Quote Originally Posted by mastermind84 View Post
not bust, but Arsenal is not a club that can sign expensive flops. Particularly in that period. Its damaging. IT was damaging when we couldnt get bums like Bendtner off the books.
Suarez wouldn't have been an expensive flop. Like David Villa at Valencia or Aguero at Atletico it shouldn't take a genius to see these players were worth the money.

We can't afford expensive flops and £22m isn't cheap. But you can't compare Suarez and Bendy in that regard. Two totally different risks being taken but we'll take the expensive gamble on bums like Bendy and pay £10m here another £10m there and £2m here and that's your £22m on flops.

Suarez moved to Liverpool in the January 2011 window. In the summer 2011 window we spent around £50m.

£12m on Ox,
£10m on Gervinho,
£10m Arteta
£8m Merts
£6m on Santos,
£3m on Park Chu Young
£1m on Campbell
£500k on Eisfield

Only two of those players are regular starters, Campbell was eligible to play because of his work permit, you've already said your piece on Ox, Gervinho, Santos and Park were flops already gone. That's what I deem expensive and risky over signing someone like Suarez. I don't understand why we were shopping in bargain basements and taking risks on players nobody ever heard of over proven players just destined for a move to a big club. Senseless stuff. Not wanting to take the risk resulted in the trophyless years and players leaving. Instead of investing the money from sales of players like Henry, Ade, RVP we'd go for the above type players. The ones on other top club would bid for.