Fiszman : We are drowning in cash , bitches !!!

[Calo]

im so confused I dont know what to believe anymore

sounds like we do have money and much of it - which is great !!

however i think

Flamini left becuase he felt he wasnt getting the going rate- now we seem to be missing he area of expertise - didnt we have this money then? to pay him a bit more wages

i know the problem with denilson now - hes not a defensive midfielder hes an attacking midfielder

thus in my book we need to spend some of this money as...

real def centre midfielders we have

a) song - i think hes the best one we have - but hes only average PL player
b) diaby - he not really progressed and im worried hes becoming a no big deal player

[highburyJD]

who are the ten most expensive wenger signings...?
would include wiltord, reyes, hleb - the only three I can think of we spent 8 figures on
just below that (around £8M) we've got henry, the stick out great signing
then jeffers, van bronckhurst, rosicky, walcott

even at £6M lauren, edu.... who else (thought of overmars and pires when doing the list below)

ok wiltord won things and scored goals but was a source of frustration
reyes slipped into a great team that was already flying
but never settled and has struggled since leaving
hleb was great to watch and an amazing technician but he didn't help us win anything so ultimately is a failure

none of those where GREAT signings at those prices

best players who've come into the team under wenger :

vieira (i know he played before but obv wenger signing) overmars, petit anelka, campbell, pires, toure, gilberto, cole, freddy, cesc

why do people want us to spend big....?
its rarely worked for wenger

[Its Up 4 Grabs Now]

My best (read: only) guess would be that this “£30m on one playerâ€

[highburyJD]

five

[SWLGooner]

he should pass to nasri.

[highburyJD]

would be disingenuous in the extreme
but the transfer fee + agents fee + contract + birthday has been common currency in the press

[Boomer]

As I and HighburyJD have said Wenger will not spend big. Even at a push I doubt Wenger will spend over £15m now.

Fiszman comment were mearly meaning there is money available.
I.E.....IF Wenger really wanted to spend £30m on one player the money is available.
You could therefore say there is more then the £30m

Remember the Staduim development costs (Arsenal Holdings) are off set to Arsenal Plc.

[southampton gooner]

I don't understand why so many people are confused about whats happening and who is telling the truth? I don't remember AW saying he cant spend cos he aint go the money. He has always said he likes to buy young gifted players and make them better. Our 2 full backs are in my opinion 2 of the best in the world and I would not swap them for anyone. And they didn't cost £20M each. If AW likes to do it that way then I'm happy for him to do it. Spuds and Liverpool have spent millions more than us and are no better.
I agree I would like to see a couple of new faces cos I think our lack of depth in squad last year cost us and we are thinner this year than last, but spending £20M+ on one player may not be the answer.
In Wenger I trust.

[Boomer]

Excatly!

SECONDED!

[g88ner]

I think we now have to accept what the club have repeatedly been telling us...money is available.

Over the last few months, Hill-Wood, Edelman, Fiszman and even Wenger himself, have all said that we have the money, so it would seem that we can no longer use 'lack of funds' as an excuse.

With the funds in place - that only leaves 1 possible explanation left for us not bringing players in.... Wenger doesn't think we need strengthening; and if that's the case, then he has to be held 100% accountable if we fail to mount a serious title challenge, and/or fail to win a trophy.

In my opinion, it borders on sabotage to not improve our squad, when the funds are available. We need a powerful, dominant centre back..we need a solid, ball winning midfiedler, and surely, there must be a midfielder better than Eboue on the market, Arsene?

3 day, and counting....

[southampton gooner]

I think we now have to accept what the club have repeatedly been telling us...money is available.

Over the last few months, Hill-Wood, Edelman, Fiszman and even Wenger himself, have all said that we have the money, so it would seem that we can no longer use 'lack of funds' as an excuse.

With the funds in place - that only leaves 1 possible explanation left for us not bringing players in.... Wenger doesn't think we need strengthening; and if that's the case, then he has to be held 100% accountable if we fail to mount a serious title challenge, and/or fail to win a trophy.

In my opinion, it borders on sabotage to not improve our squad, when the funds are available. We need a powerful, dominant centre back..we need a solid, ball winning midfiedler, and surely, there must be a midfielder better than Eboue on the market, Arsene?

3 day, and counting....

So if AW goes out and spends £60M on 2 world class players and we still finish 2nd to the chavs (who if they are 2nd at Xmas will just go out and spend £100M) who do you blame then ?

[Its Up 4 Grabs Now]

I agree I would like to see a couple of new faces cos I think our lack of depth in squad last year cost us and we are thinner this year than last, but spending £20M+ on one player may not be the answer.
In Wenger I trust.

I don’t think too many people really are wanting or expecting us to spend £20/30m on one player though. I know I certainly don’t.

But the fact is that more often than not, and more so now than ever given untapped markets are becoming rarer and rarer, good players (not even great but good) cost a fair bit of money.

Add in the fact that what this squad is crying out for is a few players with experience as well as quality, and experience comes at a price cos you’re talking about proven quality over potential, and the prices you’re looking at are then even higher.

As you yourself say we need “a couple of new facesâ€

[Boomer]

I think we now have to accept what the club have repeatedly been telling us...money is available.

Over the last few months, Hill-Wood, Edelman, Fiszman and even Wenger himself, have all said that we have the money, so it would seem that we can no longer use 'lack of funds' as an excuse.

With the funds in place - that only leaves 1 possible explanation left for us not bringing players in.... Wenger doesn't think we need strengthening; and if that's the case, then he has to be held 100% accountable if we fail to mount a serious title challenge, and/or fail to win a trophy.

In my opinion, it borders on sabotage to not improve our squad, when the funds are available. We need a powerful, dominant centre back..we need a solid, ball winning midfiedler, and surely, there must be a midfielder better than Eboue on the market, Arsene?

3 day, and counting....

Further to SG post.

If Wengers replaces Flamini that would undermine and undo all the work put into Denilson, Diaby, Song.

We need one more in Midfield and I would hope to re-address the balance of the squad that the player would be experienced.
It's Wengers call!

[SWLGooner]

de Guzman = 12mil
Akinfeev = 8mil.

That is two out of three problems solved - two very good players who are young enough bought for 20 mil. Last year, VDS was poor but United still won the title. Ergo, we can win the league with a dodgy cb partnership. Theo/Rosicky seem good enough to beat Eboue for a place in the team.

[hadareud]

de Guzmann is an attacking midfielder, not a problem area.

Don't trust The Sun, he is not a tough tackling new Hargreaves