27 Aug 2015 08:11:51
So chelsea are looking to get pogba in for £70m

why are we not at least competing for his signature?

Let me guess we can't afford his wages / transfer fee?

Why can't we?

We have the highest ticket prices in the country and sell out every home game
The tv deal means we have pots of money to change the wage structure at the club if we had to increase other players in line with the top earners
we are slowly bringing in world class talent but its like we have to sneak them quietly in the back door before Chelsea, city or united get wind of us signing anyone

this has been a really frustrating window. Cech is a great addition but why can't we break the bank for elite players that will justify our elite ticket prices?

I hope I eat my words but imagine pogba and zlatan signing before deadline day?

I know I'll be told to get real but the money is there I just think an attitude change is needed at the club now to bring us true domestic and euopean success

Fingers crossed we do some big business over the next few days

1.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 09:44:02
Many circumstances.
Wenger's loyalty to players, signing Pogba would further limit Wilshere and Ramsey's playing time (Ramsey having that stellar 13/14 season was one of the worst things to happen for us in team selection terms, it means Wenger's sticking with him was justified and now he won't drop him, just shoehorn him into the wing)

Wages, Pogba won't come cheap and when it comes to wages, we try to.

It'd be a British transfer record and by some way.

Pogba has a bit of an attitude at times.

Not to mention he might not think we're strong enough to achieve what he wants from a club.

He might just not want to play for Arsenal.

I think we'd be interested if pogba was truly available, problem is, so would most elite teams in Europe.

2.) 27 Aug 2015
27 Aug 2015 12:34:12
That's the problem D_

We now have the revenue to compete but we seem to have the mentality that we can't get these players

Yes we spent £40m on ozil and £30+ on Sanchez because we can afford it now

We seem happy to pay our manager £40 million over 5 years - in the top 3 in Europe why not pay the players who are arguably a much bigger commodity

We are not in the position we were a few seasons ago where we simply couldn't afford it. Wenger can't say there are no players every player has a price and we need ready made world class talent to compete

That's what the teams above us last season have done and we are in danger of being left behind....

Then we will lose the talent we have got as we are not competing

It's time to start competing with the big boys for the top top players if we are to progress.

Happy to eat humble pie in May though!