Moussa credibly linked to spurs by who?

Nothing credible about it lol.

yeah, he had some great games for Valencia, wasn't really capable of consistently playing at that level, unfortunately. He's still a pretty good player imo, just not Barça starter level.

Ox hate is going a bit too far imo. Yeah 40m for him is a bit much. But Lingard?

The same players we tried to punt out two months ago (Lucas and Ben Arfa). Your source is sliding towards debit if it thinks Di Maria to Spurs is legit possible.

With this expert Mbappe loan we aren't that much in a hurry to sell anymore, + it looks like nobody feels like leaving.

ALexis was 1/2 I think yesterday or something dumb like that. I just can't see it getting done in the next 24 hours. They're so dumb for waiting so long

Conspiracy theory: Gazidis and a good number of the board didn't want Arsene in and are now withholding funds.

You could swap them and it makes literally zero difference whatsoever to the quality of either squad.

such an elraz post - all focus on the in/out-balance sheet win

It's all very well for you guys to say "lets take two seasons off, buy no one, and give the £££s to the next manager" ... But .. Everton.

Ok, you have a big stadium - so do Newcastle,tho' not in London - but if you spend 3 years out of the CL and 2 years out of Europe how swift is your recovery going to be with, Wagner or whoever, as manager? You currently have 30 years of top 7 finishes apart from 2 10ths and a 12th.

Replacement level for top PL sides is pretty high, I agree

Well, the squad still has a nearly £200m wage bill. They're also not going to just not buy anyone next year, either. The risk of staying with Wenger (and possibly Kroenke) is a bigger risk than the unknown at the moment imo.

Kroenke legit seems like super aids. But football isn't like NFL or NHL in that if you're not successful enough to get into the CL you lose massive revenue. So maybe Arse fans have hope beyond everyone cancelling cable and their season tickets which seems to be the only way of protest US fans have.

I'm going to be in London the weekend of a home Arsenal match and legitimately just might not go. What a **** organization.

There is a huge risk involved, just like tchaz pointed out. Differences aside I'm pretty sure most board members are delighted to pocket their share of the profits come the end of the season.

Maybe they think that with limited investment Wengz can pull the rabbit out of the hat again (Sanchez can carry us - that is why we are sticking to the player swap for now) and land top4 or worst case top6 or win the EL.

Just because we would like to challenge for the title the owners do not share the ambition and all the blame is on Wenger anyways. By no means do I defend Mr Out at this point, because if funds are witheld and you do have ambitions to win the title, you raise your concerns OR do not sign a new contract unless funds are guaranteed.

that is why I thought things could legitimately change this transfer window. (LOL ME obv)
There was a clear indication for years that Plop/Spuds are catching up and doing great wheelin and dealin. While we were trying to find the cheapest way to stay ahead for a bit at least.
Didnt work this time, but it was a near miss- almost caught plop in the end.

so no money available for transfer as it is. Fans mugs, can shout wenger out, but the stadium will be filled...or at least the season tickets are sold aaand the obligatory:

1/2 to join city
6/4 to stay

Lol

If you like free money bet in him staying

icwudt

in fact sources close to the players say its an Alexis for JEvans + cash deal on the table

FWIW Alexis Sanchez asked to have some time off today to solve our his transfer situation to Pizzi( chilean manager). Pizzi wasnt thrilled.

Tommorrow we play Paraguay so I would very surprised if City manages to pull it off.

Kroenke is the nut low of American owners

FSG don't spend their own money and they do some shady stuff (ie. character assassinations in the press) but you at least know that JW Henry is passionate about winning.

Kroenke just seems like a massive tool. Like fair enough the guy is a mega billionaire, but he's ugly and comes across like he's utterly boring. Guy has less charisma than a wet cereal box. WOAT billionaire.

Need more Richard Branson and Mark Cuban types owning teams

Remember when Arsenal tried to sign Mbappe? Feels like an eternity ago

It also helps when the smaller club's manager is your club's former assistant coach.

There were also rumors that this was false

It's all a huge lol. It's embarrassing

lol Arsenal for obvious reasons. They could not be worse at business if they ****ing tried. Top down they are just archaic and absolutely ******ed.

Lol city for waiting so long and bidding the 50m they knew would be rejected. Two days before the window closes. Lol not being creative and throwing in a player even if it's not sterling. Just lol all around. A huge blunder. Their scoring is a serious problem and they're not winning jack **** the way they're currently built.

And finally lol Alexis. ***** and moan and gesticulate all over the pitch but sit there with you d in your hand all month. Enjoy the awful season. You deserve it.

There's like a eight hour window they could do something today. It's too late. Congrats on losing out on the money Arsenal. Congrats on not sealing the season city. And congrats on that squad Alexis.

read a bit today on this and yeah the wage bill seems to be the issue/excuse

if they cleared out more dead wood this summer would that have allowed them to buy some players?

(guess i'll save the rest of my thoughts for after the window closes, would be kinda shocked if Wenger only sold here)

Kroenke def woat owner.

Completely miserable being an arsefan this season. At least in past seasons there was some semblance of hope early on. This season just complete hopelessness.

I wonder if ars had deservedly beat stoke it would feel this bad (could just chalk pool loss up to them having our number, and they'll prob do that to other top 6 teams as well... if you can even call ars top 6 now).

The deadwood stuff is a problem, but I think we still have more cash reserves than just about the rest of the league combined.

There is still a major power struggle going on within the club and the on field product is suffering as a result.

Alternate theory: the board have a sunk-cost fallacy with Alexis and have told Wenger that if he wants to keep him he needs to offload/not sign £70m worth of new players.

Thats obviously true, but the club still gave the same war chest stories to reporters this summer along with the "will keep Alexis and ozil" stories.