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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