silent Russian to make a difference….
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This Facebook campaign rubbish is just an open invitation for the Arsenal haters, mainly Spud fans to have their vote, you idiots!
Opinions divided. What do you think?
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kroenke’s ownership makes me nervous. he seems like the typical ‘profit before success’ mentality that, on one hand, makes him, the board, and the shareholders happy, but yet drives the fans mad. sure i want the club to make money but if they never win, wtf? i don’t see a dime of the profits they make, nor do countless other fans.
usmanov, however, unlike kroenke, seems like a real arsenal supporter as opposed to just a businessman in it for the profits. sure usmanov wants to make money but he also seems to value success at the club as well.
i mean, they’re both businessmen when it comes down to it, so neither one would run the club in a way where they won trophies but lost tons of money every year, so a fine balance needs to be struck. i just see kroenke as someone who cares little for success because the club to him is just a money-making venture and nothing more.
Top Gooner!. Agree or not?:
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like this facebook page if you want Stan kroenke out
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stan-Kroenke-Money-or-Out/148638378583868?sk=wall&filter=1
like this facebook page if you want Alisher Usmanov in
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alisher-Usmanov-please-save-Arsenal/200793839982993
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we need usmanov to take over…kroenke has not done anything of note with the club.He has hardly invested any money into arsenal. we need a billionaire sugar daddy like usmanov if we are to sign world class footballers and keep on competing for trophies. it is unfortunate but thats exactly what a football club needs to compete these days. we cant seem to attract any toop player to arsenal these days. we can niether pay the salaries offered by the giants in football and nor the transfer fees. football is a dog eat dog world and if we dont show the desire to become the number one club we will see our players being poached. i cant believe what we have become now. Just 6 or 7 years ago we were on par with man u. just see where we stand now..
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I have my douts whether Usmanov would buy Arsenal (at the same price he was going to pay per share at least) after this season. Before he would have seen an investment opportunity in a peak..ready to boom, now he might see it as ready to boom in 5 years…not the same in business world…sadly.
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Ooops…I meant doubts
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