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Who is Daniel Ek? The Spotify supremo linked with Arsenal takeover By Peter White While Arsenal may have tentatively taken a step back from their European Super League commitments last week, the fallout from the debacle is far from over, with current owner Stan Kroenke under mounting pressure from fans to sell the club.  Several thousand supporters flocked to the Emirates ahead of Friday night’s home defeat against Everton, protesting against the American billionaire businessman and the rest of the Arsenal hierarchy for their involvement in the highly controversial ESL scheme.  Alongside Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham, the Gunners had earlier reversed their decision to join six other high-profile European clubs in the proposed competition that was met with widespread condemnation.  Despite director Josh Kroenke and chief executive Vinai Venkatesham issuing apologies for Arsenal’s involvement, such a move marked the tip of the iceberg ...

If Arsenal join the European Super League we can wave goodbye to football as we know it By Adam Le Roux Well, that’s the end of football then. Goodbye, see ya, adios. The end of Saturdays in the sun, rain or snow thumbing through a programme and munching on a lukewarm pie, that sense of excitement as you hear the teams for the first time, and that sense of disappointment when no one within earshot wants to hear you views on why we were better with Abou Diaby in the midfield. The end of the nerve-racking final five minutes as you cling on to a hard-fought away win at Burnley, or the ecstasy after fighting back to claim a point against West Ham after being three goals down. The end of all those emotions, bottled up and released throughout the 90 minutes; the ups, the downs, the joy, the despair, and the end of thinking football really mattered.   What is football? We are nothing to football clubs, and the quicker we accept that the better. We like to think we are, because we would ha...