Looks Like We have 45 million to spend? Who will you Buy?

Jason_arsenal2010 · Post by **Jason_arsenal2010** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:25 am

The good news is that Wenger has a transfer kitting of 45 million which is actually true this time and I do think we will spend atleast half something like 20 million

CF - Chamak
CB - One very good CB for around 10-12 million e.g Martin Caceras, Boateng (alhtough city might have already bought him), Bonnuci
CM/DM - A player to take over Gilberto Silva role a player like Melo or Veloso (10-15 million)
GK - I know people want to get a new keeper and I hope we do but I just dont see Wenger buying a new keeper. He has too much faith in his players and hopefully Fabianski can step up like Song and Diaby have this season

Released - Sendros, Silvestre, Sol, Bothelo, Randall, Gilbert

Brought into the first team - Barazite, Merida (if he stays), Lansbury, Harvard Norvedit (if wenger keeps him)

Sold -Jay Simpson, maybe Eduardo

Loaned - Wilshere, JET, Hoyte, Ayling, Lansbury, Wojciech, Watt, Bartley, Sunu, Craig Eastmond, Barazite, Thomas Cruise, Emmanuel Frimpong

PI7ES · Post by **PI7ES** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:28 am

Has anyone ever guessed a wenger signing other than arshavin. I hadnt ever heard of vermaelen, sagna, adebayor, eduardo before we bought them.

Impossible to predict.

thatgooner · Post by **thatgooner** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:28 am

Marek Hamsik of Napoli...
Quality footballer. him, song and cesc would be great in a 3 man middle.

Jason_arsenal2010 · Post by **Jason_arsenal2010** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:35 am

thatgooner wrote:Marek Hamsik of Napoli...
Quality footballer. him, song and cesc would be great in a 3 man middle.

Hamsik is more of a replacement to Fabrgeas but I would go for Melo or Veloso who are very good defending and good going forward

PI7ES wrote:Has anyone ever guessed a wenger signing other than arshavin. I hadnt ever heard of vermaelen, sagna, adebayor, eduardo before we bought them.

Impossible to predict.

I knew about Sagna, Eduardo and Arshavin but not about Vermaelen and Adebayor.

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:36 am

You've all forgotten.... a Â£45m "kitty" at Arsenal includes transfers.

Chamakh is therefore not free. He'll probably get 90k per week, and a 3 year deal = Â£15m.

I'd like us to sign a keeper... We were linked with Sebastian Frey (Â£15m transfer fee, plus 3 years @ 60k = Â£10m)

That's Â£40m already

Jason_arsenal2010 · Post by **Jason_arsenal2010** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:37 am

digger wrote:You've all forgotten.... a Â£45m "kitty" at Arsenal includes transfers.

Chamakh is therefore not free. He'll probably get 90k per week, and a 3 year deal = Â£15m.

I'd like us to sign a keeper... We were linked with Sebastian Frey (Â£15m transfer fee, plus 3 years @ 60k = Â£10m)

That's Â£40m already

Chamak 90K not it will be more like 50-70K not more than that and a 45 Million transfer kitting doesn't include wages I think since you pay them weekly with the revenues you make from matchdays, shirt sales and so on

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:41 am

i'd buy scarlett johanssen, a few bottles of chimay red, a gold gibson les paul classic and a few burritos.

and tell eduardo to start fucking performing!

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:48 am

Jason_arsenal2010 wrote:Chamak 90K not it will be more like 50-70K not more than that and a 45 Million transfer kitting doesn't include wages I think since you pay them weekly with the revenues you make from matchdays, shirt sales and so on

At any other club, the transfer fee is the total cost of the player, but Arsenal always look at "total cost of ownership".

