We piss 100k a week up the wall for Podolski to sit on the bench and occasionally get a brief cameo out of position. Ozil will also be costing an absolute fortune in wages, to play out of position.
In terms of midfielders we have Arteta, Flamini, Coquelin, Ramsey, Diaby, Wilshere, Rosicky, Cazorla and Ozil who all prefer central roles - yet we are indisputably light in one of our three central positions. 9 players and not one of them is any good at DM. We also list 8 or 9 forwards on our website. Compared to six defenders. At least we never play 4-5-1.
For years the talk was about how The shackles would be off when we offloaded liabilities like Bendtner, Fabianski, etc etc. the reality is Wenger will always find a way to spunk away a ridiculous amount on wages.