[Cas];18215556 said:
That has to be the most ridiculous thing anyone has ever come out with on this forum? Wenger is doing a brilliant job at keeping Arsenal ticking over in the Champions League, while they pay off debts and spend as little money as possible. And why is he doing that? Well, so the manager that replaces him has a club in absolutely perfect financial footing to walk into.
Many, many clubs would count themselves extremely lucky to have a manager such as him. And then there are morons like you giving him stick for trying to do the best for Arsenal's future, which IS a detriment to how his record will look when he retires.
WOW! Long post for me, but you really wound me up with that idiotic comment that time!
Wenger is insisting repeatedly that buying a couple of players, which even at 100k a week and easily Arsenals best paid players, would cost 10million a year in wages. We're 35mil a year in profit(after interest), to suggest that would turn us into City, at 130mil a year or so losses, is stupid, its a completely idiotic thing to say.
Also as I said, if you ditch 2 players who are on 40k a week, and bring in 2 players who are on 40k a week, you, break even, in no way whatsoever taking us close to financial oblivion.
Say you don't want to spend, say Denilson's the bestest player in the world, don't talk rubbish, if he thinks denilson is fantastic and doesn't want to replace him, say theres no one he wants to replace. To spout utter rubbish about going from 35mil in profit to 100mil(or even 5mil) in loss with the signing of a player or two is just ridiculous.
He just spent 80k a week on a striker who, after 10 games became useless, for a position we have about 5-6 players for already, as he's turned us into a single striker using team. So 80k a week on a not proven player in this league, in a position we in no way needing reinforcing isn't idiotic, but replacing players who aren't good enough with better players, will plunge us into vast debt? Either Chamakh is the right player, why on earth have Vela, he's been officially on Arsenal's books for 5 years, on loan at first in Spain, then 2nd or 3rd season at Arsenal, he'll be on 40k a week+, he's started
FOUR league games. I don't much care about Chamakh, he was pointless, I said that long before we signed him, maybe he's an improvement, but why are we keeping Vela, he clearly has no intention of giving him a real chance, or even playing him in a remotely useful manner. Sell Vela, save money, give JET a chance as he can ACTUALLY play the wing and upfront, and is a great potential talent. He says one thing, and does another, then speaks rubbish inbetween about why he can't just sign more players on high wages or the club will instantly drop into massive debt. The board for YEARS has said he can sign more players, again its Wenger insistance on this idea theres only one way to win, and every other way is tainted somehow and its idiotic.
He's an idiot, he has these ridiculous principles of the "right way" to win. WE could cut half the youth squad, save 20mil a year, and have hurt the team in no way at all, we have so much dross in the youth team, and we end up letting them leave for next to nothing when he finally accepts they aren't good enough, at huge expense.
Sorry but Arsenal could be a LOT more profitable, AND better AND sign better players and not become City Mk 2.
Hoyte, on 15-20k a week, for several years despite being a truly truly awful player, thats 1 mil a year, we could have saved for YEARS before we finally booted him, Denilson, get rid of him on 30-40k a week, no give him new contract, sit him on the bench, or watch him come on and play crap, 2mil a year before bonuses and signing on fee's, for years. Theo, 60k a week, 3 mil a year, probably cost around 10mil. Wooo.
As said Wenger keeps coming out with this idiotic statements about one or two players somehow ruining the club, and it is rubbish, again, by selling rubbish players, signing better players, on the same wages, or heck, even less money maybe, and getting rid of players Wenger never damn well uses, or never will use, we can SAVE lots of money, improve the team and be stronger in the future financially.
But heres the main issue, beyond staying solvent, theres no actual benefit to making a huge profit every year, it doesn't help the team, it doesn't help them win things.
With really quite minimal spending we can improve weak areas of the team, this can lead us to WIN things, which is where the REAL money is in football.
Wenger was also behind a ridiculously poor shirt/stadium shirt deal while Arsenal were very competitive. Pool are getting silly money for their shirt deal, Utd, Chelsea, Barca now, Real all get 15-20mil + a YEAR from their deals, Arsenal get 10mil a year for shirt AND stadium, or, around a 1/4 of what other clubs are getting. I'd hardly call that fantastic business.
