Arsenal are targeting several players this summer as they aim to strengthen the squad ahead of the new season. However, the reality is that they cannot realistically afford to sign every player they have been linked with. In truth, even securing half of the reported targets would require an extraordinary effort, both financially and logistically.
Among the names mentioned, Martin Zubimendi is believed to be high on the list. Should Arsenal activate his release clause, they would need to commit around 60 million euros. Adding a player such as Benjamin Sesko to the squad would demand a further outlay of at least 80 million euros. This would take the total to 140 million euros for just two players, with several other positions in need of reinforcements.
Financial Pressure May Lead to Key Sale
Given the scale of investment required, Arsenal may be forced to consider selling one of their key players in order to raise the necessary funds. Fringe players are unlikely to command high transfer fees, meaning that the club would need to look at parting ways with a regular starter to generate substantial income.
Gabriel Magalhaes has been linked with a move to Saudi Arabia, where clubs have shown a willingness to pay significant sums for top-tier talent. The Brazilian defender could fetch a strong transfer fee, but his departure would come with its own risks. His partnership with William Saliba has been a cornerstone of Arsenal’s defensive success, and the team’s balance could be affected if he were to leave.
Assessing the Potential Sacrifices
In a scenario where Arsenal must sell to buy, tough decisions may lie ahead. The question then becomes which player, if any, should be sacrificed to unlock a larger transfer budget. Options such as Myles Lewis-Skelly, Gabriel Magalhaes, Ethan Nwaneri and Gabriel Martinelli represent different levels of value, potential and current importance to the squad.
While young talents offer long-term promise, established players like Gabriel and Martinelli provide immediate impact. Deciding whom to sell would involve weighing financial return against sporting risk. For Arsenal, finding the right balance between raising funds and maintaining competitiveness will be crucial to achieving their goals next season.
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Tavares, Vieira, Sambi Lokonga , Zinchenko and Kiwior coukd be released and might gain us £80 million . If we need to sell an established star it should be Trossard or Martinelli . Gabriel Jesus and Tomayisu coukd ne moved on when fit
I would keep Kiwior. He has absolutely shown what a goof defender he really is he got his chance this season.
I was impressed.
You want to release Liquor for what reason exactly?
“release Liquor”? It’s bodily function, usually engaged to prevent joining ones clothing.
Soiling
14 draws down to 9 draws and we are level at 84 points with Liverpool so we do NOT need a new team and should keep all of our starting players.
The captaincy could be handed to Declan Rice. We need another midfielder to replace Jorghino!
We are lucky to have Partey!
A good tough goalscorer is required and I like Jonathan David . We do not need another physical liability!
Ordegard
My word
That’s a huge call
Your right Gunsmoke,
But it’s one I agree with.
Odegaard needs real competition nothing more.
I think Leverkusen Florians could inspire the Norwegian and helps propel him to the another’s level
Florian Wirtz would arrive at huge cost – probably enough monies to break our savings bank 🙂
Arsenal aren’t lacking funds to bring in new signings after finishing second and going deep into semis in Champions league competition arsenal made about £180 million pounds the likes of Tavarez, Lokonga, Nelson,Hein and Marquinhoz wouldn’t raise even £25m if arsenal sell them, Martinelli wouldn’t be going anywhere he is part of arsenal team and likely you will see him continue play in our wings together with Saka,i personally thing arsenal will sign two or three players two are obvious Zubimendi and Benjamin Sesko the remaining will either be a CB/LB most likely Saliba cover or a left back because Skelly will be moved to Midfield next season.
Gabriel was many people’s player of the season – imo he was our best player.
He’s a real leader and we miss his aggressive attitude and playing style when he’s out – one of the last players I’d sell.
Martinelli could be replaced more easily and probably could pick up a good transfer fee. If we needed to sell a first team player to raise money, he’d be high on the list for me.
