Cruisio
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blaze_of_glory said:Crusio: Ok so you are saying that if Wenger is unwilling to pay Shalke's valuation for Draxler then he should be going after someone else?
If that's the case then I see where you are coming from, as I also think we need an attacker. But I think its clear that Wenger only pays for players he think will improve the team (but won't overpay as we've established). So it then becomes a question of whether there is anyone available that would fit that requirement at a price Wenger is willing to pay.
Its kind of hard to see who that would be right now, at least for me. Theres just not many players who would actually improve Arsenal available in the middle of the season at a price that would be worth paying. Kallstrom is a loan so its not really an investment from the club i.e. not much cost there.
I do think Wenger is perhaps too stubborn in his valuation of players, but its got him this far and he usually ends up being justified in his decisions I'd say. There are many players that people have cried out for him to sign who, once they joined other teams, were shown to be pretty underwhelming.But then there are guys like Higuain who I think in hindsight it would have been worth spending on.
Basically I'd love for us to sign a forward but I just understand Wenger's reasoning for not doing so with the players linked to us this window. However I really do think we need to go all out in the summer. Much more likely to have success there as teams are much more willing to sell than in January.
Basically this.
There's no way in hell that a man of his experience and know how can't find a player who would improve our forward line. No matter who it is you'll have to pay over the odds (for the reasons I stated earlier) but it doesn't have to be in the 30m region, you may be forced to over pay for a player but in a far lower pay bracket than that.
Every player we've been linked with today has been in a loan, we know we have the money so why not bring in someone who he feels could make a difference now in the 15m region? They're out there and he's the man to find them and to be this close to the title to seemingly be happy with what he's got smacks of craziness