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Same old Arsenal?
I surely cannot be alone in sighing when reading about how Arsenal’s bright shiny young players will be tempted away or even sold to balance the books. Then I think who these tempters are and conclude the following.
One bankrupt Catalan club or its rival who can surely mop up domestically without much spend due to lack of rivals and domestically lets be honest why would we sell to Manc, Liverpool or London rivals now that the club is showing ambition again. Arsenal are historically the most successful London club in the richest European league and are sitting pretty with a project progressing nicely.
I expect Champions league from this season and I expect us to be London s highest placed club as its unlikely Chelsea have a 2nd owners lottery win. Pool are in decline, United are a mess and Spurs is out of the question. This leaves either France or Germany s perennial winners of one horse races or City as the only progression step for such players.
Clearly a balance on wages need to be struck on progress for such players bearing in mind Cole or the Ozil/Auba wallet weighing down experience but that can be solved as Arsenal will be a global top 10 club for wages. Things are good at Arsenal currently and vultures should be dismissively chased away .
Ted Bythesea
…When we were at Highbury, we had to sell to balance the books.
For me, Highbury remains the most beautiful stadium I have ever visited but the inability to add to its capacity kept us back for so long. In the space of a couple of seasons we lost Anelka, Overmars and Petit.
The whole point of moving to the Emirates was to make us more competitive and we have been successful in retaining talent long after most clubs would have moved them on (ahem, Mesut Ozil).
What we need to do now is strike the right balance, and of course some players will be moved on, but let’s not act as if the Arsenal of today is the same Arsenal that used to ply its trade at Highbury.
It’s pretty much impossible to get a ticket for the Arsenal these days, matches are packed to the rafters and for the first time in decades our motto rings true.
It seems only Arsenal fans can find ways of being miserable when top of the league.
Graham Simons, Gooner, Norf London
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