Does LA Rams’ Super Bowl win mean Arsenal have more money?

Arsenal head into Monday off the back of one of their best weeks this season as they secured a battling 1-0 win over Wolves while their rivals all dropped points.

Manchester United blew two leads to draw 1-1 on two occasions and drop four points. Tottenham succumbed to consecutive home defeats to Southampton and Wolves, dropping six points. West Ham only drew once but are further afield than the other pair.

It was a fantastic spell of matches for Arsenal on their quest to finish in the Premier League top four (not a trophy), meanwhile Stan Kroenke’s most beloved child, the LA Rams, were preparing for their second Super Bowl (the most prestigious trophy) in four years at none other than their own spectacular $5bn SoFi Stadium.

They won, beating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20.

Does the Stan Kroenke’s LA Rams’ 23-20 Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals mean Arsenal have more money to spend?

As far as similarities between the franchises go, there are few. Both the Rams and Arsenal are owned by Stan Kroenke and have a young coach at the helm. That’s about it: Sean McVay is one of the best in the business already, a gamechanger in the sport, while Mikel Arteta has that capacity to excel but the jury is still out.

In terms of the team, the Rams threw all their eggs into one basket to win now. The NFL works in trades and the Rams traded their future for immediate gain. It worked. They’ve sacrificed money and future assets, as well as using every dime of their salary cap. All the while Arsenal are eyeing short to mid-term success, but with longevity.

That will be aided, of course, by further signings. While the youth strategy is well on course this season, when the summer comes around there will need to be further cash injections on top of that which has already been pumped into the club in recent windows – including a club record spend last summer – on key additions.

And the Rams winning is good for that, right? How can it not be?

As intertwined as one may think all of this is, it means nothing to Arsenal. The Rams winning the Super Bowl does not mean Kroenke will now go out and splash big on Arsenal. He would remain wealthy if they lost and he’s still wealthy now they won.

In fact, it won’t change a whole lot, if anything at all. Arteta flew over to Denver to get the blessing to splash £75m on a release clause. The money was there for him then, it will still be there for him come the summer.

What will be impacted is perception. Fans have long felt that KSE don’t care about winning. That they’re content with Arsenal finishing in the top four every season and being a self-sustaining ‘cash cow’. Seeing the lengths they’re willing to go to get their hands on silverware might reinvigorate some of the disheartened few.

But that’s all soft factors. It’s what you make of it. In terms of cold hard facts, this means nothing to Arsenal.

Could it spice up the desire to get Arsenal back up to the top? Josh may feel he has greater inventive now, sure, but he also may be exactly as he was.

It’s in no way bad for Arsenal, just as much as it’s in now way transformative.