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Post #480881  Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:16 pm 
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Jesus wept was I drunk ...... because the way he's handling things at the moment he'd be in the running for the title of Arsenal's worst ever manager
Cheer up you silly old sod! https://youtu.be/tqC3BjIyq_0

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Being linked with a move for Timo Horn, cologne gk who would be available for £4.5m if cologne were relegated.
Let’s do it if only for the headlines “Wenger has the horn”, “Wenger lost his coq but found his horn” Of gk’s I’ve properly seen I wouldn’t mind us going for Jack Butland in the summer.
Coq, Horn and Butland. I sense a certain theme there. Well, it is Arsenal we are talking about.

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If that's the case we must be spending way too much on wages for bog average players. If our wage bill is 234 million per annum

We certainly aren't getting much "bang for the buck " when you consider while we were spending 234 mill , Tottenham spent 120

Would be a good point to raise at the next AGM .


https://talksport.com/football/every-pr ... 61432?p=16

This is Wenger's socialist wage structure. Trying to keep all the players on relatively similar pay so it creates harmony...! Arsenal have continually paid big wages to young players and then quadrupled them as soon as they set foot in the first team, alongside this they don't pay the real top players enough to be able to keep them. There needs to be a much better plan.

Rashford is 'only' on a reported £20k per week at Man U. One of england's brightest young talents - but he hasn't really made it so don't pay him £80k per week like we have with lesser players


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There's talk it's either one of Mick or Malcolm to plus Aubameyang not all 3. Why not all 3 ?? We must have the cash and we are way short of talent

Just saw a very good Twitter thread explaining that we do probably need to sell before we can buy due to our high wage bill and the allowed % of turnover to be used for wages. Although we are very cash rich, our relatively ordinary commercial deals, high wages and no CL football means we are restricted in how much we can spend presently. That would explain why we need outs before ins.

Is this the thing about wage increase year on year? I'll be honest I'm not sure how it works.

So are UEFA getting strict on the amount your total wage bill can increase by each year.....but totally ignoring the mountains of money some clubs can just pour in to clubs for transfers and 'sponsorship'?

How ridiculously ironic after years of moaning about financial fair play, carefully stashing our money and being more prudent than a church mouse that WE are now being hamstrung by trying to spend some money!

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Jesus wept was I drunk ...... because the way he's handling things at the moment he'd be in the running for the title of Arsenal's worst ever manager
Cheer up you silly old sod! https://youtu.be/tqC3BjIyq_0


:laughing7: :53big-emoticons: Quite right Old Man ... I'll get out in the shed in a minute and weld something , the apathy will evaporate .

Preferred the Ventures with their driving beat over the Shadows in my teenage years but now think the Shadows have a lot more class and musical talent .

EDIT of course a lot of that would be down to Norrie Paramour

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Talk that the Sanchez/Mkhitaryan deal is a straight swap with no money involved.

I thought previous reports of cash + Mkhitaryan sounded too good to be true.

It's interesting we are selling Walcott first as without a replacement lined up we will be really short. I would have thought one of the other 2 wingers Malcolm and Mick (I'm not spelling all that every time!) must be getting close.

There's talk it's either one of Mick or Malcolm to plus Aubameyang not all 3. Why not all 3 ?? We must have the cash and we are way short of talent

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Rich wrote:
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Just saw a very good Twitter thread explaining that we do probably need to sell before we can buy due to our high wage bill and the allowed % of turnover to be used for wages. Although we are very cash rich, our relatively ordinary commercial deals, high wages and no CL football means we are restricted in how much we can spend presently. That would explain why we need outs before ins.

Is this the thing about wage increase year on year? I'll be honest I'm not sure how it works.

So are UEFA getting strict on the amount your total wage bill can increase by each year.....but totally ignoring the mountains of money some clubs can just pour in to clubs for transfers and 'sponsorship'?

How ridiculously ironic after years of moaning about financial fair play, carefully stashing our money and being more prudent than a church mouse that WE are now being hamstrung by trying to spend some money!

Can anyone name a single big decision the club has got right in the last 5 years?


I really can't think of one. I'd say signing Özil but the club were forced into that by fan unrest

Looking forward to our new players mick, Malcom and baba shaking their heads at the latest defensive mess in a few weeks after they have joined whilst our bench sits in absolute silence


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Theo was a decent player but if ever there was a player who needed the benefit of direct one to one coaching and micro management it was him. Wonder if he would have been better with a different manager and it will be interesting to see how he does at Everton


Too late I'm afraid, he needed expert coaching during his formative years. His game is based on pace and movement alone and his technical limitations were always going to be exposed in a tippy tappy set-up like ours.

