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Arsenal takeover: John Cross insists he can’t see it happening

The Daily Mirror's Arsenal expert, John Cross, insists he can't see a proposed Middle East takeover of the club happening.

Newspaper reports on Sunday morning claimed a consortium, backed by funds from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, would launch a £1.5billion bid for the club, but the Gunners have moved quickly to deny the prospect of a sale and insist majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is committed for 'the long-term'.

And Cross doubts any attempts to take control at the Emirates would be successful, pointing out the fact that Kroenke has shown no interest in selling his shares to Alisher Usmanov so he can't see any reason for him now to change his mind just because the interest is coming from elsewhere.