And while the Turkish and German clubs have done fairly well in recent years, both are showing
signs of weakening while we are getting stronger.
Not exact matches
Other areas
of investment seem very low and
while I would have expected that by now these would have been showing
signs of strengthening, the most recent indications are for, if anything, a
weakening over the year ahead.
While Valverde does have Thomas Vermaelen and January
signing Yerry Mina in reserve, it's fair to say that they can ill - afford to lose one
of their top choices in defence as it would severely
weaken them, such is their quality and partnership.
It was bad enough when the likes
of Cesc Fabregas
signed for clubs like Barcelona who were not in direct competition with the Gunners, but losing Ashley Cole to Chelsea, Nasri to Man City or perhaps worst
of all Robin van Persie was not only painful for the fans because it strengthened a rival
while weakening us, thereby making any chance
of us winning the Premier League or other domestic trophy smaller.
The best outcome for Arsenal would be to
sign Higuain, with Real Madrid replacing him with Suarez, significantly
weakening one
of Arsenal's league rivals in the process,
while keeping the majority
of Arsenal fans happy with a cheaper world - class striker who doesn't come with so much baggage.
In the credit markets, spreads on the high yield securities are approaching historically tight levels,
while key credit metrics such as leverage and coverage ratios are showing
signs of weakening.
While ocean models disagree about future carbon uptake rates, terrestrial models do not even agree about the
sign of future carbon exchange, with some showing continued uptake, and others indicating
weakening uptake or even transitioning to sources.