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Originally Posted by NBC
My sense is that it is the ownership group not wanting excessive spending at the club. It cost around £390 million to build the new ground and I am fairly certain that the ownership does not want the club to accrue massive Man U and Chelsea style debts.
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In the last few years it has been about paying off the stadium costs. With the club now being debt free on the property side I think their spending power will increase or at least be available once more.
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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
they have been very thrifty though, and at this point they are probly the team in England with the 5th biggest ability to spend behind (Man U, Chelsea, Man City, Spurs) and if Liverpool get new owners than they could fall to 6th
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For some reason I think that if Wegner goes all out he could rack up the third highest transfer bill this summer. I neither think that SAF will go crazy in the market nor does United actually have the funds in hand.
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Originally Posted by Finny61
La Liga is looking like the Scottish Premiership, two dominant teams and the rest being filler.
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Do you read the Arseblog? Just this morning he commented on how La Liga was turning into the Sunny SPL.
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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
if Cesc hands in a transfer request which the English media is saying he wants too (but they have been wrong in the past) than I don't see how they keep him. Would bring unrest in to the dressing room if he stayed.
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I was absolutely devastated yesterday morning. When I was reading the transfer gos on my mobile during my commute I was surprised my fellow passengers didn't push the help button when they saw the look of shock and horror on my face. I couldn't imagine a week were Charlton would lose their play-off tie and Arsenal would lose Cesc, the football gods would be having a cruel laugh. However, after reading some levelheadedness on Arseblog my fears have been calmed for now.