Well let's just hope we're paying thing extremely close to the chest. The usual signs are starting to emerge though. Those two goals by Bif probably sunk another title challenge.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
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Well let's just hope we're paying thing extremely close to the chest. The usual signs are starting to emerge though. Those two goals by Bif probably sunk another title challenge.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
If Van Persie was available, which he is, for about 5 million and 100 grand a week.
Would you want him here for one season maybe two ?
We've had the big statements in the past, but I think they were coincidental. Misinterpreted by the fans maybe. A big statement in isolation with no plan to keep pushing onwards is of little value or consequence. Wenger doesn't deal in things like statements or momentum or ambition. He deals in painful averages and minimums. Our goal this season will be to qualify for the CL, make a shed load of money in the process and keep everyone at the club well fed whilst ensuring the financials all point in the right direction. Anything else will be an unplanned bonus. But we won't achieve less, we will achieve that much as the minimum and in most ways the maximum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
There's what we want, what is realistic and what is going to happen. I'd say we could potentially spend just over £100m based on the money that is supposed to be sitting the cash reserves. How the TV money works I have no idea whether that means the money is available right now to spend or if it arrives in stages. Or whether we are the sort of club that waits until the money is there before spending it, or laying down the money on the basis it will be replinished later. I'd wager we are probably the former. We can't compare ourselves to Utd, who have even bigger incomes coming in and growing debt, or City/Chelsea for obvious reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
Yes. So we could stick him in the reserves.Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
Hell no, he burnt his bridges and is past his best now anyway.
I know it's unlikely but why not throw a massive wadge of cash at Dortmund for Aubameyang and see what happens? A too much to turn down offer. Offer him silly wages as well.
With Mikatarian going to Utd I'd be looking at Mahrez or Draxler as a wide forward.
We of course will probably be sitting on our asses hoping something falls into our lap.
Looks for the goldilocks deal, everything has to be just right for him to do the deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
This is why the club long ago should have had the balls to take him out of the transfer process, said "Arsene name me a player you want, and if that player is not avaliable a fall back option and we will buy that player for you". This is roughly what Dein did.
Apparently Mkhitarian is on 200k a week.
Obscene.
Turning emotions off completely, then as a player, if he's still got a decent couple of years in him... I don't know... maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
Speaking as a fan though, it would be just about the final insult! I mean wouldn't that just be Arsenal all over? If our 4 year search for Robin van Persie's replacement yielded a 32/33 year old Robin van Persie?!! It would be such a cosmic piss-take, I'm almost certain it's going to happen...
Not a prayer.
He'll end up somewhere shit like Palace.