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By: Trent | August 31st, 2007

and the exiled David Dein sells 15% of the Arsenal Football Club for £75m to Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik.

A cheap shot from me? Yes, the new suitors are actually Alisher Usmanov and Farhad Moshiri. But until I learn more later, so be it.

Which is not to say that a new trend of football clubs being purchased by professional wrestling greats would be a bad thing.

I can totally see Jimmy Hart running Tottenham.

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Category: Arsenal News

Tags: Arsenal, David Dein, Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal News, Farhad Moshiri, Tag Index

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• Brian |  August 31st, 2007 at 1:28 pm

  
  
  

  Dude, did you see that video of the Sheik going after the (Ultimate) Warrior at a convention a couple years back? He was about to lay the camel clutch on that fool.

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• AJ |  August 31st, 2007 at 2:19 pm

  
  
  

  £75m is cheap, but isn’t David going to become the president of the company that owns the 15%?

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• Trent |  August 31st, 2007 at 3:23 pm

  
  
  

  Brian - yeah, the Sheik is certifiable.

  AJ - yeah, Dein is going to stay involved via the company controlled by Usmanov and Moshiri.

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