Tbh odegaard might be top of that list, though. I assume he’d sell for quite a large fee still and I do think he will need to be replaced for us to kick on. He’s brilliant at leading the press (which is important), and extremely talented, but I don’t see that killer instinct, still, or a willingness to take risks and I think that’s holding us back massively. Unfortunately, I think odegaard’s lack of risk taking aligns with arteta’s preferences, so I don’t see that changing…
I fully agree with Ode, I think a big part of our issue with him was that we barely pressed compared to previous seasons. He’ll press by himself which simply doesn’t work. I’m not sure why we stopped apply pressure on the opposition this season but it showed big time in the results.
Jesus Ode and Havertz all press hard. They were all injured for long parts of the season….along with Saka and Gabriel two of our most influential players
Not sure why people can’t simply understand we and a really bad season for injuries to key players
So selling the two previous seasons Arsenal player of the year after a naaa… and injury hit performance? Come on
I find it incredible how the narrative on Odegaard has changed after just one bad season in which he suffered a major injury. Even he has acknowledged he has not been at his usual standards. This is a guy who was our player of the season for two consecutive seasons. Was he holding us back in 23/24 when he was a favourite for PL player of the season? Was he holding us back when he scored 15 goals the previous season.
I don’t buy the notion that Odegaard is risk averse. He leads the league for through balls completed per 90 minutes- through balls are anything but safe.Could be just low in confidence.He’s not been at his best but this is guy still in his prime, not 33. Even if we sold him, there not many players out there better than him, and those that are, won’t move except for ridiculous fee, when we have other priorities.
Well said Onyango
It’s no different when a manager starts the season better than we do and there is a clamour for Arteta out and the other guy in.
@SueP
This always amuses me. Every single season the same individuals will latch on to any shiny (Flavour Of the Moment) new manager doing okay.
“Look at so and so at so and so club, he is better than Arteta blah blah.”.
Then by the end of each season they go completely quiet on that front as Arteta normally end up always finishing ahead of all those “Flavour Of The Moment” managers.
Then they recharge and wait for the next season. So the cycle continues. Then the next season comes and they will latch on to next shiny flavour of the moment manager. Then repeat the cycle the next season etc.
😂😂🤣
The article is about options that could be possible and fans are discussing those options.
I find it amusing that this gets you so riled up, are people not allowed to throw ideas around in your presence? Your overly emotional reponse is certainly a sign of a sensationalist.
@PJ-SA.
People are allowed to throw their ideas out there. But if a pattern of wrongness keeps occurring and those same people continue to be oblivious to it then how’s anyone supposed to address them on that issue?
If a person keeps being wrong all the time on the same topic but he / she just keeps digging in then when should that person stop being taken seriously?
Each and every season the same people keep prematurely latching on to the “Flavour Of The Moment Manager” in order to progress their agenda. But when proven wrong season after season you will never hear them acknowledging that they were wrong. They just deflect onto something else and wait for the next season do the same premature excitement all over again.
Can we all admit that these people suffer from “Premature Excitement”?
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Wrong about what? Be specific. I do try to admit when I’ve been wrong (Ben White comes to mind) and I’ll be delighted to admit I was wrong about odegaard if he proves me so next season – same goes for arteta or sesko or anyone else I’ve expressed doubts about.
I think you’re taking this whole thing too seriously
Goonster,
You mean repeat the cycle of failing to win a trophy again the next season etc. 🤣🙄
@DEREK.
You must have had a proper brain malfunction because clearly I never said anything closer to what you just interpreted here.
Please help me understand how you absolutely veered off the topic I was talking about to a completely different topic that you concocted from out of the blue? 🤦♂️🤣🤣
I don’t know if you have ever heard of what we call “FALLACIOUS ARGUMENTATION”.
You committed what is called a “Straw Man Fallacy.”
Check it out on the interweb. 👍😊
Well in your post Goonster,
You mentioned that Arteta normally end up always finishing ahead of all those “Flavour Of The Month” managers.
