Wenger being sanctimonious again

He's correct on this. Also for fans it might be more than that; he's talking about transfers though (no doubt that was what he was asked about), not what fans consider football to be.

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Originally Posted by Joker

These are the sorts of comments that really pisses fans off. He's basically treating football as a private enterprise, and for fans it's more than that. I know that football has become a business, but Wenger seems to refer to football purely as if it's a private economic institution, that exists outside of any wider social context.

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To think of football as purely an economic enterprise is stupid but the financial side is pretty much just the financial side, as it's financial. I don't think it pisses off fans that much either tbh, if he said that and bought in decent players they wouldn't care, it's the actions that has led to the (seemingly) widespread resentment.

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Originally Posted by ItsMe

Clubs sell players without having replacements in place all the time, we've done it many times ourselves.

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Not anywhere near as often as they plan, you think Wenger just wandered into Croatia after selling Henry and thought Eduardo had a trusting face? Most clubs in that middle area need to plan things out as the boom isn't so boomy any more, financial prudence isn't something that only exists in Wenger's imagination, it's a real part of football for many clubs. Take a look at how much Spurs spent for 3/4 years and how much they've spent this summer, they're not the only ones either

Traveling with sweat. :bow:

Add that to the list.

Sweet Jesus.

While some of what he says there makes sense, particularly the bit about the money being spent that has not been generated by Clubs, he really needs to cut the crap about waiting periods and The Inbetweeners.

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there are two categories of club - those who travel with sweat and those who travel with petrol. We are those who travel with sweat."

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wtf

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Originally Posted by Darth Vela

Not anywhere near as often as they plan, you think Wenger just wandered into Croatia after selling Henry and thought Eduardo had a trusting face? Most clubs in that middle area need to plan things out as the boom isn't so boomy any more, financial prudence isn't something that only exists in Wenger's imagination, it's a real part of football for many clubs. Take a look at how much Spurs spent for 3/4 years and how much they've spent this summer, they're not the only ones either

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So true

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Originally Posted by Arsene Blahblah

there are two categories of club - those who travel with sweat and those who travel with petrol. We are those who travel with sweat."

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Originally Posted by Joker

wtf

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we've sold the team bus so the slaves will have to walk, oh away form RIP :rose:

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Originally Posted by Injury Time

we've sold the team bus so the slaves will have to walk, oh away form RIP :rose:

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by Joker

wtf

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Anyone see our lot breaking sweat? I don't think so. In fact they play like they've been sniffing petrol.