The loss of Gael Clichy was hardly met with much sorrow from Arsenal fans, as a fan of Manchester City I think he will be a good signing at a reasonable price, admitedly he has not been himself the last few seasons but hopefully a change of scenery will help spring him into life. The name linked with replacing him at the Emirates is Aly Cissokho, now some would assume that this is just Wenger doing what he does best and bringing in a young French kid as opposed to spending money on a respected and experience Premier League defender, but in actual fact Cissokho is a good player.
A few French journalists have raised concerns saying he has had a pretty poor season, and that he won’t be a particularly great asset, but there are still many out there who recognise him as a top prospect and he could definitely strengthen the Arsenal backline.
The most exciting rumour for Arsenal though has to be the potential signing of World Cup winner Juan Mata. We all recognise at this point that this isn’t Reyes all over again, Mata is a top player and anyone who watched the lacklustre Under 21 European Championships will have seen what ability he has.
He is the sort of player that will really help Arsenal, he is the right standard, definitely good enough to help the club move forward, and if they do manage to beat off competition from Liverpool I think it will be an absolutely terrific signing.
It has become the ‘done thing’ to knock Arsenal and a few weeks ago I was really questioning their future and in particular Arsene Wenger, I felt his ridiculous refusal to spend money was destroying the side and maybe it is. There are suggestions though, and signs that maybe he is about to change his attitude.
Arsenal have a great stadium, and they have everything they need to become a strong side that can compete again, they just need the players. If they manage to recruit the faces they have been linked too this week, it won’t make them a title winning side over night, but it is a great step in the right direction.
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Obviously this article was written before Wenger’s comments on Friday… Gibbs replacing Clichy… TV5 being like ‘a new signing’… We MAY add 1 or 2…
Does that sounds like the actions of a club that’s going to spend any money?
As I said back in May… NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE UNTIL THAT OLD CUN WENGER LEAVES!
Thursday night football next season… If we’re lucky!
If you want a manager who spends more than the teams around him every season then support Spurs instead. Better to use the money the club has wisely when a player who improves the team does become available; as opposed to spending as much as possible each year on whoever’s ‘hot’ at that point in time. Yes, Spurs spend more than Arsenal each year, and have a higher churn amongst their playing staff, but they always finish below Wenger’s men.
Otherwise support one of the two teams that have a rich owner, or the team who can generate much more money than we can commercially.
Arsenal have no right to finish in the top 4 year after year whilst they pay off their stadium debt. Quite how Wenger does it is miraculous.
Time and again we’ve hoped Wenger would invest in the team. We’re not asking Wenger to go crazy like Chelsea or Man City; just hoping that he reinvests the proceeds from sale of players such as Adebayor, Toure, Flamini, Hleb, etc. Does it happen? No! For every step ahead, Arsenal have been taking two steps backwards. In the meantime, Arsene wenger and the board indulge in a mental masturbation about the profits they’ve turned in.
Money gained from Adebayor & Toure (£28m) spent on Vermaelen (£10m), Koscielny (£10m) & Squillaci (£4m) + increased wages of players at club. Flamini left on a free. Money has been spent
Look no-one wants silly spending but if as stated Wenger underspent by 30 million last year taking account of sales, then he has 45 million this year before sales.Even with wage adjustment, and remember Fabrigas is on 110 thousand pounds per week for 4 more years, which means a further22million on the books. we have a lot of money available.
My worry is the failure of Reyes has scared him. His comfort zone is at the cheap end of the market where a good buy makes him a genius and a bad one goes almost un-noticed by the media,i.e Squillaci for 5/6 million
If Wenger doesn’t buy quality and experience,the gunners will be in serious trouble of sliding out o the cl.Don’t talk about winning the title for I feel the gap with the others is too far. His phillosophy aint working what makes him think it will work this coming season?
If the money is there and the gunners can’t compete,he should be axed.
Fully agree with Sammy.If Wenger continues his buy kids and let them play in the epl,he is duluding himself. Playing in other leagues and not in the epl is a culture shock.Why?
It’s akin to driving in a two lane road in a village. You are now driving in an expresway/autobahn. Vvehicles appear out of nowhere and are flying.Tour judgement could be impaired.In other words you may be the big fish in a small pond but in the epl you would be shocked at the number od big fishes.Not to say there could be piranhas snapping at your heels as you attempt to make the pass or shoot.