Alexis Sanchez

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AwayDay said:
We were the best team in the country, then we started selling and investing. You end up standing still, Spurs havent won a thing for over a decade.
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"Were" being the main word, lack of ambition has seen to that. When the Spuds move in their new home I can see them dominating North London for years to come, how the tables have turned eh?
 
AwayDay said:
Our owner just rejected a 1.5bn bid for the club, there is a lot of money at the club, and even more waiting to come in, rainy days at Arsenal is no longer an issue. We are one of the richest clubs in the world.
Anyway, Im not sure why everyone is so worried about our finances, its a boring subject, been hearing it since 2004, Id like to get on with the football.
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But show no ambition to use the money for the benefit of the team - which demonstrates a small time mentality in the world of football .
 
AwayDay said:
Our owner just rejected a 1.5bn bid for the club, there is a lot of money at the club, and even more waiting to come in, rainy days at Arsenal is no longer an issue. We are one of the richest clubs in the world.
Anyway, Im not sure why everyone is so worried about our finances, its a boring subject, been hearing it since 2004, Id like to get on with the football.
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You're one of the richest clubs in the world because of your owner, but that doesn't mean he puts money into it. You live within your turnover which will probably hit the £375m mark soon. Once you take player wages out of that you're essentially left with £175m.

The reason you don't have the money to throw at it like the bigger clubs is because of your owner, being one of the richest clubs in the world doesn't mean money gets put into it by this American chump.
 
AwayDay said:
We actually can, the money is there we just dont use it.
There seems to be a weird notion on here that we are a poor club, no one in Europe makes more every home game, our prices are sky high and we sell out, and we have been in CL for 20 years. On top of the crazy new tv deals. And two billionaire shareholders. The money is not an issue, just the ambition.
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But this is the problem with Arsenal. If there was ever an ideal time to invest heavily in the club it would be now.

You have no CL football which could help mount a title challenge.

It would get the fans on side after the split on Wenger last season.

It might even convince Sanchez and Ozil to stay.

But Wenger is doing what he has always done which is be a cheapskate and look at external factors to blame. Of course it's going to be City and PSGs fault that Arsenal are left behind and the market is extortionate.

This lack of ambition is exactly why the top class players like Ozil and Sanchez may leave on a free transfer. There is nothing Arsenal can offer them what they won't get (and more) at another club. Now that should be the big worry.
 
pml79 said:
If you keep sanchez and you go into this season do you feel right now going onto all compition prem,Europa,f.a cup , league cup going up against Chelsea, city,Liverpool,spurs,United and poss Everton do you have enough to finish top 4 . Remember that Europa is a killer Thursday Sunday it's affected every team from the premier league who's been involved
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I think we are in a better position than without Sanchez, he gives us a fighting chance. We dont have anywhere near the quality of City or Chelsea though, but that wont get better by selling Sanchez.
We choose not to strengthen because we lack ambition. Its not down to the 50m from Sanchez.
 
AwayDay said:
Absolutely, selling Sanchez now would add to that behaviour.
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Not if you replaced him appropriately. Your revenues are not dissimilar to those of United, Real, Barca, us and PSG and yet look at your transfer spending compared to the these clubs. Buying prudently is to be admired, but not coming close to winning the league in 13 years is not.
 
AgueroSilva said:
You're one of the richest clubs in the world because of your owner, but that doesn't mean he puts money into it. You live within your turnover which will probably hit the £375m mark soon. Once you take player wages out of that you're essentially left with £175m.

The reason you don't have the money to throw at it like the bigger clubs is because of your owner, being one of the richest clubs in the world doesn't mean money gets put into it by this American chump.
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True, if Kroenke were to sell to Usmanov, I'd imagine a different buying policy that would compete with the likes of City
 
Danamy said:
"Were" being the main word, lack of ambition has seen to that. When the Spuds move in their new home I can see them dominating North London for years to come, how the tables have turned eh?
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Nothing has turned yet, even last season we won a trophy and they won nothing. They have a lot of hoops to jump and their players will soon want success and money. Not sure they can dominate with an owner like Levy. Like we cant with Kroenke.
 
daztrueblue91 said:
But this is the problem with Arsenal. If there was ever an ideal time to invest heavily in the club it would be now.

