Alisher Usmanov Assures Arsenal Fans He Will 'Protect' Them by Refusing to Sell Shares to Kroenke

​Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov has publicly declared that he is not in talks to sell his 30.4% stake in the club to hugely unpopular majority shareholder Stan Kroenke, reassuring supporters that it also remains his intention to buy more Gunners shares and take control. It was reported this week that Kroenke, who also owns multiple sports franchises in his native United States - including the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, had offered Usmanov a total of £525m in an attempt to buy him out of...