our French scouts

[Nos89]

Wenger is very aware of all these players, don't worry about that

I agree that Wenger will be aware of most of these players but surely it's up to the scouts to hammer it home how good these players are. Mahrez signed for <£1m, Kante was picked up for £6m, Payet £7m, Aubameyang around £11m so money isn't the problem. It's realising how good they are as Arsenal are a hugely attractive club to sign for.

Even last summer Wenger said we have the money but it's not easy finding better players that we already have. Payet was playing at Marseille and Wenger admitted he'd been following Kante for years, so why did he choose to stick with Rosicky, Flamini, Arteta, etc. instead of sign these players? - then of course there's Martial; a player Wenger admitted he'd been following but wasn't aware he was for sale

I think our failures are so much bigger than one man. We appear to be dysfunctional from top to toe

Can you imagine the outrage on this forum if we signed players of an unknown quantity like mahrez and konte for relatively small amounts? Wenger would've got slaughtered, as would the players, much like the abuse given to Elneny being an Egyptian farmer etc...
He probably did know them but just didn't think they were good enough at the time. One season wonders and everyone jumps on the bandwagon. How good were they last season? Not very good at all.

[g88ner]

Can you imagine the outrage on this forum if we signed players of an unknown quantity like mahrez and konte for relatively small amounts? Wenger would've got slaughtered, as would the players, much like the abuse given to Elneny being an Egyptian farmer etc...
He probably did know them but just didn't think they were good enough at the time. One season wonders and everyone jumps on the bandwagon. How good were they last season? Not very good at all.

Fair comment about one season wonders, although I don't watch French football so I'll take your word for it that Kante, Payet, etc. were "not very good at all" last season.

But, in any case, my point still stands. What used to be a fruitful market for us has given us Sanogo and little else whilst other players from France like Aubameyang, Mahrez, Kante, Payet and Martial have done well.

As for Elneny, although I never got involved in it, I think much of the "abuse" was tongue in cheek stuff and shouldn't be taken seriously. Personally, I don't care how much we spend or what country the player is from... what I care about is improving the team.

As for "can you imagine the outrage on this forum if...." - seriously mate, unless you've just joined the forum you'll know that there's outrage pretty much every day for one reason or another

[officepest]

Fair comment about one season wonders, although I don't watch French football so I'll take your word for it that Kante, Payet, etc. were "not very good at all" last season.

But, in any case, my point still stands. What used to be a fruitful market for us has given us Sanogo and little else whilst other players from France like Aubameyang, Mahrez, Kante, Payet and Martial have done well.

As for Elneny, although I never got involved in it, I think much of the "abuse" was tongue in cheek stuff and shouldn't be taken seriously. Personally, I don't care how much we spend or what country the player is from... what I care about is improving the team.

As for "can you imagine the outrage on this forum if...." - seriously mate, unless you've just joined the forum you'll know that there's outrage pretty much every day for one reason or another

Fucking outrageous comment.

[arseofacrow]

Fair comment about one season wonders, although I don't watch French football so I'll take your word for it that Kante, Payet, etc. were "not very good at all" last season.

But, in any case, my point still stands. What used to be a fruitful market for us has given us Sanogo and little else whilst other players from France like Aubameyang, Mahrez, Kante, Payet and Martial have done well.

As for Elneny, although I never got involved in it, I think much of the "abuse" was tongue in cheek stuff and shouldn't be taken seriously. Personally, I don't care how much we spend or what country the player is from... what I care about is improving the team.

As for "can you imagine the outrage on this forum if...." - seriously mate, unless you've just joined the forum you'll know that there's outrage pretty much every day for one reason or another

Fucking outrageous comment.

Shut it bureautwat