In a very difficult week for the owners of the English clubs members of the ‘Big Six’, the American owners of Arsenal have come out publicly to apologize. They have done it in a forum with fans. Josh Kroenke, Arsenal manager and member of the Kroenke Sports & Entertainment property, run by his father Stan, and Arsenal CEO Vinai Venkatesham have reiterated their apologies to Arsenal fans for the Super League fiasco.
Kroenke has revealed that “the property will be in charge of the external costs of the exit of the Superliga”. “We ask ourselves, which is worse: the Premier or the Premier without Arsenal? We also wonder what do the fans want? The world fan wants Arsenal-Barca as often as possible. English fans want to see more big games, but still want their cold nights in Stoke. We did it wrong. It has been a crazy week, we have not represented the club well, we have learned. It was never our intention to harm English football. Leadership is about acknowledging when you’re wrong, correcting, and apologizing. It will be the property who will take care of the external costs of the Superliga exit. We will not sell“, explained to the fans gunners. “If they do not invite the Super League again? First we will ask the fans,” concluded Kroenke.
But it was Vinai Venkatesham, CEO of the club, who clarified some details of the famous compensation, after the English clubs broke the binding contract of the Super League: “It is not close to the nine million euros that is being talked about. I am really sorry about Arsenal’s role in a difficult week for football. I have been in contact with the other 14 clubs in the Premier to apologize. We are working hard to rebuild our reputation“.
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