Wenger has "considerable" funds, Supporters Trust is told
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been given "considerable resources" to spend in the January transfer window, Arsenal Supporters' Trust have been told.
The AST met the club's chief executive Ivan Gazidis on Wednesday evening to discuss Arsenal's poor season.
"There is plenty of money there," said Trust spokesman Tim Payton. "That was the message that Ivan and his finance director were giving this evening."
The Gunners exited the Capital One Cup with defeat at Bradford on Tuesday.
Arsenal supporters wanted answers as to why Wenger had been reluctant to spend money on new players and 100 fans met with Gazidis to voice their concerns.
"He stayed for over two hours," said Payton. "He apologised for the result [at Bradford] and said it was not good enough and had to be better.
"The Arsenal fans were dissatisfied with the strength of the squad and particularly don't understand whether there were resources to be used.
"I specifically raised this with the finance director and his colleague and they were in no doubt there is considerable resources available to the manager ready to spend when he has identified the players he wants to sign.
"It's crystal clear that Arsenal fans need to wait until January for Arsene Wenger to use the cheque book he has been given well."
Arsenal currently find themselves seventh in the Premier League but the Trust believe Wenger should be given the chance to take the club forward if he spends wisely in January.
"Lots of people have asked me whether Arsene Wenger should go," added Payton.
"He certainly needs to change and improve, spend the money he's got, strengthen the set-up around him and the results will be the judge."
Well Obviously."It's crystal clear that Arsenal fans need to wait until January for Arsene Wenger to use the cheque book he has been given well."
"I really like Arsenal. Do you really like Arsenal, or only Arsenal with trophies?" - Dennis Bergkamp.
"Which Arsenal do they want back, the one Arsene created?" - Tony Adams.
This is what they say all the time that there is fan unrest, the whole "we have money to spend" line
This by itself is useless if the funds are not spent or quality. And I'm not talking "super, super" quality like Gervinho, I mean actual quality.
Yeah, haha
To be fair, I actually think there are more issues at the club than simply throwing money at it can fix.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...eve-Bould.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...enal-star.html
Nothing we didnt know.. the donkey (Wenger) has to leave asap! He is like a cancer to the club now.
Last edited by fakeyank; 13-12-2012 at 07:50 AM.
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
People wanting Arsene to spend money ask yourself this:
Do you really want him to spend money when he has just spunked £50MILIION on this lot??
Podolski, Gervinho, Santos, Giroud, Merts
Three of them are decent enough players but wouldn't get into the top three's teams. The other two are absolute shite. This has been Wenger's transfer patern for the past few years.
Money is not the problem, the quality of player being bought is the problem.