It occured to me on one of the many threads about Fabregas leaving that perhaps the main reason why we have not made any signings (apart from Gervinho) is that we need the money from his transfer before we do buisiness. I imagine Wenger wants to make 2 more signings, with one of them being defensive and the other being a replacement for Fabregas, and to press on with them he wants as much money as he can get from Barca. As Barca have been playing hardball with their low bids this has meant that Wenger has not bought the players we need yet, perhaps due to either not having the cash,or wanting to have as much money as he can get so that we can spend on very good additions rather than bargin basement players. At any rate he is playing the waiting game, which although is very risky can bring substantial rewards. Remember this is just a suggestion, i'm not sure whether I believe in it myself!
I agree, plus the fact that until the Cesc and Nasri situation is sorted, we don't really know what players we will need (other than a CB of course) Also, most deals are done on the last day of the window.
as an outsider looking in to be honest although it may be neccisary to recieve the cash from a Fabregas sal to bankroll a move for other players I think it would be better to try and make any deals prior to any possible sale of fabregas, especially if you did get £40 odd million for him, otherwise you'll probably end up with a Torres like situation in January, that Liverpool have a ton of cash but have to spend way more than they should for a replacement as for one other teams know they have the money, and of course the saga will probably drag on till the end of the window where time is an issue
Another problem is that, if Arsenal had bought Mata as a replacement for Cesc then it's tantamount to admitting he's leaving and his valuation dropping. A player costs more if the squad aren't willing to let him go.
I think the OP could be correct. We sold Clichy and within a week we had signed Gervinho. Maybe we do have to sell before we buy. But, if it is the case, what does that say about the state of the club's finances?!
The way I see it, two things have screwed you over transfer-wise 1. Liverpool signing Henderson for 20m - If it wasn't for this, you'd have probably got Jagielka for a fair bit cheaper than your rejected bid, and may even have had a chance of getting Leighton Baines to replace Clichy. 2. Gazidis claiming that Arsenal have a substancial amount of money available - All this has done is allow selling clubs to play hardball over the price.
Henderson was closer to £16M. Still too much, but not as bad as £20M. Surely you have cash in reserve? Your board has certainly made the right noises. It'd be easy to point the finger at Wenger being 'prudent' or something, or is there a deeper issue? Perhaps with your best defender returning from injury you won't invest in a centre back, although you probably need to.
Very much so. It reminds me of this scene from The Simpsons (apologies for the language): http://http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc2ob2_pigeon_fun
There is no excuse for our lack of activity in the transfere market, we were all lead to believe that there was substantial funds available to wenger for player purchases during the transfere window regardless of players being sold or not. If the stories about the Mata deal falling through due to the release clause expiring then that is just plain incometence on wengers part. personally i am sick to death of all the excuses, everybody knows where the team need strengthening, Fabregas is gonna go, Nasri should be sold if he refuses to sign a new contract, just get on with it. doing nothing and hoping for the best is not the answer.
The sales of Fabregas and Nasri are likely to raise £50M+ which is great, but will blow a hole in the midfield of Arsenal that will need filling, Wenger can't possibly know where to spend until this is resolved. BUT.... Goalkeeper, Central Defender and Holding Midfielder still not recruited, absolutely piss poor Management
I think that there are good reasons for Arsenal to keep things close to their chest. After all, you wouldn't want your rivals to know what you're up to, would you? And Szczesny stays, OK!!!!!
We don't need a keeper. Szczesny is coming along welland fabianski will make a decent second choice, he was playing well last season until he got injured.
I think Arsenal definately have the funds to spend. I don't think Arsene is waiting for the cash. I think he may be waiting to see how the Fabregas saga works out though. Nasri he has decided to keep full stop so not quite sure why people are still talking about him leaving. In my opinion Wenger is working on the transfers we need and will be bringing in atleast another player or two. We already know he is making bids for CB's and there are rumours about all sorts of players (the Mata rumour being probably the strongest and he is clearly a plaeyr we would like at Arsenal). The club and people near the club (dein) are all making the right noises. I'm pretty confident that actualy we will have a strong transfer window and that alot you will be eating humble pie.
Your young promising Goalkeeper being good enough is the whole problem at Arsenal, he's not, he might be, but he's not now. How you could allow Shay Given to go to Villa is beyond me.
perhaps because given is a good shot stopper but not aerially commanding and arsenal's problem is commanding the area at set pieces? chesney & fabianski are fine as shot stoppers. fabs struggles in the air, hence why chesney is most likely to start the season as no1. given would have solved absolutely nothing.
Probably total bollocks but L'equipe are reporting that Nasri has agreed personal terms with City for £185k a week. If true then that's quite impressive for a player who's played well for 4 months out of two seasons. I'd take the money and wish him all the best.
I don't understand why people think we don't have money ! We have far less stadium debt so much less interest to pay now than we did 2 seasons ago when we spent £35m on transfers. Of course we have money, why wouldn't we have money ?
