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In EPL giornata nerissima per il Man City che è colato a picco sul terreno del Liverpool ed ha perso Tevez per un infortunio che potrebbe essere non lieve. Mettendo a segno un’operazione di rilevante importo in pochi giorni, realizzata, in gran parte, lontana dagli occhi dei tabloids, il milionario uomo d’affari americano Kroenke ha raggiunto un accordo per rilevare la proprietà dell’ Arsenal. Un’altra prestigiosa società calcistica si aggiunge così alla lunga lista di proprietà straniere, spesso poi finite nel mirino dei fans. Si sono dichiarati innocenti i supporters dell’ Hartlepool rinviati a giudizio per l’aggressione ad alcuni tifosi dello Sheffield Wednesday. I fatti avvennero lo scorso agosto e destarono abbastanza scalpore.

 

Andy Carroll’s first goals since his £35m move to Liverpool put a dent in Manchester City’s Champions League hopes as they were emphatically swept aside at Anfield.

Carroll struck twice – the first a spectacular long-range strike – as Liverpool established a deserved three-goal lead by the interval and kept their own European ambitions alive with a vibrant display.Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll’s double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini.Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.Mancini’s side remain in fourth place but an opportunity to press home an advantage over closest rivals Tottenham was squandered with a lamentable display.

(BBC Football )

 

American businessman Stan Kroenke has increased his shareholding in Arsenal to 62.89% and agreed to make an offer for the rest of the club.

A full takeover was triggered after Kroenke Sports Enterprises acquired the stakes of Danny Fiszman (16.1%) and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith (15.9%).The terms of KSE’s offer have been agreed, with Arsenal shares priced at £11,750 and the club’s value at £731m.Kronke first bought 9.9% of shares in Arsenal in 2007.”We are excited about the opportunity to increase our involvement with and commitment to Arsenal,” said 63-year-old Kroenke, whose company also controls basketball’s Denver Nuggets, ice hockey side Colorado Avalanche, American football team the St Louis Rams, and Major League Soccer outfit the Colorado Rapids.

I believe he has the best interests of Arsenal at heart Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger

“Arsenal are a fantastic club with a special history and tradition and a wonderful manager in Arsene Wenger.”We intend to build on this rich heritage and take the club to new success. I am delighted that Peter Hill-Wood has agreed to support us by continuing as chairman.”We especially wish to acknowledge and thank the board, Danny Fiszman and the Fiszman family as well as Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith and her family for the confidence they have had in me over the past years and in allowing us to move forward in this more prominent role.”Most of the remaining shares left for Kroenke to purchase are held by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.Usmanov does not have a seat on the Gunners board but owns 27% of Arsenal’s holding company.”I have worked with Stan Kroenke at board meetings over the past couple of years and I believe he has the best interests of Arsenal at heart,” said Gunners boss Wenger.

STAN KROENKE FACTFILE Born in Columbia, Missouri Worth £1.7bn in 2010 Forbes list Made his money in real estate

“He understands the club’s heritage and traditions and our ambition to run the club in a way which protects our long-term future.”Arsenal chairman Hill-Wood echoed: “The board of directors and I consider it a key responsibility to protect the ethos and spirit of the club.”Mr Kroenke, although relatively new to Arsenal, has shown himself to be a man who values and respects the history and traditions of this very special club that we cherish.”We are confident that he will be a safe custodian of its future.”With Arsenal carrying debts of £147m, the worth of the north London outfit can be put close to £900m.Any fears the takeover by Kroenke, which would take the number of top-flight clubs under foreign ownership to 10, might load the Gunners with more debt have also been allayed.The statement to the stock exchange read: “The offer will not be funded by way of any debt finance (banks loans, payment in kind loans or other debt or quasi-debt interest bearing obligations) for which the payment of interest on, repayment of or security for any liability (contingent or otherwise) will depend on the business of Arsenal.”

TOP-FLIGHT’S FOREIGN BRIGADE ASTON VILLA – Randy Lerner BIRMINGHAM – Carson Yeung BLACKBURN – Venky’s CHELSEA – Roman Abramovich FULHAM – Mohamed Al Fayed LIVERPOOL – Fenway Sports MAN CITY – Abu Dhabi United MAN UTD – Glazer family SUNDERLAND – Ellish Short

KSE are happy with how Arsenal are run but it is unclear what Kroenke’s stance is when it comes to the transfer market.Wenger’s side are currently second in the Premier League and still in the hunt for the top-flight title as they bid to end a trophy drought going back to 2005 when they won the FA Cup.And, while Usmanov has previously called for Arsenal to invest heavily on the pitch, the club’s board of directors have steered a more cautious financial path.They have focused on using the additional income generated by the 60,300-capacity Emirates, which opened in July 2006, to lower Arsenal’s debts.The stock exchange statement continued: “It is their [KSE’s] current intention that, if the offer becomes or is declared unconditional, they will continue to support and adhere to the self-sustaining business model hitherto pursued by the board of Arsenal.”BBC sports editor David Bond commented: “Peter Hill-Wood famously remarked when Stan Kroenke started buying up shares in Arsenal that he didn’t want ‘his sort’ involved in the club, so we have seen quite a turnaround there.”In many ways, this has been coming for quite a long time. There has always been a sense that Stan Kroenke would be the new owner of the club and it was just a question of when.”The supporters will be very keen to ensure the fanshare scheme they launched a while ago will be maintained.”They are the only Premier League club where fans can save to buy shares in their club and they are very anxious to make sure their voice is still heard.”Fans will also be hoping for a change of policy at the club too.”Arsene Wenger has had some money to spend on players for a while but he chooses not to spend it.”But you have to ask the question that with Stan Kroenke on board, a billionaire businessman with very deep pockets and who invests heavily in the American sports franchises he owns, will it now lead to a change from Wenger and, perhaps, him spending a bit more to money to compete with Chelsea and Manchester City?”

(BBC Football )

 

Pair deny attacking football fan

TWO men accused of attacking a visiting football fan told a jury they had no intention of getting involved in trouble.

Hartlepool men X and X are on trial at Teesside Crown Court accused of taking part in a joint attack on an away fan who had been to watch Hartlepool United.Victim X, 47, from Sheffield, suffered a badly broken nose after violence flared between Hartlepool locals and Sheffield Wednesday supporters near the town’s railway station last August.X 28, and X 22, are accused of joining in the attack on X with X, 24.X said he tried to break up a scuffle between X and Mr X and usher X away.He said he may have accidentally touched X or X when he put his arm between them, but did not know who.Explaining CCTV footage of the incident, X said: “I was just putting my arm between two people to break them up.X said he left a nearby pub out of curiosity when someone came in and said “the Hartlepool and Sheffield fans are at it”.He denied bragging about being involved in the trouble back at the pub where CCTV appeared to show him mimicking throwing a punch. He said: “People asked me what happened and I showed them what had happened between Mr X and the victim.“I wasn’t bragging or anything.”Hartlepool United fan X, a serving soldier with the Yorkshire Regiment, said he left a Church Street bar with others after seeing a group of people gather near the train station.CCTV showed him walking towards the Sheffield Wednesday fans with others then running away after Ryman and another fan, X, was seriously assaulted.Afterwards he appeared to pat X on his back. X, defending, said: “Did you have any intention of getting involved in any sort of violence?”X replied: “No, none at all.”X added: “There’s been a suggestion that you were effectively patting a major attacker on the back.”X said: “It was a push to clear him out of Station Approach and prevent further trouble.”X, of Banff Grove, and X, of Stanmore Grove, both Hartlepool, deny unlawful wounding.

(peterleemail )

 

 

 

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