One minute pre-season expectations drastically rise with the arrival of several new big -
money summer signings.
Manchester United legend Dwight Yorke has heaped further pressure on Louis van Gaal by criticising one of the Dutchman's big -
money summer signings.
Stewart Downing, a big
money summer signing from Aston Villa, has yet to score a goal or provide an assist in the Premier League this season, while on the opposite flank Dirk Kuyt is also struggling for form.
The big
money summer signing has been restricted to just 11 league appearances this term.
Liverpool have been dealt a blow with the news that big -
money summer signing Christian Benteke is a doubt for the Reds» upcoming local derby against Everton.
However, disaster struck for Rodgers last weekend when his big -
money summer signing Christian Benteke was ruled out for several weeks with injury.
12 goals in 17 appearances for the Gunners» big
money summer signing.
One of the big questions on the lips of Arsenal fans before the Premier League win over Hull City this weekend was whether Arsene Wenger would hand the big
money summer signing Granit Xhaka his third start of the season or leave him on the bench for the third match in a row.
Come Tuesday, it was the day for Dybala, Juventus» big -
money summer signing from Palermo, to receive even more gear, as well as meet the press for the first time in bianconero.
Big
money summer signing Anthony Martial was on the bench in the last game and the French international is expected to return to the starting lineup on Wednesday night.
Big
money summer signing Sissoko has been average for Spurs, Son has been inconsistent and Lamela is still out injured.
A last minute win, with a goal by our (relatively) big
money summer signing in front of a packed house was pretty much the perfect start.
Not exact matches
So last
summer they had to balance the books so no
money for new
signings.
But thanks to that bump of nearly $ 9 million this year, Westbrook could potentially make more
money through each of the next four seasons than if he played out this season on his current deal and then
signed a new long - term contract next
summer.
Pogba is now closing in on a big -
money move which will see the Italian club make a huge profit on the player they
signed for free three years ago, in what will be a big blow for Premier League clubs who'd also hoped to
sign him this
summer.
The Spanish giants brought in a host of big names this
summer,
signing World Cup stars James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos in big -
money deals, as well as taking Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez on loan on the final day of the transfer window.
So maybe the reason Arsenal did not spend the
money in
summer when the Lemar deal fee through was so Wenger could go again in January, knowing that the player was keen to
sign for us.
With transfer fees continually on the rise and this
summer seeing some crazy prices paid for players, such as the
signing of rumoured Arsenal transfer target Gonzalo Higuain by Italian champions Juventus and the crazy
money set to be shelled out by Manchester United for their former youth star Paul Pogba, is this why Arsenal have made just one big transfer so far?
A look at the twenty worst
signings by Premier League clubs this season in terms of value for
money, with Manchester United and Liverpool particularly culpable in the transfer market with some shocking buys last
summer...
One thing is for sure is that a great showing this
summer in the World Cup could have many big clubs offering Jack large sums of
money to
sign him on a Bosman transfer, but it could also be a risk for Wilshere to wait until the end of the
summer.
«No deal this month will prove to be better value for
money than Leicester's inspired
summer signing of N'Golo Kante.
Whilst Xhaka's big move is surely not going to be the last incoming
signing we will see this
summer, it remains undecided whether we will see another top calibre of player joining the club for a high amount of
money.
The Spanish giants are currently spoilt for choice in the attacking midfield department, having
signed James Rodriguez in a big -
money deal from AS Monaco this
summer, whilst also having the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to choose from in that part of the pitch.
However of course it is generally considered the higher the price the better quality of player and if the Gunners do make a second big
money signing this
summer, Arsenal fans could be in for an exciting start to next season, that will be met with much eagerly awaited levels of anticipation.
The Spurs boss revealed his frustration with his # 30m
summer signing this week, insisting that «football is not about
money» and that players need to «show on the training ground that they deserve to be involved», as reported by BBC Sport.
The massive
money signing of David Luiz last
summer shows that the French champions have not had their spending completely stunted by new Financial Fair Play rules.
big
money move for him me thinks could be reals big
signing this
summer.
Indeed, United find themselves in need of offensive reinforcements, with
summer signings Anthony Martial and Memphis Depay failing to impress consistently enough since moving to Old Trafford on big -
money deals during the
summer.
Also on # 200k at Chelsea, last
summer's
signing Cesc Fabregas is on big
money at Stamford Bridge and is well worth the
money with his fine midfield displays.
We are less than 3 quality
signings away from having an all round complete squad, and its almost
summer, with deadwoods understanding Arsenal is no more a place to come and earn free
money.
