Arsenal 'facing sport's biggest takeover'
- Published: 3 Mar 2013 at 12.20
- Online news: Sports
Arsenal football club may be bought out by a Middle East group for 1.5 billion pounds (US$2.3 billion), the sport's biggest takeover, the United Kingdom Telegraph reported, citing an unidentified person in the group.
The cash offer for all of the 62,217 issued shares would include about 830 million pounds for U.S. owner Stan Kroenke’s 66.83% stake, according to the report. The bid, more than twice the amount that Arsenal was valued at two years ago, will be...
This article is older than 60 days, which we reserve for our premium members only.You can subscribe to our premium member subscription, here.