But sadly there’s always a manager of at least one club that finishes above him. Hence the rinse and repeat of us remaining trophy less season on season. 🙄🤦♂️🤷♂️
How many of these flavour of the month managers that you guys latch on to every season have finished ahead of Arteta? And where are they now?
Nearly every season we have people latching on to this and that manager is better than Arteta. But come the end of the season all of them go quiet and will never mention that manager ever again.
But then will wait for the next season and repeat the same process. Then go quiet at the end of the season then season will go again.
Are you one of these “Premature Excitement “ individuals?
Goonster,
You keep on about none of the managers finishing above Arteta, and your right.
But it’s not just about the league is it.
I believe that the manager’s at Newcastle, Crystal Palace, Spurs, and Chelsea all won trophy’s.
Tell me what our manager won, Oh that’s right nothing again. 🙄🤦♂️🤷♂️
This is the exact reason I keep labelling some individuals on here as “Sensationalists”.
They apply little to no rationality when analysing situations.
Just off the cuff / emotional shallow outbursts..
Instead of trolling why don’t you specify what it is you disagree with and do so in a less emotional and more rational reply? Your condescending tone is making you seem more childlike than anyone.
I’ve never been convinced he has that killer in him – I’ve always hoped or believed it would come, but I do think he’s risk averse and that those through pass numbers hide it. Through passes are not all equal – I expect his numbers are inflated by the little inside passes he plays to saka. Not to say he never plays brilliant passes (including some of those to saka), but the eye test tells me he doesn’t crack teams open all that often like, say, fabregas used to. Felt the same about ozil, who went even further and racked up loads of assists – doesn’t tell the full story for me (and I greatly prefer odegaard to ozil still – contributes more overall imo but I just don’t think he has enough to lead the team in that role)
I didn’t know he’d been voted player of the season for us – I wouldn’t have voted for him, personally.
Or maybe it’s not all him and it’s the tactical system we’re playing that makes it overly difficult for him to really create danger consistently – I’m really comparing to fabregas (which may be unfair) and I think he’d be unpicking teams a lot more frequently and a lot more decisively even in this setup. Maybe that’s because he’d break from the tactical system when he saw an opportunity – maybe that’s what’s missing?
I will quickly put the duo of Martinelli or Trossard for either of Nico Williams or Rodrygo, the latter are far more clinical and efficient in goalscoring
Martinelli is shown to love the badge which to me means a lot, through arsenal football he’s gone from a relative unknown player to a regular brazil internaltional – disappointing last campaign but still has credit in the bank so… rightly he stays but with additional competition.
What are Rodrygo and Williams stats for this season or previous seasons as compared to Martinelli?
People saying get rid of Martinelli, Odegaard, Kiwior… what are we? A fanbase that thinks the grass is always greener? Martinelli and Odegaard are still a couple years away from hitting peak, and for large parts of this season we haven’t played in a manner that suits either, hell, we haven’t played nice football to watch.
And do we honestly think getting a back up LCB is just going to an easy deal. Kiwior has demonstrated we have a fight for LCB when Gabriel is fit. We need competition in the squad to keep players on their toes and carry on being successful when Arteta finally learns to rotate his squad.
Peripheral players absolutely, the loanees, Zinchenko, released players wages being freed up, etc. Might not be gold but we should be able to easily get 50-60m from player sales/sell on fees, add that to around £200m transfer kitty from revenue and competition progression and we can get the 4-6 players we need.
GK £20m, DEF £30m, MF £50m, LW £70m and ST £80, (all approx obviously) and chuck in a free agent.
Welcome to the internet where analytical football experts are made and reside.
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I’ve watched footy for over forty years, coached all youth levels u8 and up, played semi-pro level, ran an 11 aside team for 14years, written analytical articles for other sites and been a sports photographer for my local paper, amongst other things. Personally, I feel my point of view is at least valid enough to share.
