Arsenal's Champions League clash with Monaco not only sees Arsene Wenger take on his former club but also witnesses the head-to-head of two of the richest men in football - Stan Kroenke and Dmitry Ryboloblev. Kroenke is the reclusive American tycoon worth an estimated £6.3 billion who bought a £731m majority stake in the club in 2011. Although not afraid to splash the cash - he spent £44m to sign Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid - Kroenke has always been seen as being studious with his money. That's in stark contract with Rybolovlev, the Russian billionaire who bought a controlling stake in Monaco in 2011 at a time when the seven-times champions of France were slumming it near the bottom of...
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