Product of an English system at the time that pushed more physical attributes over technique and technical ability.

Given Theo's limitations could it be said that his goal record of 1 in 4, whilst not making him a roaring success, certainly makes him a long way from a failure.

I think I can guarantee that he will be well cheered when he comes back to Arsenal with Everton


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Preferred the Ventures with their driving beat over the Shadows in my teenage years but now think the Shadows have a lot more class and musical talent..

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Not sure if its been noted on here but Wilshere has officially been offered a new deal at Arsenal according to David Ornstein (who is usually the most accurate you'll get with Arsenal). He says it is on slightly reduced basic wage but with incentives to boost it.

I hope he signs because he's our best player at the moment!


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If that was the case, Liverpool wouldn't have been able to sign Van Dyk. Their wage bill is very high relative to revenue and they recorded a loss last year. Unless of course, they are ignoring the rules and we are being stupidly compliant.

Ttey sold Coutinho for £145m which would offset that.

They signed Van Dyk first though. I really don't think there is anything holding us back when it comes to the financing of transfers.

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Palace at the weekend - a 3pm kick off on a saturday! a rarity. Hopefully some protests at the stadium, how can you expect or demand the fans create a rip roaring atmosphere given what the club is doing to itself and draining any sense of hope or fun from the fans.

Anyway, Palace are without their entire first choice back 4, Ward, Dann, Sakho, Schlupp.

Ramsey and Kolasinac are back. AMN will probably drop to the bench, but what happens in central midfield?


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Rich wrote:
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We certainly aren't getting much "bang for the buck " when you consider while we were spending 234 mill , Tottenham spent 120

Would be a good point to raise at the next AGM .


https://talksport.com/football/every-pr ... 61432?p=16

This is Wenger's socialist wage structure. Trying to keep all the players on relatively similar pay so it creates harmony...! Arsenal have continually paid big wages to young players and then quadrupled them as soon as they set foot in the first team, alongside this they don't pay the real top players enough to be able to keep them. There needs to be a much better plan.

Rashford is 'only' on a reported £20k per week at Man U. One of england's brightest young talents - but he hasn't really made it so don't pay him £80k per week like we have with lesser players

Lingard is on 100k+. Man U pay very high wages right through the squad.

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Talk that the Sanchez/Mkhitaryan deal is a straight swap with no money involved.

I thought previous reports of cash + Mkhitaryan sounded too good to be true.

Under no circumstances is his a good deal. They want to get rid of a passenger who has failed at their club.

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Darren wrote:
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There's talk it's either one of Mick or Malcolm to plus Aubameyang not all 3. Why not all 3 ?? We must have the cash and we are way short of talent

Just saw a very good Twitter thread explaining that we do probably need to sell before we can buy due to our high wage bill and the allowed % of turnover to be used for wages. Although we are very cash rich, our relatively ordinary commercial deals, high wages and no CL football means we are restricted in how much we can spend presently. That would explain why we need outs before ins.

But how can that be true. In the offseason we bid for Lemar and Mbappe at absolutely silly prices. Nothing has changed.

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Removing Coq and Walcott from the squad is just the start. Per will be a good addition to the youth team staff but his time as a first team player should have been up after his FA Cup brilliance. Debuchy has to go and I’m sure he will. Chambers and elneny should be sold as well

We also have 3 players on loan in jenkinson, Campbell and Perez who we should be looking to get as much money from as possible. £20m for the lot minimum.

Along with the two who have left that is a total of 9 players who really contribute very little to the squad.


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Darren wrote:
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There's talk it's either one of Mick or Malcolm to plus Aubameyang not all 3. Why not all 3 ?? We must have the cash and we are way short of talent

Just saw a very good Twitter thread explaining that we do probably need to sell before we can buy due to our high wage bill and the allowed % of turnover to be used for wages. Although we are very cash rich, our relatively ordinary commercial deals, high wages and no CL football means we are restricted in how much we can spend presently. That would explain why we need outs before ins.


