The manager and owner of Arsenal, Stan Kroenke, cannot agree on a particular plan intended to bring in a significant amount of money for the team.
Unlike his previous sustainability-first philosophy, Kroenke has shown a significant deal of faith in Arteta, providing the Spaniard with transfer funds totaling about £300 million over the course of the last two seasons.
Arteta, who took advantage of Arsenal’s Champions League participation and ran Man City close for the Premier League title in consecutive seasons, has made a good return on that investment.
On a lot of issues, though, the paid fundamentally differ, as is the case with practically every manager-owner relationship in the Premier League.
As an investor, Kroenke views Arsenal as a venture for capital appreciation that he will eventually sell for a massive profit.
Matchdays and the training field are Arteta’s priorities.
Even though both sides would have like it to be a church-state relationship, Arsenal’s commercial and athletic facets are inextricably linked.
The overlap is becoming more and more problematic at the Emirates and in the larger football community.
Mikel Arteta won’t be pleased with Arsenal’s support of a controversial competition. Arsenal is one of the Premier League teams actively backing FIFA’s ideas for an expanded Club World Cup.
European competitors have traditionally had an unhindered experience with the event, although they have been obliged to play an additional match or two each campaign.
However, Gianni Infantino intends to enable 32 clubs to compete in the 2025 tournament—a move that coincidentally has the backing of FIFA supremo Arsene Wenger, a former Arsenal player.
Instead of the present structure, which matches the UEFA, CONMEBOL, AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, and OFC annually, this World Cup-style competition would be held every four years.
FIFA believes there is opportunity for an expanded tournament, as evidenced by new statistics from the CIES Football Observatory, which indicates that over the past ten years, just 2.1% of players have played 50 or more games per season, and that 81.9% of minutes were played in domestic competitions.
Critics will point out that, with the new extended Champions League structure beginning in 2024–2025, teams like Arsenal will nearly invariably play 50 or more matches per term.
Arteta has frequently expressed worries about the amount of labor that players must perform, and Kroenke—who just delegated his son Josh’s daily duties in North London—will emphasize the potential wealth that may be at stake.
According to FIFA, clubs may make up to £42 million every time they participate in the competition.