With the Arsenal board meeting set to discuss a proposal from Alisher Usmanov to raise £100m (by way of a rights issue) to pay off debts and finance transfers, it's interesting to hear an expert's take on the situation.
Jeff Randall of Sky News Business told Sky Sports News: "As an underwriter of a share issue, that does not automatically give you a seat in the boardroom.
"You could end up owning a big chunk of the shares, but have no control of how the money's spent, unless you force your way into the boardroom as a director.
"That's quite a weak position to be in.
"It's not a good thing to own lots and lots of shares but to see somebody else running the business.
"However, if you do own lots of shares you can become a real pest. At the next AGM you can start voting down proposals by the management. At that point normally, a big shareholder is invited into the boardroom to give it some sort of coherence.
"My impression is Mr Usmanov is playing a very calculated long game. He has the money. Arsenal need the money. He has the appetite and patience to sit there and use that financial muscle to creep his way into the club, on to its share register and into the boardroom.
"I think his long game is to say 'I am Mr Arsenal'."