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Join Date: Jul 2009
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ad augusta per angusta
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,705
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The problem with Arsenal is they have always been a club that has been driven like a business and not a football club. David Dein changed the club by focussing more on football and over that time Arsenal had a great time with George Graham and Wenger.
Since Dein went and cashed his chips before the Credit Crunch, the club is back in the hands of the ex-bankers from the City, The Carrs and The Hill Woods who are desperate to make money out of the investment their fathers had left them.
The recent changes with Kreonke may lead to huge changes. Massive changes.
Kreonke is a sports fan and will want wins. He has said he likes how Arsenal is run, but the business man inside me tells me, this means "This is a good business to buy because small timers in investments have kept it prudent".
The Carrs and Hill Woods first made a big impact into the big time by investing from the Bank of England after the booming periods of the 60s before the dire 70s came in. Investing in players, they brought Arsenal's first European trophy and then the double for the following season. Then players moved on as Arsenal didn't hold on to success. It was a similar business strategy that Herbert Chapman brought to the club in the 30s. Invest in something that other clubs aren't doing and then get players.
The likes of the Carrs and Hill Woods kept Dein under their thumb until his footballing ambitions got bigger than their investment ambitions. Dein, didn't want to take advantage of the Credit available and wanted to focus on ambition on the pitch. The club wanted to take advantage of cheap credit and cash in on the lucrative corporate packages and it has been successful and it has given them a return to survive out their invesment over the credit crunch - in the same way, big players like Usmanov and Kreonke are waiting to make their move and take over the club.
So... expect huge changes. Massive changes.
I doubt any Arsenal fan will complain when the club is the biggest the world has ever seen - and that will be thanks to Usmanov and Kreonke.
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