Wenger's Transfer Budget

[augie]

Has anybody read the article in The Daily Mail which suggests that the Arsenal board are so desperate to get Arsene to sign a new contract that they are willing to offer him a £75k per week contract & a transfer budget of £30m ? Are the board taking the piss ? So far this season we have sold players to the tune of £21.5m (according to the mail) and the board are willing to top that up with an extra £8.5m. If anyone wants to know why the fans are now turning against the board then this is just another example of why. What happened to the big transfer funds the board has claimed have been in place for the last 18 months for Arsene to use ? Where is all the extra money gone from the foreign tv deals (50m) that could not have been budgeted for as it was not expected ? I've said before that apart from missing top quality in a few areas this squad is too thin and needs extra bodies but £30m, in todays market, will go nowhere. The board are also willing to put a clause in Wengers contract allowing up to walk next year if he is unhappy so can somebody please tell me how the f*ck that is to rid the club of the instability it now finds itself in and how that clause is supposed to reassure our current squad and potential signings ? This board are a f*cking disgrace and it would be comical if it were not so serious

[T.S]

I'll keep it simple. The Daily Mail makes things up.

[DanielD]

i agree with TS, if there are no quotes involved, i don't believe a word they are saying.

[exiled in notts]

At what point did the Daily Mail start printing stories that we'd be interested in anyway? I thought they limited their output to made-up drivel about house prices and being murdered in your bed by scary asylum seekers.

I'm assured it's soft, strong and thoroughly absorbent though, so there may be a use for it after all.

[thegrovegooner]

last month there was a story that the war chest was 40mil. so i don't think that deduction 10mil would malke wenger stay.

[donaldo]

The big problem is will a player sign for us if he is not sure the man who the club is built around may not be here next year.The rumours are Babel is having second thoughts about signing for us because of this.

[Chopper]

According to skysports Babel is sure he will become an Arsenal player but not this season.

[GoonerBen]

on the subject of tabloids making things up because they can, check this courtesy of the arseblogger

http://arseblog.com/columns/2007/05/31/ ... newspaper/

[Eboue Can't Defend]

That was very funny by Arseblog (if only it were true!:( )

Unfortunately, events have shown that it is Barcelona that have had the last laugh!

[DanielD]

Very funny from arse, i wish we could get a top player when he is at the top.

[Drone]

Due if they dont want to invest they can moove by side so someone who is interested can take the place, maybe he want to make money from da club, but can anyone tell me that this board is not making a kot of money out of the club and are not investing a bit. So leave the man take the job and take the club to the right place.