Thierry Henry was in support of fans who wanted Stan Kroenke to sell Arsenal in 2021 as the club struggled for relevance.
Arsenal had been one of the clubs that supported the controversial European Super League and it seemed like the last straw to some of their fans.
Henry supported the effort of Spotify founder Daniel Ek at the time to buy the club, but the Kroenkes turned down his offer.
In the last two years, they have shown great commitment to improving the playing squad and the team has been one of the best in the PL.
Henry has now admitted there is no need for a change anymore.
Speaking on the House of Champions Podcast, he said: “At the time (Ek) wanted to offer a solution to the fans, who were all saying ‘sell, sell, sell’ but sell to who. We offered a solution, it wasn’t meant to be.
“I’m an Arsenal fan, let’s win. It doesn’t matter. We were there to offer a solution, you want it, you don’t want it, it doesn’t matter.
“Now everything is OK, why would anyone want to disturb anything [by changing owners]? It’s all I wanted. Whether it was me in or me out I wanted Arsenal to be successful. That’s the main point.”
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We needed the owners to step up and make a statement with investments in the club and they have done it so far, which is clear to see.
As they keep improving the playing squad and invest in other parts of the organisation, there will be no need to kick them out because there is no guarantee of a better owner.
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Am in agreement with the legendary Frenchman no need for a changing the guard in my opinion.
I suggest that many Arsenal fans may have changed their minds about the Kronkies.
I certainly have.
Not sure, of course, but it doesn’t seem to be one of the main topics since they have heavily invested in MA and the squad.
Yep. I’ve defended Kroenke for a decade now and have been absolutely lambasted for it. The truth is that certain powers wanted to avoid spending at all costs for numerous, admittedly admirable, reasons, but when we did spend, we spent POORLY (for the most part). I think the money has always been there. For example, and I’m not solely blaming Wenger bc noone really knows why we refused to spend, but as soon as Wenger was deemed out the door, we bought Auba for big money, and as soon as Emery came in the next season, we broke our transfer record on Pepe. The money has always been available, and while I admire “principles,” we weren’t adjusting to the new transfer landscape and suffered and probably lost out on a title because of it (Leicester year).
As I’ve always said, Kroenke may be a snake of a person—most owners are—but he hasn’t been the problem. Fortunately, that’s coming to light.
Maybe not most owners. Maybe so, but let me retract that statement bc that’s a generality based on no evidence.