Hope Emery and Sven can work miracles on limited funds...
It very much hinges on them sort of unlimiting our funds by being a lot more ruthless and clever in the market. Take a look at Dortmund: They almost went bankrupt before the Watzke/Zorc era and have come back to the european top through top class work on and off the pitch. Financial and business acumen, great scouting of managers and players, humility, stability - still all based on a club on the brink of bankruptcy in 2006.
Aubameyang - In: 13m Out: 65m
Hummels - In: 5m Out: 35m
Pulisic - In: - Out: 64m
Sahin - In: - Out: 10m
Dembele - In: 15m Out: 120m
Gundogan - In: 6m Out: 30m
Mkhi - In: 25m Out: 40m
Kagawa - In: - Out: 16m
Even with players that didn't turn out as a success or were deemed surplus to requirements they didn't do too bad:
Sokratis - In: 9m Out: 15m
Yarmolenko - In: 25m Out: 20m
Mor - In: 10m Out: 13m
Ginter - In: 10m Out: 17m
They do have some deadwood they can't seem to get rid of like Schürrle, Rode, Toprak but they are absolute shrewd in transfers and have great scouting deparment, whose famed ex boss is now at Arsenal. We should really try to emulate their transfer strategy to unlimit our funds. '
You just know that guys like Yarmolenko, Mor and Ginter would have stayed at Arsenal forever eating away wages and losing their value until they transfer away for much less than what they were brought in for, or even leave on a free. We are/were one of the worst clubs in terms of protecting our investments. Chambers is the next case of this. He should've been transferred away on a permanent deal 1 or 2 seasons ago when it became clear he wasn't going to become a starter and guys like Holding were pushing him aside for the backup roles. Instead of a young, english Arsenal reject who might well be good enoug for any midtable team, you now have a CB who not only didn't cut it at Arsenal, but didn't convince at Middlesbrough and Fulham, too. No one's gonna pay close to the 20m Arsenal paid for him.
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