A breakdown of Arsenal's money schemes

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Henry and Vieira type players get to that sort of price range when the big clubs start sniffing around.

well that is exactly my point. The big clubs are finding those players much sooner than they used to. And we were fortunate in the cases of Henry and Vieira that they played in Serie A which is a youth adverse league, and at the time was spending tens of millions on established players. Thats why I mentioned Hazard, Lucas, even Ox to an extent. These players are being spotted at much younger ages than when Wenger first came to Arsenal. Its why Wenger made the risk of going even younger.

We were linked with Falcao before he moved to Porto. They bought him for stupid money. Less than £5m. Look what he's worth now.

Porto bought him for cheap but some 3rd party held his rights as well (and still do)

On top of that, he was seen as a bit of a fallen star at the time, he didnt set the Argentine league on fire like people had expected. I used to watch him at River and thought dude was overrated. It could have been a good gamble to take him if we believed in his talents tho.

Ba, Cisse….look what they'd be worth if Newcastle sold them now. Eduardo cost us £10m but would have been worth double that if he hadn't have broken his leg. Nasri and Hleb are other examples. Hazard and Lucas are the Rondalinho's and Robinho's of this generation. Clubs have known about them for ages and we've never stood.

Nasri and Hleb went for about 12 million in a pre City, Barca and Madrid mega TV contract world. That is at least 20 million now. Eduardo was not an undervalued signing no matter how much you try to project the future with him, I am only talking about at the time of signing.

Ba is a guy no one wanted, and presumably no one still wants, because of his knee issue. Cisse is kind of shit, imo but he did score goals last season for them. I think a better example from Newcastle is Cabaye and Ben Arfa. We all know why Ben Arfa went for cheap, but Cabaye was a great deal. A guy like Ba and Ben Arfa are big time gambles because of their injury or mercurial natures.

The club did not make an error going too young, the error was believing that those young kids would think of the club before money. It clearly failed.

Prices have gone up on players because it's not £1997 anymore. It's 2012. A player that would be £5m - £7m will now probably cost a few more millions. It's not as if we haven't boosted our revenue earnings either. If Spurs, Sunderland, Fulham, Villa, Everton, Newcastle…etc can find these sorts of player, then it shouldn't be a problem for a guy like Wenger and it isn't when you look at the amount of players we''ve signed recently. Most of us have been saying we've needed more Sagna, Vermaelen, Eduardo type signings for years! We're now starting to see it, finally!

the club has boosted its earning, but not to the extent of United, Chelsea, and City.

And Fulham, Villa, Everton? really? Everton's best player was a £16 million signing. The rest of those guys wouldnt get into our first team. Same with Fulham and especially Villa. Villa tried to run with the big boys but MON had no idea what he was doing and now they are rebuilding again.

and again, Verm, Sagna, and Eduardo types were not undervalued players. Not in the slightest.