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    What next for the DIRTY DOZEN?

    Jun 18, 2021 5 minutes

    Arsenal

    A first season without European football since 1996 highlights just how much money and influence has drained from Arsenal. They have the toughest job of the six English teams to retain (some might say recover) elite status without the artificial ring-fence of a Super League. The debacle has further infuriated noisy fans already hostile to the invisible owner Stan Kroenke, who they blame for a slump from invincible champions to mid-table sterility.

    What now? There is serious interest in buying Arsenal from billionaire Spotify owner Daniel Ek, which could spark a revival. The Swede insists that he is a life-long fan of the Gunners, and has been backed by club legends Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry.

    Yet Ek’s opening bid - reportedly for £1.8bn - was rejected. The most likely outcome seems to be that Kroenke stays

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