Arsenal fans look to arrange meeting with club's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke - 7M sport

Arsenal fans look to arrange meeting with club's majority shareholder Stan Kroenke



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Posted Saturday, September 17, 2011 by YAHOO Sport

Arsenal fans are planning to write to majority shareholder Stan Kroenke next week and arrange a meeting with the American businessman who is yet to approach the fans about the future of the club.

The Arsenal Supporters’ Trust (AST) is looking for Kroenke to outline his vision for the club after he declared he would talk to the fans, as well as consider the future of the club’s Fanshare system following the continuous stalemate between the American and fellow shareholder Alisher Usmanov.


“During the takeover of Arsenal, Stan Kroenke committed to engaging with supporters," an AST spokesman was quoted as saying by talkSPORT. “At an AST meeting on Monday night our members decided to write to Stan asking him to fulfil this commitment as soon as possible.


“Earlier this summer, 96 per cent of AST members said they wanted Kroenke to improve his communications with supporters including setting out his ambitions for the club and explaining the strategy he has to achieve them.”


Kroenke holds 66.6 per cent of the shares at Arsenal and attempted to make a full takeover of the north London outfit in April, but Usmanov has retained his 30 per cent despite not being on the board this season.


Billionaire Kroenke sent out a document to every Arsenal shareholder when he attempted to fully buy the club and in it, promised to talk to fans as soon as he could, but so far has been absent in his interaction with the supporters, living up to his nickname of 'Silent Stan'.


Arsenal’s Fanshare scheme spans 1900 members who own around 70 shares that total just under £800,000, but with neither Kroenke or Usmanov budging on the other shares in the club, fans are feeling uneasy about the situation.

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