21 Apr 2013 11:02:54
usmanov to spend 450m to buy arsenal remaining shares with a signed clause saying 460m to spend clearing debts and the emirates mortgag upon takeover.

That would do me then arsenal can lower season ticket prices and buy buy buy every summer.

1.) 21 Apr 2013
I thought arsenal had just bought their way out of debt? I thought we were the one of the few debt free clubs? can someone confirm what debt we owe?

2.) 21 Apr 2013
We have the second highest debt in the league behind Man Utd.

3.) 21 Apr 2013
There's a diffrence between debt and finishin the financial year in profit I belive there's only 2 teams in the EPL debt free Swansea and Norwich city.

4.) 22 Apr 2013
Yes we have debt but its not classed as a loss making debt as its structured against the stadium. I believe this year the payments have dropped and with new commercial deals and revenue streams the debt now is very manageable and indeed decreasing every by about 30M. Plus we have a cash surplus of over 100M in the bank. We have just been ranked the 4th richest club in the world.
Onto Usmanov buying the remaining shares for 450M if we're valued at 1billion I can't see Kroneke selling for at least 650-700M. With the premier league FFP and Uefa FFP coming in we can't go out spending casts amount of money with brining it in.

Holmesy

5.) 22 Apr 2013
We are in massive debt but we are in profit each year and the debt is clearing fast. We should be debt free within a few seasons I believe. It is only there because of the stadium.

6.) 22 Apr 2013
2031 the loan runs out

we can't get out of the loan agreement there would be huge penalty's.

as long as the attendance are over 48k that is enough money to cover the stadium debt.

the stadium debt is not an issue with the finances at the club.

the sponsorship deals with nike and the emirates were part of the deal to build the stadium.

the new sponsorship deal do not have to go towards the stadium debt.

this is why we have huge amount of money come the summer.

i expect over 100mill to be spent.

malaga gooner

7.) 22 Apr 2013
Everything Malaga Gooner has written about debt is totally wrong.

All debt is one thing we have a loan secured against stadium like a mortgage and the interest is re structured every year and is not due to run until 2031 it changes every year with re structuring 5 to 7 years max.

Just enough time for malaga's balls to drop

8.) 22 Apr 2013
Malaga got to respect your persistence in posting over the top optimistic bs year after year, season after season :)

9.) 22 Apr 2013
Mate financial rules are taking place we can't "buy buy buy" each year

10.) 25 Apr 2013
The stadiums capacity is being increased by 10, 500 this summer by adding extra seating in the clock and north. If they wanted too they can add an extra 20,000 by adding 10,000 each to the east and west, we don't need Usmanov once FFP comes in