It is not hard to see why Kroenke and Usmanov would love to own Arsenal.
Bose says the Arsenal board are confident that Kroenke will not sell to Usmanov.
Bose believes Usmanov will now focus his attention on the smaller shareholders in the club.
Mr Usmanov's private company, Gazmetall, has made a formal approach, through a foreign bank, to Norilsk.
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Most of that money went to an investment venture with Alisher Usmanov, a Russian-metals tycoon, these people said.
There are no plans to offer Usmanov a place on the Arsenal board at the moment, according to Bose.
The price Usmanov paid on Monday is likely to make the eyes of even the smallest shareholder water though.
Fellow billionaire, Russian metals magnate Usmanov, has accumulated 24.2% since buying ousted chief executive David Dein's 14.7% stake last August.
However on Monday the club's managing director Keith Edelman said that Mr Usmanov had not sought a meeting with Arsenal.
Should Mr Usmanov reach a 30% stake in the club then he would be obliged to make a takeover offer.
If Usmanov reaches a 30% shareholding, he will have to disclose whether he intends to make a bid for the club.
And investment expert Justin Urquhart-Stewart says that means only one thing - that Usmanov is intent on taking over the club.
Red and White Holdings Ltd, which is co-owned by Mr Usmanov and business partner Farhad Moshiri, currently holds a 21% stake.
Usmanov, who paid a rich 3.3 times revenue for his stake in Arsenal, seems more likely than Kroenke to pursue this course.
But the three-way marriage between Kroenke, Usmanov and Hill-Wood can't last forever.
Stanley Kroenke and Russian Alisher Usmanov want to carry off the spoils.
Russian media reports have said that Mr Usmanov now aims to up his share in Arsenal to at least 25% plus one share.
Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has been gradually building up a stake in the club and on Friday said he wanted to increase his holding.
So Mr Potanin has brought in another metals magnate, Alisher Usmanov, who owns iron-ore mines and has links to Gazprom, Russia's state-controlled gas giant.
But if her 15.9% stake was to become available, Uzbekistan metals magnate Alisher Usmanov could pass the 30% mark which would force a takeover bid.
It couldn't be confirmed when and at what price Mr. Usmanov had purchased the Apple shares, and USM Holdings had no further comment regarding the purchase.
Mr. Usmanov's stake in Apple follows a decline in the share price of the U.S. tech firm, whose stock is down about 24% in the past year.
It could not be confirmed when and at what price Mr. Usmanov had purchased the Apple shares, and USM Holdings had no further comment regarding the purchase.
Uzbek businessman Usmanov's company, Red and White, is chaired by former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein, who claims foreign investment is needed to compete with the likes of Chelsea.
"I am unsure what he (Usmanov) can do with 25%, and I do not believe he can stop us operating the business on a day-to-day basis, " said Edelman.
In this investment, reported in December by Barron's, Mr. Usmanov used the money to buy shares in a struggling British steel company, Corus Group, according to documents of the deal.
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