Quote Originally Posted by Coney View Post
And there's the rub. If Wenger cannot buy top players because the board won't go along with the price/wages that are needed in order to get the player, replacing Wenger will make no difference. We could replace him with a manager who would be happy to buy the lesser players suggested but would that make the team more successful or leave us trying to get a Europa league place every year. I want us to be contending for the PL title and the CL - if a choice, I want the CL - and that means that we have to buy those players which, rumour has it, we can't get because the board won't sanction the wage they demand. I guess that might be a factor in Nasri not having signed.
I just don't think that's true. You've got the quote from a former board member talking about Wenger's natural cautious approach and Dein getting Wenger in a position to feel comfortable spending money. Since Dein has left, we've really gone down hill with the signings. It's not the board stopping Wenger from buying. How many quotes will it take to see this? Former board members, board members, Wenger himself.....we have direct quotes from these guys but people are choosing to believe a story from an unnamed source with no quotes.

If Wenger is powerless to change the wage structure, then how was he able to get Henry on that final big contract? Same goes for Fabregas? How comes we were able to buy Sol Campbell and put him on that £100 a week contract? The wages could be a problem but so far we're not even getting past the stage of agreeing a transfer fee.