The wages thing is such a red herring. What if I give you £7mill right now? Would you take it?
Only one condition. You have to give me £40mill back.
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Wenger doesn't have to give them anything back (the fans turn up regardless of the football we play), all he has to do is get 4th place which he seems to find not too hard to do, find me another manager who gets paid as much with such low targets?
Besides getting paid 7 million to earn 40 million is a great deal for anyone, you'll be lucky to have anyone offer you that.
What's stopping you then? Go get the £7mill. Tell the Spuds or Newcastle (or any other team that has more to spend than us over the last 8 years) you'll get them into Europe the next 10 years in a row. I hear there are quite a few clubs looking everywhere for a manager who can do that.
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The fact they won't give me the job? As for other clubs, pretty sure those clubs won't just settle for 4th every season to be honest, 4th would be seen as a stepping stone to more and after 10 years I doubt very much any manager would have lasted 9 years at any other big club.
Not all clubs think money is the be all and end all.
Won't give you the job? Why not? They currently have a bumbling, clueless fool in charge who is robbing them every year. Surely they'll take anyone just to get rid of him? The job is really easy, pays £7mill a year, give it a shot. They can only say no but you definitely won't get it if you don't apply.
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