Its more about the allowed yearly wage increase, which I think is something like 7%. Though well intentioned, Its a stupid rule - Because in terms of playing staff we've spent a fair bit less than Utd, City & Chelsea in recent years (in the released amounts the papers report, their wage figures only include players, Arsenal's include ALL footballing staff), the new rules mean we can't increase our wage bill by as much as them (in absolute terms),. Essentially if our rivals and ourselves always hit our max allowed annual wage increase, we will never be able to match the wages they offer.

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dec wrote:
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Just saw a very good Twitter thread explaining that we do probably need to sell before we can buy due to our high wage bill and the allowed % of turnover to be used for wages. Although we are very cash rich, our relatively ordinary commercial deals, high wages and no CL football means we are restricted in how much we can spend presently. That would explain why we need outs before ins.

If that was the case, Liverpool wouldn't have been able to sign Van Dyk. Their wage bill is very high relative to revenue and they recorded a loss last year. Unless of course, they are ignoring the rules and we are being stupidly compliant.


Liverpool sold Sakho who was on big money and of course Coutinho, and look set to loose Emre Can on a bosman because they can't meet his wage demands. Its calculated at the end of the season. Arsenal are being naturally conservative by comparison in order to not have to shed salary in a hurry in June.

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No news yet?? What the hell is keeping Pierre, Mkhitaryan and Malcolm eh? We are the Arsenal it's a no brainer!!

Saw Karim got a wee link too. Again.

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Just saw a very good Twitter thread explaining that we do probably need to sell before we can buy due to our high wage bill and the allowed % of turnover to be used for wages. Although we are very cash rich, our relatively ordinary commercial deals, high wages and no CL football means we are restricted in how much we can spend presently. That would explain why we need outs before ins.


If that's the case we must be spending way too much on wages for bog average players. If our wage bill is 234 million per annum we must be paying 6-9 players over a hundred grand a week if not more to cover the bulk of this cost.

Before anyone says the staff numbers are included in this figure I get it but the commercial staff, academy staff etc etc can't contribute the bulk of this cost.

Also if this is the case it's an act of total and absolute MADNESS to let Özil and Sanchez reach the last year of their contracts if we can't financially afford to replace them. What on earth is going on at Arsenal


We will be paying at 9 players over 100k p/w

Sanchez, Özil, Walcott, Lacazette, Kolasinac (bosman so what are you gonna do!), Rambo, Welbeck, Giroud, Čech.

Re the staff numbers impact, given that includes some people on rather high salaries, I'd be surprised if at least 40-50m isn't on staff, especially given that Wenger is on 7-10m depending on who you believe.

Re Sanchez & Özil, obviously they have the flexibility to renew them up to a certain level, but not to renew both and make other quality signings without shedding other salary.

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If that's the case we must be spending way too much on wages for bog average players. If our wage bill is 234 million per annum

We certainly aren't getting much "bang for the buck " when you consider while we were spending 234 mill , Tottenham spent 120

Would be a good point to raise at the next AGM .


https://talksport.com/football/every-pr ... 61432?p=16


Presenting the figures equally to include staff, Spurs' figure should be about 150m ish, but out of the top 6 they are undoubtedly getting the best bang for buck, largely as a result of tying younger players down to long contracts a while ago and Pocchetino extracting better levels of performance from almost every one of their players than their previous employers. Their new stadium should cover much of the damage of their immediate wage increases, though the EPL rules mean that the next time Kane, Alli & Eriksson all want new deals, they will have had to sold one or shed wages elsewhere.

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Too late I'm afraid, he needed expert coaching during his formative years. His game is based on pace and movement alone and his technical limitations were always going to be exposed in a tippy tappy set-up like ours.

Product of an English system at the time that pushed more physical attributes over technique and technical ability.

Given Theo's limitations could it be said that his goal record of 1 in 4, whilst not making him a roaring success, certainly makes him a long way from a failure.

I think I can guarantee that he will be well cheered when he comes back to Arsenal with Everton


Also one has to remember that by the time Theo first started playing football outside of school, most kids have been in academies for 4-5 years. You can improve certain skills as an adult player, but very few players lacking in elements of advanced technique develop in those areas significantly. Mostly they get stronger, slightly quicker, better in their decision making etc. Harry Kane is the only English player I can think of in recent years who has seen a marked year on year improvement in technique, and a large part of that has been an absolute stellar fitness regime, allowing himself to push himself more than most.

