Did he cost us 50 million quid?Originally Posted by Özim
Did he cost us 50 million quid?
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
According to this link yes:Did he cost us 50 million quid?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...er-window.html
Every signing is a major gamble – about £50 million over five years in the case of Welbeck – but his all-round performance last night certainly added to the view that Arsenal might just have pulled off one of the more astute transfers of the entire summer window.
Walcott is probably the best comparison to Welbeck. Potential. Potentially brilliant. Potentially awful. Everywhere for 90 mins. Anonymous for 90 mins. Hasn't progressed as fast as anticipated. Still young enough to step up into the top tier. Needs a run in the team to realise the full potential. Could play a crucial role for England. Potential to maximise Ozil's role. and so on.
Fast.
Apparently Akpom is fastest though, having seen off Bellerin and broken Theo's record. I'm thinking he must be bloody fast.
I hope Wenger shows a bit of ambition in how he wants to use these players. Wouldn't it be great if we could get back to the pacey counter-attacking football we used to be treated to before the era of tippy tappy? Get the ball and boom, 15 seconds from our GK to the back of their net. That's what I liked to watch. Trophies were the icing.
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The two goals last night were good because in the first one it was all about being in the right place, driving in there. Something we don't do well at Arsenal.
The second he had time to think about it and that's when players can panic and put it wide, it was a nice composed finish.
Encouraging.
He's going to be leading the line for the first time in his career as the go-to guy, it's a huge challenge for him but one that he sounds like he's ready for.
United youth products are made of the right stuff mentally as well, so I'm quite optimistic about the signing really. I don't expect 25 goals but I do think he'll help stretch defences and force the issue with his pressing, which should hopefully help us become a more effective attacking outlet. Plus he said himself he enjoys linking play so I'm sure he'll fit right in from that sense. Although I do hope he's cut out those stupid flicks and stopovers.
United fans reactions tell us all we need to know tbh. I don't remember this spewing when we signed Silvestre.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 09-09-2014 at 02:03 PM.
Utd fans are doing a GW at the moment. From being pissed he left they are now very happy because he is shit anyway and was crap as a striker and was never going to cut it and will never be as good as Falcao who lied about his age and is really 30 and is always crocked and is escaping to Madrid the first chance he gets.
I'm glad I don't do transfers because I'd fuck it up terribly in the heat of the moment and then have to hide once realisation dawned. I think it'd be great to have Falcao up front this season and he's undoubtedly reached a higher level than Welbeck, but come next year I imagine Welbeck will still be here with Falcoa long gone or dead of old age. We got the better deal.
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I think Zim is factoring in his salary plus transfer fee over the five years.
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That's about 130K per week, if true!
Why did we cringe at Khedira's salary ask then!?
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
Pretty much any senior level player looks horrendously expensive if you do that to be fair.
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