This is a blog post inspired by Gary Neville’s comments on Sunday. But first, come with me on a journey through time and space . . .
Arsenal’s history has been rewritten this year. Firstly, and in a g...
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This is a question people have asked me when I’m cautious about accepting Mr Usmanov as owner of Arsenal. Stan is useless, they say. Usmanov is bound to be better. Look what Abramovich has done for Ch...
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Every couple of weeks the Arsenal website gives an update on how many shares the major shareholders in the club have. They’re required to do this under Premier League rules. The rules are actual...
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Managers like to be beside the pitch because they can then be seen to be ‘managing’. Which translates in most cases as stalking the touchline – or as close as the technical area will let them get – an...
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Like me, you may have been under the impression that Arsenal could lose a fair bit off the wage bill this summer, but looking at it I don’t think that’s the case. Here’s a list of th...
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Well, the previous (guest) post about Stan Kroenke stirred up some debate, leading among other things to me being accused on Twitter (not for the first time) of ‘having an agenda’ – ...
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A guest post today from @SeanMarland, who has looked at the success – or otherwise – of Stan Kroenke’s American sports franchises. Sport-loving success junkie or highway robber ̵...
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I often see arguments like this on Twitter:
“Arsene Wenger has done brilliantly to keep up with clubs who spend much more than Arsenal.”
“What are you talking about? Our wage bill is...
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(This is my column from issue 235 of The Gooner.)
It’s spring at last, so it must be the time of year when Forbes come out with their bollocks list of ‘world’s most valuable football clubs’. There ar...
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