How Kroenke & Co. revitalised Arsenal and aim to push forward [Video]

LOS ANGELES — Arsenal co-chair Josh Kroenke is in a tent looking out over a field at Loyola Marymount University, where Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay have just finished coaching 100 children at a community event.

“Just seeing Mikel and Sean out there standing, talking with the kids around, it is kind of a full-circle moment that we have been building towards for a number of years,” Kroenke says in an exclusive interview with ESPN. “I’ve always preached that we need to figure out a way to get our different groups together because it is apples, oranges and watermelon but it’s all fruit to fruit.”

Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE), founded by Josh’s father, Stan, has enjoyed a ripe spell of late. It owns six professional teams and, in June 2023, the Denver Nuggets won their first NBAchampionship in their 48-year history. It was KSE’s fourth title in 18 months …