Kroenke family have issued resounding response to Vieira, Bergkamp and Henry
Three Arsenal Invincibles, Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry backed Stan Kroenke to walk away from the Gunners, but the American businessman has turned things around at the Emirates Stadium.
There had been increasing pressure on the Kroenke family to give up their ownership of Arsenal in recent years, but the demands have eased thanks to Mikel Arteta's turnaround. The Gunners came agonisingly close to winning their first Premier League title since the Invincibles in 2004, but were pipped by Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in May.
Despite the title race heartbreak, Arteta's team have kicked off the 2023/24 campaign in a similar fashion to last season's near-miss, with the Gunners a point ahead of City after 13 games.
The mood around the Emirates has certainly changed, after a period of frustration at the tail end of Arsene Wenger's tenure and Unai Emery's brief stint in North London. During that time the finger was also pointed at Arsenal's ownership, with three of their greatest players leading the call.
In 2021 the club were linked with a potential buyout by Spotify founder and businessman Daniel Ek. Former captain Vieira called on Kroenke to hand over the reins to Ek, telling the ITV Football Podcast in May 2021: "In the last couple of years I believe that the club didn’t take the right direction. I think it is time for change. If the change doesn’t happen, I believe that Arsenal will be in a difficult position...
"I think every single year Arsenal didn’t get through to the Champions League or even this year to the Europa League. So this is a big disappointment for all of us as Arsenal fans. But we get to the time where everybody at the club [and] the Kroenkes need to get more involved to take Arsenal back
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