Now you can officially start to panic...

[selassie]

The problem is Wenger's valuation of players, I genuinely believe Wenger decides how much a player is worth and then tells the club won't shouldn't pay more, he's always talking about money and cost of players etc etc this is a big thing for him. Trouble is the valuation is more often than not below market value.

He makes a profit for the club and he has this in mind in everything he does, he won't go out and pay whatever is necessary for a player as he know it affect profits and put him under more pressure as he would need to deliver a lot more than he currently does.

He a bargain hunter and if someone isn't good value in his mind then he'll not pursue it.

Yep agreed, the fact that we have missed out on a number of players due to "our" or should I say Arsene's valuation of the player speaks volumes.

We screwed up the Mata deal by refusing to meet his "release clause" which was apparently 2 million more than what we offered. Xabi Alonso deal was messed up for the same reason, as in being a couple million short on what Liverpool wanted, as was the Schwarzer deal with Fulham.

[Power n Glory]

Yep agreed, the fact that we have missed out on a number of players due to "our" or should I say Arsene's valuation of the player speaks volumes.

We screwed up the Mata deal by refusing to meet his "release clause" which was apparently 2 million more than what we offered. Xabi Alonso deal was messed up for the same reason, as in being a couple million short on what Liverpool wanted, as was the Schwarzer deal with Fulham.

That's what makes no sense at all. On the one hand I think it has to be nonsense that we'd lose out on a few million and it has to be more. But on the other hand, I think back to how we've handled things in the past. Refusing to budge on Flamini’s wage demands made no sense at all. Allowing him to walk has been more costly to us than the measly fee he was after. It’s the same for Song as well. We’ll need a proper DM this year and he’ll most likely be on £75k a week if he’s decent and experienced. Selling RVP makes even less sense in light of what we’re seeing this season. Why sell him last season knowing we’d have more money to play with this year? If we can afford the wages and transfer fee for Rooney then we could have definitely afforded to pay RVP a bigger wage. We say we’re thinking long term but some of this stuff looks like it’s a case of ego getting in the way of solid planning.

[Özim]

That's what makes no sense at all. On the one hand I think it has to be nonsense that we'd lose out on a few million and it has to be more. But on the other hand, I think back to how we've handled things in the past. Refusing to budge on Flamini’s wage demands made no sense at all. Allowing him to walk has been more costly to us than the measly fee he was after. It’s the same for Song as well. We’ll need a proper DM this year and he’ll most likely be on £75k a week if he’s decent and experienced. Selling RVP makes even less sense in light of what we’re seeing this season. Why sell him last season knowing we’d have more money to play with this year? If we can afford the wages and transfer fee for Rooney then we could have definitely afforded to pay RVP a bigger wage. We say we’re thinking long term but some of this stuff looks like it’s a case of ego getting in the way of solid planning.

That's the thing about BS, it doesn't make sense

[AKBapologist]

What a shit summer this is turning out to be.

[Unai Tea]

What a shit summer this is turning out to be.

Ca plus ca change

[Özim]

Dogsh*t summer, but not a surprise, this club is a joke these days.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

we have signed rooney but are not announcing it so reading sell us jason roberts.