But unintelligible troll on the internet can’t handle opinions that doesn’t embolden their own… if this is your contribution, maybe have a rethink as nobody has gained anything from your words.
He was just making a light hearted comment – wasn’t aimed at you and reads to me like he was agreeing with you
Oh, reading the other comments, I see where you’re coming from 😂
Saka, Saliba or Magalhaes could leave if they don’t accept the salary increase offer from Arsenal
Nobody is irreplaceable and it could be worth it to try something new
I’ve just read on the BBC website that Arsenal are close to agreeing a new deal with Gabriel. He’s one who should not be sold.
Our best CB. He is a monster at the back and upfront (Corners and Free kicks).
Admin, can you please tell me why my post hasn’t appeared on this article ?
Was not same email address, I had no idea if it was real or someone impersonating you
Thanks for the reply AdMartin. The reason I used a different one is because when I use the other one and tick the follow box, I don’t get replies to my posts.
HD & Admin, I’m going to give that a try, as I never get any “follow up comments” when checking the box, don’t even get switched to the other website to review my comment and to stop further comments, a I used to.
The other web site” ie WordPress
Looks like it’s worked.
Thanks for sorting that Admin Martin. I’m with my alternative email account now.
..and getting the new comments vie WordPress
OK, I just deleted another of your posts, have to avoid multiple accounts if at all possible. I will ask the tech guy to have a look at the issue you have highlighted
Cheers AdMartin, appreciate it 👍
I don’t think that tick box has ever worked HD – at least not in my experience.
It always worked for me on my old phone Ken.
Kiwior’s stock has to be up following some fine displays deputizing at CB this is a good time to sell – the monies goes to a winger or a dribbler. He is not without options now plus we’ve others able to stand in for our 1st-choice centre-backs.
Sesko replaces (Gabriel Jesus) and Lookman to replace (Sterling) up front: *No more crying over Gyokeres goal tally – some of us are old enough to remember Davor Suker coming with similar credentials but couldn’t cut the mustard here.
Martinelli reverts back to impact-sub to allow Rodrygo arrives as 1st choice (maybe unlikely)…
Zinchenko, Tavares, Vieira, Sambi Lokonga, can be sold to pay for Zubimendi, Simons, Mbeumo,
What are are the options for Kiwior?
Admittedly selling him would be a miss BUT is he gonna continue to sit on the bench: ANS: is yes! so we look at either selling him or rotating our CBs .
Unless he agitates for a move I don’t see how we can afford to sell Kiwior at this time unless we are bringing in a replacement. We already have 4 defenders out at this time and only one is likely to be back before July.
In my view a lot of fans have been overly cavalier about our challenges in defence.
I would agree that we need to find a way to give Kiwior game time even when everyone is fit.
Please go and watch some highlights of Suker at arsenal – he didn’t play all that much (wrong side of 30, I guess) but he was pure class. Crazy talented player.
Davi, that goal he scored against Sunderland at Highbury, amazing.
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Sesko.
New Winger. Odegaard. Saka.
Rice. Zubimendi.
Calafiori. Gabriel. Saliba. White.
Raya.
It depends on the new winger we sign, but I don’t think this team can win us the premier league or champions.
I just hope and pray Arteta gets this summer transfer right.
Nelson
Lokongo
Marqhuinos
Tavares
Zinchenko
This 5 players should be sold and we can get up to 50m from their sales.
Some fans are happy when we just loan players out until their contract runs down, for some illogical reason they’d rather get zero money and subsidize wages for years than getting even 10mil now and the wages off the books.
I’d add Vieira too your list as well. I’d aslo add Martinelli IF we can get an improvement. That would free up at least 100mil + wages
Pj
Believe the world is crazy and has definitely changed changed
You.cs .pay 30m for a.player but lime most assets you can right it off over a number of years a d it becomes zero with what money you have assessd as profit
Didn’t realize we needed to sell our top players!
