Quote Originally Posted by budesonide View Post
You have dodged the issue -- and made a grossly ridiculous glib remark of the reasoned argument most posters are making in this thread by suggesting wenger will choose players will-nilly just like the ordinary fan would if he out of the loop reharding the finances of the club. That is utter bull.

Hence my retort that wenger has made it clear he doesn't care for spending whether he has the money or not.
My bad.

If you actually read my comment you would see that it implies that Wenger would make his decisions regarding players without consideration of the cost or where it fits within the financial plan for the club. Would he be like the fans who want this expensive flavour of the month player or that one? I doubt it. The fact is that fans put forth players based on our perceived benefit to the club through their play and do not do an analysis that includes total costs (fee, wages, impact on other wages). Removing Wenger from any consideration of the financial consequences to the club would put him in a similar position as the fans, and would set up an inevitable clash where he says "I want this player" and the club says "We cannot afford him".

The reality is that Wenger (and every other manager of clubs not financed by oil wells or governments) has to consider all aspects involved in buying a player.