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I wonder how Zim manages to hold the two thoughts that "we waste too much money on salaries" and "Wenger doesn't like to spend money" in his head at the same time. Hmm.


But anyway, we DO reward our players too young before they've achieved anything. I agree that Wilshere isn't much of a flight risk but lots of players are, if we don't pay them silly money then someone else no doubt will so I guess we have to play the game.
But who is offering silly money for these guys? Have any of these players hinted at leaving? It doesn't make sense to me to pay over the odds in an attempt to pre-empt a threat that doesn't exist. If an actual performing player like Ozil gets demands £200k to match a rival clubs offer but we can't match because we've maxed out our wage bill, it will be because of this sort of stupidity.