Who else in 'entertainment' gets paid more than footballers to the extent that their pay is peanuts in comparison?
John Cross thinks that they are offered but not going to buy Coutinho
Not really, that just about covers a third of Willians signing on fee.The prize money for winning the FA cup is 3 million quid. Could of used that to pay them?
Whilst I agree with the sentiment, I don't think Stan Kroenke is the owner of Arsenal........he is merely a major shareholder. Financial doping when you don't own the club would be daft and disparate to the financial structure and purpose of being a shareholder. As a boardmember he is obligated to do whatever is in the shareholders interests (i.e. to increase shareholder wealth).So Stan is worth 10 billion and his wife is worth 8 billion and they can’t afford to keep 55 staff members whilst at the same time paying out millions for new & existing contracts
Absolutely disgusting and immoral
Scum ****s but I’m sure it won’t be the last club we see doing this kind of thing
If I could meet the writer of that article, I'd have two words to say: 'Henry Norris'.The last paragraph of the article says: "Arsenal for most of their history became distinguished, and admired, as a club who did things the right way. This is anything but."
While I completely agree with the sentiment, would somebody have any idea about the bit that I've italicised? While I'm obviously biased, I can't remember a single reason why they might have been considered "distinguished, and admired, as a club who did things the right way".
The bright spot is they cut their scout who found Martinelli, Cesc, Bellerin and a few others. He will quickly be picked up by someone and Arsenal will lose his talents.
John Cross thinks that they are offered but not going to buy Coutinho
Social media staff?What exactly are the jobs they're getting rid of?
No chance, they’re definitely considered essential staff at that club.Social media staff?
This is now how a bit team moves, what a shambles.
Whats 12.5% of their astronomical wage bill? Pretty sure cut pay cut has expired now that the season is over anyway.I was going to mention that. You can't blame this on the players who've taken a wage cut.
They apparently offered 250k/wk. He’d be nuts not to take that. Unless he wants CL, he should absolutely accept that offer and extend his stay in Europe longer than another 2 years.So will they keep PEA and if so, is it good business?
When you crunch all the numbers, Arsenal should probably be selling him this summer and reinvesting, because if he leaves next summer, he'll go for nothing. And if he signs a new deal, they'll end up with an Ozil situation as he gets older. Is he genuinely going to be scoring 20+ league goals, every season, as he progresses through his 30s?
I doubt they will sell him though; they're not pragmatic enough. That said, he may force a move, or simply not sign a contract and go for free next summer anyway.