Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
We can't afford to spend 20 million on Jordan Henderson in the hope that he's as good as Aaron Ramsey, 12 million on mid table players like Joe Allen and Fabio Borini. It's like you telling me I should invest in property, but if I can't afford the deposit and I can't borrow the money it's empty advice.
we can afford to spend £20 mill on players - the Chief Exec is telling you that & has done for the past few years. You argument doesn't make sense. How much did we spend on Ramsey in the hope he could be a world class player, not £20 mill but in todays inflated market probably not far off. Its taken a while but he's now proving himself & whether its playing well in a successful Arsenal team or selling him to Real for £60 mill it was money well spent. Your example in relation to property is not relevant. You state you can't afford to buy another house or even put down the deposit, well Arsenal football club can afford to buy £50 mill + players & put down any deposits required. The problem is our manager chooses not to because he's stuck in his twilight world of bringing in the likes of Flamini's & Sonogo's on free transfers whilst spouting crap about competing with the big clubs.