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It's catch 22 - pay high now to semi unproven talent and they could do very well and be worth it or they'll flop and be tough to get rid of. Don't pay high and risk losing a future star as has happened so often in the past.
My problem is not so much offering certain players high wages it's offering guff ones higher wages than they deserve which Arsenal have a recent history of doing.
Truth is top players now expect to get silly money and if we want to finally start holding on to our stars we need to pay accordingly.
However our wage bill is way too high considering the level of our squad - few established stars, mostly youngish talents with plenty still to prove and a lot of time to gain a steady wage increase should they deserve it.
We need to increase the gap in wage between our stars and our squad players/youth.
Our wage bill is on par or close to some of Europe's most elite clubs and we still need big money signings so will increase significantly over the summer (if we sign the players we need to) yet our team is way behind when it comes to performance and has been for some time.
Lets hope these big earning youngsters step up and prove they're worth it as if they're not we'll have trouble shifting them!
I agree. If they did go because they got more wages at City or Chelsea ala Cole and Nasri we would ask for Wengers head....
Ramsey was on 50K per week anyway. Hardly Chump Change.
My issue is that we hand out these big contracts on the basis of a few good months of football. It used to be that players had to play well for a good season or 2 before getting a big hike in wages.
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It's catch 22 - pay high now to semi unproven talent and they could do very well and be worth it or they'll flop and be tough to get rid of. Don't pay high and risk losing a future star as has happened so often in the past.
My problem is not so much offering certain players high wages it's offering guff ones higher wages than they deserve which Arsenal have a recent history of doing.
Truth is top players now expect to get silly money and if we want to finally start holding on to our stars we need to pay accordingly.
However our wage bill is way too high considering the level of our squad - few established stars, mostly youngish talents with plenty still to prove and a lot of time to gain a steady wage increase should they deserve it.
We need to increase the gap in wage between our stars and our squad players/youth.
Our wage bill is on par or close to some of Europe's most elite clubs and we still need big money signings so will increase significantly over the summer (if we sign the players we need to) yet our team is way behind when it comes to performance and has been for some time.
Lets hope these big earning youngsters step up and prove they're worth it as if they're not we'll have trouble shifting them!
posted on 6/3/14
I agree. If they did go because they got more wages at City or Chelsea ala Cole and Nasri we would ask for Wengers head....
posted on 6/3/14
Ramsey was on 50K per week anyway. Hardly Chump Change.
My issue is that we hand out these big contracts on the basis of a few good months of football. It used to be that players had to play well for a good season or 2 before getting a big hike in wages.
posted on 6/3/14
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