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Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke gives green light to new investment ahead of January transfer window

Arsenal could stand to benefit from Stan Kroenke selling a minority stake in the Los Angeles Rams after NFL owners voted through the league's new private equity ownership policy.

Kroenke is the chairman and chief executive of the Rams and has owned the franchise outright since 2010, previously holding a minority stake after acquiring a 30% share in 1995. The billionaire can now sell up to a 10 per cent stake in the team to private equity firms, potentially as many as three funds.

With the Rams valued at an estimated £5.8bn by Forbes, a 10% stake could sell for around £580m, which Kroenke would be free to spend on whatever he wishes, including the Gunners.

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Arsenal fans have called on the club to sign a striker during the January transfer window, and those funds would come in handy, with the likes of Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyokeres set to cost the best part of £100 million. football.london understood the club were keen on signing a centre-forward this summer, so it could be conceivable that remains the case in the new year.

The club's co-chair, Josh Kroenke, also addressed potentially refurbishing the stadium this summer. "It would be premature to talk about any plans in depth, but the internal conversations are starting to occur about [the stadium]," he told ESPN.

"It is not an easy renovation, but we see the possibilities of what's there." Expanding the capacity beyond 60,000 would assumedly cost hundreds of millions, and any injection in cash from selling a small stake in the Rams would go a long way to covering that cost.

However, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell does not believe every club will cash in. "I don't think all teams will take advantage of that," he has said, "but they will if they need that. It's a very good opportunity for them."

It would be an opportunity for Kroenke Sports & Entertainment to continue growing the value of its team. As our chief business of football writer Dave Powell outlined earlier this year: "KSE is a company that has seen a huge growth in the sporting assets that it owns, and that is likely to continue for some time yet, although, for some of the teams, the rate of growth may start to slow down." Taking advantage of welcoming investment from private equity could potentially prevent that slowdown.