Arsenal to be taken over by Arabs!

[Alex Trager]

A SENSATIONAL £1.5billion bid for Arsenal is being lined up by a powerful Middle Eastern investment group.

The consortium — which includes wealthy investors from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — have been working on the deal for the last four months.

They will make their big move to majority shareholder Stan Kroenke in the next few weeks and aim to take Arsenal to the top of world football. The investors will offer Kroenke £20,000 per share for his 66.64 per cent stake in the Gunners.

That would net the American £830million — a profit of around £350m.

Interesting

[bingo70]

The sooner this bubble bursts in English football the better.

Don't know why but I just can't be arsed with the premiership the now and I think its because of stuff like this, just doesn't feel like proper football any more, more like a real life game of fantasy football a few really rich people are playing.

[Jack Hackett]

I'd have though the recent announcement by the EPL about getting financial houses in order would help put a stop to this kind of deal, and the over the top spending to buy success a la Man City and Chelski

[SMAXXA]

Shock, not.

They all want a piece of the pie to go play with their toys and have a one up on their billionaire pals.

[greenginger]

How long before Sickback has Kroenke making a move for Them with a huge warchest ! :greengrin

[Jones28]

Here we go again...

[Cropley10]

What a shame The Rangers sold their Arsenal shares.

[Dashing Bob S]

The sooner this bubble bursts in English football the better.

Don't know why but I just can't be arsed with the premiership the now and I think its because of stuff like this, just doesn't feel like proper football any more, more like a real life game of fantasy football a few really rich people are playing.

This.

[LeighLoyal]

Totally agree, English football is an absurd play thing for the obscenely rich, but kind of fitting Arabs are buying into that club given the stadium name and the area is largely Islamic, the notorious Finsbury park mosque round the corner.

[blackpoolhibs]

They should be more worried about being taken over by Liverpool and Everton.

[lyonhibs]

I don't know if Dundee United are in any position to be buying Arsenal