Edelman: The Money Is There

Isn't this what they always say. The contradiction between Edelman & Wenger never surprises me anymore. Edelman always comes out when the financial figures are released & says how well we are doing & that wenger has loads to spend, then we hear how wenger only likes finding rough diamonds etc & doesn't like spending big. Wenger on the other hand (who clearly does enjoy bringing players through to a degree) said only recently that it's only really DD that backs him when it comes to signings & that DD would love him to have the players he has always dreamed of. Therefore you can safely assume that arsenal don't sign the players wenger dreams about & thats because of money!! It would hardly be good PR for Keith to come out & say we have no money to sign players & that wenger will have to stick with his current squad unless he sells, but realistically thats the position we are in.

Why don't we wait & see wot happens now that the cash seems to be rolling in from The Grove. Better to give the benefit of the doubt, than take a swipe at Edelman....even if in the past we haven't always bought for big monies. Actions always speak louder than words, so let's watch the actions from now on........I don't think I could level criticism at how the club is run, well not in the last decade or so.

all we need is a goalkeeper and possibly another wide player if Freddie goes in the summer. The boss wont spend money for the sake of it i.e buying a Cashley when you have Bridge.

Ade was £7.5m my memory tells me, this quiet a heavy sum in anyones money, well apart from chavski

Your losses until November are more than our total debt but we are on the verge of administration. Money has ruined football.

916995, I haven't criticised the way Edelman has run the club. The whole board have done a terrific job, I just don't happen to believe every word he says, eg that we have massive money to spend if we want...................With regards devvil's comment, you have basically backed up my point. Wenger did say there is no point is just buying players & that he would only add an exceptional talent to improve the team, however the reason we didn't sign anyone is because he didn't have the money for an exceptional talent (proved by the fact wenger wanted bale badly but couldn't afford to bid for him). Finally Fab4, you talk about the capacity at emirates etc & the money arsenal can make but don't forget the expensive seats are all on long contracts 4 & 5 years which had to be paid upfront, so arsenal wont get any revenue from those seats now for another 4 years minimum. The money that has been raised from them so far is all accounted for. The only money arsenal will get is from the season ticket holders & members, which whilst being more than at highbury is not as significant as some people believe...............We sold land for nearly 24 million which won't be a regular thing so whilst the accounts may look good, they are not exactly spectacular & won't give arsene the money to sign 20 & 30 million pound players, which he does want!!

But AG, there was also a charge of 21M one-off on restructuring the debt, which also wont be a regular thing. and gate receipts were only for 4 months. But i'm quibbling. I dont think Arsene wanted Bale - there isnt any place for him in the squad. But I see your point - Edelman has to be saying there is money for Arsene to spend.

we do not need to spend big, and spending big does not guarantee success. It's more about making sur ethat the guy you are flashign the cash on will integrate both mentally, technically and tactically with the club and the squad. Plenty of teams have bought big name players only for them not to integrate properly, for one reason or another. Jose Antonio Reyes, anyone??? »»Arsene Knows««

I have to say AW is one of the most shrudest buyers of premiership players in the history of the premiership.

AG talks crappo or people like to disagree with him?

Well done for mentioning the Reyes thing Wingston. My guess is that by having a massive array of scouts fishing the talent pool, the chances of us signing, or needing to sign big money players will become less and less as the years go by. As it stands we already have 2 excellent teams and as long as we keep on scouting as effectively as we're doing now, I see no reason why this talent train will grind to a halt anytime soon. My view is that we should use whatever available transfer funds we have on finding the best doctors to clone us another Arsene.