Are Arsenal still a big club?

"Imagine the worst situation - we lose Fabregas and Nasri - you cannot convince people you are ambitious after that," he said.

"And even if you lose Nasri, to find the same quality player, you have to spend again the same amount of money. Because you cannot say, you lose the player and you do not replace him.

"I believe for us it is important the message we give out. For example, you talk about Fabregas leaving, Nasri leaving.

"If you give that message out, you cannot pretend you are a big club, because a big club first of all holds onto its big players and gives a message out to all the other big clubs that they just cannot come in and take away from you.

-Arsene Wenger

Wenger hasn't let his big players go, so I don't see how he's wrong.

The answer is Yes, Wenger is right.

Overall, they are still a massive club. It's about a lot more than simple positioning. Leeds are still a relatively big club, despite playing in the Championship, so when you consider Arsenal have a bigger history and are still in the top 4, then you have to think of them as a big club.

i think arsenal still big club but they surely lost a lot of auror they use to have years ago

mauro=beast wrote:i think arsenal still big club but they surely lost a lot of auror they use to have years ago

I heard Arsenal fought Voldemort.

Why am I imagining Wenger and Guardiola fighting with lightsabers.

It depends who they replace Fabregas and Nasri with.

You can't ask that question because they haven't moved yet

But in my opinion no

2 Players dont define how big a club is.

Meh, Juventus and Liverpool never stopped being called big clubs, I don't see how it would be any different for us. Apart from the obvious biased and negative journalists, but every club has those.

Depends on replacements

Yes they are still a big club.

arsenalap11 wrote:Depends on replacements

To be honest, we'll still be a big club with no replacements. But we'll be a big club with an average team.

Arsenal will always be a big club really. Even if they were to get relegated, they'd still have a large fanbase, large stadium and a prestigious history.

They are still one of the biggest clubs in one of the biggest League's in the world, but if they sell these players and dont replace them with players as good they are going to struggle to win anything. But to me Arsenal will always be a big club because of their history, but they need to start winning things again soon.

I hope some journalist has the guts to repeat that statement to him in a press conference.

His reaction would be gold.

yes stupid question

A big club with no ambition. Sounds about right.

Stupid question. Of course they are.

the gooners have always been a big club. always will be. stupid question.

Yes, they are.

ZlatanFabregas wrote:Meh, Juventus and Liverpool never stopped being called big clubs, I don't see how it would be any different for us. Apart from the obvious biased and negative journalists, but every club has those.

agree with this even though I hate the scum