Vinai Venkatesham, Chief Executive

[Angelito]

If we had the money/spent it, we'd have won the Prem in 07/08, 10/11, 13/14, and 15/16 in all likelihood.

All of sudden it looks mighty impressive with 7 league titles.

Oh Wenger..

[theHotHead]

Yes There were times Wenger was tight as f**k and didn't spend, but overall if you look at how much he spent and the wages, he bought the wrong players, he did spend money

So for me it wasnt that he didn't spend the money, he made bad purchases.

[Angelito]

Yes There were times Wenger was tight as f**k and didn't spend, but overall if you look at how much he spent and the wages, he bought the wrong players, he did spend money

So for me it wasnt that he didn't spend the money, he made bad purchases.

Wenger's only ever spent £30m+ on three players.

Xhaka and Mustafi are rumored to be Gazidiz's signings. And Mislintat pushed for the signings of Auba and Mkhi.

[theHotHead]

I hear you Angelito. But lets look at Man City, how many times have they spent £30m+? Im not at a computer to work it out but I don't imagine it is miles more times than us. And had Wenger not bought 2 mediocre £15m players he could've bought 1 good £30m player and it is this that is my problem with Wenger, it was spending decent money on mediocrity!

[LMAO]

City has officially (i.e., not accounting for inflation) spent more than £30MM on 15 players. It's 31 players if we lower the threshold to £20MM.

In comparison, we're only at 6 players £30MM+ and 8 players £20MM+.

The difference between the two clubs is we have to be smart with our purchases because we don't have that Abu Dhabi oil money to bail us out if a player flops.

It's not that we're a poor club; it's simply the difference between someone who's rich and someone who has fvck you money.

[Phil71]

City has officially (i.e., not accounting for inflation) spent more than £30MM on 15 players. It's 31 players if we lower the threshold to £20MM.

In comparison, we're only at 6 players £30MM+ and 8 players £20MM+.

The difference between the two clubs is we have to be smart with our purchases because we don't have that Abu Dhabi oil money to bail us out if a player flops.

It's not that we're a poor club; it's simply the difference between someone who's rich and someone who has fvck you money.

Yep.

If they sign someone for silly money they can afford to just ship them out on loan or whatever if they don’t immediately work out (like Mangala - bought for £44m).

We have to make sure we get it right, and if our big signings don’t make an immediate impact we have to work with them. Man City just chuck them out and get another one.

[UFGN]

If oil money is so good for City, why aren't Aberdeen the biggest club in Europe

[Angelito]

[theHotHead]

I still think the purchases Wenger made since we last won the title have been mostly suspect, not that he has not spent the money.

[Arsenal Tone]

Think about the CBs that came and went. Gallas, vermaelen, gabriel and co.

Then remember kompany went to city for 5m when he wanted to join us!

[Santi]

Are u stuck in 2008 or wot m8


Samba and Kompany CB pairing amirite

[Angelito]

Stan Kroenke 'hugely ambitious' at Arsenal, says managing director Vinai Venkatesham

Arsenal's managing director Vinai Venkatesham has outlined Stan Kroenke's ownership model and given clarity to fans about their aims for the club.

In August 2018, Stan Kroenke's bid to buy outright ownership of Arsenal was accepted, maintaining at the time that private ownership would allow the club to develop at a faster rate compared to their competitors in the Premier League, with the club valued at £1.8bn.

The move was met with criticism from some Arsenal fans, as with the move to sole ownership, annual general meetings were brought to a close.

However, Venkatesham insists the owners have the ambition to win the Premier League and Champions League.

"Stan and Josh Kroenke are in sport because they're passionate about sport and because they want to win," he told the club's official website.

"So when I talk about the strategy around making our fans all across the world proud of their football club and competing to win the Premier League and the Champions League, that doesn't come from Raul and that doesn't come from me. That comes from our owners.

"They're hugely ambitious around where they want to take this football club and they remind us of that all the time. They're massively involved."

Kroenke has also received backlash for a lack of investment in Arsenal when compared to his other sporting ventures.

It was revealed this year that the multi-billionaire had not spent a penny of his own money on the club, while $1.6bn of his own cash has been put towards LA Rams' new NFL stadium; which is due to open in 2020.

But Arsenal's managing director maintained Kroenke's commitment to the Premier League club.

He added: "It's well-known that they have an American Football team, an NBA team, an NHL team, an MLS team and a lacrosse team, so they know sport and they're really, really passionate about Arsenal."

It's set to be an important transfer window for the Gunners who have been linked with the likes of David Neres, Nicholas Pepe and Ryan Fraser while Aaron Ramsey, Petr Cech and Danny Welbeck are already confirmed to be departing north London.

Venkatesham assured fans that any money generated by the club itself will be reinvested straight back into club development, in compliance with Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations.

"They know we're not going to go from where we are at the moment to delivering our ambition overnight, and they know that there's going to be a whole load of work along the way to get there," Venkatesham said.

"Stan and Josh and their direction is quite simple: every single penny that we generate as a football club is available for us to invest against achieving that ambition, and that is the maximum that we can ask from our owners because that is the maximum allowed through the financial fair play rule."

[Jase89]

Fair enough, but we shall see

[Ach]

Arsenal managing director Vinai Venkatesham says the club are unlikely to be busy in the January transfer window after their extensive recruitment over the summer. (Standard)

[Callum]

Arsenal managing director Vinai Venkatesham says the club are unlikely to be busy in the January transfer window after their extensive recruitment over the summer. (Standard)

That's fair. I think we're fine for numbers as long we don't have a serious injury crisis.