Are we unlucky with player loyalty?

[Dicks and chicks]

When Juventus got relegated in 2005, several world class players including Buffon,David Trezeguet, Del Piero stayed despite the prospect of 2 years without Champions League football and one season in Serie B. Tottenham hotspur were able to keep gareth bale despite 2 seasons of no champions league and were able to keep a hold of Luka modric for 1 season without CL football. Whereas for Arsenal no player seems really loyal nowadays at our club, Nasri left as soon as he got good, as did RVP and Alex Song went, it seems that no player seems attached to Arsenal FC anymore, players don't seem to love the club enough to stay, is it because we have the players with the wrong type of loyalty in their personality? Personally I'm happy we signed Podolski because he is a loyal player and played for Koln even though they weren't that great a team (it was his home club though) But I think Carloza will force a move in the future.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Our Manager is loyal.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Players are not Loyal and have not been for a long time. Our manager and a few fans are naive to think Loyalty still exists in the game.

When Juventus got relegated in 2005, several world class players including Buffon,David Trezeguet, Del Piero stayed despite the prospect of 2 years without Champions League football and one season in Serie B.

Would not say these players or Bale are Loyal, think these lot settled in juve and saw no reason to move on to a place where they'd be squad players.

Bale will go if spurs don't get cl footie he is no more loyal then modric.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I disagree.

LDG was a playa and he is loyal.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I disagree.

LDG was a playa and he is loyal.

LDG is the man.

[Dicks and chicks]

Players are not Loyal and have not been for a long time. Our manager and a few fans are naive to think Loyalty still exists in the game.



Would not say these players or Bale are Loyal, think these lot settled in juve and saw no reason to move on to a place where they'd be squad players.

Bale will go if spurs don't get cl footie he is no more loyal then modric.

Totti rejected a move to real madrid in his prime to stay with Roma, Trezeguet, buffon and del peiro would never have been squad players if they left, a lot of the rangers squad has shown loyalty despite relegation of 3 divisions

[Marc Overmars]

I think we've had our hands burnt too many times now for it to just be down to bad luck.

We've got to shoulder some of the blame as well.

[Cripps_orig]

We are unlucky with player shitness

[fakeyank]

We are unlucky coz we have AW and Gazidis

[Boss]

It's a combination of a few things

- Relative lack of homegrown talent (players with genuine affinity for the club, although this is changing of late with the likes of Wilshere, Jenkinson, Gibbs and so on)
- Lack of trophies in the last seven years
- Low upper wage limit

Which convinces players to join us when they're young (due to us paying them more) but forces them to leave after a few years (generally once they've reached their peak) for more money / trophies. Our wage structure definitely needs to be reviewed soon.