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Amie Wilson

'Actions speak louder than words!' - Arsenal fans demand more after Josh Kroenke's open letter

Josh Kroenke, son of Arsenal's American owner Stan Kroenke has written an open letter to the club's supporters following protests against how the club is being ran.

Arsenal fan groups have joined together under the hashtag #WeCareDoYou to show their concern, mainly over the lack of investment being put into the club, following failure to reach the Champions League in the 2018/19 season.

In an open letter to the ownership of them club, fans demanded change.

"Arsenal are at a crossroads. Things need to change," the letter read. "It is sad that an institution like Arsenal FC has such passive ownership. All of us want to see a clear sense of purpose and direction.

Kroenke junior has now responded with his own open letter, on behalf of the whole Kroenke family.

"While we understand, appreciate, and agree with concerns about our club failing to achieve our goal of qualifying for the 2019-20 Champions League, we respectfully disagree about our club being at a crossroads and that things need to change because so much change has recently occurred," the response read.

"We want to be clear we are in sports for one reason and one reason only...to win. There is simply no better feeling in sport than winning at the highest level. We know there is a lot of hard work ahead and understand that supporters want success now. We will continue to push forward trying to balance the short and long term vision without abandoning the core principles of the Club that have sustained us for the past 133 years."

The majority of fans were however, less than impressed with the owner's response, claiming that while there is a lot of words, the letter lacked substance.

See some of the reaction below.

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