As you may know American Enos Stan Kroenke has been buying up shares of England's Arsenal football club. If Kroenke's going to buy Arsenal, he's going to find a way to do it before Alisher Usmanov (who? Just a Russian billionaire). Usmanov recently bought ex-Arsenal chairman David Dein's 14.5% share of the club.
As mentioned a few days ago, the Colorado Rapids are winless in 10 games. Worse, they have only won 11 games out of their last 41 played in the MLS. Most disturbing is that their hasn't been a peep out of the Front Office about the coaching situation. No one has came out and said that Clavijo's job is on the line if he doesn't turn around the team soon (not that he deserves more time). Jeff Plush nor Charlie Wright have not stated if Clavijo is meeting their expectations let alone exactly what their expectations are at this point. They have not stated that they will fire Clavijo even though at this point short of a minor miracle, the Colorado Rapids are now for all practical purposes out of the playoffs. Does Enos Stan Kroenke care so little about the Rapids that he can't be bothered to bring in at least an average coach? After all, Fernando Clavijo has one of the worst all-time coaching records in the MLS. Can we at least shoot for average?
To some it may seem the rumor that Paul Allen is looking to buy Southampton FC (English Championship; division 2) has been put to rest. A spokesman for Allen has denied any interest in buying Southampton or any English club. It seems simple enough that if the spokesman says there is no interest, there is no interest. But the last time we saw that happen, it was a spokesman denying that Kroenke had any interest or intention to buy Arsenal. But soon after that, Kroenke ended up buying ITV's stake in the club. Could it be that a bid by Paul Allen is still in the wings?
