The super league saga has shone an unforgiving spotlight on the money men. We look at the breakaway bunch to see if there is a way back for them
Although it would be neat and tidy to say this episode has permanently damaged the relationship between Arsenal’s owners and the fanbase, that would assume one existed in the first place. Stan Kroenke’s absence from the spotlight has been a huge bone of contention for years, as has his general running of the club, and supporters have expressed their dissatisfaction at various games in the past. The silence from Kroenke and his son Josh on Arsenal’s planned Super League defection was hardly out of character and it did not go unnoticed that the club’s apology, published on Tuesday night, was signed by “the board” rather than the Kroenkes themselves.
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