No idea how much Chamakh will arrive on, but I'd have thought Bordeaux would have paid Â£50k per week to keep him. I'd at least expect a decent "signing on" bonus.

thatgooner · Post by **thatgooner** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:53 am

Jason_arsenal2010 wrote:
thatgooner wrote:Marek Hamsik of Napoli...
Quality footballer. him, song and cesc would be great in a 3 man middle.
Hamsik is more of a replacement to Fabrgeas but I would go for Melo or Veloso who are very good defending and good going forward.

I agree to some extent, especially about Melo I rate him very highly.. But I think with the way we play football, having 2 attacking midfielders and a holding midfielder would work so I still see Hamsik as an option, rumours are that he could be leaving in the summer, sadly it looks like we'd have to compete againt juve and man u.

Dont think that we could get Melo from Juve tbh.

I do like Frey, decent keeper and I think it'd be possible to get him.

rigsby · Post by **rigsby** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:59 am

I'ld keep Sol btw, he's a very good club man.

I wouldn't sign Melo, he looked god awful against Fulham.

We need a Keeper, 2 CBs and a DM. (excluding Chamakah)

PI7ES · Post by **PI7ES** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:01 pm

rigsby wrote:I'ld keep Sol btw, he's a very good club man.

I wouldn't sign Melo, he looked god awful against Fulham.

We need a Keeper, 2 CBs and a DM. (excluding Chamakah)

Agree

Jason_arsenal2010 · Post by **Jason_arsenal2010** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:02 pm

thatgooner wrote:
Jason_arsenal2010 wrote:
thatgooner wrote:Marek Hamsik of Napoli...
Quality footballer. him, song and cesc would be great in a 3 man middle.
Hamsik is more of a replacement to Fabrgeas but I would go for Melo or Veloso who are very good defending and good going forward.
I agree to some extent, especially about Melo I rate him very highly.. But I think with the way we play football, having 2 attacking midfielders and a holding midfielder would work so I still see Hamsik as an option, rumours are that he could be leaving in the summer, sadly it looks like we'd have to compete againt juve and man u.

Dont think that we could get Melo from Juve tbh.

I do like Frey, decent keeper and I think it'd be possible to get him.

I used to like Having Petit and Vieira play together and we are very leaky at the back so it will sure up our defense and Hamsik is just too attacking for me.
4--2-3-1 formation will mean
Our back four then Song, Melo and then three atacking players and then a striker.
A more defensive formation then 4-3-3 or 4-1-4-1

thatgooner · Post by **thatgooner** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:03 pm

PI7ES wrote:
rigsby wrote:I'ld keep Sol btw, he's a very good club man.

I wouldn't sign Melo, he looked god awful against Fulham.

We need a Keeper, 2 CBs and a DM. (excluding Chamakah)
Agree

Fuck me, thats half a team!!

Bergkamp-Genius · Post by **Bergkamp-Genius** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:04 pm

digger wrote:
Jason_arsenal2010 wrote:Chamak 90K not it will be more like 50-70K not more than that and a 45 Million transfer kitting doesn't include wages I think since you pay them weekly with the revenues you make from matchdays, shirt sales and so on
At any other club, the transfer fee is the total cost of the player, but Arsenal always look at "total cost of ownership".

No idea how much Chamakh will arrive on, but I'd have thought Bordeaux would have paid Â£50k per week to keep him. I'd at least expect a decent "signing on" bonus.

In reality i doubt very much if we look at it any different to any other club, transfer kitty means money set aside to pay transfer fees, it's self explainatory, now if it was called transfer and wages kitty then that would be a different matter..
We shouldn't confuse the relentless attempts over the last few years to cover up our lack of spending with all sorts of jibberish and nonsense and re-interpretations of phrases and words with reality..wages come from club income, turnover, not from transfer kitties..

Block91Broox · Post by **Block91Broox** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:05 pm

GK : Manuel Neuer Â£12m
CB : Brede Hangeland Â£10m
CM: Maroane Fellaini Â£15m
AM: Edin Hazard Â£8m
CF: Marouane Chamakh Â£Free