Originally Posted by
ants arsenal
I've posted here before, but I can’t remember my username or password, and the registered email address must have been an old work one. So I've registered again.
Guys, I don’t think you are being fair to Wenger/ the Board here.
Looking at the cash we got for outgoing players – then adding the wages saved by getting them off the books, and comparing that to the transfers we made, and the cash committed to paying those wages for the duration of the new contracts – looks like this (very roughly)
Original Kitty £35M
Clichey £7M+ (52*55k) = £9.86 M
Fabregas £35M+(208*110k) = £57.88 M
Nasri £25M+(52*90k) = £29.68 M
Traore £1M+(104*£20k) = £3.08 M
Eboue £3M+(104*£50k) = 8.2M
*Denilson (52*50k) = £2.6M
*Lansbury (52*15k) = £1.04M
*Campbell (52*15k) = £780k
*Bendy (52*60k) = £3.224M
Total Free Cash £153,424,000
Jenkinson £1M+ (208*20k) = £5.16 M
Oxlade £12M+(208*25k) = £17.2 M
Gervinho £10M+(208*50k) = £20.4 M
Arteta £10M +(208*90k) = 28.72M
Santos £6.7M+(208*£50k) = £17.1 M
Mertesacker £8.8M+(208*£80k) = 25.44M
Benayoun (52*80k) = £4.16M
Campbell £1M +(208*15k) = £4.12M
Park £3M +(104*£40k)= £7.08M
Stadium Debt £25M
Total Committed Cash £154,380,000
• Denotes loaned player, so assume we just save one year of wages.
• (52*60k) = (wk X salary)
Genius if you ask me – we have invested in youth we can sell for a profit in the future, and added much needed defensive cover and experience where needed. The squad looks good.
I’ve missed Giles Sunu, and the Champs league money isn’t in the bank yet, so we should take enough funds into the January window for M’Vila if Song/ Frimpong don’t work out.
And with a bit of luck Almunia, Chamakh & Sqillaci could be added to the departures!!
We are never gonna sign a Kaka or a Messi, and as you can see, not a bad transfer window considering we balanced the books almost exactly.
The only really scandalous f*ck-up was that it couldn’t have all been done in June!!
Now the season has started, let’s get behind them all – In Arsene we trust