Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
My point is the transfers that were undertaken were done in a much more timely manner, I'm sure Wenger spoke with Sanchez and his agent in Brazil (I'm not for a second saying Sanchez was signed without Wengers permission) but I think Wenger was more instrumental in convincing Sanchez in coming to us, and Dick Law was more responsible for agreeing a fee with Barcelona and agreeing a wage with player and agent. Yes of course speculative on my part, but compare it to the farago with Real Madrid and Higuain the previous summer and something has changed.
How is the Sanchez signing any different to Ozil? Two world class attacking players we'd be crazy to turn down. Those aren't hard choices for Wenger. We've got two extremes when it comes to our transfer policy. The Sanchez and Ozil deals show great progress but on the other end of the spectrum we have rubbish like Kallstrom and our current CB situation. I don't know how much has really changed behind the scenes because we've always been quick to snap up players Wenger really wants and by the time it hits the press, it's a done deal. We've already tabled the bid and in the advance stages such as our most recent deals with Giroud, Pod, Gervinho or going as far back as Rosicky and Reyes.