Summer transfer joy and happiness

[GP]

It's almost as if there's shit loads more money floating about now...

[Özim]

Arsenal, the club for people who love excuses...

[SMatthews]

Only in the last 4-5 years. We had a decade before that of being told we had to sell our best players because money was so tight after the stadium move.

Spurs this summer are already showing that for the bullshit we always knew it was.

Pochettino has played a blinder in fronting up to Levy on the need for investment, compared
to Wenger who trousered his £10m a year and played along.

We had a golden opportunity after the invincible to establish ourselves as European elite, and we blew it big time.

After two windows of no spending, it’s hardly surprising he’s given him an ultimatum, especially after getting them to a CL final, he held all the cards.

Plus when you see that we earned £24m in 2006 for finishing as runners up in the CL and Spurs just raked in around £90m, you can see the difference.

And they have a £25m defender on the market, a highly rated AM in his final year and a couple of British full backs they’d be happy to sell - let’s see if they’ve had to doing any selling to balance the books.

Since we’ve had money to spend it’s been mismanaged and wasted, which is why we are where we are.

[RomfordPele]

Let’s see. I’d be very surprised if spurs don’t make a significant net outlay on players after a mere 12 months of austerity. Haven’t checked figures but pretty sure we had near negative transfer spends for 6-7 years after the emirates opened.

I agree we’ve frittered money away in recent years, largely on crippling wage bills for undeserving players. But my point was that the crap we were told about new stadium breaking us financially was utter horseshit.

I’m surprised this is getting debated to be honest.

[SMatthews]

Exactly, after 12 months they are due to spend, especially with so much earned from the CL and having lost Dembele, and with at least two other first team players close to leaving.

[Mac76]

Martinelli interview:

'Are there any players that you look up to?'

"I look up to Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar as they are players who can decide games and are very professional, who dedicate themselves to the whole game."

He'll love playing with Xhaka and Mhki then

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Spurs actually signed him, ffs!

[SMatthews]

Perez going to Leicester from Newcastle for £30m

Rafa’s gone, they couldn’t be bothered to buy Robson and now they flogged their other striker. Newcastle are fucked.

[Özim]

As usual we seem to be dragging our heels in this transfer window, it would have made sense given the last couple of seasons to get in there early and bring in some of the players we need at least by now, instead we've signed a kid who isn't going to feature, haven't got rid of anyone and the defence is still untouched.

Are we going to do our usual trick of waiting till late on and being forced to overpay when clubs know we're desperate again?

[Bumble]

As usual we seem to be dragging our heels in this transfer window, it would have made sense given the last couple of seasons to get in there early and bring in some of the players we need at least by now, instead we've signed a kid who isn't going to feature, haven't got rid of anyone and the defence is still untouched.

Are we going to do our usual trick of waiting till late on and being forced to overpay when clubs know we're desperate again?

wow you aren't asking much we only signed a player yesterday.