Kroenke sends message to Daniel Ek as Arsenal director gives rare interview

The Spotify co-founder made a £1.8billion offer to buy the club last summer and had even recruited the support of club legends Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Dennis Bergkamp.

The Kroenke ownership of the club has been much maligned by the fanbase with calls for Stan and director son Josh to sell up in the wake of the European Super League fiasco.

Josh Kroenke gave a rare interview to Sky Sports and attempted to put an end to takeover talks.

"We get bids for the club all the time, from many different parties around the world and that speaks to the strength of the Arsenal," he said.

"It's a wonderful institution, Arsenal Football Club is a global brand and my only response to anything is the club is not for sale, we're just getting started.

"We've only really owned the club since 2018. We have a young manager, we have a young squad and we're charting our path to the future.

"In the United States we have a certain model [used at other organisations run by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment] and we're implementing that here, and we have over the last three years, which is, young players, talented players with the right mentality, let them grow together while continuing to sprinkle in talent throughout the squad.

"Eventually it grows into something very special. The power of continuity behind the scenes and people working together and pulling in the same direction is an underrated aspect of pro sports.

"With the power of continuity and allowing this group to grow together, special times are ahead for this club."

The Gunners have not finished in the top four since the 2015/16 season while have finished eighth in consecutive campaigns.

Things are looking up under Mikel Arteta right now with the club unbeaten in their last nine games in all competitions having lost their opening three Premier League matches.

Kroenke underlined the club's ambitions and believes they are now back on the right track under Arteta.

"I'm growing more confident by the day but there's a lot of work ahead," he said.

"Even though we're starting to show signs of progress, if you don't keep pushing forwards you'll stagnate. That's a big focus of ours right now: what are our next steps?

"Do we feel good about where we are? We feel better about where we are, we don't feel good. Our fans still deserve more.

"We need to get back into the top four, we need to start qualifying for the Champions League regularly, and with that Champions League qualification comes a different level of how you can recruit players. The best players want to play in the best league in the world, which is the Champions League, outside of the Premier League.

"When you start competing consistently for the Premier League trophy you're pretty much competing for the rest of the trophies in the sport, so our goal is to win the Premier League.

"Once we're in the conversation for the Premier League I think that's when interesting things will really start to happen elsewhere as well."