Interesting point, say that Wenger basically trolls all the Arsenal fans and the money from Nasri, Fabregas, Eboue, Clichy et al is invested in the club without any major outlays on players, add in the the Champs League money and the reduced wage bill - would that make Arsenal completely debt-free?
As of January this year the net debt was around 135 million I believe so the above should have just about cleared it - which would mean any players going forward could *shock horror* actually come out of profits or *double shock horror* Arsenal would actually be run like a normal fiscally sound business![]()
Is it worth it though to give up your CL position for a season or more by finishing outside the top four?
I would say highly unlikely in the long term, seeing as how most teams are investing heavily around Arsenal, which will leave them even further behind
(With the current squad, I just cant see how Arsenal will ever make the top four this season - with heavy investment from Chelsea and Utd, immense investment from City and Liverpool (albeit the latter since Jan), and possibly Spurs as well.
No disrespect but it will be pretty amazing if Arsenal even get out of the CL group (depending on the draw of course) so there will be a large drop of income regarding this also if this happens in comparison to the last few seasons (and less EPL income ) .....
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