Which striker do we need in the summer ?

[Marc Overmars]

The 80mill wouldn't just come out of the bank account, it would be spread over several seasons and incorporate performance payments etc. Like other clubs do it. With the financial strength of the club, the massive positive cashflow (unrivalled in football) and all the new money being dumped into the game 80 mill should be easily within our reach. And because of all the new money being pumped into the game, that's the going rate for an elite player these days. If we aren't prepared to pay it then drop the ticket prices and focus the team on the FA Cup and Europa League. Make the drop down to second tier status official and stop trying to lie to a fan base most of which stopped swallowing the stream of shit being pumped out by the leeches in charge and their bagman Wenger. Either we're in this to win or we're in this to return profits to investors.

That fat Russian shit who pretends to love the club gave the game away yesterday when he bought more shares for his family so they can "continue to enjoy and benefit from this investment for years to come." Nothing stopping the crook pumping his own cash in whenever he wants but not a penny from him so far, except the cost of the ink used in his self publicity campaigns. As for the American cock in charge, he probably has 80mill down the back of his sofa.

In fairness to the fat bloke he doesn't have a controlling stake, why would he pump money into something he has no say in?

Only we could end up with 2 of the richest people on the planet and not see a penny from them.

[GP]

We don't even need it.

[Niall_Quinn]

In fairness to the fat bloke he doesn't have a controlling stake, why would he pump money into something he has no say in?

Only we could end up with 2 of the richest people on the planet and not see a penny from them.

Because he loves the club so deeply, he's the biggest fan and everything he wants to do is for Arsenal and has nothing to do with wanting control.

[Globalgunner]

So you trust Wenger to spend 80m judiciously. Except in a case where we have agreed a price with Juve for say Pogba and Usmanov pays the cash personally. I would not give the cash to the club. We would either bank it or use it to pay the squad bonuses for winning a hattrick of FA cups or qualifying for CL 23 years in a row.
Or pay Arteta and Flamini loyalty bonuses to stay another year, or Wilshere the 200k pw that he no doubt deserves. Not spending money is Arsenes get out of jail card every season. Leicester will hopefully win this thing and put everyone else to shame.

[Özim]

Because he loves the club so deeply, he's the biggest fan and everything he wants to do is for Arsenal and has nothing to do with wanting control.

Noone is going to pump money into a club 2/3 owned by another Billionaire when they have no control over anything, I don't care how much you love a club, that would just be a p*ss take.

Putting your own money in when you own something like Abrahmovic does is one thing, but putting in money when someone else is going to benefit from it and is already loaded is someone completely different.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Nobody is asking anyone to pump money into this Club because Arsenal does not need 1p, 1c or 1 Rouble or whatever the fuck they use in Uzbekistan from anyone.

Just spend some of the fucking money generated from the mugs fans that have been shovelling money hand over fist into this extortion racket of a football club.

[Niall_Quinn]

Noone is going to pump money into a club 2/3 owned by another Billionaire when they have no control over anything, I don't care how much you love a club, that would just be a p*ss take.

Putting your own money in when you own something like Abrahmovic does is one thing, but putting in money when someone else is going to benefit from it and is already loaded is someone completely different.

I'm taking the piss out of Usmanov for being so transparent and so obnoxious. He's the guy who wanted to buy the place up and go straight to dividends. A lot of that 200mill would be in his pocket by now if he'd prevailed. The only good thing about Kroenke is he's not Usmanov. Both these "benefactors" are in Arsenal for what they can get out of it, one wants to leech at a slow and steady pace, the other wants to go full pelt. I don't expect for a minute either of them will ever contribute a penny to the club. But they could if they wanted to, in addition to the cash and resources the club already has. There are many routes to getting the players we need to elevate the club to the top level and none of them are being pursued. And the manager has come out and openly agreed with the policy. So there we stand.

[Özim]

Nobody is asking anyone to pump money into this Club because Arsenal does not need 1p, 1c or 1 Rouble or whatever the fuck they use in Uzbekistan from anyone.

Just spend some of the fucking money generated from the mugs fans that have been shovelling money hand over fist into this extortion racket of a football club.

That's down to Kroenke and Wenger though, Usmanov has no say in that, I was only responding to NQ's point about Usmanov putting in his own money when he's got no control or say at all.

[Özim]

I'm taking the piss out of Usmanov for being so transparent and so obnoxious. He's the guy who wanted to buy the place up and go straight to dividends. A lot of that 200mill would be in his pocket by now if he'd prevailed. The only good thing about Kroenke is he's not Usmanov. Both these "benefactors" are in Arsenal for what they can get out of it, one wants to leech at a slow and steady pace, the other wants to go full pelt. I don't expect for a minute either of them will ever contribute a penny to the club. But they could if they wanted to, in addition to the cash and resources the club already has. There are many routes to getting the players we need to elevate the club to the top level and none of them are being pursued. And the manager has come out and openly agreed with the policy. So there we stand.

Who knows, Usmanov has tonnes of money, who's to say he wouldn't do the same as Abrahmovic at Chelsea, all we know is that Kroenke isn't interested in spending money and is happy with 4th places and no success on the pitch.

[Niall_Quinn]

Who knows, Usmanov has tonnes of money, who's to say he wouldn't do the same as Abrahmovic at Chelsea, all we know is that Kroenke isn't interested in spending money and is happy with 4th places and no success on the pitch.

And we know that Usmanov is interested in taking money out of the club because he said as much. So if you had to choose between two abominable choices then pick the one that hurts the least. Neither are any good for us, that's for sure.