THREE things happened on Monday.
American Stan Kroenke said he has “no interest or intention” in buying Arsenal shares.
But, off the back of that denial, the share price shot up to £6,800.
And 72 shares changed hands. That’s quite a lot for one day.
City insiders now believe that Danny Fiszman sold those 659 shares to one person.
But there is no comment from Fiszman. Or David Dein. Or Keith Edelman.
And only this morning I was wondering whether the share price would go to £7,000 by the end of this week.
IT SHOULD be fun when football comes back to us on Saturday. Liverpool v Arsenal could be an exciting clash of heavyweights.
Since Everton we have heard a lot of verbals from Gallas, Adebayor, Fabregas.Two weeks ago Cesc was talking about finishing second. Now he is saying : We’ve under-performed.
Personally, I don’t think Arsenal have under-performed. They were under-equipped because the team is being run on the cheap while the Highbury Square flats are built and the club starts to pay off the debt.
That strategy was always very risky and the gamble did not pay off. Arsenal had injuries, the team was at breaking point and the 11 days showed that a team which is at breaking point will often crack. PSV was a helluva blow and Andy Johnson’s stoppage-time goal summed up a season many fans had already written off.