You have no CL football which could help mount a title challenge.

It would get the fans on side after the split on Wenger last season.

It might even convince Sanchez and Ozil to stay.

But Wenger is doing what he has always done which is be a cheapskate and look at external factors to blame. Of course it's going to be City and PSGs fault that Arsenal are left behind and the market is extortionate.

This lack of ambition is exactly why the top class players like Ozil and Sanchez may leave on a free transfer. There is nothing Arsenal can offer them what they won't get (and more) at another club. Now that should be the big worry.
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Arsenal acted differently in the market compared to other seasons by buying early, it isn't their fault that Monaco won't accept £45m for Lemar. If that deal gets done which it probably will at £50-55m then that in itself is showing ambition, 3 top quality signings for 100-110m and after they shift deadwood you'd expect them to try for Seri as well which would be another £35m.

They're showing ambition but they have to be careful because of FFP wage rules, they need to get players off the books. We don't have that issue, we're in the green massively in terms of wages and can basically do whatever we want in that regard.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Not if you replaced him appropriately. Your revenues are not dissimilar to those of United, Real, Barca, us and PSG and yet look at your transfer spending compared to the these clubs. Buying prudently is to be admired, but not coming close to winning the league in 13 years is not.
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We dont need to replace him, we should be adding to him, thats what big clubs do.
 
AgueroSilva said:
You're one of the richest clubs in the world because of your owner, but that doesn't mean he puts money into it. You live within your turnover which will probably hit the £375m mark soon. Once you take player wages out of that you're essentially left with £175m.

The reason you don't have the money to throw at it like the bigger clubs is because of your owner, being one of the richest clubs in the world doesn't mean money gets put into it by this American chump.
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Agreed, keep sanchez, sell Kroenke.
 
This whole saga is ridiculous to be honest, the only way Alexis comes is if he hands in a transfer request. A poor start to the season for Arsenal may aid this, but if they start well we can kiss our chances goodbye.

If they get their two main targets in which are Seri and Lemar while keeping Alexis they'll be an extremely strong outfit. We just need to pray Alexis pushes and hands in a transfer request.
 
Neville Kneville said:
Big clubs would normally sign him to a new deal then add players, alongside, or sell him if he won't sign & replace.

Not wait til hd gets pissed off, force him to stay & risk losing him for nothing.
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If he were truly being 'forced' and really was keen on leaving then he'd hand in a transfer request. I think the whole situation is getting overthought.
 
Even if keeping him proves to be the wrong decision.
It would be nice to see the club do what the fans want for once.
 
AgueroSilva said:
Arsenal acted differently in the market compared to other seasons by buying early, it isn't their fault that Monaco won't accept £45m for Lemar. If that deal gets done which it probably will at £50-55m then that in itself is showing ambition, 3 top quality signings for 100-110m and after they shift deadwood you'd expect them to try for Seri as well which would be another £35m.

They're showing ambition but they have to be careful because of FFP wage rules, they need to get players off the books. We don't have that issue, we're in the green massively in terms of wages and can basically do whatever we want in that regard.
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They've signed two good players but one was a free transfer.

Arsenal have a top well rounded squad IMO but lack genuine world class talent in their starting 11.

They should be spending similar to what we, Chelsea and United spend and bringing in top quality.

The wage issue shouldn't even be a problem either. Then could sell Sanchez and quickly rebuild.

However, they don't want to invest. Keeping Sanchez will be seen as some sort of moral victory and will show that Arsenal cannot be bullied but it only disguises their problems.

Keeping Sanchez means they don't have to invest and the fact they are willing to write of £50 million asks serious questions for next season.
 
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