Nothing stupid about it, imo. "No money available" simply means "nowhere near as much money to spend on players as Manchester City or PSG. Or even Real Madrid and Chelsea."Originally Posted by Pokster
Nothing stupid about it, imo. "No money available" simply means "nowhere near as much money to spend on players as Manchester City or PSG. Or even Real Madrid and Chelsea."
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Strange we bid £90m for Lemar in the summer then
Northern Monkey ... who can't upload a bleeding Avatar
Precisely. With money that wasn't actually available.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
That offer as you know was predicated on the fact that City were giving us 60m for the “contract rebel Chilean”.
Now if you go back to the financial accounts you could argue that they suggest such expenditure is possible without the incoming fee however it all boils down to our willingness to spend, not ability. An issue we are all extremely familiar with by now.
The question is whether it is the board that are unwilling to spend or the manager. I would suggest that Wenger has less control over these things now & so the likely reason is that the board wish to run the club with a large cash reserve. Perhaps to insure against a period where the club won’t be in the top 4 for a while. Austerity, if you will.
Arguably, not spending any moolah is a way of ensuring that the club will not be in the top four for a while. I'm bored of the whole thing tbh. Money Out!
A club with £422.8m annual turnover!
£200m on wages.
£44m EBITDA
Why the **** does a football club need a £145m cash reserve for 'austerity'?
Wouldn't they be better of buying London property if they wanted a ROI for austerity's sake?
Stick to poking your finger up people's arses, Dick. And occasionally, patients' arses.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
Oh I say, very good IUFG. Made me chuckle.
ty, sw.Oh I say, very good IUFG. Made me chuckle.
Dick's unwitting suggestion that The Arsenal may have future cash flow worries, is beyond stupid.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”
and even if we didn't have a pot to piss in...it's hardly the only problem
motivation/tactics/how a top club can take so many savage beatings (4's 5's 6's EIGHTS), the top players we missed out on due to incompetence, the utter dross we have signed, the simple things we fail to address - like how did we not sign a centre half in the summer? We need someone who has the first ****ing clue on how to defend. I could go on. I could write a book on it
But Rich your attitude seems to be just blame it all on the money, and continue what we're doing because improvement is apparently impossible. So why even bother trying?
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