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Arsenal: Better late than never with the Kroenke’s, right?

By Josh Sippie

DENVER, CO - APRIL 20: (L-R) Denver Nuggets President Josh Kroenke and his father Stan Kroenke, the owner of the Denver Nuggets support their team from courtside seats as they face the Golden State Warriors during Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at the Pepsi Center on April 20, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets defeated the Warriors 97-95. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
DENVER, CO - APRIL 20: (L-R) Denver Nuggets President Josh Kroenke and his father Stan Kroenke, the owner of the Denver Nuggets support their team from courtside seats as they face the Golden State Warriors during Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at the Pepsi Center on April 20, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets defeated the Warriors 97-95. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) /
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Arsenal have been under the eye of the Kroenke American tycoon since 2011 and they are finally making strides to know the club. Better late than never?

Arsenal’s woes over the past few years have gone deep, and there is no shortage of theories as to why those woes exist in the first place, but in the middle of every theory is the American business magnate family, the Kroenke’s. Particularly majority shareholder Stan Kroenke, who is less-than-affectionately known as “Silent Stan” for his lack of involvement.

Many attribute that to his lack of any kind of sporting impulse other than the money that it brings. He’s not hidden the fact trophies aren’t exactly all that important to him, which was a bit shocking to hear for people that love the club.

Most would agree that we never expected this hands-off approach to change. Nor would they really have wanted it to, given the lack of general success that Kroenke Sports Enterprises has found.

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That said, if we’re going to be owned by billionaires, wouldn’t it be nice if those billionaires took some sort of passing interest in the club? Maybe established some emotional ties with it so they could care if they succeeded or failed?

Just spit-balling here, you know? I don’t want to ask for too much.

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Well, I may actually not be asking for too much because the most recent news out of the Silent Kroenke universe is that his son, Josh Kroenke, who has bizarrely been on the Arsenal board since 2013 despite having absolutely nothing to do with the club in general, is moving to London for three whole months.

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Three whole months he will actually be in the city where he is on the board of a team. What a lovely thing, having board members take an interest in the team.

That said, should we be looking at this as ‘better late than never’? As in, if we really want to complain about the lack of involvement of the Kroenke’s, shouldn’t we be happy when they take the smallest of steps to amend that?

I get that this is the minutest of baby steps, but making that zero into anything is something to take note of. I know people may want to be snarky about, and I totally understand that, but personally, my biggest gripe with the Kroenke’s was that they didn’t care. And they didn’t even hide it.

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Baby steps or not, it would be hypocritical of me to not be a little bit enthused. If we are stuck with the Kroenke’s, then the least they can do is start caring in the slightest.

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