What do our transfers tell us about our club/manager?

[Syn]

Real happy to see that we've signed players and they're good players. I don't have a problem with any of them. I've got a problem with the timing. If it wasn't for the Sunday Massacre, would we have made so many signings? I doubt it. That is what bothers me.Also, I hope Wenger has finally woken up and these signings were his idea. I hope he wasn't pressured and forced to sign players otherwise he hasn't learned his lesson. It also annoys me to hear that Arteta had to take a pay cut to join us. We really are tight buggers. It's his last major move and knowing our over 30s policy, it will probably be his last major contract. At least match his wages or give him a little top up. I know it's business and all, but damn!

Agree. If the contract thing is true, it suggests we are being very anal about the wages. It's not always good business.

[Niall_Quinn]

Arteta might be on a lower basic plus performance related that would top him up past his Everton earnings. For s start there's CL appearances and potentially goals for him now, something he wouldn't have had at Everton. The media are just going to state whatever makes the story using simplistic themes and triggers, but I'm not sure in reality why a player would take a pay cut on (as you say) probably his last contract.

[Niall_Quinn]

Plus our over 30s policy is surely dead now? Good riddance too.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Plus our over 30s policy is surely dead now? Good riddance too.

Wenger said it was a 32 plus policy, so maybe not.

[Niall_Quinn]

Thought that was the 32 stone policy, a final warning to Arshavin?

[Power n Glory]

Arteta might be on a lower basic plus performance related that would top him up past his Everton earnings. For s start there's CL appearances and potentially goals for him now, something he wouldn't have had at Everton. The media are just going to state whatever makes the story using simplistic themes and triggers, but I'm not sure in reality why a player would take a pay cut on (as you say) probably his last contract.

Not all players care about money.

Also, it sounds like the type of silly deal breaking thing we'd do. We've got the players now and they are all cheap, but the way we do things, you can forget about signing any star players. We've the amount we've spent, it's obvious that we're not broke, but we're tight buggers. Wenger is a tight shopper. If he had a £200 in his pocket for clothes shopping, rather spend the full amount on a few designer items, he'll go to Primark and come back loaded with bags.

[IBK]

Not all players care about money.

Also, it sounds like the type of silly deal breaking thing we'd do. We've got the players now and they are all cheap, but the way we do things, you can forget about signing any star players. We've the amount we've spent, it's obvious that we're not broke, but we're tight buggers. Wenger is a tight shopper. If he had a £200 in his pocket for clothes shopping, rather spend the full amount on a few designer items, he'll go to Primark and come back loaded with bags.

...not to mention that we went in originally with a £5M offer! No wonder that if it hadn't been for Arteta's transfer request the deal would have broken down - as its not hard to see why Everton didn't think we were serious. Honestly, its the day before the transfer deadline, we desperately need a creative MF, and we go in for Everton's best player with an offer of £5M. Yes it worked out in the end, but the club is taking massive risks for the sake of penny pinching, even when we have the money. Its mad.

BBC SPORT'S DAN ROAN ON ARTETA TRANSFERContinue reading the main story
"Arsenal offered £5m on Tuesday and £10m on Wednesday afternoon - both bids were rejected. Any deal was dead until around 1900 BST, when Arteta told Moyes he wished to leave.

"Moyes spoke to the chairman, Bill Kenwright, and said he did not want to keep a player who did not wish to play for Everton.

"Arteta was Everton's highest-paid player ever on around £75,000 a week and took a big pay cut to join Arsenal."

[Niall_Quinn]

What's the story with the team photo now?

[LDG]

What's the story with the team photo now?

They really really really need to take a new one.

Really.

[Niall_Quinn]

They really really really need to take a new one.

Really.

Surely that's going to cost money? Is there no other way?