Mo Britain
Doom Monger
Great news! How much did they get out of it?
Great news! How much did they get out of it?
Wasn't Swiss Ramble the main one peddling this 45m budget stuff?
I thought this also, I don't think anyone outside the club has any idea what we can and are willing to spend, people make educated guesses ie Swiss Ramble but they also flip flop and backtrack pretty damn quick.
The issue I have with Swiss Ramble is its taken as gospel by everyone just because of who he is, right or wrong I dont know and he knows more than I do
The full 35m is added to the books even if the fee is spread, that's my understanding anyway.Our gross spend was £46m but yes some Bell Ends claim we cant possibly afford Pepe
People make the same mistake when we sell a player, like Iwobi for £35m. Its doesn't mean we suddenly have an extra £35m to spend because like us, Everton didn't pay it all up front.
Wenger kept this club afloat during the difficult years of the stadium build. He hasn't been gone two years yet and were sliding downhill badly.Year ending 31st May 2019 accounts show our first loss (27.1m) since 2002 and highlights the financial impact caused by no CL. Next season we may not have EL let alone CL.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...e-absence-bites-accounts-year-ending-may-2019
Wenger kept this club afloat during the difficult years of the stadium build. He hasn't been gone two years yet and were sliding downhill badly.
Wenger only dropped out of the top 4 with the full weight of the fans against him. That's what caused the slide.Wenger finished 6th and failed to get CL, it may have been the first time for years but it was the beginning of the slide. On a positive note, Kroenke wont want to hold onto a business that is making a loss. We may have increased revenue ahead with kit sponsor etc but we are going to take another hit if we fail to get EL. We have to up our game or he sells.
It was Wenger and Gazidis who set this club to be out of the top 4 for the next 5 years. Horrible transfers and contract problems created a mess that we are still trying to fix 3 years later and it will take us a year or two more to finish it.Wenger only dropped out of the top 4 with the full weight of the fans against him. That's what caused the slide.
There's never been a manager or team that's sustained top 4 football with the sort of campaign against them that our fans organised after the 15/16 season.
We have to remember that Wenger finished 4th when the top 4 was exclusive.
Now the smaller clubs have more money and are no longer feeder clubs to the big boys things have changed.
You only have to look at the gaps between 4th and 5th all those years back. Nothing like that now. Smaller clubs have gotten more competitive and Arsenal has gotten less competitive.
You could list 20 signings that the likes of Wolves and Leciester made that improved them. Those were players we were overlooking. Why? Because we thought we were above them.
Most of the Wolves signings are due to their ownership structure allowing Mendes to flood his players in. While Leicester is mainly down to top scouting.
What has really stagnated us in recent has been poor buying and selling.
Buying and selling is an art, as important as any manager. Liverpool and Leicester are leading the way. We're bottom of the class.Most of the Wolves signings are due to their ownership structure allowing Mendes to flood his players in. While Leicester is mainly down to top scouting.
What has really stagnated us in recent has been poor buying and selling.
Wenger was great at it.Buying and selling is an art, as important as any manager. Liverpool and Leicester are leading the way. We're bottom of the class.
How was the top 4 exclusive? Between 2004 and 2013 we were bottom half of the table spenders. And 2013 2018 we climbed to 5th most expensive squad.We have to remember that Wenger finished 4th when the top 4 was exclusive.
Now the smaller clubs have more money and are no longer feeder clubs to the big boys things have changed.
You only have to look at the gaps between 4th and 5th all those years back. Nothing like that now. Smaller clubs have gotten more competitive and Arsenal has gotten less competitive.
You could list 20 signings that the likes of Wolves and Leciester made that improved them. Those were players we were overlooking. Why? Because we thought we were above them.