The reason he's leaving it until the last minute is because Arsenal are waiting on Real Madrid to complete the deal before being able to buy players from Madrid (Madrid won't ever weaken before strengthening their squad). Levy is cleverer than any idiot at Arsenal and he's got them over a barrel, Wenger's targets are all bound to their current club until Bale turns up and signs. It's genius. Spurs have more than likely finished their shopping already once Lamela is tied up. They won't be going in on deadline day regardless of their cash reserve, that money looks as if it's already been spent. United are part of this as well in my opinion, waiting for Bale to be done so we can go in for Modric or Ozil. Arsenal are goosed if this Bale deal ends up falling through.
A very good post. I am a business owner too and I can understand exactly Ellis Shorts position. He needs to be in the premier league because to be out of it would be a financial disaster. BUT to do well in the league costs a lot of money. He has tried the traditional British route with Bruce and MON, while at the start of Bruce's reign all looked good he was lucky with players like Welbeck who we got cheap and were different class. Short is now looking to a new way of doing things but is being cautious. The club does not have massive liquid finances. Short on the other hand is a billionaire and could just about buy anyone he wanted £100m for a Gareth Bale would be affordable to him personally if he wanted to buy him, Short is worth between 2000 - 4000 million personally (although a lot of that is probably shares and assets). To me he wants to build a sustainable business and club that will gain success over years and years to come. It seems to me we are at the start of a very long journey. The culture in football is changing, with change comes innovation, PDC is the innovation for SAFC and his appointment could prove to be a very smart move.
That was a loan mate. Maybe it's a sell to buy policy now, or hoping to make cash from youngsters or lesser known players, the master of such a policy is Wenger. Short has dipped his hand in his pocket for a while now, with little reward, so maybe this new route is a wise one.
Exactly, he got lucky, he got a class player for a year on the cheap. Bruce's loans were his eventual downfall. I think its a case of getting the wage bill under control for now.
