Managers Directors

This transfer window, who is doing well, who is quivvering, & who is on police bail As we entered the close season I planned this as a sort of weekly revue of EPL clubs, and how they are coping. I expected to be fighting off the usual “Oh my God its a disaster, Man IOU…

Follow us on Twitter @Untold Arsenal ———————————- “Making the Arsenal” – is available on Amazon, Arsenal on line, the Woolwich Arsenal site and in the Arsenal store. ———————————– By Walter Broeckx I will start with a question that could be asked at an Arsenal quiz evening and I think that I can bet a few…

——————————- By Tony Attwood Would you believe it?  For weeks the papers have been telling us that Arsenal is more or less doomed as RVP is leaving.  He is, in that quaint tabloid phrase, “want away Robin”. I got rather fed up with this, and so the other day did a piece about how the…

There are clubs that owe an uncontrolled unmaintainable fortune, and those that don’t.  Arsenal have a debt that declines year by year with the mortgage, the rest have debts so huge they can’t be refinanced and interest can’t be repaid. And there are Arsenal supporters who think Arsenal should join these manic clubs, should buy…

Alisher Usmanov owns about 24% of Arsenal, which makes him close to being the biggest shareholder – Danny Fiszman has just about the same level of shareholding. Mr Usmanov is what the newspapermen (in that funny sort of shorthand way that they have) a “metals magnate” which presumably means he’s made of iron or something…

18 English clubs owe 56% of the debt of the 732 European clubs licensed by UEFA Manchester U and Liverpool liable to be excluded from Europe under new regulations There is a secret UEFA report called “The European Club Footballing Landscape,” which reviews the finances of football.  The latest available edition is that which trawls…