by VIC CRESCIT In a light week for Arsenal on-field news I thought I'd pause today and have a look at the future prospects for ownership at Arsenal.Â

Yesterday saw a bloc of 32 Arsenal Holdings shares traded off-market. I think it's reasonable to assume that Alisher Usmanov's Red & White Holdings Ltd was the buyer.

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It's now or never for Arsenal Football Club.  Stan Kroenke has been mopping up small shareholdings over the last couple of weeks to raise his share in the club to 29.8%. He is a fraction below the mandatory bid figure of 29.9%.

It was rumoured that he bought 100 shares from Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood; this is the same man who famously said, "We do not need his sort at this club.

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I have wanted to write a piece about Stan Kroenke for a while now, about a year ago I wrote a story about the ownership of Arsenal just after Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith left the board.

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Early on Saturday morning I was listening to the World Football Phone In on BBC Five Live and their correspondent for North America was asked about Stan Kroenke what he is like as a guy, what his intentions may be in the future and what we would want to get out of a club like Arsenal.

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Welcome back to TGIF, a feature that was the brain wave of Perry_Groves' Lovechild, where I try to bring together the themes of the week into hopefully a summary of the Arsenal World so far. This week there are many things to talk about, but the news of Professional footballers being given jail sentences again reminds us all that our players are just human after all, apart from Joey Barton who is clearly an extra terrestial who has hijacked a human body.

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Welcome to this week's edition of TGIF, where FTK takes a look at some of the stories that have energised Insiders on the site this week. International weeks are always frustrating because of the risk of injury to our key players. This week was no exception and without further ado, let's dive straight in.

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There have been several reports recently that Alisher Usmanov will announce any day now that he has acquired Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith's 15.6% share in Arsenal. This will take Usmanov's holding to over 40%, resulting in him being obliged to make a formal offer for the club.

The Board, namely Peter Hill-Wood will make statements to the effect that the club is not for sale, despite the fact the Hill-Wood sold his shares in Arsenal many years ago to David Dein!

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Oh great. It looks like it's all kicking off again in the boardroom (or not in the boardroom as far as Alisher Usmanov goes).

There's been renewed media speculation about the final resting place of Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith's 15.9% stake in Arsenal. The stories have Alisher Usmanov's Red & White Holdings on the march again.

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The speculation presented in the Sun today is quite old news as Arsenalinsider informed you all of any likely impending Boardroom struggle back in July, when Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith was rumoured to have finally found a buyer for her shares. The 15.9% stake was always going to be the crucial holding in the final ownership direction, and there were only two players who were going to fight it out.

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A few things have occurred to me in these last few days when talk 0nce again turned to Lady Nina's shares and what was to happen to them.........

I have always been of the opinion that David Dein was merely waiting in the wings for his opportunity to return to the club that he loves and supports and that he ran for the best part of 24 years.

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This week could be a monumental week in the history of the ownership of Arsenal Football Club.

At a board meeting this week, the directors will discuss, amongst other matter the option of raising additional capital.

Alisher Usmanov has sent a letter to the club formally offering to under-write a £100 million rights issue.

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It has been announced that Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr Al Qasimi chairman of the Ras al Khaimah Department of Customs and Seaports, has purchased 60 per cent of an English Premier League football team. Whilst the speculation points to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1> Portsmouth being the club in question, Mr Sulaiman Al Fahim was at pains to deny that his deal was being supplemented by Sheikh Al Qasimi.

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The Arsenal Shareholders meet today to discuss all things Arsenal followed by a Gala Dinner. There may well be two notable absentees in the form of Alisher Usmanov and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith. The question that should be on our lips is "Why do we need yet another rich tycoon to save Arsenal Football Club?

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The Arsenal Shareholders meet today to discuss all things Arsenal followed by a Gala Dinner. There may well be two notable absentees in the form of Alisher Usmanov and Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith. The question that should be on our lips is "Why do we need yet another rich tycoon to save Arsenal Football Club?

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Morning all,

A few bits and pieces to be going on with this Sunday morning. In which I'm not hungover at all. Oh no. Not one bit.

Now, you know the way everyone, and by everyone I actually mean everyone in the whole entire world, even people who don't care about Arsenal or know about Arsenal or even know what football is, wants Arsene Wenger to buy more experienced players?

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Stan Kroenke has increased his stake to become the biggest single shareholder in Arsenal Football Club. Kroenke increased his stake in the club to 28.3 per cent by buying 4,839 shares from members of the Carr family, including fellow director Richard Carr

Kroenke has come a long way since acquiring a 9.

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Stan Kroenke has increased his stake to become the biggest single shareholder in Arsenal Football Club. Kroenke increased his stake in the club to 28.3 per cent by buying 4,839 shares from members of the Carr family, including fellow director Richard Carr

Kroenke has come a long way since acquiring a 9.

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Arsenal Football Club was plunged into a mini crisis upon the eve of one of the most important football fixtures, and what are we as simple fans meant to make of it?

The Arsenal Supporters Trust issued the following statement, careful not to identify the shareholder involved.

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Morning all,

it's not football we start with this morning but boardroom goings-on. Yesterday Stan Kroenke purchased shares from the Carr family to bring his stake to the club to 28.3%, making him the largest shareholder ahead of the porcine Uzbeki tubster.

What's interesting is that last month, when Kroenke purchased shares from Danny Fiszman, it brought his stake to 20.

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Official announcements were made to the PLUS market towards the close of business today (Friday 1 May 2009) that Stan Kroenke has acquired a further 4,839 Arsenal Holdings shares to take his total stake in the club's holding company to 17,613 shares, or 28.3% of the total 62,217 issued.

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Following on the heels of Peter Hill-Wood's vanilla announcement about "board restructuring" yesterday, Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith has made a little statement of her own: I'm in total shock and very upset about the appalling way I have been treated. The board have no manners whatsoever and my views were ignored on many occassions. Click to continue reading...