While Ernesto Valverde saw Ousmane Dembele arrive in a big -
money deal this
summer, it remains to be seen whether or not Barcelona still even have the funds and space to
sign Coutinho moving forward.
lets all thank arsene for finally doing the right thing only time will tell but have we finally
signed the DM we need STRONG MINDED NO HOLD BAR MIDFIELDER WE HAVE ALL CRAVED, but lets take it back we all know it will take 2 or 3 more like minded players to make us great again, he has tricked us all buy buying one superstar in the last 3 windows ALEXIS, OZIL and CHEC great players but can't do it all on their own, spending huge amount of
money and saying we can buy the best players, on the surface this looks great we are buying top top players big prices but instead of spending his usual 50 mill on 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 players he has pulled the wool over are eyes with 1 superstar thinking the fans are that dumb enough to believe it, infact he has never spent his budget only balanced on sales too purchases, i love arsenal but this
summer i hope for more he needs to do that consistently through out the team spend the same amount on the team stop balancing the american owners, grow a pair say yes we will buy a top defender and a world class striker, stan we love arsenal please be one of us do whats needed then you will fell proud as we are and we will adore you for it.
Even if they had no intention of paying him that
money for a long time,
signing him to a 5 - year deal would have put them in a position to sell him for 100 million this
summer to Real or any other big club.
For me it is much more likely that they may already have given up on the Gunners and will not be
signing new contracts this season and if that is the case we will have to sell them in the
summer if we want to get any
money back.
I know wenger has been criticised for not
signing more players last
summer, however we know that
money was not available from current expenditure in the
summer due to deferred payments in existing players contracts (payments to their old clubs).
This is a theoretical question for you Arsenal fans, because until the
summer transfer window closes or until Arsene Wenger completes the
signing of another big
money centre forward, I will not fully believe that the possibility of the Gunners completing the transfer of Alexandre Lacazette has gone.
Arsene Wenger may be aware that there is a lot of pressure from us fans to spend big
money on transfers and at the same time he will take flak if one of his big
signings from last
summer, Shkodran Mustafi, is sat on the bench.
Arsenal may just have won the battle to
sign the most sought after player in the
summer transfer window with a mega
money deal to bring the young France international star Kylian Mbappe to the Emirates Stadium from his current club AS Monaco in the south of France.
Arsenal fans may well argue that the Gunners and Arsene Wenger have not been spending big
money to win the title at all, and there has been a lot of anger that the boss only
signed Petr Cech in the
summer and then Mohamed Elneny in January, but you can not argue that our squad cost a lot more than that of Leicester.
In turn, Arsenal would do well to get what they can for him in January, use the
money from the transfer fee and from offloading his wages on a top
signing either in the same window if possible, or if not wait until the
summer as they have shown they can cope without him so far this season.
Morata's agent says the striker turned down Arsenal (who offered more
money) last
summer to
sign with Juventus.
I would understand if we didn't have the resources at our deposal but we do Then we got the same excuses before each season starts only for wenger to disappear until season starts and for him to buy his token
signing which is just enough spent to look like he's spent
money (about 30 million on sum dud) We made profit this
summer and our league postition now shows it.
But I doubt if they will pay that colossal amount of
money for Jan Oblak while other similar goalkeeper options in the
summer could be available for
signing in the
summer at the cost of a 1/4 of that big sum
money said to be Oblak's release cluase.
To get you to renew season tickets, Arsenal will
sign players this
summer, if spending goes beyond # 100m, Sanchez will play 1 or 2 league games, and at the very end of the window he will be sold to get some
money back, just wait and see.
While Higuain's credentials stand alone as impressive, there's also a strong case for
signing him to improve both the morale and the potential of last
summer's big -
money signing Angel Di Maria.
That issue was supposed to have been resolved by the
signing of Granit Xhaka for big
money last
summer, but despite some good performances, especially towards the end of last season, the Switzerland international did not instantly settle in the Premier League after impressing in the German Bundesliga.
Seriously, I hope this deal works out because it could become the best value for
money signing of the
summer.
They came here to win & the deal should be win the Premier League this season, use both
sign on & we will add 3 big top quality players this
summer to go for it by spending serious
money.
But from what the club has already done in the transfer market since the end of the season, with the
signing of Jamie Vardy from Leicester potentially hot on the heels of the big
money transfer of Granit Xhaka, it does feel as though Wenger is doing things differently this
summer.
After Podolski's outburst against Wenger, I doubt very much whether the German will be returning to the Emirates, and there are very few people (including Wenger) who believe Sanogo is good enough to return either, so we can now only hope that Wenger is having a clear out of his peripheral strikers to make room for one BIG -
MONEY striker
signing in the
summer....