
David Dein, the former Arsenal vice-chairman, has sold his 14.5% stake in the club to a firm co-owned by a Russian billionaire.
The news of the involvement of Alisher Usmanov, who bought the stake for £75m, adds to pressure on the club's board to give in to a takeover.
Mr Usmanov's firm, Red and White Holdings, said it wanted to up its stake in Arsenal over time.
But it stressed there were no plans for an imminent increase in its holding.