Kroenke and our finances

Agree, there's been no workable long term plan at the club. It was buy what Wenger and his team saw as bargains (usually regardless of where the weaknesses were in the side) then overpay them

We do need to get the wages in order, that is without doubt but given the amount of money Kreonke is set to make should he sell he should invest now/summer rather than have Arsenal declining for however many seasons it takes to ship out the dross

Posted originally by Samir. He should get the credit for finding someone who has explained it very well.

comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 11 hours, 27 minutes ago
Why we care about FFP anyway? Look at the way City & PSG flaunt the rules. Why should we play by the same rulebook when they clearly don't?
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The article addresses this exact point.

It's a good read, try it.

comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 11 hours, 27 minutes ago
Why we care about FFP anyway? Look at the way City & PSG flaunt the rules. Why should we play by the same rulebook when they clearly don't?
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The article addresses this exact point.

It's a good read, try it.
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It doesn't address it

The rules are there, ways around them for wealthy billionaires with company portfolios are also there

comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 11 hours, 27 minutes ago
Why we care about FFP anyway? Look at the way City & PSG flaunt the rules. Why should we play by the same rulebook when they clearly don't?
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The article addresses this exact point.

It's a good read, try it.
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It doesn't address it

The rules are there, ways around them for wealthy billionaires with company portfolios are also there
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Its easier to circumvent rules if you get hedge funds involved. Especially sovereign wealth funds controlled by oligarchs. The middle east ones are controlled by emirs. That allows companies that may not look to be connected, 'sponsor' City or PSG or even Chelsea. That makes it all look legitimate. For example how may times do you see Gazprom advertised. Since ordinary consumers can't actually buy their products doesn't it make you wonder why they would bother?

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 8 hours, 48 minutes ago
Posted originally by Samir. He should get the credit for finding someone who has explained it very well.
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Good on Samir

comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 5 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 11 hours, 27 minutes ago
Why we care about FFP anyway? Look at the way City & PSG flaunt the rules. Why should we play by the same rulebook when they clearly don't?
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The article addresses this exact point.

It's a good read, try it.
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The point I was trying to bring up with all this is that we have been operating in a very poor way (wage-wise) for years and now it is biting us in the butt. So all those who are clamouring for Kroenke to invest, it simply wont help until we get the wage bill back in order. It's gonna be a long road although we may get some reprieve come summer when Cech, Welbeck and Ramsey leave.

The latest news coming from Spain is that the negotiations with Barca for Suarez have broken down because we couldn't commit to the buy option after the loan.
I assume this is because we are not guaranteed to get a CL spot. A bit of catch 22 if you ask me. Without reinforcements in January, it's unlikely that we will get that spot. We got an owner who can't even back us up in trouble time.

comment by MaineGunner (U10130)
posted 1 day, 7 hours ago
comment by TheSkins (U3865)
posted 5 hours, 41 minutes ago
comment by BO$$™ (U6401)
posted 11 hours, 27 minutes ago
Why we care about FFP anyway? Look at the way City & PSG flaunt the rules. Why should we play by the same rulebook when they clearly don't?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The article addresses this exact point.

It's a good read, try it.
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The point I was trying to bring up with all this is that we have been operating in a very poor way (wage-wise) for years and now it is biting us in the butt. So all those who are clamouring for Kroenke to invest, it simply wont help until we get the wage bill back in order. It's gonna be a long road although we may get some reprieve come summer when Cech, Welbeck and Ramsey leave.
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How we looking on the home grown players front can we afford to lose Welbeck and Ramsey without getting homegrown replacements?

Article is a pathetic attempt to find a way to continue to blame previous regime for all our issues. The remarkable thing is how well it has worked on pliable weak minds. Kroenke laughing all the way to bank