Committed 100 Percent To Arsenal, Stan Kroenke: We Will Not Accept Any Offers

Arsenal supporters protest against club owner Stan Kroenke (Twitter @ThrowbackAFC)

JAKARTA - Arsenal owners Stan Kroenke and Josh Kroenke said they remain "100 percent committed" to the Premier League club and have no intention of selling their club shares.

Arsenal legends Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, and Patrick Vieira are rumored to be joining Spotify founder and billionaire Daniel Ek to buy the club.

More than 1.000 Gunners supporters protested against the current club owners on Friday last week.

"We have not received any offers and we will not accept any offers", the Arsenal owner said in a joint statement, quoted by Antara from the BBC on Wednesday.

"Our ambition for Arsenal continues to compete to win the biggest trophy in this sport and our focus remains on increasing our competitiveness on the pitch to achieve this".

The supporters' protests took place outside the Emirates Stadium before Arsenal's home defeat by Everton following the club's involvement in European Super League (ESL) plans.

The Gunners were one of the 12 founding members of ESL, but they stepped down just 48 hours later and have apologized to supporters.

Stan Kroenke is a 73-year-old American businessman and owner of a number of sports clubs, including the Los Angeles Rams NFL team and the NBA team the Denver Nuggets.

He bought a 9.9 percent stake in Arsenal in 2007 and slowly increased his shareholding to 62.89 percent in April 2011.

Kroenke's son Josh is the club director and is heavily involved in day-to-day operations.

Meanwhile, Daniel Ek is a Swedish businessman with a wealth of USD 4.7 billion (approximately IDR 62.4 trillion). The 38-year-old is reportedly an Arsenal supporter since childhood and has expressed his intention to buy the English club.

Arsenal is currently 10th in the Premier League with five games remaining in Mikel Arteta's first full season as coach.