The issue for Arsenal now seems to be whether we view Sterling as damaged goods, too much of a risk or simply not good enough to
spend a big transfer fee on, because the Daily Star has reported that the Gunners are the club he wants to play for.
Club boss Jose Mourinho
spent big this transfer window, sealing deals for Lukaku, Nemanja Matic and Victor Lindelof before re-signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic on another one - year deal.
Not exact matches
You'll be
spending the money on the things that earn the most points — dining and travel — and you can also enjoy that 1:1 point
transfer with all your favorite airline and hotel loyalty programs, which, for those of us who are really into our loyalty programs, can be a
big deal.
Its international business, the term it uses for «high roller» gamblers, was hurt by Chinese restrictions on funds
transfers and reduced visits by
big -
spending customers, with earnings down by more than two - thirds.
The
biggest issue on the
spending side is what to do about health and social
transfers to the provinces.
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Louis van Gaal has already invested heavily in new signings since he took over at Old Trafford, bringing in
big names such as Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao during the summer
transfer window, though he is yet to
spend in January.
Meanwhile, the Gunners have shown themselves willing to
spend big in recent
transfer windows with the signings of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.
Manchester United have set their sights on a possible four more signings for the summer
transfer window, with Louis van Gaal aiming for
big names once again after his # 150m
spending spree last year.
So is he really saying that Arsenal will
spend big on
transfers or is he getting us ready for them not doing if we only finish fourth or below?
This has not happened, and I'm surprised that no one has ever hauled Wenger over the coals about the fact that as a qualified economist he never saw that the FIFA FFP rules would NEVER EVER bite the
big spending clubs, yet this was the major reason we were never involved in
big money
transfers, although we were paying the highest process of any club in Europe for season tickets.
Or is it just the usual story of the summer with Wenger and Arsenal simply not competing with the other
big clubs around Europe in terms of
transfer spending and ambition?
Wenger doesn't really like to
spend massive, Dein was the guy who made
transfers happen and the price was not Wengers concern, thus we had some
big buys.
Not only has Arsene Wenger finally had some decent money to
spend in the
transfer market following the Emirates stadium debt being paid off, but our
big spending rivals Chelsea and Man City have had their wings clipped a bit by the Financial Fair Play rules that UEFA brought into action in 2009.
Because wenger used vela right to increase his
spending transfer kitty.the board should be giving wenger a huge fransfer kitty because we are a
big club
Most of the papers and sports websites have focused on his comments about the Gunners not being able to beat our
big Premier League rivals when it comes to
spending power and his suggestions that the club's youth policy combined with an ultra careful and disciplined
transfer policy will continue to be the Arsenal way.
We
spent big the following year, multiple buys meant we
spent over double what we
spent the year before on Ozil... Maybe this had a knock on effect because the following year we only got Cech in the main
transfer window and then the unknown but brilliant Elneny in the winter window.
Arsene Wenger needs a striker and whilst he supposedly has a
big transfer warchest the idea of
spending vast sums of cash on a single player is still alien to the Gunners boss.
I think it will be nearly impossible with AW's summer
transfer budget to
spend BIG on a Varane, Laporte, Godin, Ramos, when it seems the boss is ready to offer $ 15M plus for either Schederlien, Bender, Gonalons, Illarmenda (sp?)
A staggering # 300m has been
spent by Premier League clubs in the first week of the summer
transfer window as they gear up for a
big season ahead.
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The likes of Angel Di Maria, Radamel Falcao and Ander Herrera were brought in by the Red Devils in a
spending spree this season, and the club are surely set to return to the
big time if they manage to land these extraordinary
transfer targets...
Based on recent speculation, there are some
big names in the pipeline for Liverpool, with the club ready to continue their
big spending of this summer's
transfer window, which saw established stars such as Adam Lallana and Mario Balotelli join the club, along with highly promising young wide - man Lazar Markovic.
If you're talking about 4 years including his time at Madrid you really can't compare the two, Madrid is the
biggest club in world football, they are able to
spend on one player what we
spend over an entire
transfer window
Although most of the
big clubs in European football are famed for
spending huge amounts of money on players, since 2004 FC Porto have been making plenty on outgoing
transfers.
