Stan and Josh Kroenke have hardly been popular figures in their time at the Emirates since taking control in north London.
Joining the board of Arsenal directors in September 2008, the Kroenke family have struggled to take Arsenal to the heights they were used to before their tenure.
In that time, the Gunners have signed some special players. Mesut Ozil shocked the world in 2013 when he joined the Gunners and Alexis Sanchez took the Premier League by storm when he joined a year later.
Transfers like those have been few and far between, however. More often than not in the Kroenke era, Arsenal fans have been left disappointed with the players that have been brought to the Emirates. Here are just a few who somehow managed to pull on an Arsenal shirt that have left without the fondest memories.
5. Kim Kallstrom
Two points clear at the top of the league heading into the January deadline day in 2014, Arsenal needed reinforcements to maintain their title challenge. Julian Draxler had been linked with a move to the Emirates throughout the window. A young, skillful, energetic midfielder that was influencing games in the Champions League for Schalke, the 21-year-old looked just right for Arsenal at the time.
Instead, on January 31, the Gunners completed the loan signing of a 31-year-old Swedish midfielder who was already carrying a back injury. Kim Kallstrom arrived in north London from Spartak Moscow and was very nearly a complete waste of a signing. Making his debut in March 2014 against Swansea, he actually showed some promising signs in possession.
He went on to score an important penalty to see Arsenal through in the FA Cup semi-final shoot-out against Wigan but that was the sole reason his spell with the Gunners wasn't a total waste. He showed signs of why he was signed but it just wasn't a signing that should have been made.
After returning to Spartak Moscow, the Swede joined Grasshoppers in 2015 and then moved to Djurgårdens IF in 2017 where he retired.
4. Yaya Sanogo
Similar to Kallstrom, Yaya Sanago's involvement in Arsenal's 2014 FA Cup triumph saves him from being higher on this list. Brought on an hour into the game, the Frenchman actually made an impact and was able to feed the ball into Olivier Giroud. This led to Giroud's back-heeled assist for Aaron Ramsey's extra time winner but that is one of a handful of fond memories from Sanogo's time at Arsenal.
Although he looked promising coming to the club as an Under-20 World Cup-winner, Sanogo never looked like he had grown into his lanky frame. Unable to keep the ball and almost absent in the opposition box, his time at Arsenal was more comical than anything.
He did produce a couple good moments when he smashed four past Benfica in the Emirates Cup but even then he fell over during his celebration. There'll be no hard feelings towards the Frenchman but it just wasn't meant to be at Arsenal.
He's since joined Toulouse where he has scored nine goals in 49 Ligue 1 games.
3. Marouane Chamakh
Signed on a free transfer from Bordeaux, Marouane Chamakh had a very respectable start to his Arsenal career. After 12 games in all competitions, he had six goals to his name but as the season went on, he couldn't keep up his scoring form, ending the season with ten goals for Arsenal just one of them came in 2011.
This coincided with Robin van Persie's rapid upturn in form and heading into his second season at the club, Chamakh was the clear second choice striker. Unable to find the form he had shown in his first few months at the club, the striker folded in van Persie's shadow. Scoring just once that year, when the Dutchman left for Manchester United, rather than rely on Chamakh, Olivier Giroud was signed.
Having fired Montpellier to the Ligue 1 title, Giroud cemented his place has van Persie's replacement. As for Chamakh, he tried a loan spell at West Ham before moving to Crystal Palace in the summer of 2013. He was in south London for three years and then moved to Cardiff City where he only made two league appearances. He has not played football since and confirmed his retirement in May 2019.
2. Sebastian Squillaci
Brought in from Sevilla at 30-years-old in 2010, Sebastian Squillaci was a massive drop off in quality from Arsenal's main centre-back partnership of Laurent Koscielny and Thomas Vermaelen. With the latter out for most of the season with an Achilles problem, Squillaci was forced into the side which cost Arsenal.
Like in 2014, Arsenal were mounting a title challenge in the 2010/11 season but with Chamakh's goals drying up and Squillaci constantly making mistakes at the back, they fell short. Buying Per Mertesacker the following summer, Squillaci's Arsenal career faded away as he appeared just once in the Premier League after his first season.
Arsenal released him in 2013 and he spent the rest of his career was Ligue 1 outfit Bastia before retiring.
1. Park Chu-Young
Coming in at number one is Park Chu-Young. Unlike those higher in the list, he failed to make an impression whatsoever while at Arsenal.
Joining from Monaco in 2011, the striker to the number nine shirt but only went on to play eight minutes of Premier League football. Behind even Marouane Chamakh in the pecking order, the striker couldn't get going and scored just once in the 2011/12 season.
After failed loan spells away from Arsenal, he finally left in 2014 when he joined Al-Shabab. Not impressing in Saudi Arabia, the South Korean found his scoring touch once more when he returned to his home country with FC Seoul where he is still playing today.
