3 Premier League club owners despised by fans

#2 Stan Kroenke - Arsenal

Arsenal's owner, Stan Kroenke

Arsenal's sole owner, Stan Kroenke, is a hugely despised man at the London club. Unlike the United takeover, the Arsenal takeover by the American businessman is a recent occurrence and it leaves a sour taste in the mouth of the supporters.

After Kroenke bought out the shares of the other majority shareholders, Alisher Usmanov, the Arsenal Supporters Trust that owned about 3% of the clubs shares refused to sell. They were eventually legally forced to sell, but they raised concerns about the sole ownership of the club by Stan Kroenke.

Since Kroenke first bought shares at the Emirates, he has not invested a penny of his money into the team. Arsenal has famously been run as a self-sustaining business, spending only what they earn and this has left the club severely uncompetitive and paralyzed in the transfer market.

A steady decline has seen the club sell its best players made the club go trophyless for a number of years and fall out of the Champions League in recent years. This has further reduced the club's revenue and left fans of the North London club very frustrated.

The fans' frustration has markedly increased after reports that the club is unable to make permanent signings in the 2019 January transfer window.

The supporters' dislike for the American billionaire has also not been helped by his aloofness to the plight of the team and his unwillingness to truly connect with the fans.