Wenger has taken us through a
big period of transition, with a
transfer budget that would suggest we were a mid-table team at times, in the wake of billionaires making a mockery of the sport with excessive
spending and the very successful Ferguson era.
Just like all long - suffering Gooners, I am used to being extremely disappointed when the
transfer window closes, but I have to admit that I really believed that Arsene Wenger would be
spending big this January.
Manchester United look set to bring in four more
big names in the
transfer market next summer, following on from the huge amounts
spent by Louis van Gaal this year.
But change the gear to
big game and someone is needed to
spend 100s of millions every year, you need someone with heavy balls, excellent
transfer accumen and the the ferocity and determination to fight of other
big spending clubs.
Barcelona could reportedly receive a huge
transfer boost as Paris Saint - Germain will begin a clear - out to balance the books after their
big -
spending summer.
As for Wenger never
spending big... Funny how Arsenal broke their own
transfer record while having stadium debt before Gazidis arrives and since he came we just didn't compete and even missed out on getting Cazorla 12 months earlier because of a couple million...
And if you think about it, the triumph of the underdogs Leicester City has actually proved the Frenchman right, because for years he has been saying that it is not all about
spending money on
big name
transfers.
If I am a
big manager of a company and given a huge
transfer budget (around 100 milions, as promised to the fans before), I would have
spent it to increase the company's performance.
There would always have been plenty of managers willing to take on the job, even though the club's
transfer budget was a fraction of those being
spent by our direct rivals, but I do not think any other top manager would have stuck with us, especially with
big spending clubs such as Real Madrid and PSG after them.
Or could the rumours about a possible
transfer away from the club be true and could the boss be waiting for this to be done before
spending some of our millions on a really
big name striker?
Another funny thing would be
spending 25 millions on Jonny Evans and missing out on the Gabon striker which would be the
biggest transfer joke Arsenal have done!
Citeh and Chelski have been over paying for years which sadly sets the benchmark for pricing... so either we match them which ee cant or we have to be more clever in
transfer market which is getting harder each year when even Everton are
spending big!
The Catalan giants are set to see their
transfer ban come to an end this winter, with Luis Enrique tipped to
spend big on some top class additions in defence and midfield.
The super-agent is known for his ability to broker the
biggest of
transfer deals all around the continent, and is known to work strongly with a number of
big -
spending clubs, and the star's decision will send the
transfer rumour mill into overload.
With reports of Utd wanting to
spend big during this
transfer window, I wouldn't rule them out, lets just wait and see who means business by the signings they make!
I also expect van Gaal to
spend big money on
transfers again, so are United still a threat to us winning the title?
The current situation in the Premier League and in some clubs around Europe must be hurting Arsene Wenger, because whereas Arsenal used to have to deal with just a few really
big spending clubs swiping the best players, including our own top talent like van Persie, Fabregas and all, the Frenchman is now seeing huge
transfer fees being splashed around by every man and his dog.
The Reds have been credited with a long - standing interest in the Ivory Coast international before he joined the
big spending Russians last summer, and that interest reignited again before the previous January
transfer window.
Arsene Wenger spoke the other day about how he is ready and willing to
spend big money in the
transfer market because Arsenal are now out of the financial restraints of building the new state of the art Emirates Stadium.
They did not appreciate that there were
big money magnates who had taken over the likes of Chelsea and Man City and could afford to
spend colossal sums of money in the
transfer market.
The reason wenger consistently trivialize the
transfer window and
spending big is beyond me.
Just a few are; the inability to handle the pressure of expectation, complacency, bottling it in the
big games, Wenger's apparent reluctance to compete and
spend the club's money in the
transfer market and his insistence on playing a certain style of attractive football when a more pragmatic approach may serve us better.
Wenger done that role for a short period until Dein was replaced by Gazidis, that short period on his own Wenger
spent «
big», breaking Arsenals own
transfer record while having stadium debts.
According to the report, the Premier League giants are not concerned by a
transfer fee, and may therefore be unafraid to
spend big to entice the Bundesliga champions into doing business once more this summer following Bastian Schweinsteiger «s Old Trafford
transfer [via BBC Sport].