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How Arsenal played the long game to return to football’s elite

Big spending and stable ownership under Stan Kroenke has underpinned Arsenal’s rise to the top of the Premier League

The contrasting fortunes of the two clubs whose rivalry once defined the English Premier League will be brought into sharp relief this Sunday as Arsenal host Manchester United.

Arsenal go into the game sitting at the top of both the Premier League and the Uefa Champions League tables, a rise underpinned by significant spending on players and years of settled ownership under US billionaire Stan Kroenke.

Manchester United have outspent Arsenal over the past five years, yet stability has eluded them: less than two years after taking control of club operations Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos has already sacked two managers.

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