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

[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.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

Talk me through the profits he has taken out of Arsenal

The value of his shares has quadrupled. So he's got a cool £750 million in the bag to use as leverage for whichever deal he wants.

Talk me through what he has put into the Arsenal.