In a different team with a different system, Theo could have scored a lot of goals (like a smoother less aggressive Vardy), but our team wouldn't have been as good. Another major factor has been injuries at crucial times, that not only interrupted progress and form, but made him fearful and tentative at times. A real shame that when he finally started to re-discover the requisite bravery and aggression in the first half of last season, he then got injured, and then we changed formation, and now he seems to have just hit the very start of his pace diminishing. (Still very quick, but not un-catchable like he was).

Still - a member of the 100 club despite playing no more than 25 games up front is not to be sniffed at. He leaves us with a sense of frustrated, appreciative minor disappointment.

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Ttey sold Coutinho for £145m which would offset that.

They signed Van Dyk first though. I really don't think there is anything holding us back when it comes to the financing of transfers.


Calculated at seasons end. You can go over on your projections provided you balance by June. We can bring people in as long a balancing amount of wages depart.

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It's so telling that Kroenke has The Arsenal (football), LA Rams (American football), Colorado Rapids (ice hockey), Colorado Rapids (football- America), Denver Nuggets (basketball) and the ONLY one he is under any real pressure to create a winning team, LA Rams, he does in one season. Hmmm

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So, how did the Los Angeles Rams go from a 4-12 season in 2016 to an 11-5 season in 2017? How did they get their first winning season since 2003? And not only that. They won their division.

How do you get that kind of turnaround? What's the secret? They changed their bleeding coach!!!
And not just any coach, a young innovative one. This is an article from near mid season when they were 5-2 and won more games at halfway point than all of 2016.

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More than halfway in the transfer window, and Wenger is still trying to be "smart" in the transfer market. Just like how he sets out his team on the team, he is also devoid of urgency in the transfer market. Star deals, like Coutinho, are done and dusted by clubs with strong ambitions. We will end up with whatever is unwanted, again.

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To be fair, the January window is very tough to get great buys. It happens but obviously not nearly as good as the summer. However, knowing this and knowing that there was a decent chance Özil and/or Sanchez could go in January, we should have had replacements and other positions lined up.

This is what you get with leadership (Kroenke) who doesn't know and to some extent doesn't care.

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To be fair, the January window is very tough to get great buys. It happens but obviously not nearly as good as the summer. However, knowing this and knowing that there was a decent chance Özil and/or Sanchez could go in January, we should have had replacements and other positions lined up.

This is what you get with leadership (Kroenke) who doesn't know and to some extent doesn't care.

You are correct the January window often presents problems. But then in the european summer we have anther problem.

This year is a World Cup year so there will be the excuse of having to wait until the WC is over to do business. Wenger will pick up a bit more cash by being an expert commentator on a French TV channel so we won't actually be doing anything. The players will go to the WC then want holidays and there will be the usual trolley dash at the end of August. groundhog day

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For those that haven’t heard this yet https://youtu.be/spiAqsdvZnA it’s been around for a couple of weeks absolute classic in the making

it’s gradually catching on, would be wonderful to get it going properly in the stadium en masse :15laughter:

I expect the debate over the merits a certain French full back will reignited ( no one else rhymes as well though :laughing7: )


Edit: sadly this vs misses out the first two lines in full

Stick Swiss Tony in me pocket.

I'll fetch Squillaci from the van.

Cause if you want defenders then don't ask Wenger, George Graham, he's your man.

Where they all come from is a mystery, it's like replacing Ashley Cole with Gael Clichy.

Cause he's the one who's driving me berserk, how is Arsene Wenger still in work.

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If that was the case, Liverpool wouldn't have been able to sign Van Dyk. Their wage bill is very high relative to revenue and they recorded a loss last year. Unless of course, they are ignoring the rules and we are being stupidly compliant.


Liverpool sold Sakho who was on big money and of course Coutinho, and look set to loose Emre Can on a bosman because they can't meet his wage demands. Its calculated at the end of the season. Arsenal are being naturally conservative by comparison in order to not have to shed salary in a hurry in June.

But then we will and should be shedding players in June, we’ll certainly get mertesacker and debuchy’s wages off the bill.


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It is the Daily Mail so beware but this suggests the Malcolm story is a media beat up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ident.html

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If here is any truth in this he can f... off before he even signs. mkhitaryan demanding silly wages. He is not even worth 140k per week.

http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/17/henrikh-m ... l-7235438/

When he was in the German League he had one good year 2015/6. The rest of the time he did not produce a reasonable return. The Armenian League and the Russian League are not a reasonable comparison. His figures are terrible. With Man U in 39 league games he has 5 goals. Why we are even considering him is beyond me.

