{"id":444562,"date":"2011-06-20T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/20\/alisher-usmanov-increase-his-stake-in-arsenal-to-29\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T19:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T19:55:00","slug":"alisher-usmanov-increase-his-stake-in-arsenal-to-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/alisher-usmanov-increase-his-stake-in-arsenal-to-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Alisher Usmanov increase his stake in Arsenal to 29%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>20 Jun 2011 20:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.9665038381\">\n<div readability=\"13.9130434783\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alisher Usmanov(Getty images) \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/94500\/94527_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alisher Usmanov(Getty images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"23.8556701031\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> shareholder Alisher Usmanov has strengthened his position on the Gunners&#8217; board after increasing his stake in the club to 29%.<\/p>\n<p>After majority shareholder Stan Kroenke increased his stake to 67% in April it had been expected that the American would look to gain overall control of the club, but Usmanov\u2019s 2% increase sends a clear message that he is not ready for that to happen.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian\u2019s Red &#038; White company acquired the new shares from Arsenal Holdings two months after Kroenke\u2019s bid was rejected, Red &#038; White have purchased the shares for \u00a314,000 each which is \u00a32,250 more than Kroenke offered.<\/p>\n<p>Usmanov first got involved with the Gunners in 2007 when he purchased 14.58% of shares from former chairman David Dean for \u00a375 million, and has insisted he will not relinquish his stake in the club despite offers from Kroenke.<\/p>\n<p>The move will be of great interest to the Arsenal supporters trust, who refused to back Kroenke\u2019s takeover because they wanted representation at board level at the Emirates Stadium, and with Usmanov strengthening his position it appears one man controlling the North London club is extremely unlikely in the near future.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/20\/2540627\/alisher-usmanov-increase-his-stake-in-arsenal-to-29\" title=\"Alisher Usmanov increase his stake in Arsenal to 29%\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alisher Usmanov increase his stake in Arsenal to 29%<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Fisher 20 Jun 2011 20:55:00 Alisher Usmanov(Getty images) Related Links Teams Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov has strengthened his position on the Gunners&#8217; board after increasing his stake in the club to 29%. After majority shareholder Stan Kroenke increased his stake to 67% in April it had been expected that the American would look to gain overall control of the club, but Usmanov\u2019s 2% increase sends a clear message that he is not ready for that to happen. The Russian\u2019s Red &#038; White company acquired the new shares from Arsenal Holdings two months after Kroenke\u2019s bid was rejected, Red &#038; White have purchased the shares for \u00a314,000 each which is \u00a32,250 more than Kroenke offered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alisher Usmanov increase his stake in Arsenal to 29% - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/alisher-usmanov-increase-his-stake-in-arsenal-to-29\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Alisher Usmanov increase his stake in Arsenal to 29% - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Fisher 20 Jun 2011 20:55:00 Alisher Usmanov(Getty images) Related Links Teams Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov has strengthened his position on the Gunners&#039; board after increasing his stake in the club to 29%. 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