Arsenal were on top of the Barclays premier league table for the major part of last season but failed big time to only finish fourth.
Once again, two major concerns damaged their title charge, one injuries, and the other usual habit of not signing players when needed most.
Before the start of every season, fans get to hear that Arsenal will buy big but in the end the promises are broken as always.
Lately, the biggest JOKE that Arsenal fans will hear all summer has been revealed. Gunners director Lord Harris of Peckham states that the club will have money to spend.
As per the provided link, he reckons that only “Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi, and Real Madrid duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale would be out of Arsenal’s reach this summer”
That same joke Arsenal supporters have been hearing for years now and here are the best examples.
2011
Arsenal chief Gazidis confirmed that Wenger will have money to spend big. What happened, Gunners sold their two top stars Nasri and Fabregas and bought Benayoun and Arteta on deadline day. Just Brilliant.
2012
Wenger stated that Arsenal are going to be ambitious as ever, as always and will splash cash to sign top talent. Once again, the North Londoners sold their best players Robin van Persie and Song who both went on to win league titles with United and Barcelona.
2013
Reports revealed that Arsenal have 70m transfer war chest to reinforce squad. Wenger wasted time on Suarez, sold a few dead wood players, bought Sanogo and Flamini on a bosman and splashed record sum only to lure Ozil on deadline day.
Let’s just not consider the winter transfer windows as for Wenger it is an unfair window. It does exist but the French manager normally acts as if it literally doesn’t. With so many injury concerns, Wenger only brought Kallstrom on loan who was never going to be enough to save Arsenal’s decline in the second half of the season.
2014
Once again, Arsenal fans are hoping that club will spend big to challenge for the title next season but like always are they again hoping against hope? Only time will tell but the start is crap again as they fail to hold onto another star player in Sagna.
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REVEALED – Biggest JOKE Arsenal Fans will Hear All Summer
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YES will not be a surprising answer. This time if Arsenal ignore spending, Top 4 is gone
Wenger is a nice guy. He is also a really good coach. But there is also something a matter with him. The whole world, the supporters, players, ex-players, pundits, reporters…everybody…. were willing Wenger to buy and strengthen the squad last summer. If he had of bought enough I doubt if we would have collapsed after January. Almost everybody thought we would collapse and we did. Many thought though maybe Wenger was a genius. In reality he was a fool. The league was there for the taking but we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Wenger is his own worst enemy and letting the clubs supporters down.
Thanks for pointing out what every blog and article seen in the media seem to willfully ignore. History is the only true predictor of the future. Why fans can’t see the smoke through the trees is beyond me. If Wenger is in charge with the current board, our transfer policy will not change. They like the status quo right where it is. Kroenke is a business man, not a football man. As long as we are maximizing profits while staying just barely good enough that there is not a total uprising of the fanbase, he is completely satisfied. His bottom line looks good (very good, in fact). Enough fans stay enamored with Wenger to prevent a revolt = perfect world scenario for a shrewd business man. (And let’s not forget a fresh FA Cup as well that will further serve to placate the faithful and maintain or complacency.)
if he can sell hiss best players and still finish 4th,what will hsppen if he sell non?ask chelsea boss
I’m tired of hearing the same thing during every transfer season, wenger doesn’t spark any confidence in me, like every other arsenal fan I just keep hoping we get the right players and not half bakes or spent ones in exchange for our good ones. Looks like one of those season with sagna out already. It’s so easy to see where our problem lies, the only people who find that hard is the arsenal board.
Mesut Ozil, Podolski, Nasri, Mertesacker are all big signings over the years which this writer has knowingly ignored…Look at how many trophies Alex Ferguson won & he did that without splashing money like Real,City or Chelsea do
You are one naive Arsenal fan who cannot see a negative when majority of what has happened in the club over the past decade has only been NEGATIVE.
Why do you think major portion of Arsenal supporters are highlighting this act of the club, why do you think majority comments agree to the negative facts because they are in the end facts.
Gunners sold 72m in stars in 2011, bought for just 50m odd and less quality.
They sold Rvp and Song for 40m (well settled quality players) odd and bought Giroud Podolski and Cazorla for the same (players who had never put a foot in premier league) and no one can call it a better deal. as it was proven Giroud proved to be average in his first season.
Even when he was average and club had no depth in strikers, Wenger signed Sanogo, brought Bendtner back for strikers position what shame.Ozil is mentioned but gunners needed more than him… then again when Giroud turned from average to shit, he wasted winter window and ignored striker again.
to sum it all up, Arsenal’s transfer windows have been NEGATIVE as far as football is concerned and only a businessman or senseless person can think otherwise
Moreover, for you to give Ferguson’s example is naive as well. Fergie never sold his star players in every transfer window and did buy quality every season to reinforce squad.