After a period when tensions between Alisher Usmanov and the Arsenal board seemed to have subsisded, he has returned to the fray with a critique of Arsene Wenger. Usmanov is the club’s second largest shareholder with almost 30 per cent of the shares.
After a period when tensions between Alisher Usmanov and the Arsenal board seemed to have subsisded, he has returned to the fray with a critique of Arsene Wenger. Usmanov is the club’s second largest shareholder with almost 30 per cent of the shares.
Usmanov claimed that Wenger could not recognise where he was going wrong and refused to learn from his mistakes. He also implied that this became difficult as Wenger aged. He liked Wenger for his principles, ‘But principles are sort of a restriction.’ The club also needed to spend to strengthen every position.
Arsenal have had their worst start to a season since 1982.