Our business is done.
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Wenger:
on whether more players will go than arrive by deadline dayâŚ
Both can happen. It depends how many players will go to see if we can bring one more in. We are on alert in the last seven days. Everybody gets agitated and phones ring more often than before. Sometimes you have to share the work in the final day because you have some cases going out and some coming in. The last two days are always very hectic.
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on how happy he is with the strength of the squadâŚ
Iâm happy with the strength of the squad. Iâm completely happy with the strength of the squad. I have said many times that we have too many players in our squad, and some of them have no chance to compete for places because we have too many. Too much competition for places is no good as well because the players have no chance of playing. On the other hand, one of the values of this club is to give a chance to young players who deserve it. If you have too many players of confirmed status, youâre in a difficult position to give a chance to young players. We have the luck of having three or four players who are top quality and deserve a chance.
It seems like we could very well be done with transfer business as long as we donât sell anyone. Our squad is still too big for us to add anyone new.
So letâs sell Mustafi and keep Debuchy and Gibbs :hipster:
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Lovely vibes coming out of that press conference 
> Too much competition for places is no good as well because the players have no chance of playing.
That is something I have never heard a manager say before.
If itâs true, then why did he get himself into this position?
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You honestly havenât heard about the concept behind too much competition for places? Are you bloody sure?
Shit man, even FIFA teaches you that.
If thatâs true, why has Wenger got himself in this situation and then moan about it at the end of the transfer window.
Why not sort it out at the start of it?
He is the manager and is in charge of almost every aspect of the footballing side of the club, so whoâs to blame?
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Wenger does a damage he doesnât know how to fix after.
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im not sure hes moaning about anything, and he isnât in a bad situation until the transfer window actually closes.
That obscure, repressed and forlorn hope I had about Wenger/the board/whoever changing their approach and growing some testicular fortitude this summer has been finally crushed now.
Our conduct this summer has not been befitting of a club that wants to do what it can to get back in the CL, to try and go for the title. If Alexis and Ăzil go next summer, we will have truly become a Europa League standard club.
Instead of stopping the rot, taking stock of the direction the club is inevitably headed towards and doing everything to turn it around, weâve just carried on with the same tactics as before. Wait for a cheap superstar to become available, being happy with what we have.
Iâve had a couple of doubles on an empty stomach but canât help feeling like this is truly the beginning of a cycle of decline.
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I agree with you, however, the decline has been in effect for over a decade.
The rot and malaise shows no signs and stopping and when we lose at least one of either Ozil and Sanchez the damage may very well become irreparable for the foreseeable future.
Wenger isnât righting any wrongs by staying on longer heâs just dragging us down further and leaving a major cluster fuck for whoever the board appoints to replace him.
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The whole âsquad is too big to add playersâ line is complete horseshit for so many reasons.
First, in the end, who fucking cares if players like Debuchy, Campbell, Gibbs, and Lucas are in the squad or not? They arenât part of the matchday plans either way. The important thing is to add talent and quality. The idea that we canât buy a player until we sell the likes of Debuchy and Campbell is so completely nonsensical that it defies belief. Are there not enough lockers in the boot room?
Second, why havenât the players been moved on already? Wenger frames this like its some ultra difficult problem with no easy solution. But in reality its because weâve been haggling over peanuts on the price with all the potential buyers. Basically, the logic is essentially âUnfortunately, we canât bring in any players that would really improve the team because weâre still 2m euros apart from Galatasary and Deportivo on the valuation of Gibbs and Lucas.â Honestly, its fucking insulting to the supporters to feed us this kind of bullshit.
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Honestly. For a club which has a âŹ400 milion revenue. Itâs laughable.
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Why? How much do they spend on other stuff?
and that is EXACTLY why other clubs donât like dealing with us whether it is buying or selling. Apparently someone said (cant remember who but someone close to the club) that apparently when clubs hear Arsenal wants one of their players the selling club automatically cringe at the thought because we are so fucking awkward to deal with and they hate going through all of the shit of tooing and throwing and general fucking about. Some clubs almost pretty much hear we are interested and without even doing anything they are like âyeah whatever fuck off!â We apparently have damaged our relationships with quite a few clubs and agents because of general fucking about.
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âŹ2 million is really going to have an actual influence on the operations of this football club, and is not more like a drop in the ocean, that we have to hold out for it?
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Oh dear god let the wrists just slit themselves.
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Thought this might be of interest to people
PSG, savages. Lol Fuck Barca.