Every time I think that I’m out, they pull me back in

Michael Corleone said it about the mafia, and Arsenal fans are surely thinking it today after news broke late yesterday that David Dein, ex-director of football, has sold his shares in Arsenal Football Club to a Russian firm. Just when I thought that I’d might just enjoy a bit of football, there’s a new media circus in the offing. It seems that this firm, “Red & White Holdings”, will be chaired by Dein, but are co-owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and by a London-based investor named Farhad Moshiri. Usmanov is another of these Abromvich types, and you all know how I feel about him. There’s not much that I’ve found on Moshiri other than a wikipedia post indicating that he used to work for Deloitte, and is co-owner of Red &White.

According to the press, Arsene Wenger welcomes this move, which seems a bit odd considering his anti-foreign investment stance of a few months ago. Suffice it to say, the plot thickens with every turn, and I for one would just as soon have it settled sooner rather than later, but I don’t think that’s very likely. It’s a damn shame, because the side are playing some good football, and that’s what should be making the news.