Arsenal's billionaire proprietor Stan Kroenke has bought a prestigious French winery that has been family-run for 2 centuries.
Publicity shy Kroenke, 69, who has an estimated private wealth of $8bn, has purchased a majority share in Bonneau du Martray, a history-soaked wine grower in France's Burgundy area.
'Silent Stan', as he's recognized by Arsenal followers, additionally owns American soccer crew the Los Angeles Rams, basketball's Denver Nuggets, as effectively ice hockey facet the Colorado Avalanche.
Arsenal's billionaire proprietor Stan Kroenke has bought a prestigious French winery
The newspaper didn't reveal the value of the buyout, and the household which owns the location, the Le Bault de la Morinieres, couldn't be reached.
Regional business physique BIVB mentioned it had not been knowledgeable of the choice.
A lot of the pink and white grand cru wines produced on Bonneau du Martray's 11-hectare web site are destined for export, ending up on the tables of pricey eating places.
Kroenke, who's married to Wal-Mart heiress Ann Walton who's price £three.7bn in her personal proper, already has Californian vineyards in his enterprise empire within the type of Napa Valley's Screaming Eagle.
Screaming Eagle's property supervisor Armand de Maigret informed Les Echos newspaper that Kroenke's first foray into the international market was the 'product of affection at first sight'.
Kroenke is presently within the technique of shifting his Rams franchise from St Louis to Los Angeles
Kroenke has been on the Arsenal helm since 2011, the place he took his stake within the North London membership to 66.64 per cent.
He has attracted the ire of Gunners followers due to his continued backing of supervisor Arsene Wenger and reluctance to splash the money within the switch market.
Arsenal haven't received the Premier League since 2004.
He additionally outraged followers as his firm obtained an annual £3m cost 'for strategic and advisory companies'. That resulted in October after a backlash from supporters.
Kroenke is presently within the technique of shifting his Rams franchise from St Louis to Los Angeles, the place they final performed in 1994 earlier than defecting to Missouri.
The brand new Rams stadium he's constructing in Inglewood, Los Angeles County, guarantees to be one of the best on this planet.
At an estimated $3billion (£2.28bn) it should even be the costliest.
The transfer has delighted residents in Los Angeles, however enraged these in Kroenke's dwelling state of Missouri the place accusations nonetheless fly about the way it was allowed to occur.
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