Josh Kroenke misses perfect opportunity at Arsenal Fans' Forum to send statement to supporters

There is a clear attempt from the Arsenal ownership. Wait, let me rephrase. There is a clear attempt from the son of Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke, Josh Kroenke, to attempt to repair some of the damage to the relationship between the club’s supporters and Kroenke Sports Entertainment.

Taking full control of the club in 2018, KSE’s involvement in Arsenal has very much been with Josh Kroenke at the forefront. His father recently won the Super Bowl with the LA Rams and was there to lift the trophy. It was almost a literal metaphor seeing him raising it higher than all his other associative projects.

Meanwhile, Josh has been left to answer the questions regarding the ownership of Arsenal. Speaking after the European Super League fiasco at a Fans' Forum, Josh was asked what he would do to engage more with fans.

He replied: “What will I do to engage more with fans? Well, starting with interactions such as this on Microsoft Teams. When I'm in there in person we're going to be sitting down in a boardroom as we did over in Highbury several years ago.

“There's going to be many more interactions like this. It's not going to be a surprise. It's going to be a scheduled appearance by myself with dialogue back and forth between the likes of us.”

Later in July, Arsenal announced the revamp of the Fans' Forum and the introduction of the Fan Advisory Board initiative.

‘The Fans’ Forum will continue to meet three times a year to discuss more operational matters and will be attended by chief executive Vinai Venkatesham and other senior executives. Josh Kroenke will attend at least one Fans’ Forum each season,’ read a statement on the club website.

This was met with a mixed reaction. One appearance from Josh at the Fans' Forum represented a