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Alisher Usmanov

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The market is wide open. If Usmanov wants to sell I feel that some of this Chinese money would be more than interested in acquiring his third holding in a so called big four Prem team, its all down to kudos. I find it hard to accept that a guy of his power and influence will be happy to have his holding count for nothing via an American dominated board who simply ignore him. I forecast this possibility in the Moshiri thread so basically I do believe it will happen and it could well be sooner rather than later
 
AmericanBlue said:
His shares in Arsenal will only go up in value, Arsenal have the infrastructure to secure that top club status for as long as they like, it's not as if they will do a Villa. If they are there for his family in the future, he has no reason to sell them. He certainly doesn't need the money. Now, selling those shares that will only rise to go to Everton, a club not in the same league (at the moment and perhaps in the future but not as definite as Arsenal) would be a bad business move and guess what? He didn't become this rich through bad decisions.

It's not going to happen unless: he wants to have a war with Kroenke. Or he wants to gamble his future family's nestegg for even more cash.
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Hahahaha....his future family's nestegg !!!!

He's only worth around 14 billion , what he has tied up in Arsenal is chicken feed to him.
 

DownSouthBlue said:
I see him buying West ham if he sells his Arsenal shares.

Another London club with a new stadium,West ham will be making a ton of money off that Stadium from matchday revenues (London prices) and commercially they will exploit further with being the club playing in an Olympic stadium.

Wouldn't cost to much either buying West Ham.
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I hate to have to keep correcting you but they aren't charging London prices.

http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/April/21-April/New-Stadium-Season-Ticket-prices-announced

That said, there's been a lot of excitement over one dude's blog, who essentially just said what's been speculated since Moshiri's arrival at Everton. It makes sense but not getting excited until it happens.
 
bluestevon said:
Owns the biggest steel company in Russia, owns the biggest tellecomms company in Russia, band ran Gazprom, but 30% of arsenal is his nest egg :D
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Yep.

Dont buy that "investment " story one bit.

Only one thing interesting this fella is .......Control.

Having "Control" of the biggest & best in its league.

Does he look like the sort to be a second fiddle player ?
 
Wasn't that statement meant to be a mickey take on one that Kroenke released ?

"For future generations of my family"

Read somewhere that it was a sly dig at Kroenke keeping Wenger and showing no ambition !
 
DanB90 said:
I'm not certain, but I think this wouldn't be allowed.

Conflict of interests and that
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I know in the earlier days of our league here, there were owners with multiple teams. Most have sold off and focused on one team at this point but there is precedent.
 

blulouie said:
Hahahaha....his future family's nestegg !!!!

He's only worth around 14 billion , what he has tied up in Arsenal is chicken feed to him.
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Again though, that's not considering the vagaries of certain political climates.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...orkovsky-no-obligations-vladimir-putin-pardon

If that money is out of the country and into a very, very secure asset, it's a pretty good approach.

In safer climes, Elizabeth Holmes

The 32-year-old Holmes started Palo Alto-based Theranos in 2003 and had raised $800m in investment. At its peak in 2014, the firm was valued at $9bn. Last year, Forbes named Holmes as America’s richest self-made woman with net worth of $4.5bn. This year, the magazine revised her net worth down to zero and cut the company’s valuation to $800m.
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/08/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-banned-medical-lab

Don't underestimate the value of this sort of investment.

I do think we will get more investors in with Moshiri - not Usmanov, but people who want to take the 'Usmanov' approach like his investment in Arsenal. Don't forget, he hasn't shown an unwillingness to share his new toy, which was what prevented the previous regime from attracting investment historically.
 
bluestevon said:
Cross and his Arsenal credentials.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfer-news-gonzalo-higuain-1962343

Whilst he does guest on the club's official show, maybe that hints to being in favour with kroenke and the board - be odd also for him to be in with usmanov as well given the relationship between those two sides?

Give what up exactly? Discussing something that certainly at the least is worth discussing more than a lot of other things that have hundreds of page threads?

Too Manu take the gospel of one point of view on here sometimes and don't actually discuss both sides.
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Sorry I didn't mean you personally need to let it go, I just meant on a general level. I don't see any evidence that this is likely, it just seems to have been a vague rumour based on the previous connection between the two men which people have run with. It hasn't really been reported in the press, and for me personally there are some bizarre inconsistencies in the story (mainly why Usmanov couldn't just have taken us over in the first place if that's what he wanted all along, and why he would suddenly decide now that 'it's all about control for him' when it's been quite clear that he won't be getting control for at least the past 5 years).

Using a transfer story that turned out to be wrong to suggest that Cross wouldn't have a clue is a bit disingenuous mate. Even the Great Everton Oracle himself, Mr Joyce, published this article:

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/634790/Everton-transfer-news-Sam-Byram-Leeds-United

He also repeatedly claimed that we were trying to sign Tim Krul, and said that we were unlikely to get Koeman.
 

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