That was, surely, a thing of the past?
Imagine city115 or pool suggesting this kind of thing!
MA has put together the foundations of a title winning
squad and, with the help of our new SD, it will come to fruition via the summer transfer window.
Have we already forgotten how we struggled with squad numbers, following the horrendous injuries we had?
Tierney, Jorginho, Marquiness have already departed, so let’s build the squad up before selling anybody else.
We have players in our squad that MA simply won’t use, like 2 of the 3 you mentioned so it’s a bit difficult to call that “reducing” your squad when the manager barely considered them part of the squad.
MA is staying so anyone that he does’t consider good enough should be sold becasue we all know he won’t use them regardless, reality is he’ll much rather play someone else out of position that use someone he doesn’t like so why bother keeping them then?
I can’t find logic in keeping someone you won’t use ever even if they are on loan.
I’m referring to our current squad of players, not those out on loan.
Until we have bought players in, what’s the point of discussing what “top player” we might sell!
To me, that’s an ass about face way of doing things.
Follow the Koronke Family Ken since 2007 it’s normal
Take the emotion out of it think logically
Why would they suddenly start caring how about winning titles
They will get cheaper option., players where there is no bidding war and where they can pay in gerous installments
So how do you explain the reported £105 million for Rice and the reported £65 million for Havertz then Dan?
I think you’ll find that, unless it’s a release clause signing, most clubs pay by instalments where possible – nothing to do with the Kronkies.
Simple ….how I explained it at the time
They would recoup back the money in the next few windows
Hence why the net spend as been low
Your see for yourself this window mate
But that’s not just the Kronkies is it Dan?
It’s part of football today.
Why should our club fork out the asking price, if they can accommodate the asking price over time?
The roughly, £250 million earnt from our CL participation has been, in part, to the way we have been able to bring in players like Rice.
If we had paid the reported £105 million up front, that would have seen any other transfers delayed for, maybe, two seasons!
It’s just pure financial economics Dan and the Kronkies became the billionaires they are, because they know what they’re doing.
You seem to be very keen to spend the Kronkies money Dan.
I’m very keen for them to leave our club lol
That’s a separate debate Dan, but what if your “new owners” have the same way of looking at financial situation?
Are you going to want these mysterious new owners out as well?
Meanwhile?
Would appreciate an answer to both questions lol
Then yes of course I would want them out
Why would you want any owners who fail and don’t win things ?
So would you also want the manager and the players out who failed and didn’t win things?
That’s very hypothetical mate
I don’t know how players and managers will get on in the future do I ?
I know the Koronke Family don’t have the ambition so if your working for owners who only care about top 4 is that a managers fault ?
Take January what else can a manager do but say we are short in attack and need help ?
Owners are smart , have manipulated you into.thinking 2nd is okay
They know your say same in 12 months
I’ll also give them credit it’s a genius business model but as a fan we are trapped
So what your saying is not hypothetical then Dan?
You say that the Kronkies haven’t invested in the club, aren’t interested in winning trophies, are happy with fourth and have no plans to change.
That’s just your opinion mate and it’s hypothetical, if not dishonest.
Since MA became manager, the Kronkies have invested heavily in the club, with a total spend of around £700 million.
They have bought in a very expensive Sporting Director, have plans to increase the capacity of the Emirates and have said, publicly, that they are going to be spending in the summer transfer window.
Now you seem to claim that they are only doing this for their own benefit, but why would they bother, if they were only interested in top four and didn’t want trophies.
You have a classic example of owners who are actually doing what you describe, with the Glazier family at manure.
They have taken millions out of the club, have let Old Trafford fall into disrepair, watched as their club finished just two places above relegation and tried to sell the club off, because of their disinterest in what happens in the future.
If we were in THAT situation, then you would have reasons to question the Kronkies ownership and ambitions.
A club doesn’t finish 2nd in the PL three times in a row and get to the quarter final and semi final of Europe’s elite competition without backing from the owners, both on and off the pitch.
