I'd rather the club waited til a favourable deal came along rather than pay over the odds for a superstar. Because financial security is the most important thing for this club. It helps us qualify for the Champions League year on year, which in turn helps make us more financially secure, so we can keep qualifying for the Champions League. We can't let this silly idea of winning titles jeopardise the task at hand.

World class strikers just don't become available unless you are very lucky. You have to go above and beyond to get them unless you unearth a gem.

comment by renoog (U4449)
posted 18 minutes ago
I'd rather the club waited til a favourable deal came along rather than pay over the odds for a superstar. Because financial security is the most important thing for this club. It helps us qualify for the Champions League year on year, which in turn helps make us more financially secure, so we can keep qualifying for the Champions League. We can't let this silly idea of winning titles jeopardise the task at hand.
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We're past that stage now. This excuse is now invalid

comment by renoog (U4449)
posted 18 minutes ago
I'd rather the club waited til a favourable deal came along rather than pay over the odds for a superstar. Because financial security is the most important thing for this club. It helps us qualify for the Champions League year on year, which in turn helps make us more financially secure, so we can keep qualifying for the Champions League. We can't let this silly idea of winning titles jeopardise the task at hand.
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I think he was joking, I think, I hope.

Mr. Arsene Wuma,
WUMA BANK PLC
LAGOS NIGERIA

RE: TRANSFER OF (£100,000,000 GPB) ONE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS (URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL)

Dear Friend,

I have the honor and confidence to introduce you to this business in view of the fact that you are trustworthy and reliable. I am Mr. Arsene Wuma, I work in the foreign Payment Department of WUMA BANK PLC LAGOS NIGERIA.

There is an account opened in our bank in 1996 but since 2006 nobody has operated on this account again.

After a private investigation I discovered that the owner of this account was the manager of ARSENAL LTD. - a foreigner who has since died without having a beneficially to this account. My investigation proved to me also that nobody from the company knows about this account since the company has not become operational.

The amount contained in this account is £100,000,000 GBP. It is my wish and intention to take this fund abroad for investment. My colleague and I will need you to set up a new account for this transfer and send to us Or you might send an existing account with no fund in it for us to use. We will use normal banking proceedure to transfer the fund legally.

I will bring my position and influence to facilitate transfer immediately by legal means. What we request is absolute secrecy and confidentiality. And that you will never never disappoint us when fund is transfered to your account. There is no risk to this business as I will follow the normal banking proceedure. When this fund is transfered to any account you will provide I will bring all documents used in this process to destroy them in your presence when I come over for my share.

Sharing shall be 20% for you, 75% for me and the remaining 5% to offset any expenses done by each party cause in business every cent spent counts.

Contact me urgently at arsene@wuma.con
Best Regards,

Mr. Arsene Wuma

Reads like someone has written those letters before....

I would prefer spending the money on any decent player who becomes available. We don't have enough clinical strikers and it's a very long season. Plus we all know injuries will come knocking soon.

What's a "beneficially"?