Former Arsenal director Lady Bracewell-Smith: Sack the current board

Arsenal are set to benefit from Stan Kroenke’s disdending coffers as the north London club is looking likely to provide Arsene Wenger a transfer kitty in the region of £45 (Getty Images)

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Former Arsenal director Lady Bracewell-Smith has launched a furious attack on the club’s current board by stating they should be sacked for failing to take the Gunners forward.

Bracewell-Smith sold  her 15.9 per cent holding to Stan Kroenke in April 2011, and upset at the lck of progress seen at the Emirates in recent years.

“I agree that the current board should all go,” Bracewell-Smith ranted on Twitter.

“They are passe. Have nothing more to give to the club at all.

“In time we will need a more dynamic pro-active younger board, and a good directional leadership.”

The current board comprises of Kroenke, chairman Peter Hill-Wood, chief executive Ivan Gazidis and directors Ken Friar, Sir Chips Keswick, Lord Harris of Peckham.

Bracewell-Smith added: “In time we will need a more dynamic pro-active younger board, and a good directional leadership.”

When questioned as to why she was sacked from the board she responded: “They couldn’t handle a woman with power on the board. Felt insecure. Male chauvinism.”

The former board member also responded to calls from fans for the return of David Dein, linked to Usmanov’s Red & White Holdings group, by claiming he was “the root cause of all the troubles at AFC” and was “unable to work with other board members”.

Although she later clarified: “Dein loves the club and although sometimes personalities fall out, his contribution at Arsenal has been immense.”