how do you think arsenal can afford to buy rice without arsenal fans paying for everything?

nice, u r so fast...

saudi club can demand high transfer fee

we can spend that much without a sugar daddy is an achievement already.

regardless of final league placement, this will not be the first time Arsenal wastes money (pepe?), many other big clubs also waste money and achieve nothing.

financially, if we can finish top 4 for another champions league already worth the money, disaster if spend that much but fail to qualify for UCL.

as a sensible fan, don't expect to spend big = winning something, remember our neighbour spent even bigger last season and can't even get into UCL.

This post has been edited by Walaoeh!: Jul 18 2023, 12:07 PM

the premier league is just more and more competitive,
from MU domination in early PL, to MU-Arsenal top 2 race,
then top 4 dominance (MU, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool),
then big 6 era (MU, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Spurs),
now we have a new sugar daddy club Newcastle...
even top 4 finish is much harder than before.

kroenke dont pump $ into the club, i will only consider arab owners as sugar daddy.

These were the source of funds for each PL club up to 2017:



Basically, Kroenke did not fund Arsenal at all until he acquired full ownership in the year 2018.



Kroenke started to provide funds/loans to Arsenal when the COVID hit, but the amount is still nowhere near those sugar daddy clubs, and even lesser than mid-table clubs like aston villa/fulham/everton/leicester/brighton

Arsenal was able to spend big recently due to good management and operation, and also the massive PL TV income and the expected income from UCL.

This post has been edited by Walaoeh!: Jul 21 2023, 05:48 PM

Thanks for admitting again what you are, i rest my case.

Seriously? Why would i be offended by a hypocrite explaining how he is a lesser hypocrite than others. LOL

More than half (53.33%) of the top 30 clubs in the money leagues are from EPL, EPL clubs are just damn rich:


EPL TV money for season 2021/22 was £100m-£150m and qualified to UCL will have additional TV money of about £70m-£100m:


EPL TV money for season 2022/23 will be even more at £130m-£170m, even relegated team Leicester/Leeds/Southampton will get ~£130m each:
https://futballnews.com/english-premier-lea...22-2023-season/

This means every EPL club can spend big on transfers without much funding from the owner. We can see most top clubs did not have any funding from owners in season 21/22 including Arsenal:


Arsenal spent quite alot of money on player purchases in season 21/22:


But Arsenal's total wages were still pretty low compared to other top clubs:


Arsenal has a manageable amount of debt:


and most of these are "soft" debts owed to owner Kroenke:


With higher expected revenue, low wages and debt, Arsenal's finances are in pretty good shape, don't even need to blink to spend £105m on Rice

This post has been edited by Walaoeh!: Jul 24 2023, 11:59 PM

Ngl man city’s financial on paper looks very healthy in recent years, not sure how much truth in it

Being in the UCL alone helped top clubs to maintain Wages to Turnover Ratio below 70% (UEFA’s upper limit):


Winning treble this year gonna increase their revenue even more and complied with every financial regulation.

This post has been edited by Walaoeh!: Jul 25 2023, 11:31 AM

Just deduct 6 pts from Man City 22/23, then suddenly Arsenal have a trophy

I tot this MVP at marseille...

Timber left back?




This post has been edited by Walaoeh!: Jul 27 2023, 10:29 AM

3-2 should be ez win

it's only barca... stronger teams are not in spain or italy, they are in EPL.

oh timber so good, gang gang, gang gang

i think trossard is a better centre forward than jesus...

jesus tried hard but rarely score..

This post has been edited by Walaoeh!: Jul 27 2023, 03:57 PM

guess what? it's becoz of the cursed number 9 shirt...

our previous #9 were either average or flop:

Lacazette - average
Lucas Perez - flop
Podolski - average
Park Chu Young - flop
Eduardo - flop after broken leg
Baptista - flop
Reyes - average
Jeffers - flop

This post has been edited by Walaoeh!: Jul 31 2023, 03:54 PM

nobody can convince me any other GK is better than Ramsdale.