Shadow Moses
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http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/34/biz ... _Rank.html
The most interesting stat is Valencia. They might end up worse than Leeds.
The most interesting stat is Valencia. They might end up worse than Leeds.
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3rd most valuable football team
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KY
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another interesting fact is that chelsea is the only team in the top 18 and one of 2 in the top 20 working on a negative budget. How's that for proof that every single title was bought?
Lancelot
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All the numbers and valuations are beginning to sound less and less desirable if we can't transform that into an actual healthy transfer budget.
I bet they will only attract investors more than anything else.
*sigh*
I bet they will only attract investors more than anything else.
*sigh*
Biggus
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All the numbers and valuations are beginning to sound less and less desirable if we can't transform that into an actual healthy trophy haul. :wink:
It might give the bead counters erections but it does very little for me.
It might give the bead counters erections but it does very little for me.
Interesting bit on Valencia. Come on Arsen, splash some cash and raid a few star players off the Mastalla side. 
number_0
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3rd most valuable club, and still cant afford wages to current players!
Flamini has all the right to leave if we refuse to give him 55k
Flamini has all the right to leave if we refuse to give him 55k
hujja
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KY said:
They've got an operating loss of -$5 m. Basically what that shows is that the performance of their core activities (i. e. playing games and selling tickets) sucks.
Empty seats at the Fridge were telling signs.
belgianfan
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Why can't we buy big? and teams like Sp**s can get modric for 20 mil...
Middlesbrough how much did they pay for alves?
Middlesbrough how much did they pay for alves?
KY
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Anyone can tell me how tottenham are able to splash 16.5 million pounds each on bent an modric, 10 million for berbatov, 8million for kaboul etc..etc? where is the money coming from? their stadium is smaller than highbury, their tickets should be cheaper than arsenals, they haven't been selling players much, at least at profits, i doubt their fan base extends beyond london, they don't have CL money and they haven't won much to speak of until this season. So where is the money coming from? Or are they doing a leeds united? How is it that they have so much more spending money in comparison to the amount always in Arsène's chest?
qs
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Their tickets are as expensive as ours from what I've heard off their fans. £70 for the Seville game.
JazzG
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Their tickets are as expensive as ours, they sell out every week, they have very good sponsorship deals(better than ours), they are owned by the Tavistock Group whose main Investor is the billionaire Joe Lewis and their player wages are much less than the big clubs. Financially they are in a very secure position. Their turnover is fairly high but their expenses are low.
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everyone did actually notice that these figures were taken after the 2006-07 season, right? next year's might look a bit different....
KY
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JazzG said:
Even if they sell out every week, their capacity is only at 36000. As for sponsorship, wasn't the deal with emirates one of the highest until recently (recently being after madrid, man utd, Bayern münich etc etc signed new sponsorship deals) and with the likes of berbatov, bent, keane, woodgate, and king, i would think their expenses would still be relatively high. So i guess the only argument that makes sense is that they have their own sugar daddy. what a load of ****.
True Gooner
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Beat me to it, Moses.
We're the 3rd most valuable club and we havent won a trophy in 3 seasons....nice! 8))
We're the 3rd most valuable club and we havent won a trophy in 3 seasons....nice! 8))
lee1001
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None of thats liquid though. All assetts and holdings. Thats why we can barely afford a packet of cheese and onion crisps this summer.
I see United are linked to a $16.8M Right back. I see another big summer of spending for them.
I see United are linked to a $16.8M Right back. I see another big summer of spending for them.
If you get into CL semi two seasons in a row, you certainly have the luxury to spend big.
If me to choose between a FA Cup trophy and CL Semi, I'll choose the latter every time. Sad to say this as FA Cup is full of tradition, but that's the harsh reality.
If me to choose between a FA Cup trophy and CL Semi, I'll choose the latter every time. Sad to say this as FA Cup is full of tradition, but that's the harsh reality.
JazzG
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KY said:Even if they sell out every week, their capacity is only at 36000. As for sponsorship, wasn't the deal with emirates one of the highest until recently (recently being after madrid, man utd, Bayern münich etc etc signed new sponsorship deals) and with the likes of berbatov, bent, keane, woodgate, and king, i would think their expenses would still be relatively high. So i guess the only argument that makes sense is that they have their own sugar daddy. what a load of ****.
Our deal with Emirates is not worth as much as their deal with Mansion. Also despite us having a much larger stadium Sp**s don't have anywhere near as much debt so their interest costs per year are much less. I don't know what they pay their players but we have a huge wage bill compared to theirs, for me ours is a little to high considering the kind of players we have.
lee1001
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JazzG said:KY said:Even if they sell out every week, their capacity is only at 36000. As for sponsorship, wasn't the deal with emirates one of the highest until recently (recently being after madrid, man utd, Bayern münich etc etc signed new sponsorship deals) and with the likes of berbatov, bent, keane, woodgate, and king, i would think their expenses would still be relatively high. So i guess the only argument that makes sense is that they have their own sugar daddy. what a load of ****.
Our deal with Emirates is not worth as much as their deal with Mansion. Also despite us having a much larger stadium Sp**s don't have anywhere near as much debt so their interest costs per year are much less. I don't know what they pay their players but we have a huge wage bill compared to theirs, for me ours is a little to high considering the kind of players we have.
I wondered that too. Considering we have a team of young players and the likes of Henry, Vieira, Bergkamp, Campbell, Ljungberg have all gone in the last few years how do we have such a high wage bill? Its not as if we have a huge squad! Maybe thats it. We continously complain about the size of the squad when the reality is we can't afford a large squad and so we have to rely on young players making the jump which takes time.
Its pathetic really. Everyone around us is splashing the cash yet somehow we can't afford it despite our successes over Wenger's tenure. Does anyone know a member of the Arsenal Supporters Trust? Surely they must have gotten some answers from the board at one of the those fan meetings.
