norrisman:

I had some spare time on my hands and in light of the current spending spree by premiership clubs; I put together the cost of the current Arsenal first team.

Szczesny - Trainee
Sagna - £7.5 million
Djourou - Trainee
Koscielny - £8.5 million
Clichy - Undisclosed
Walcott - £5 million
Song - £1 million
Wilshere - Trainee
Fabregas - Trainee
Nasri - £12.5 million
V. Persie - £2.75 million

The total amount for players we have figures for is £37.25. There are 4 players on Arsenal’s books who joined as trainees of which nominal fees of less than £0.5 million each will have been paid for 3 of them i.e. Fabregas, Djourou and Szczesny who joined from other clubs. Wilshere started with the Arsenal so no fee applies in his case. Clichy was signed for an undisclosed amount and I’ll use a ball park figure and assume he was signed for £2.5 million in 2003. I doubt the figure will be this high considering the fact that V.Persie was signed for £2.75 million in 2004 (1 season left on his contract at Feyernoord) and Alex Song was signed for £1 million in 2006.

This brings the total value of current first team players to £41.25 million. This is £10 million less than Chelsea paid for Torres and the entire team cost only £6 million more than Andy Carroll. In fact Cristiano Ronaldo is worth 2 Arsenal first teams.

My conclusion to this is either one of 2 things; Football has gone crazy or Arsene Wenger is a magician.

ritchboy:

I was using the data available to me at the time(updating my FPL team)

That was the same reason i thunk Bale had 3 assists cos that's what it says in FPL.

Didn't you see the part i said this:

ritchboy:

Why would i assume you were talking about the league alone? Is the league the only competition Nani has played in?

You said Nani has double Bale + Malouda + Nasri assists THIS SEASON which is FALSE. Simples!

HNIC:

If you were asked on your opinion about Everton's goal, just because it was Arsenal playing, I bet you will say Saha's goal was legit!

ritchboy:

This was your original comment which is still fallacious cos you didnt mention you were talking about the league alone.

Double N:

Garry Baba has finally called it quits! Thanks for the one Champions League triumph, eight Premier League titles, three FA Cup victories, two League Cups, the Intercontinental Cup and the Fifa World Club Cup.

* Premier League (: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2008–09
* FA Cup (3): 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
* Football League Cup (2): 2005–06, 2009–10
* FA Community Shield (3): 1996, 1997, 2008
* UEFA Champions League (1): 1998–99
* Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999
* FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008

ritchboy:

Hmmm, just checked the stats page and Bale is only credited with one assist there. . . funny cos he has 3 assists in FPL!

ritchboy:

This man don come again. . . Bale + Nasri + Malouda have 8 assists between them in the league alone. Nani doesnt have up to double their figures. . . stop yarning dust! Are you aware Arshavin has over 13 assists this season?

Do you by any chance refer to your pot-bellied friends as "sports journos"?
As for all United players being underrated. . . 

debosky:

^^ So because of one cross he should remain in footbball?

I'm sure Zola can still play a mean cross if he tries, does that mean Chelski should re-sign him?

HNIC:

The Neviller retires
Like the saying goes 'If you don't leave football, football will leave you'
He should have retired 3 years ago!

duduspace:

Aaawh, was something stuffed up your rectum while yu were away and yu feel the need to retaliate? sorry my rectum aint available, yu can try DK's.

Mr_TA:

Totally agree, he was also under appreciated. Hope England are enjoying Glen Johnson's displays at RB.

Legend.

duduspace:

Utter pomposity and blowing of hot air, have yu lectured yurself first?
lest I forget welcome back, shld I play yu some Mase?

Mr_TA:

Err. This is the Manchester united fans thread,


Important news. Gary Neville has retired effective immediately.

Fantastic news, shame he soiled the latter part of his career with some awful performances. He was a fantastic rightback for well over a decade for club and country and he hated the scousers. Much respect to him.

dayokanu:

I thought dudu said the era of spending is over and Assanal would catch up with others now, WenGAY is admitting it wont happen anytime soon and their trophylessness continues

debosky:

^^ Cos the media is full of twats. . . .instead of focusing on the sublime pass for Arshavin's goal, they are talking about swearing from comments from Moyes? Really? Moyes who invented swearing and cussing out?

The press need to write something negative about Arsenal - since we didn't lose, they pick something else.

debosky:

Make that negligible top level experience.

debosky:

Koscielny had no top level experience, so AW inserted the clause to provide assurance that he wasn't buying a dud. Two different issues, same solution Mr Cougar.

debosky:

Because TW14 had a similar clause in his contract. . . .it's sort of a guarantee against getting a player with dodgy knees which doesn't get discovered till mid season.

Playing 10 games is no biggie - even the perennially injured Diaby manages that.

debosky:

^^ We're talking about 50+ games here and not just 10-15.

debosky:

^^ Suit yourself. . . .the TOTAL when add ons are included comes to a bit over £8m, and is dependent on competing x number of games for Arsenal and for the French national team before kicking in to that figure.

debosky:

I don't have the links any more, but I have it on reliable authority that he did NOT cost £10m and actually cost less than half of that.

There are some add ons involved, but nothing close to £10m. AW placated Lorient by sending them Coquelin on loan as a sweetener for the deal.

Let's leave it at that.

debosky:

^^ Dunno why.

Even the press want Wenger to spend so any dime that gets spent is blown out of proportion.

debosky:

^^ Forget that nonsense - LK didn't cost more than £4m.

The press always tend to over estimate the cost of Arsenal transfers - I remember them quoting Diarra as costing £5m when he cost £2m in reality.

debosky:

Koscielny cost £3.8m. . . .don't believe the stories.

mbulela:

There is nothing like the bold part in the EPL.

StarBoard:

Don't know why you keep getting aggressive when anybody differs with your opinion.
4million,10 million,whatever million,the fact is that he is not worth the hype and all the noise you're making about him.Just an average/decent player rejected from Scotland whose loud-mouth manager keeps trumpeting up just because Liverpool was interested.
I got better things to do than engage you,abeg.Kindly desist from such inflamatory remark.You're not the only one entitled to an opinion.