As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
highburyJD wrote:£6-£7M x what? how long is his contract?
3 years left - thats 18-21 million, ie one qualification for the clge group stages. Get wenger out now before the window closes, and we could even recoup that money at the end of the season.
I'm so glad nobody in our board is as mental and easily influenced by media doom-mongering as you lot
paying £21M to fire a good manager, who was on par last season, who has brought every single member of staff through at a club
= fully insane...
The board has made it abundantly clear they are very happy with champions league qualification and the club turning a profit a the end of the year - thereby actively discouraging Wenger from splashing out massive money, as well as the board putting a cap on salaries making some very big names.
As a fan I am not happy with this state of affairs - but is Wenger to blame here or would you say its the board?
On exactly what grounds could this manager, who has always delivered EXACTLY what the board wants for 15 consecutive years, be sacked by the very people who shake his hand at the end of each season for turning a profit and getting champs league qualification?
Some people are really not using their heads it seems.
In an ideal world I would say no, I don't want him out. I want him to return to the philosophy that built a team that won trophies and went a season undefeated.
unfortunately the world is far from ideal and I'd rather have a manager with a massive pair of balls that bought players with the genuine intent of trying to win the league. At the moment we have an accountant, not a manager.
Or can you admit that genuinely, Nasri felt he had to move clubs to actually have a good chance of winning a trophy and that the money situation was actually secondary at best?
A footballers career is relatively short and it's no surprise that guys like Nas do not want to waste their talent at an unambitious club like Arsenal.
Cesc and Nas both left for the same primary reason I think. This club has been going nowhere for years and the outlook is the same if not worse. Not many highly talented people would stick in the same job under those circumstances.
You state a lot of things but to my knowledge you are not on the Arsenal board!
Or are you good mates with Nasri and he has told you the facts?
how do I know what...?
That Na$ri has been offered WAY more money that Citeh
are you disputing that...?
maybe I don't understand what you're are saying
claiming Na$ri's main motivation for leaving was the manager not the money seems a huge leap to me
And Nasri was offered way more cash by Arsenal to stay unless the endless transfer negotiations your God alludes to were all based around offering him the same money and say more days annual leave?
TeeCee wrote:Or can you admit that genuinely, Nasri felt he had to move clubs to actually have a good chance of winning a trophy and that the money situation was actually secondary at best?
A footballers career is relatively short and it's no surprise that guys like Nas do not want to waste their talent at an unambitious club like Arsenal.
Cesc and Nas both left for the same primary reason I think. This club has been going nowhere for years and the outlook is the same if not worse. Not many highly talented people would stick in the same job under those circumstances.
Man U wanted him,
Its all about the money i'm affraid.
From what I've watched at the Liverpool game, IMHO Nasri wanted to stay, Wenger wanted him to stay but the board wanted him to leave or risk losing £25m.
It seems the board have a bigger motivation for him to leave than anyone else.
As for Fabregas, he wanted to go to Barcelone, it didn't matter what club he was, he wanted to go back.. Its astonishing how his hamstring that flarred up for 6 months have suddenly healed
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