Will We Finish Top 4

[Özim]

Also the 70 million isn't being invested very wisely, it's the same every season but what about the interest?

[selassie]

Also the 70 million isn't being invested very wisely, it's the same every season but what about the interest?

Well technically Arsene does spend it all, he tends to renegotiate the players contracts after searching high and low all summer for "star quality" at bargain basement prices.

I still don't get why our wages/contract renegotiations are factored into the transfer kitty...seem a bit strange to me but what do I know.

P.S. Yeah...I get your point re: interest, especially as we are told it's been sitting in the bank since last summer!!!

[Grebbo]

That £70m has probably earned £200k interest in a year....

[selassie]

That £70m has probably earned £200k interest in a year....

Based on what calculations?

[Grebbo]

0.25% rounded up a bit.

Unless you're prepared to lock away the money or put it in a foreign bank then I'd imagine that's what you'd get.

I could of course be completely wrong!

[Niall_Quinn]

Apparently we have over £70mill invested in government bonds. Crooks funding crooks for a return generated from scalping the taxpayer - that's after being scalped in the first place for the tickets or subscriptions.

[IBK]

That's also my opinion. He's ethos on how a club should be run and fiancially responsible is what's keeping this cycle in motion. Without Wenger this strategy just wouldn't work. The danger we have now is that the philosophy of the club has been so deeply woven that once Wenger is gone the Board will continue on with this strategy and go for a 'yes man' manager. If they go high profile, then there is a chane of things really changing from the core on outwards. But if they adopt a Moyes type manager then you just know where we're headed. I hope they're not that stupid because Europe is the main draw here.

Aye - the club's ethos has definitely changed - and in the same way that I don't trust Wenger to win things even if he buys players, I don't trust the club to develop a proper winning mentality even if Wenger goes.

IMO if we had strived as much as the Spuds in recent years, with our pedigree/resources, we would have won stuff.

[Lord Nelson]

Aye - the club's ethos has definitely changed - and in the same way that I don't trust Wenger to win things even if he buys players, I don't trust the club to develop a proper winning mentality even if Wenger goes.

IMO if we had strived as much as the Spuds in recent years, with our pedigree/resources, we would have won stuff.

Hate to say it, but your point about the Spuds is right. If they get CL footy, they will kick on, spend big, and leave us standing! Who knows how long for?

[Letters]

Hate to say it, but your point about the Spuds is right. If they get CL footy, they will kick on, spend big, and leave us standing! Who knows how long for?

They've qualified for the CL before and not done that so it's not a given. They usually cock it up somehow.

[Grebbo]

Hate to say it, but your point about the Spuds is right. If they get CL footy, they will kick on, spend big, and leave us standing! Who knows how long for?

Only if they sell Bale and spend his transfer fee. Otherwise they'll be tight as they've got a new stadium to pay for.