Official Arsenal FC Thread

The Bat-Man wrote:

DarrenArsenal1 Darren
football side of things in terms of finance, which means every time we buy a player we ''have'' to drive a hard bargain. This will change in 2014 when we get circa £40m profit to bottom line until then we are where we are. Hence why it takes us ages to sign a player.

Wrong

justaddfinesse wrote:

The Bat-Man wrote:

DarrenArsenal1 Darren
football side of things in terms of finance, which means every time we buy a player we ''have'' to drive a hard bargain. This will change in 2014 when we get circa £40m profit to bottom line until then we are where we are. Hence why it takes us ages to sign a player.

I don't understand lol.

Wenger is forced to be a stingy ass bastard because every penny counts when we're paying off the stadium debt, we can start spending like City in 2014 like Mal said.

Fonseca wrote:

The Bat-Man wrote:

DarrenArsenal1 Darren
football side of things in terms of finance, which means every time we buy a player we ''have'' to drive a hard bargain. This will change in 2014 when we get circa £40m profit to bottom line until then we are where we are. Hence why it takes us ages to sign a player.

Wrong

Right.

justaddfinesse wrote:None of these moves.. imo.. are team changing enough to make us a real threat.

Nothing compared to Young to Man Utd, Adam/Downing/Enrique to Liverpool, Clichy/Nasri/Aguero/etc,etc,etc to Man City, or Mata/TBD to Chelsea..

Just more decent signings to a team that will continue to miss pieces.

We just have no backbone.. no real balls.. i feel like we play scared, random, and worried for 90 minutes.

You think Downing, Adam, Enrique, Clichy and Young would be more 'team changing' than Hazard?

No... because transfer funds are not used to pay stadium debt otherwise we would be paying it off next year, use your brain

The only reason we will struggle until 2014 is sponsorship. We make less that Tottenham annually, because we had a bunch of cunts negotiate our deals.

Fly Emirates need to die.

Fonseca wrote:No... because transfer funds are not used to pay stadium debt otherwise we would be paying it off next year, use your brain

Transfer sales are a form of revenue and we use that revenue for many uses i.e paying off the debt, this makes our actual transfer budget smaller hence Wenger having to fight tooth and nail for the last penny.

justaddfinesse wrote:Fly Emirates need to die.

Why? They got a brilliant deal for themselves, the people on our behalf who negotiated the deals however...

Nike rip us off the most. United have a sponsorship with Nike which adds up to £350m over ten years. Us with the same company get £80m over ten years.

The Bat-Man wrote:

Fonseca wrote:No... because transfer funds are not used to pay stadium debt otherwise we would be paying it off next year, use your brain

Transfer sales are a form of revenue and we use that revenue for many uses i.e paying off the debt, this makes our actual transfer budget smaller hence Wenger having to fight tooth and nail for the last penny.

So you're theoretically saying that we're a feeder club? maybe you should take your head out of Wenger's arse and realise that the transfer funds are and always have been separated from the stadium debt. Same as every frickin business, funds are separated for different area's of the business

Mal wrote:Nike rip us off the most. United have a sponsorship with Nike which adds up to £350m over ten years. Us with the same company get £80m over ten years.

I bet they couldn't believe their luck when we accepted a deal like that.

We need Kappa as a kit sponsor. Love their style.

justaddfinesse wrote:We need Kappa as a kit sponsor. Love their style.

Ye I would like Kappa instead of Nike.

BVB's kit looks sexy and that's by Kappa

Mal wrote:Nike rip us off the most. United have a sponsorship with Nike which adds up to £350m over ten years. Us with the same company get £80m over ten years.

That seems perfectly fair.

One of the most respected sites in France are saying that Lille will announce that Hazard will join Arsenal for €30 million.

I guess we will have to wait and see. I hope it's true!

30 fucking mill...

i honestly.. just don't know..

Can't see us spending over £20m on one player.

Arsenal sponsorship - £8m per annum from Nike. £6m per annum from Fly Emirates.

Manchester United sponsorship - £35m a year from Nike, £20m a year from Aon and £10m a year from DHL for training kits.

Especially the training kits.

Mal wrote:Arsenal sponsorship - £8m per annum from Nike. £6m per annum from Fly Emirates.

Manchester United sponsorship - £35m a year from Nike, £20m a year from Aon and £10m a year from DHL for training kits.

Manchester United is a global brand, you're comparing two very different businesses there. We have a global fanbase, global appeal, Arsenal rank third in England at best for that, and it's a distant third as well.

By the way, the £10m a year from DHL is only for training kits to be worn before domestic fixtures, for Champions League fixtures we are likely to sell to another company for a much higher amount.

What a bunch of c0ck..

the kind of money just tossed around.. that others teams would die to have a hint of.. to actually produce a full squad.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Mal wrote:Arsenal sponsorship - £8m per annum from Nike. £6m per annum from Fly Emirates.

Manchester United sponsorship - £35m a year from Nike, £20m a year from Aon and £10m a year from DHL for training kits.

Manchester United is a global brand, you're comparing two very different businesses there. We have a global fanbase, global appeal, Arsenal rank third in England at best for that, and it's a distant third as well.

By the way, the £10m a year from DHL is only for training kits to be worn before domestic fixtures, for Champions League fixtures we are likely to sell to another company for a much higher amount.

I didn't say we should be on par with Manchester United once. I'm comparing the differences.

dont hate the player, hate the game

ViVaRooney wrote:dont hate the player, hate the game

IT'S A LIFESTYLE.

Please fucking sign someone soon.

Thanks.

Hopefully when it comes time to negotiate new deals we aren't taken for mugs....

But yeah looks like Wenger is looking for a CB, winger and a striker by the end of the window.

Hopefully we end up with:

We have until next Wednesday to sign someone

I bet we don't sign anyone and we will be stuck with a small and injury prone squad until January.

Splashy wrote:We have until next Wednesday to sign someone

I bet we don't sign anyone and we will be stuck with a small and injury prone squad until January.

We will sign at least two players.

Still won't matter. We're horrid.