Monday, June 30, 2008

David Dein's warning to Arsenal: Take Usmanov's money or slip out of top four

Arsenal's board were warned yesterday that they risked slipping out of the Champions League positions unless they sold up to Alisher Usmanov, the Uzbekistani multi-billionaire who owns 24.9 per cent of the club.

Over a long breakfast at Uefa's gleaming hotel in Vienna yesterday, Dein talked openly about everyone from Arsene Wenger to Cesc Fabregas, Jose Mourinho to Luiz Felipe Scolari. Smitten by the Euro 2008 bug, Dein enthused about Russian strikers and Uefa's throwing of a "faultless" party for footballers and supporters.

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