Damien

The motive is to destabilise the club. It came out the same day as the North London derby and promised massive transfer budgets, being a massive European club, and cheaper ticket prices. It's Usmanov's same style all the time. Whenever Arsenal are having a bad run he pops up with a press release slating the club and promising more, or he says Henry wants him to take over, or he writes a letter to the press.