The Europa League final is the most significant game in the recent history of the club. The club’s future for the next couple of seasons hangs on the results of this game. Whether or not Unai Emery’s season will be seen as a success depends on this one game. The caliber of players in the squad in the next few seasons depends on whether champions league qualification is attained through this game. As an added bonus, we’re playing local rivals Chelsea which comes with its own set of storylines. Petr Cech is playing his last game in a European cup final against the club at which he is a club legend and, if the stories are to be believed, will be joining as a sporting director next season. The much beloved Oli G stands in Arsenal’s way, after flopping in big European ties in the past for Arsenal (Monaco away, I’m looking at you). Eden Hazard is probably playing his last game in Chelsea blue. It’s all too much to take. Let’s try to take a step back and see if we can get a better perspective on where the game will be won and lost. Injuries
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With the close of each season the Arsenal fanbase starts looking for people to point the finger at for the failings of the club. Now that the big red target sign that was Arsene Wenger is gone, it’s not as easy to find a single individual to blame. This season some of us have pointed towards the sometimes-questionable decisions taken by Unai Emery. Others identify the lack of investment in the squad as the cause of our inability to keep pace with our rivals. Conversely, a lot of us focus all our ire in the direction of individual players who have had up and down seasons, like Mustafi, Xhaka or Ozil.
Whichever side you fall on, there is one constant that is unavoidable in any argument. The elephant in the room in all discussions regarding Arsenal’s future. I am speaking, of course, of the now sole owner of Arsenal football club, Mr. Stan Kroenke. In this article, I’m going to dive into the history of Kroenke as a franchise owner and see what we can learn from his impact at Arsenal so far. Is he really the root cause of all the problems at Arsenal? Do his exploits live up to his depiction as the mustache twirling bad guy, in the fanbases’ depiction of the Arsenal narrative? How does he compare to the exploits of similar sports franchise moguls? Hopefully by unpacking some of these questions, we can get a better gauge on the man himself and what he needs to do to build a good rapport with the Arsenal fanbase. |
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