I suggest we both wait and see (A) what happens in the summer transfer window, how much is spent on the transfer front.
(B) what happens on the pitch, after expected signings.
(C) who’ll will be blamed if we fail to win the trophies you believe Mr Kronkie doesn’t care about.
I don’t think we’ll need to sell anyone but as fans, we need to accept that the bigger a club we become, the more likely we’ll see some big names depart. We could reach a level where some of the players on our bench will be good enough to start for many big clubs. Some may want to leave for more play time or other reasons.
For a reasonable fee, it shouldn’t be a problem as long as we get an equal or even better replacement. It’s the nature of the game. For instance, if the Saudis came with a record breaking £100m bid for Gabriel, would you not consider it at the very least? We should get comfortable with the idea of selling if someone comes in with a compelling bid. City didn’t get in the way of Alvarez and many others even if they wanted to retain them.
120 for Gabriel so we have enough to tempt Inter Milan for Bastoni or no dice. There isn’t a left cb in the world apart from Bastoni who could fill Big Gabz shoes. I admit Calafiori could potentially in a few seasons but with his injury record i wouldn’t want to risk it.
For me a i would happily sell one of Martinelli or Trossard if the money was right. All the players on loan can go bar maybe Lonkonga who has shined at Seville. It might be worth loaning him out again to command a bigger fee next season.
Partey should be retained even if he demands better terms. Unless we sign a new left back and try MLS there but with the arrival of Zumbendi i prefer the Partey route because he has more experience and on his day is world class.
Nwaneri can go out on loan for me. Next season is make or break for Mikel and trying to give Nwaneri minutes maybe detrimental in the long run especially shoe horning him on that rw when he doesnt have the pace for it.
My dream 11 and subs for next season without being to unrealistic is
GK Raya/Garcia
Rb Timber/White/Tomiyasu
Rcb Saliba/White/Timber
Lcb Gabriel/Kiwior/Calafiori
LB MLS/Calafiori/Tomiyasu
Dm Zumbendi/Partey/MLS
CM Rice/Merino/MLS
CM Havertz/Odegaard/Nwaneri
Rw Saka, Martinelli/ Nwaneri
Lw Eze or Rodrygo, Martinelli
CF Sesko/Havertz/ Jesus
If we still have funds after that another winger would be my priority. Someone like Elanga who can play off both flanks and has pace to burn.
Currently id refuse £100M Gabriel bids it would be a problem as defence and particularly the centre back paring is the envy of europe.
It was just an arbitrary figure. My point is, it can reach a point where the money is just too good to reject,unless we are talking about Messi/Cristiano level of talent. One of the biggest transfer stories of the last decade was that of Coutinho at Liverpool. He was arguably their best player and one of the best players in the league at that point. Barcelona came with a big offer and got him. Liverpool then invested that money on VVD and Alisson – two players who made Liverpool what it is today.
Let’s agree that this ‘arbitrary figure’ as well as the selling prospect is nowhere in the here and now; I dread selling our seasoned CBs because both are very very young. Id consider the risk-vis-reward of putting Gabriel on sale? No merit tinkering being it would knock us back to square -1 (minus one).
I get your point 💯💯
I dont think were short funds so I wouldn’t sacrifice many. if we had the chance to sign Rodyrgo and one had to go it has to be either Trossard or Martinelli since he’s an upgrade on both. For those who want Odegaard out who is the replacement? We should not give up on him after one poor season.
Kai Havertz. I believe the Germany would be absolutely sensational with a free role behind the cf. Saka and the new winger picking out Šeško or Havertz or cutting inside would strike fear into any cbs we come against. Our pressing would be relentless and every corner we got the expectation would be to score.
