bad2dabone wrote: » Arsenal have more cash reserves than nearly all the other pl clubs combined . According to the Swiss ramble. Which is just madness.
Paulegend wrote: » how come he wont spend then. my brother is a huge arsenal fan and im always frustrated that wenger just wont spend. arsenal have been so close to the top over teh last 10 years and if wenger just bought one or two top players when he could have arsenal could have competed. like this summer ye have cash and there have been players for sale such as moutinho navas lewdewinski cavani falcao and so on and arsenal just wont spend.
Marty McFly wrote: » No I think Swiss Ramble said we do in fact have more cash reserves than every other club in the league combined was it not?
Marty McFly wrote: » Gazidis said it clear and loud at the Q&A there was money there to spend and we had the money to sign and pay the wages of big players and he said it was up to Wenger who he spent it on. It's not media speculation at all, if we fail this summer it falls firmly at Wenger's feet and no one else's. Every report also backs it up that Wenger decides a players value and how much to bid, he needs a David Dein there to push him and without that he won't. If this summer end in failure which I'm still hopeful it wont but if it does it will be Wenger's head that hits the chopping block and faces the brunt of the fans anger.
ugsparky wrote: » So to be clear about this ... The man who built double winning teams - fashioned the club and gave it direction including a new stadium - introduced and has been lauded as changing the mentality and culture of football not only within Arsenal Football Club but also within the Premier league is now deliberately bringing the same club to an abyss through his pig headedness and refusal to spend the shareholders money ... whilst Ivan and Stan and Mr Chips/Hill Wood stand idly by and watch it happen ... powerless to do anything about it ... ... or Arsene who has never broken a contract is in fact doing what he believes he should do and honour his contract to the best of his ability given the resources provided ... The people who have the money can't spend it because their employee won't spend it - so the club becomes uncompetitive and loses valueable revenue streams from TV, Premiership, Champs Lge and gate receipts etc. ... ?????????????
the untitled user wrote: » Or people could just read Swiss Ramble's posts on Arsenal in full instead of just looking at the pretty pictures! You don't have to be an accountant to understand why our finances are the way they are. There's nothing 'incredible' about them...
Marty McFly wrote: » There are accountants in here who read it and have said we have money to spend , now shove your condescending tone about pretty pictures .
Dapics wrote: » Sebastian Perez has failed to get a work permit. Wenger tried to sign him whilst he was on trial. Napoli are now apparently looking at him.... Does Rafa Benitez have it in for us?!!! There are many sources for this... well mainly twitter.... Luiz Gustavo is in talks with arsenal... wants reassurances of first team game time apparently, which I'm not too sure we can give. Our current squad and tactics may have to be changed to accomodate him. For 20 million euro's he's value for money. There are many sources for this. Suarez, nothing new on him I don't think. I don't think were gonna sign him, for 35 million euro's we could get Lewandowski one would assume. Or alternatively, Leandro Damiao. The Sp*ds are really doing well in the transfer market. I like their signings. At the same time, we have trimmed around 500,000 pounds off the wage bill and have an improved squad from last season as Ramsey is back to his best, Giroud is banging them in and Walcott seems to have matured... and of course Bosscielny, nothing needs to be said on him. Ideally, I would like Gustavo, a Suarezesque player (Complete Forward)/AMC and a young CB (Think Gintner from Freiburg) from this Transfer window. I reckon this season will be when we will see Giroud really excell and show his true potential. Oh and Arsenal have been very active this transfer window... its not that Wenger wont splash the cash, its just not been easy. Many think we made an offer for Higuain... we didn't make an offer to Real Madrid as they had no manager. We instead asked them permission to agree terms with Higuain first, he agreed terms but when RM got their new manager he told Arsene what they would sell him for and Napoli came in with a sneaky bid whilst we were delaying trying to sign Suarez. We made a 20 million euro bid for Lars Bender which was rejected by Bayer Leverkusen. So use google first instead of blaming Wenger, Gazidis et all. First post in this forum after gaining access... phew!
Raf32 wrote: » Luis Suárez has told top Uruguayan journalist @MartinCharquero he will not be leaving Liverpool. Great
Marty McFly wrote: » We shall see the same reporter followed that with Suarez is likely to sign a new contract would be some turn around. But like I said before doubt this is the last we have heard of this saga will probably drag on until the window closes one way or another.
Raf32 wrote: » Anyone else worried about the pool if they add one or two more and we dont add at all? not to mention Spurs.
speedboatchase wrote: » Both of them are linked with Willian now. That worries me.
speedboatchase wrote: » No, I genuinely think it's over this time. Apparently Suarez is gonna sign a new deal (with CL clauses, I'm sure) and told the guy that Liverpool fans' appreciation changed his mind.
Raf32 wrote: » at least we got 16 year olds! we have champions league football, yet get outdone in the market by spurs for few years now, imagine if it was them with champions league!
Soups123 wrote: » I think this is all bull**** tbh. Not you but the source
the untitled user wrote: » Actually, it's not madness. There were three reasons that led to this: 1) The terms of the bonds issued to finance the emirates required us to keep a certain cash balance minimum (no idea on what the figure was) on top of the oft reported ring fenced transfer proceeds fund. 2) We got burned when we needed to take out a short term loan to finance the completion of the Highbury development, which coincided with the global financial crises stepping into overdrive. We still have property interests and we still may not be able to rely on the markets. 3) We just got ****loads of season ticket renewals and the CL cash. The balances are cyclical, and will rise and fall by as much as £100m once the season commences (depending on transfer activity of course).
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