Arsenal plunged into civil war as Usmanov blasts chief Kroenke after RVP bombs
Arsenal are threatening to head into meltdown after Alisher Usmanov launched an attack on the club.
After being hit by Robin van Persie's refusal to sign a new contract, the Gunners hierarchy have now been questioned in an open letter from Red & White Holdings - which is fronted by Russian billionaire Usmanov.
It turns up the heat on owner Stan Kroenke as the club battles to stay among the Barclays Premier League's elite.
Arsenal's second-biggest shareholders have written to Kroenke expressing 'deep reservations' about how the American is running the club.
Usmanov and Farhad Moshiri claim that a 'tight' financial regime is leading to manager Arsene Wenger selling his best players and 'having to continue to find cheaper replacements.'
They complain that 'we are faced with losing our true marquee player' because we cannot 'give confidence that we can win trophies,' asking 'where are the safeguards to ensure that this doesn't happen again and again?'
The pair own just under 30 per cent of Arsenal through investment company Red & White but haven't been allowed on the board by Kroenke.