Is the minimum amount that needs to be invested in the team if it's ever going to consistently compete for trophies again.
It is claimed that Arsenal don't have the resources to compete with the world's top clubs. There are 4 simple reason this is incorrect:
1. Arsenal are one of the top 5 richest clubs in the world. Source - (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17769654)
2. The club charges the highest ticket prices in England
3. Profits are consistently made in transfer windows, and this money is never fully or properly invested back into the team. Meaning there must be millions left over from previous transfer windows where a profit was made.
4. The club has a billionaire owner
So what is the explanation for the ridiculous lack of investment?
Where is the money going?
As for the board/Wenger debate and who's to blame for the demise, I believe they are both in it together, as to the direction in which the club is going.
As RVP put it, following the meeting with Wenger and Gazidis "it became clear from the meeting that we don't share the same ideas on ways in which the club should move forward" (not the exact quote, but along those lines)
£100m
posted on 4/12/12
Did we not generate a pre-tax loss of £31m last year (not including player sales)?
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Indeed. My point was that it was because of the huge wage bill without the huge wages to any of our players.
Our wage bill with RVP, Nasri, Song, Alumnia and Cesc (the highest earners at the club) always hovered around £100m. So how come it went up to £144m after they all left? We have not won anything in that period so its not extra bonus payments.
Now if our player wage bill was around £110m, we would be making profits similar to the amount we did before £15m-£20m.
So who is milking the club if our players are getting the same if not less than when our team was full of world class players?
posted on 4/12/12
Jenius99
Agree.
Would be interesting to be able to see the renewed player contracts as would guess that they have been 'improved' significantly more that the club has let on.
posted on 4/12/12
£100M would buy you one and a half Samir Nasris.
Believe me, Arsenal are much further away from competing at the business end of The Premier League than a £100M cash injection
posted on 4/12/12
Marsden
You cannot compare the inflated prices and wages City spend to that of the real world.
While an £100m investment would not guarantee success by any means, it would certainly improve Arsenal’s squad to at least be in a position to compete with the elite.
posted on 4/12/12
renewed player contracts as would guess that they have been 'improved' significantly more that the club has let on.
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Or far more likely, the player wage bill is the same as it was before, if not a little less. And the increase in wages is for non-football payments.
Now I wonder who we would employ, say as a consultant who could charge us, £20m for advise instead of dividends?
posted on 4/12/12
Understand what you are saying Pearce, but city have not just been foolish/held to random, they have established a new reality.
An unpalatable reality, but reality none the less.
posted on 4/12/12
Marsden
I would disagree in regard to their spending as they have wasted vast amounts of money on, for want of a better word, rubbish; and subsequently written off tens of millions.
Robinho, Jo, Adebayor, Santa Cruz, (off the top of my head) massive buys which flopped. Obviously there are others but normal clubs can afford to operate this way as they would fold.
posted on 4/12/12
I think you're secrectly funding a space programme
At halftime during one of the xmas period matches, the centrecircle will open and the ship launch.
posted on 4/12/12
Of course they have wasted vast sums on bums.
But those are not the players you are having to pitch at / overcome.
Tevez, Aguero, Dzeko, Balotelli, Silva, Nasri, Toure all cost them over £50M
You have one player who looks like he could operate at the same level, Cazorla.
To catch up to that level of talent, you may see Wilshere develop but I'm yet to be convinced by him, it would require 5 or 6 recruitments at £250/300M.
And that is just in attack.
posted on 4/12/12
mment by TheKaisersTrainers (U5676)
posted 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
I think you're secretly funding a space programe
At halftime during one of the x-mas period matches, the centrecircle will open and the ship launch.
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