no we really arent.Originally Posted by gunnerrrrr
what er spend each year on players (wages plus transfers) isnt that far off what united spend.
we waste it all on 15million teenage wingers who arent ready and pay huge wages to kids and diaby, denilson etc. United dont bother, and just buy quality and pay them whateer it takes to keep them interested.
TOP PREMIER LEAGUE WAGE BILLS 2009-10
Chelsea - £174m (£167m)
Man City - £133m (£83m)
Man Utd - £132m (£123m)
Liverpool - £121m (£107m)
Arsenal - £111m (£104m)
Source: Deloitte, 2008-09 wage bills in brackets
Incredible job by Funguson tbf.
Arsene has only recently stated that he would like the board to increase the wage structure for our top tier players, I.E. our stars getting paid £125-150k per week instead of £75-100K per week.
There's no denying that it could possibly keep some of our elite players at the club for a while longer but let's not kid ourselves, the likes of Cesc & Nasri have left to go and win things, wages aren't a factor with our elite players leaving these days.
Right now from a footballing point of view we're in a mess created by Arsene and I really don't think he's the man to pull us out of it. Huge wage structures and Billionaire type investments aren't necessarily needed here, they play a part and no doubt help to win things but what Arsenal needs is is a pragmatic manager to come in and shape the squad.
Arsene is too idealistic and principle driven to get us out of this mess.
i did think it was closer than that. then again when you look at what united make out of football and sponsorship (as opposed to property development like us) 20mill a year isnt that big a deal.
plus they are paying off the glazers debts, just like we are paying off ours.
+20mill is 4-5 players on 150k a week or 13 denilsons. Not a big deal you say?
i mean in the context of united's greater resources and the fact that utd fan ramsey for example only came to us becasue the wages were so much higher, yes
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