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The story of Arsenal\u2019s past half-decade has been one of recovery and rejuvenation, a return to strength and challenging once more after years in the competitive wilderness.<\/p>\n
As on the pitch, also off it.<\/p>\n
Elite clubs\u2019 finances are less and less wedded to sporting performance, yet Arsenal\u2019s time away from the top coincided with off-field slippage too. In the transfer market, rivals routinely and significantly outspent them. At the top line, Arsenal\u2019s revenue dipped to the sixth-highest in England for five straight seasons around the turn of the decade, and fell out of the world\u2019s top 10 between 2018-19 and 2020-21.<\/p>\n
Revenue doesn\u2019t equal rich, but it helps. Arsenal\u2019s spending power was for years hamstrung by the cost of building the Emirates Stadium; when Arsene Wenger departed and Champions League football went with him, it left the club\u2019s hopes for a return to the top reliant on owner funding.<\/p>\n
Such owner funding has flowed steadily since Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE) assumed full control of the club in 2018. \u00a3335.5million has been provided by KSE since then, a further \u00a313.5m of it last season.<\/p>\n
That, however, marked a notable drop on the \u00a3108m pumped in in the prior two seasons. Arsenal\u2019s need was less in 2024-25, in large part because of soaring revenues. At \u00a3691m, turnover hit a clear club record, up 12 per cent in a year and almost doubling over the last three.<\/p>\n
It put them third for revenue in England and seventh in the world, positions they\u2019d have climbed from were it not for others enjoying the benefits of last summer\u2019s Club World Cup.<\/p>\n