Arsenal is getting ever closer to winning the Premier League this season and it can be argued it is theirs to lose now.
Mikel Arteta’s side has been arguably the most impressive club in the division and has earned the right to stay atop the standings until now.
Arsenal has recently rewarded Gabriel Martinelli with a big-money deal and Bukayo Saka has reportedly also agreed to a bumper new contract.
However, Arsenal has achieved success this season on a modest salary and a new report has revealed they have just the fifth-highest wage in England.
The Daily Mail reveals Manchester United has spent the most on wages this season, with £384m spent on salaries and they have paid £7.7m per point so far.
Arsenal is fifth behind Liverpool (£366m), Manchester City (£354m), and Chelsea (£333m), with £212m paid so far in wages. They have remarkably spent just £2.9m per point so far.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Winning the league costs money, but sometimes you can spend a lot and get little in return.
These figures show the remarkable job Mikel Arteta is doing, but we expect our wages to start increasing now because the new deals we will hand to outstanding players will be much better than what they are earning at the moment.
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And I dare you to look at our net spend over the last 5 years.
– We’ve spent more than double what Man City has
– Just under double what Liverpool has
– 130mil more than Newcastle
– 150mil more than Spurs
– only 55mil less than Man U
When you barely sell players you can’t continuously demand huge transfer budgets. My problem is that currently MA/Edu are not creating a sustainable business model. They keep asking for huge budgets but are doing little themselves to help.
How many sales have we rejected or just refused to do in the last 3 years? Many, because the “price” was too low. 5mil sale and no wages is better than 0mil and wages until a contract runs out of a player that might play once every 10-15 games.
@ PJ-SA
Very valid points.
Time will tell whether they can turn this around in terms of profitable sales of fringe players.
I’m not worried about the sustainability since we will be back playing UCL and also produce more revenue from sponsorship and marketing deals. All we have to do is perform on the pitch and everything will be fine, our players stock will rise and be worth more.
Hope we win at Anfield.