I dont see Havertz as a creative player though. And when he did play in midfield for us he wasn’t very impressive. Also, Odegaard been poor this season but his pressing has still been at his usual level. And we also dont have anyone who can shift the ball up the pitch as quickly as Odegaard. Imo, not close to a good replacement and very different players. What is more likely is that we bring in Sesko and can still do a Kai/Odegaard midfield
My dream and unrealistic first 11 next season –
Gyokeres.
Gittens. X. Simons. Saka.
Rice. Zubimendi.
Hato. Gabriel. Saliba. Timber.
Raya.
How can we think of selling our quality players when we are so short in squad depth?
We have a few players who merit to be exited for various reasons. Neto,Tommiyasu,Zinchenko, Tierney, Jorginho,Rahim, G.jesus and may be Trossard. Moving on this 8 will reduce our wedge bill,fetch some transfer money and create room for the much needed Improvement across the Squad.
Priority should be a C.f. Then we improve the L.w,add an attacking midfielder,a right C.b to rotate with Saliba and a G.k
If we can pull this through we will have a very strong team next season.
Cliff, of the 8 players you mentioned only 4 of them would command a transfer fee, as 2 of them will have finished their loans and the other 2 are leaving on frees.
Also you say get rid of 8 players and sign 4 players. That will leave us with just 18 players for our 25 man squad.
Herr Drier I also talked of reducing the wedge bill by moving on the 8.
About the squad we have
1.Raya
2.Timber/White
3.Calafiori/Skelly
4.Gabriel/Kiwior
5.Saliba
6.Partey
7.Saka/Nwaneri
8.Rice/Merino
9.
10.Odegaard/Kai
11.Martinelli
With my suggested 5 additions we will have 21 senior players. I also expect that some young lads will be promoted to the first team and we can have a quality 25man team for the season.
Cliff, I take your point on wages.
Regarding MLS, Nwaneri and any youngsters stepping up, they don’t have to be named in the 25 man squad due to being under 21 years old.
just sell all our loan players and martinelli with them and the loan we got the likes of sterling and NETO sell them both. and I won’t mind selling both trossard and martinelli together at the same time, cuz there is a long time I can use to get another winger Gittens and leao is there
get goals winger the likes of lookman and Gittens as under study from him am okay
The players that should be leaving are the ones on loan, not the ones in our 18 man squad. No point in weakening our squad even further.
I thought our net spend was like 20 million in the last 3 windows
Slowly the same fans who defended January are again making excuses that we need to raise funds , have financial restrictions, etc
It’s the same repeat every season
Waiting for a pre season where a youngster plays well and we tell ourselves he’s better then Mbappe
I now totally believed that the Arsenal management are the biggest scammer in history. How on earth they are able to scam fans into believing that Arsenal don’t have money still baffles me? And majority of fans have been running with this wrong narrative for years. How will a club that is consistently in the top earners list, a club that has the highest priced tickets among other things be complaining of low funds. You will never see mediocre clubs like spurs even complaining of funds, Westham won’t complain of low funds. It is Arsenal fans that are brainwashed into that narrative. And the club owners are ridding fat on this illusion.
Yeah
Will stress window opens Sunday so let’s give them benefit of the doubt but if you follow how Koronke Family have run Arsenal since they had power on board they won’t be going all out to make us Champions
Just look at what City did in January compared to us
So what is Silent Stan doing differently compared to the previous BoD’s ?
Well I base their record based on since 2007
So they sold players to rivals and didn’t spend money we recouped
Promised that once the Emirates debt was paid off we would compete for titles and CL
Let contracts run down
Forced the greatest manager in our history out of the club and we regressed
Rewarded our manager for 5th place with a new contract
Have set the example that not winning is acceptable hence certain fans say this is success and an acknowledgement
Way they handled Covid was a disgrace
Super league – unforgivable.
January – manager asked for help did nothing
And continue to charge us some of the most expensive tickets in the world knowing full well they have zero desire for us to be the best
Watch this summer closely that’s all I ask
Compare it to our rivals and ask yourself truly are our owners doing everything to win ?
