Son of Arsenal owner Josh Kroenke has responded to an unprecedented showing of unity by the club's supporters.

16 fan groups united to pen an open letter to Kroenke and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment asking them to prove they had ambition to get Arsenal competing for silverware.

Now director Kroenke has addressed some of those queries in a statement.

The American said: "I'd like to start by clarifying that my family owns Arsenal together, and when it comes to the Club, my father and I are in constant dialogue.

"So when you hear from him you are hearing from me, and the other way round. So I pen this on behalf of myself, my father, my family and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.

"We know we have some of the most passionate fans in any sport, anywhere in the world. It's part of what makes us such a special and unique Club.

"And while we understand, appreciate, and agree with concerns about our Club failing to achieve our goal of qualifying for the 2019-20 Champions League, we respectfully disagree about our Club being at a crossroads and that things need to change because so much change has recently occurred."

He continued: "We want to be clear we are in sports for one reason and one reason only...to win.

"There is simply no better feeling in sport than winning at the highest level.

"We know there is a lot of hard work ahead and understand that supporters want success now. We will continue to push forward trying to balance the short and long term vision without abandoning the core principles of the Club that have sustained us for the past 133 years.

"We are not naive in our thinking that our ambitions can be achieved overnight, and are putting processes in place to ensure we are stacked not only with talent, but talent with the proper mentality to help us achieve our highest goals in the future."