Apparently since Arsenal bought the Emirates his transfer deficit was approx 9m. In that time Arsenal have just paid for their stadium in full. Spurs now have to contemplate taking them on with all the problems that go with funding for a new ground. Brilliant manager and now I feel they are going to show Spurs their heels again. Cannot understand these gooners that wanted him out mindblowing. Dowie lost that amount in two months.
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You can say "a club of Arsenal's size" should have won more as much as you want but the same could be said of clubs like Leeds etc. Just cos you are intrinsically a big club with support and history etc, don't mean a manager should be able to win trophies just like that. When Arsenal were successful earlier in his era and under Graham, they weren't having to flog their best players every season to their main rivals. He should've won more trophies but he's still done a cracking job.
When you then also consider Man Utd's financial power - and huge debts - it makes Wenger's "success" even more remarkable.
Only 2 things are worth winning, or so it seems, today; Premier league and or Champions league places. The other 2 domestic cups and 1 European cups are for the others.
Also the football Arsenal play is and has been over the year some of the best your see anywhere.
I don't buy into this idea that Arsenal supporters want Wenger out, maybe this is true on Talksport but thats the station that rekoned we all wanted Curbs out.
Well run club IMO.
I think Wenger is a very shrewd manager and I agree that pushing for the Champions League/Prem whilst paying off the stadium was almost impossible but I really think he's missed a trick by not committing a bit more to the domestic cups - if they'd won a few of those over the last seven years no one would be questioning him.
Granted, Ars*nal arent cursed like Tottenham are...
Arsenal's celebrations in the changing room for finishing 4th show you just how the wheels are starting to fall off. Their youth academy isn't producing proper players as it used to, and that coupled with the fact that Spurs have some very good youngster's coming through.
Spurs on the other hand won't move for another 2-3 seasons, so won't have to worry about losses on a new stadium until then.
There's one factor seperating arsenal and spurs and that's a goalscorer.
That spurs squad is one striker short of doing something decent.
Since Spurs beat them 2-1 in March their form has been outstanding!
Now they have another season of CL revenue ahead, the ability to attract players, and i would imagine Wenger is now hoping he has a big wad of cash to go out and get in some very good players (linked to a couple of Dortmund players already)
Theres no doubt that Spurs need a striker but when Bale waves goodbye in the next 12 months, they will need another couple of top players to replace him, and they are difficult to attract when your playing Europa League football. And we all know how tight Levy is.
Just about whether the board are happy to take some losses to gain success on the pitch.
Over the last 5-6 years Wenger has had to get into a top four despite his best players being sold every season and despite the fact that his own budget is well below that of Man United, Man City, Chelsea, Liverpool and not much above that of Spurs - and he does it every time.
As things turn out the arrival of FFP regulations will work perfectly for Arsenal - because Wenger has not allowed them to get hooked on the quick fix of fast money, he has built for the longer term.
They wont be selling many more top players because they dont really have any left. If Stan and Wenger are willing to grow a pair and try bring in some proper talent then they could be back on the up very soon. Its about time they stopped buying Giroud's and Koscielny's.
Wenger will not pay crazy wages because he knows they are unsustainable in the long term.
as though it is. He'll never win that either.
No mettle, no backbone. A mean spirited, embittered old spinster.
No mettle or backbone, eh? Please enlighten us all on the sparkling successes you have enjoyed in your life that enable you to cast such aspersions on a man like Arsene Wenger.
I'm not saying its right or that I agree with it, but in the fickle world of football, thats how it works imo.
; )