So let's say we paid £5m up front. We paid £10m for Gervinho. That's £15m. It's close to the £20m a year NQ wants the board to spend a year and we've gone beyond that.

The Board are in control of the money but Wenger can tell them to sell Cesc on the cheap. He was also able to get him that long term contract.

Didn't Gazidis say he and Wenger were the only two in charge of the signings?