Arsenal: One thing to remember about Stan Kroenke sale

Arsenal desperately need to shake free of the reigns of Stan Kroenke, but he is making it tough. That doesn’t mean we rule it out yet though.

Arsenal’s existence under Stan Kroenke has not been the same as their existence in the glorious past. A balanced checkbook was the biggest trophy Kroenke wants, and all others are just a side story.

It’s hard for a top tier team like the Gunners to compete against the rest of the Premier League while simultaneously competing with the limitations that their own owner puts on them. Not to mention the complete lack of footballing knowledge from Kroenke and the board.

Finding a way out from under his watch is crucial and Alisher Usmanov provided an option, as he put forth a $1.3b bid to take over the majority of the club. Usmanov has been outspoken about what the Gunners need and how he can provide it.

Seemed like the perfect match, but in typical Kroenke fashion, he declined, and said that his shares in the North London football club are not for sale.

It’s rather deflating, but there is one major thing you have to think about here. The No. 1 thing Kroenke is criticized for is the fact that he is a businessman first and a sportsman like, fifth or sixth. His Kroenke Sports Enterprises own franchises all across the sporting sphere and every team shows the same lackadaisical characteristics.

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The guy is a businessman, not a sportsman. Which means that he has a price. Everyone has a price, especially a shrewd and eternal businessman like Kroenke. $1.3b was not his price, but what about 1.5 or 2.0? Why stop the bidding? Usmanov is worth twice as much as Kroenke and that can’t make the American too happy.

We can’t sit here and think that Kroenke saying the club is’t for sale is the gospel truth just because he said it. Plenty of people throw off buyers by claiming something isn’t for sale, but again, everything and everyone has a price.

And that is how I am convincing myself to keep hope in the Russian. If he can keep making offers, keep raising the pot, then why wouldn’t Kroenke eventually accept? He may have this all down to a mathematical equation, but at some point it is going to make more financial sense for Kroenke to sell than to keep holding on.

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That is the point that Usmanov needs to find. Because it most certainly exists.

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