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Why we are even considering him is beyond me.

He was really good for Dortmund, not only in his last year. I have my reservations about him based on how mediocre he's been for United, but at the same time Mourinho is to attacking players what Wenger is for defenders. He just doesn't have a clue how to get the best out of them most of the time.

As long as he's accompanied by other signings I'm fine with it, wouldn't be the first time a player benefitted from a change of scenery.


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It all seems like a typical transfer window for us........vague links with players (not substantiated by the selling clubs) but nothing really that concrete. The usual murmers of lowball bids with little chance of success.

It's as if we are waiting for some wonderful opportunity to just magically transpire.


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Why we are even considering him is beyond me.

He was really good for Dortmund, not only in his last year. I have my reservations about him based on how mediocre he's been for United, but at the same time Mourinho is to attacking players what Wenger is for defenders. He just doesn't have a clue how to get the best out of them most of the time.

As long as he's accompanied by other signings I'm fine with it, wouldn't be the first time a player benefitted from a change of scenery.


I agree with that, Haz, although I wouldn't want him as a straight swap for Sanchez if that is the only deal we do this window.


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I agree with that, Haz, although I wouldn't want him as a straight swap for Sanchez if that is the only deal we do this window.

It’s not ideal, but it’s the situation we’ve put ourselves in. We can’t expect Sanchez to be worth much when every club can sign him for free in the summer. The only thing clubs will pay for now is to have a crack at negotiating exclusively with him for an immediate transfer. Mkhitaryan is the lesser player, but he has a good enough track record to be worth a lot anyway, and he has several years left on his contract.

The thing that would really disappoint me this transfer window is if we didn’t get someone like Malcom in – we’re desperate for young top class talent. Would like to see us build for the future, not just sign players to get 4th place.


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Liverpool sold Sakho who was on big money and of course Coutinho, and look set to loose Emre Can on a bosman because they can't meet his wage demands. Its calculated at the end of the season. Arsenal are being naturally conservative by comparison in order to not have to shed salary in a hurry in June.

But then we will and should be shedding players in June, we’ll certainly get mertesacker and debuchy’s wages off the bill.

We made a profit in player transfers last summer. Our commercial income increased modestly and our wages increase was only £4m due to failure to qualify for the CL. I can't see at all how the PL rules could be forcing us to buy before we sell. And as Gaz pointed out we were preparing a bid for Mbappe. I also believe that if it really came down to it, Arsenal could easily make a case to the PL seeing as we have the 2nd highest cash reserves in the division and it is all self-generated.

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It all seems like a typical transfer window for us........vague links with players (not substantiated by the selling clubs) but nothing really that concrete. The usual murmers of lowball bids with little chance of success.

It's as if we are waiting for some wonderful opportunity to just magically transpire.

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The Mkhitaryan one is more than vague rumour. I think there is something to Malcom too seeing as it prompted statements from Bordeaux. Aubemayang, who knows? He had a row with Dortmund so that could be paper talk. He would be a very untypical Wenger signing, although that could reflect our new structures too.

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Per will be a good addition to the youth team staff.

On what basis do you make this conclusion?

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Post #480920  Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:31 am 
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But then we will and should be shedding players in June, we’ll certainly get mertesacker and debuchy’s wages off the bill.

We made a profit in player transfers last summer. Our commercial income increased modestly and our wages increase was only £4m due to failure to qualify for the CL. I can't see at all how the PL rules could be forcing us to buy before we sell. And as Gaz pointed out we were preparing a bid for Mbappe. I also believe that if it really came down to it, Arsenal could easily make a case to the PL seeing as we have the 2nd highest cash reserves in the division and it is all self-generated.


What you say is true but entirely beside the point. This isn't what we can spend but what we are allowed to. With Lacazette & Kolasinac added that significantly surpassed any savings on wages prior to that. It's why we are selling Walcott & Le Coq. Their wages would mostly cover Aubamayang (or whoever).

The wages control issue is another one why improved recruitment of young promising talent from lesser markets (Our new scout's speciality), is vital for the long term health and success of our club.

Mertrsacker & Debuchy leaving is all well and good, BUT it only helps us with the wage controls next year. It will give us more flexibility this summer.

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