22 February 2008

Jabba the Uzbek increases his stake in Arsenal

Red and White Holdings, the investment firm co-owned by Alisher Usmanov (tireless advocate for the oppressed, friend of small animals everywhere, winner of Mister Universe seven years in succession) has increased its stake in Arsenal football club to 24%.

Not a major news item but I daresay he remains about as popular as a Big Mac at a Vegan convention across a large chunk of the blogosphere....

7 comments:

Sean Jeating said...

Would anybody have seriously thought some nasty bloggers were able to thwart the gentleman's plan(s)?

Liz Hinds said...

An aside: why has your name changed to jans in mybloglog?

jams o donnell said...

THat was a wonderful bit of solidarity wasn't it Sean?

Ah Liz, that happened when moving over to yahoo. I recreated a new id but with a typo!

Sean Jeating said...

Indeed, Jams, it was.
As for Abramowich London, Gazprom Schalke, Usmanov London, Berlusconi Milan etc. - I am glad whenever those clubs demonstrate that money can't buy titles.

elasticwaistbandlady said...

Jans? LOL Are you going all Scandinavian on us?

elasticwaistbandlady said...

Vegans Cower In Fear After A Rampaging Big Mac Attack!

I'd buy a periodical with that headline!

jams o donnell said...

I wish that were always the caser Sean. Methinks money talks in the majority of cases!

Ah just a typo Ewbl! I understand that one of the main providers of such headlies, the weekly world news, is no more. The forst time I saw the paper I was entranced!