Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
It's all Wenger. The board is powerless in this because all they do is make the decisions. So what can they do realistically? They've watched us tumble down the league, they've watched the team decline to the point we get outplayed by Swansea. I feel sorry for them. £500million is one thing but hardly compensation for what's happened to the club. I see it as the fans and the board in this together against the evil Wenger who has total control of everything. Nothing can change until Wenger releases us from his death grip.
If Wenger was opposed to the board not investing sufficiently in the squad, and wanted more money which the board weren't willing to provide, why didn't he leave then? Ultimately, the objectives of the board and Wenger are completely aligned to each other. There is no principle/agent problem here, they are "bottom line" obsessed and treat this club simply as a business, forgetting that we're a football club first and foremost.