Arsenal co-chairman Josh Kroenke has admitted the membership have held ‘inside conversations’ relating to the renovation and growth of the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners left their non secular Highbury residence in 2006, upping sticks and transferring a matter of metres away to a brand new floor sandwiched between railway strains and London’s busy Holloway Highway.
With a capability of 60,704, the Emirates is the fifth-biggest stadium within the Premier League behind solely Previous Trafford, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Stadium and Anfield. Nevertheless, the capability has not been elevated on a serious scale since inauguration.
Supporters initially criticised the Emirates for its lack of soul, however the membership have made renewed makes an attempt to make the stadium really feel extra like residence, just lately including new paintings to the outside and persevering with fan efforts to enhance the environment. Present supervisor Mikel Arteta has additionally been credited with serving to restore the bond between the group and the supporters.
In an intensive interview with ESPN, Kroenke was requested whether or not Arsenal had some other plans to renovate and broaden the Emirates.
“It could be untimely to speak about any plans in depth, however the inside conversations are beginning to happen about [the stadium]. It’s not a simple renovation, however we see the chances of what is there,” he stated.
“Our purpose was at all times to compete for the Premier League title as a result of should you look around the globe, in case you are competing for the title year-in, year-out, you might be competing for the whole lot else.
“What can our followers anticipate? All the things they’ve gotten in the previous couple of years. We’ll maintain including to the group. I do know Mikel’s vitality is thru the roof in the perfect of how. In our ladies’s group as nicely, you see how ladies’s sport is taking off around the globe. We’re actually enthusiastic about that a part of the enterprise.
“However as a membership our primary purpose is to proceed to make our supporters proud.”