27 Jul 2016 12:23:45
Does anyone truly know the state of our finances? If we are not able to compete for the very best players and pay the going rates, why are we paying the highest ticket prices in Europe? Also, how much of the new tv deal money is actually available for players? Our transfer policy makes no sense at times and I feel there are issues with the club that the fans are unaware of. Anyone else thinking along the same lines?
27 Jul 2016 13:56:24
I think it's down to wages, for some reason we pay our fringe player to much which all adds up. It's not good enough because he is basically saying we can't challenge for the league. I don't like gazidis, very untrustworthy.
27 Jul 2016 14:22:48
I think you're nail on the head there mate.
That's one part (of many) to our problem.
The only people who truly know how much cash we have, are Arsene, Ivan, Stan, Board members and the banks.
So when papers come out with 'Arsenal with record £204847939474837 cash reserves' we all get up in arms that we aren't using it.
Then someone comes out of the club later (like Ivan just has) with a 'we don't have the finances to compete with City, Utd and Chelsea. (or apparently Leicester, Spurs, Palace, West Ham, Liverpool and others) and the fans are mad again because it feels like we're being lied to.
If we didn't have or knew we wouldn't have money, why build the Emirates?
We could just as easily of kept Highbury for a little while longer,
I know a lot of fans preferred Highbury anyway (personally I think the Emirates is a superb stadium, but I agree it's not got the feel Highbury did. )
I know it's an old argument, but the club needs a David Dein character.
Arsene has too much control over pricing, he treats players like I treat pizza's in sainsburys (£3 for a ham and pineapple?! ) refusing to go a penny over budget.
He needs someone to help him, who he can give a list of 3-4 players and sat, get me one of those.
(I'm grossly over simplifying the process, but you get the picture)
Believe it or not, I'm not on the side of 'Arsene out' or even the 'one AW' I'm more a 'Arsene please adapt' side.
It's like this Lacazette thing.
When you go to buy a car, if the bloke wants £4K you offer him a lower price and you negotiate.
But if your mate has also gone for the car before you and had offered £3k and was told no, you don't turn up and then say 'how about £2,800?'
Lyon have played it brilliantly.
They've apparently said or it's thought, they'll take £40m for Lacazette.
But by announcing it, Aulas has got Arsene where he wants him.
If we don't go back in for him, Lyon keep one of their stars (don't forget, they aren't struggling for cash any more, plus the sold Umtitti) and our fans will lose their nut.
If we do go back for him, Lyon have named their price, they either get £40m for player who maybe isn't worth that, or they don't sell him and once again, our fans do their nut.
Not to mention Aulas also says they bid for Ben Yedder who we apparently want, good mind games.
I've gone on a bit of a tangent once again, so apologies, but the club does frustrate me.
I'm still positive, I think we'll sign someone, but I said the same last season and look how that went.
27 Jul 2016 14:26:52
According to our board we can buy anyone except messi and ronaldo. But now i think a few more players are on that list.
27 Jul 2016 15:23:27
I am a bit confused about this whole Lacazette thing.
Are the eds able to shed any light, i thought we had bid 30 million a while ago and since then others have bid and also been rejected.
Lyon recently came out with a statement which was to deny that they had rejects a bit of 48million euros and then also said that hey had received an offer of 30 but that it was not even answered, but they did NOT say that the bid of 30 mill was a recent one and one that was made after they had already rejected a higher bid from another club if that make sense.
do the eds know if our bid was a recent one as we are all suggesting and slating wenger for or weather it was infact a bid from the start of the window and people have just jumped all over wenger?
27 Jul 2016 16:50:34
Breal, high chance I'm incorrect here, but apparently, it's looking like we actually bid before West Ham (apologies if so, my mistake! ) and it was turned down, then West Ham bid and it was also rejected.
Lyon deny we've made any further approaches after the original bid.
So it's a case of wait and see if we go back for him or if we've decided to not pay the money.
Arsene didn't want to talk about Lacazette earlier today, simply saying that he prefers to do business in secret and that the Lyon statement was their perogative (I don't remember the exact words, but that was the gist of it more or less)