I hope Usmanov either is able to buy the club quickly or buggers off.

[Sir C]

Talk me through the profits he has taken out of Arsenal

There was that £3 million one of his comapnies charged for services of some description.

I know! Ain't it outrageous! Charging a company for doing work for them.

[Ash]

There was that £3 million one of his comapnies charged for services of some description.

Didn't he stop taking that though becasue it was looking conspicuously like a dividend?

[Luis Anaconda]

Didn't he stop taking that though becasue it was looking conspicuously like a dividend?

Yes - because it looked bad. Despite the fact that the service the company provided was providing similar services to other sporting collectives

[SWv2]

Didn't he stop taking that though becasue it was looking conspicuously like a dividend?

I seem to recall it was loosely described as consultancy which you and I both know is the among the woolliest and most vague terms in modern business.

Essentially, and based purely on my experience, it is a term which describes doing fúck all and bringing fúck all to the party.

Still, chicken feed in relative terms to a man of his wealth, you would wonder why he bothered.

Half a year’s salary for Theo.