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When Stan and Josh Kroenke settle down to Sunday night's Super Bowl in Atlanta it will be to acclaim from the supporters of their NFL franchise, the Los Angeles Rams, who play the New England Patriots
Just over two years after a controversial restructuring, a bitterly contested relocation from St Louis, and after hiring an innovative young coach in Sean McVay, their team are close to the pinnacle of American sport
Would that it were so simple at Arsenal. They have the young coach in Unai Emery. They have the same owners
Josh Kroenke, son of Stan, has been a driving force behind the restructuring of Arsenal in the post-Wenger era
Josh Kroenke met Emery, head of football Raul Sanllehi and managing director Vinai Venkatesham shortly before Christmas in London
'We had a wonderful meal and talked about the journey we are on,' said Kroenke. 'As a group we are unified
We talked about climbing the mountain together.'Yet returning to the Premier League pinnacle will be much harder, as may be clear when the Kroenkes tune in to Arsenal's game at Manchester City as their pre-Super Bowl viewing
Increasingly, it look as though the decisions made in one week this time last year have hamstrung the Kroenke-Emery revolution
Tensions were fraught as a Premier League title challenge had failed to emerge. In the autumn of 2017, the debates inside Arsene Wenger's office were intense
Among his staff, discussion centred on the role of two star players, Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil
There seemed no chance of getting Sanchez to renew his contract, but Ozil was different
It seemed Wenger's love for him was immovable. At one meeting, Wenger was urged by confidants to sell him
The manager was first shocked and then defensive about his play-maker.Wenger told the club he wanted Ozil to stay, as his contract finished in 2018, but the deal was in the hands of Ivan Gazidis and when Wenger became aware of the figures being discussed — £350,000 a week — he had reservations
Arsenal's course was set. Sanchez joined Manchester United in a swap with Henrikh Mkhitaryan
On January 31 2018, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang joined Arsenal in a £56million deal
The same day, Arsenal announced the biggest signing of all: Ozil agreed a deal until 2021
In the short-term, Arsenal avoided the calamity of losing both star players for next to nothing as their transfer value ran down
However the club will surely regret that decision. Gazidis was soon off to AC Milan, leaving others to clean up the mess
Wages of £18m a year had been committed to Ozil, about £11m to Aubameyang and £10m to Mkhitaryan
So when, at the start of this season, Aaron Ramsey agreed a deal worth £10m a year, Arsenal had to withdraw it
Last week's financial figures revealed why: income was down to £388.6m and wages up to £235
7m, or 60 per cent of turnover. That's with only half a season's worth of Ozil, Aubameyang and Mkhitaryan
It's not that Arsenal don't have money to rebuild. Their profits were a record £97
4m, though they're heading for a large loss this season, but their financial commitments to Ozil, whose value to the new manger is marginal, and Mkhitaryan, who has been injured, leaves little room for manoeuvre
What seems to be developing, with the departure of head of recruitment Sven Mislintat, is a process in which the manager is more dominant
Last month's loan deal for Barcelona midfielder Denis Suarez was clearly driven by Emery and Sanllehi
Presumably Emery is confident the player has the energy to press defenders in the manner his style demands
Matteo Guendouzi is another signing driven by Emery.What Arsenal now want is a director of football to liaise with Emery and implement a footballing vision throughout the club
That is why former winger Marc Overmars, Ajax's director of football, is touted for a return to the club, though it is still possible that Sanllehi will look to Spain to fill that role
Whoever is given the job, the task will not be easy. The Kroenkes are not about to start throwing money at the problem
It could easily take another three transfer windows to unpick the problems of the past, offload expensive luxury players and starting to rebuild
It can be done, as Liverpool have shown, but it will take time. Much longer than the two years it took the LA Rams
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