Quote Originally Posted by Dein-machine View Post
Wenger has been a great manager for us but the key words are " has been". Not so sure the big European teams would go for him because they all realise that success in modern football is linked far too heavily on spending big, which Wenger doesn't do. For example if he were manager of Real would they have spent £90 mill on Bale, if he was manager of PSG would they have the players thye have today - doubt it. Nobody expects us to compete with the Chavs or Gypos on overall spend but Wenger still believes players should want & feel privilaged to come to Arsenal - Why?. We haven't competed with the top Euro teams for years & we have a regular struggle to finish 4th every year in England. For this reason he still thinks offering £10 mill less than asking price is clever & that player power will swing things - it won't. The big clubs don't haggle over £10 mill, if they need that kind of player, they get him - the repercussions of not getting that player far outweigh the £10 mill.
I don't think Madrid spending 80m on Bale has made any difference at least atm . Bale hasn't made Real Madrid any stronger than they were . It just demonstrated their punching power in the transfer market .
Anything in this life is a learning process . Wenger , despite his stubbornness , is not stupid . He learnt from his mistakes . Back in the day , he used to get rid of players reaching their thirties and it was working fine . But when his youth policy failed , he realised he was depriving his team of the experience of old players that they needed . Now he rarely let them go unless they are not good enough or want out themselves . His philosophy of not spending is nearly come to and end . Who would imagine one day Arsenal would spend on one player ( Ozil) more than what United and City have done ?
Wenger is still the right for the job for me , despite some frustrations .