Alisher Usmanov will keep his Arsenal shares after Kroenke takeover

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov said he won’t sell his share in English Premier League soccer club Arsenal after fellow shareholder Stan Kroenke triggered a mandatory buyout offer by boosting his stake to about 63 percent.

According to Bloomberg, Usmanov said today in a telephone interview from Moscow: «I’m not going to sell my stake. I love Arsenal, that’s why I’m a shareholder.»