Arsenal shareholder looking at transferring stake to Everton as rumours spread he is looking to sell his 30 per cent

ARSENAL shareholder Alisher Usmanov is rumoured to be heading off to Everton as he looks to sell his share in the Gunners. 

Could this summer get any worse for Arsenal fans? With the club’s severe lack of drive and determination to sign players to push for the title, it now appears someone else is indeed feeling the frustration.

Earlier today, arseblog.com reported that speculation is mounting and Usmanov’s company Red and White Holdings to sell up.

Usmanov is a huge fan of the club hence the reason for his desire to own it himself but his relationship with the majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is as obvious as the plans are to sign a top class striker, it simply doesn’t exist.

Such news will have supporters pulling their hair out as Usamanov has been seen as the eventual messiah to all of their worries.

But with a 30.4 per cent stake in the club the Russian has been frozen out from the board meaning his views and opinions are not listened to and especially not by ‘Silent Stan’.

Former partner Farhad Moshiri bought a 49.9 per cent stake in Everton and has shown signs of real ambition to transform the club especially with the addition of new manager Ronald Koeman.

With Arsenal lacking such ambition in the transfer market and very much stuck in their ways, Usmanov’s hands are tied as he is desperate for his club to challenge.

First though he must find a buyer for his share in the club and fans will be desperate that does not mean selling to the KSE group owned by Kroenke.

The absent owner is unlikely to get Usmanov’s stake as he wants to sell to someone that will challenge the board and Kroenke.

It won’t be great news for the board either as any interested party may well decide that this could open the door to make an offer to Kroenke for his stake too.

Such speculation however is sure to continue until the rumours become more concrete, Arsenal fans though will be desperate that this forces some movement in the board to put pressure on Arsene Wenger to spend some money.

With the Frenchman now into the last year of his contract he will not want to spend it worrying about what is happening in the boardroom.

Such quick drastic changes are unlikely to happen just yet but with the season still fresh there is plenty of time for things to change before May.

Gunners fans are desperate for change and a board to show some passion about what happens on the pitch as opposed to what happens in the secret vaults at the Emirates.

Ivan Gazidis has angered Arsenal fans this summer buy claiming they can not compete with their Premier League rivals in the transfer market.

So a new potential owner bidding for the club if the opportunity were to arise would give the supporters much needed hope.

A new dawn could be on the horizon for Arsenal, what the future might hold is anybody’s guess not just for the club but for Wenger himself.