30% of incoming transfer fees went to pay the stadium debt to the RBS. The 70% that was available helped towards new signings and wages of not only the players in the 25 man squad but the U21’s and the Scholars in the U18’s. Also it don’t forget the Manager and all the rest of the coaching staff throughout the club.
The stadium debt isn’t paid off yet. While the debt to the RSB was been paid, the Bonds weren’t. Silent Stan paid them off, the club owes him money for doing that.
Contracts were allowed to run down before he even bought shares in the club. Edu, Wiltord etc ring any bells ?
If Wenger would’ve agreed to the new way the club was going to be run he wouldn’t have been sacked.
Wenger was rewarded for finishing 5th in 2017 with a new contract. So no change there then.
Not winning anything seemed to be acceptable from ’05 to ’14 for many, many fans/supporters.
Super League, totally agree. Not a lot of difference really to the CL imho, which was backed by David Dein in 1991.
January, FFP, PSR and the money the clubs owe Silent Stan may well have played a part in no signings.
Did you go to any of the BSM “walks” to protest about the price of tickets ?
Back in the 80’s we were one of the dearest for entry into games, so again, no real change, except that we are now actually challenging for the top trophies.
I was against Silent Stan becoming the majority shareholder and protested with mates and others outside the Directors entrance in April 2014. I’ve changed my opinion on his ownership a bit, as his son, who looks like being more involved, seems to want us being back to where we were when Wenger was in charge at Highbury.
Another question for you Dan. What was the first thing Silent Stan did when becoming the majority shareholder in April 2011 ?
No mate you asked me what they had done so it’s not a debate or question I have to ask
Since 2011 we don’t challenge
Players getting older / past their best or fringe players after they won stuff isn’t the same as your best players doing the same
No, I asked you what he has done differently to previous BoD’s.
You gave a load of answers which were virtually no different to our previous BoD’s.
One thing he’s done differently, is putting his own money into the club by buying the bonds. Previous Board members never did.
Disagree mate
Since they have joined the board in 2007 we have regressed for the reasons I have given
I felt under David Dein he supported Mr Wenger and there was a plan hence the most successful period in our history
Players were not sold to rivals
We not selling an Henry and Viera at their peak
We didn’t settle for 2nd
If Mr Wenger said we were short in attack David Dein would have helped
As for Covid and the Super league ….wow
They been terrible owners for Arsenal FC
The club has regressed
Previous BoDs never sold players to rivals ? Frank McClintock, Charlie George, George Graham, Michael Thomas, to name just a few, would say different.
We were short in attack in the 98/99 season, only had Anelka as a CF, and who did we sign in the January window, the one and only Kaba Diawara 😲. Funny old transfer, TTKK.
As for regressing, we’ve done that long before Silent Stan came on board. Us older ones can remember how we regressed in the ’70s.
As I’ve posted previously, Silent Stan is no different to previous BoDs.
I noticed you never answer my last question at 11.16pm. Any reason for that ?
I think you’ll find spud and hammer fans complain everyday about funds and not buying players.
Since the Kronkies decided to back the manager just over four seasons ago, they’ve spent upwards of £600 million on players.
As for season tickets, we have always had one of the highest season ticket prices, so why your singling out the Kronkies is puzzling to me… by the way, we don’t have THE highest prices, they belong to the spuds I do believe.
Of course, those lucky enough to have said tickets, choose to spend their money watching The Arsenal through thick and thin and if you think they are being brainwashed, that’s your opinion.
You are butressing my point indirectly. Why would any fan believe and run with the narative that Arsenal is a club short of fund?
The man whose picture is on this post😌
Our joint second top goalscorer for this season ? 😲
Maghales for lefty Calafiori can effectively play CBs with Saliba as he did with his national team. Maghales is injury prone and always remain for longer minutes on the ground every time he makes tackles and duels (clutching the backside of his thigh)