Arsenal interest F1's Ecclestone

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<font size="2">Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is interested in buying Arsenal. </font></p>

<font size="2">Arsenal are valued at &pound;432m, but five directors who own 45% of the club have signed an agreement to resist any takeover that will run until April. </font></p>

<font size="2">&quot;The directors don't want to sell and have signed a lockout agreement for a year, so we will have to wait and see what happens then,&quot; he told The Times. </font></p>

<font size="2">&quot;A lot can change in that time. I am still very interested. If I could buy Arsenal I would, but I'd want control.&quot; </font></p>

<font size="2">Ecclestone, whose personal fortune is valued at &pound;2.2bn, is a friend of former Gunners vice-chairman David Dein, who walked out of the club last season after a boardroom row over a possible takeover. </font></p>

<font size="2">American sports magnate Stan Kroenke has also been linked with a possible takeover, having spent &pound;65m for 12.2% stake in the club in the last year. </font></p>

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