i agree
losing our most creative player, best winger and manager during the summer would do us wonders
Can anyone think of a player as good as Nasri that is available, would want to come to Arsenal and could be bought for £22.2mill? From a business perspective selling might make sense, from a football perspective it's suicidal. Selling one of our best players to our immediate rivals, a club that could well pinch our CL spot next year - and if that happened even the business argument would be flawed. Kroene is obviously just another useless cunt cluttering up the boardroom. Miserly billionaires could make more money in 101 different ways, why do they insist on fucking up football to grab their extra cash?
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So what do you suggest is done then? Because by all indications nasri wants to leave, not for more money, but because he sees himself elsewhere. When a player puts off signing a new contract for so long and demands more than he knows can be afforded in salary it suggests disillusion. Even if you make them stay chances are they are gonna want to leave again -- soon.
Arsene was very cautious and David was very ambitious for the club, said former director Keith Edelman, managing director at the time. He was very good at getting Arsene into a position where he was comfortable spending money.
The board have said if wenger identifies a player he really wants and he needs the money it's there. Wenger doesn't think it's worth it!
Fifth signing of the summer:
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...31338,00.html?Arsenal are close to completing the signing of Swedish teenager Kristoffer Olsson, according to the midfielder's current club.
IFK Norrkopings starlet Olsson is now set to make a permanent move to England for an undisclosed fee.
"I can confirm that the transfer is close to being sealed. I won't comment on any sums, but of course we are happy with the deal," IFK Norrkopings sporting director Tony Martinsson told Fotbolldirekt.se.
"We are pleased, but of course we would have preferred to have seen Kristoffer stay in Norrkoping and evolve to a first-team player.
"He wanted to take this chance and we will not stand in the way."
The King Is Back.
I suggest we spend £50-£75million on top quality players to strengthen the squad, sell nobody and instruct the players the minimum expectation for next year is the PL. If we don't have £50-£75mill in the kitty (which is hard to believe considering we've spent fuck all over the last few years), I suggest that billionaire bloke Kroenke spends some of his money on the team rather than feathering the nests of greedy board members. Trouble is there doesn't seem to be anyone at Arsenal who makes decisions. At the very worst Nasri should be allowed to leave provided he informs us well in advance of the FOREIGN club he wishes to go to, because there's no way we should even contemplate selling him to our rivals. That would make us a school (and a bit of a bitch) to the likes of Man Utd and City. Is that what we're saving up to be?
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