Reports claim that Alisher Usmanov has made a £1billion bid to buy-out Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke, but BBC reporter David Ornstein has dismissed it. As noted by Sky Sports, it had been suggested that Usmanov has launched the buy-out bid, and although there has been no immediate response from Kroenke, it's widely expected that he'll reject the proposal. With Usmanov currently owning 30 percent of the club with a personal fortune of around £11.2bn, he evidently has the means to make his ambitious plan a reality, but as noted by Ornstein in the tweet below, Kroenke doesn't sound as though'll be loosening his grip on the club any time soon. Re Usmanov bid, Kroenke has...
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