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Stan Kroenke moves to brink of obligatory Arsenal takeover
Stan Kroenke has moved to the brink of launching an obligatory takeover of Arsenal after increasing his stake in the club to 29.9 per cent. The American today purchased another 200 shares in Arsenal's parent holding company, 100 of which were sold by Peter Hill-Wood, the Arsenal chairman, just ...
Will Silent Stan Launch A Takeover???
Will Silent Stan Launch A Takeover???
11gunners.com — Silent Stan There are two sides to a football club viz. footballing side and the financial side.... Both sides are inter dependent on each other and are mutually responsible for each other. Every big club in the premiership has been taken over by foreign investors, off late. Glazers took over ... (more) Will Silent Stan Launch A Takeover???
Kroenke boosts stake in Arsenal again
Kroenke boosts stake in Arsenal again
guardian.co.uk — • Stan Kroenke increases his shareholding in Arsenal to 29.9% • American only 0.09% from having to... make a formal takeover Stan Kroenke has moved closer to launching a formal takeover of Arsenal by acquiring another 200 shares in the club's parent ... (more) Kroenke boosts stake in Arsenal again
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“How Rafa Benitez holds his head up high after this, heaven only knows” - Matt Lawton
101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more — ... Ownership of Arsenal is on the brink of a changeover as Ben Smith reports “Stan Kroenke has moved to the brink of launching an obligatory takeover of Arsenal after increasing his stake in the club to 29.9 per cent.” That said, ...

The Sweeper: Jack Warner’s Rhetorical Attack On England An All-Time Low
Pitch Invasion — ... of Rangers fans in Bucharest may lead to another fine for the club. “Seats were ripped up and thrown at stewards during half-time of the Champions League fixture at the Steaua Stadium, prompting Uefa to make a PA announcement threatening the suspension of the game,” the Scotsman reports, though Rangers chief executive Martin Bain blamed the poor treatment of fans for the trouble. In today’s Stan Kroenke update, he has upped his share of Arsenal again to 29.9%, but Russell Kempson ...

Some News for Thu Nov 5, 2009
du Nord — ... The Times of London confirms that American Stan Kroenke has bought more Arsenal stock for the 2nd time this week, taking him to 29.9% ownership of the club, which by London law is the maximum one can hold without buying out the entire team. What happens next? ...

Kroenke business
East Lower — ... Well firstly, I suppose, it’s worth pointing out that it could well not happen. It might seem to the layman that it’s highly likely, but there are plenty of people who consider it to be a consolidation of his position and nothing more. Of course, Kroenke himself won’t reveal his plans, partly because it’s not in his nature to blab (or say anything at all), and partly because, as the Times puts it, “any public statements against future bid intentions must be unambiguous, otherwise the individual or group would, under the Takeover Panel’s rule ...

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