Thierry Henry Reveals Arsenal Takeover Process Will Take Some Time

Arsenal legend, Thierry Henry told the fans that the takeover process is set to be a lengthy one.

Spotify owner and billionaire, Daniel Ek has gathered a favourable bid to take the club off of the hands of Stan Kroenke.

The 38-year-old Swede has partnered up with Henry, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp to convince Kronke Sports Enterprise into selling. Fans are not happy with the club is currently being run with profits given priority over player investments.

“I think it is going to be long and not easy – if it does ever happen,” Henry said.

“One thing that I want to reiterate is that Daniel will not move away, he will be there waiting to see if they want to sell. That is going to take a very long time, we know what we want to do, but first and foremost we need to make sure that we can take over, if they are listening.”

Henry revealed how Ek approached him and the other ex-Arsenal players. The central idea is to return Arsenal to their old identity of being one of England’s top clubs.

“He approached us, we listened to him,” Henry said. “When we knew first and foremost that he wanted to involve the fans, we actually met the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust and told them what we wanted to do.

“We want to bring them back on board, being part of the meetings, knowing what’s happening because you need to put the DNA back into the club.

“But he wants to reinject the Arsenal DNA, the identity that for me is long gone. You don’t have Arsenal people there among the board that can show the right direction.”