13 Aug 2013 17:02:54
My contact in South America tells me that the Gustavo deal is far from done. His agent is looking for 20K a week more than he'd agreed with Wolfsburg. Having looked through our list of released players, we must be around half a million a week lighter on the wage bill. Given our bizzarely public declarations about war chests in recent months, little wonder agents and clubs are trying to jack up prices. Bad PR again Arsenal. let's get the Gustavo deal done, sign a keeper, a defender, and then Suarez (although that's pretty wishful thinking)

1.) 14 Aug 2013
While I understand your comment about "bizarre statements" I think that was a very deliberate ploy by Gazidis and the board to shift the responsibility onto AW for this summers transfer window.
Every game I went to last season the fans were giving Gazidis stick but it now turns out that he has negotiated two massive deals bringing the club 300m in revenue over the next few years plus other smaller deals.
If AW doesn't spend the money and let's face it we are unlikely to get the names that we were linked with earlier in the window then the board can say "well the money is available but its up to AW"
IMO and it seems most fans opinions we need 3-4 in so he better get his finger out!