Players like Carl Jenkinson are on £60k a week. Wenger's egalitarian wage structure has completely fucked them. Poor players on big wages who they can't shift and no CL to compensate is an awful combination.Its a combo of things probably. Arsenal playing billy big boots paying top 4 wages when not in CL to attract players like boomerang. Kroenke wanting to run a profit on a year by year basis, so no deep dipping one year compared to another. Shrinkage of the arsenal fanbase as the plastic fans leave. Revenue dropping by 20%. Sponsorships arnt as big financially. Being a financially responsible club has chopped off their excesses at the knees. Did i mention no champions league?
Their stadium was built 12 years ago, by now they ought to be rolling in cash. If we're only going to be allowed to spend £45m in the summer of 2030 then there's going to be massive problems.
I bet a lot of players are going to be thinking about running down their contracts now.
This is the baffling thing.I wouldn’t blame them if they see him getting paid that much. Do Juventus even need to pay him that much to get him.
That has to be one of the worst contracts I've ever seen in any sport. It's even worse than the 10 year $275M contract the Yankees handed a declining 33 year old Alex Rodriguez. At least he was an actual all time great at one point.