Luis Suárez

[dom9]

If you can come up with a better way to keep our best players then you are indeed a genius because no club that don't play in the CL have so far succeed to keep their best players without paying them crazy money.

Not a single club.

We can't expect the players to stay if we don't pay them what they are worth, can we?

So how do we solve the wages bit if we want to keep our best players?

Welcome to planet earth, Arn.

[dom9]

Oh, and Spurs did it, with Redknapp in charge.

[ChesterDave]

If you include bonuses from our sponsors then the group stages is IMO worth much more than that. How much more would we get from SC for example?

I wild guess would be closer to £40m. Say £10m extra from our sponsors and the rest from UEFA, tickets etc.

No. Just no. Nothing more than no. Simply no.

Well actually you are right, it is a wild guess. It is also an inaccurate guess.

http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/finance/news/newsid=1845591.html

2012-13 figures.

According to UEFA themselves 2012-13 would see a team earn 14.6m euro for participating in and winning all 6 groups games. Whats that - £13m?

For ticket sales, 3 home sell outs at £50 a ticket will push that up to about £20,000,000. If we got £1,000,000 a pop for TV that's £26,000,000

Our sponsors are not plugging anywhere near that gap to make it anywhere near £40,000,000 for being in the group stages

[Kenneth]

If you can come up with a better way to keep our best players then you are indeed a genius because no club that don't play in the CL have so far succeed to keep their best players without paying them crazy money.

Not a single club.

We can't expect the players to stay if we don't pay them what they are worth, can we?

So how do we solve the wages bit if we want to keep our best players?

We should stop spending £20m a year on the woman's team for a start.

[Arn]

Oh, and Spurs did it, with Redknapp in charge.

They had one great player back then, Modric, and he was sold the following summer when they missed out on the CL.

If they want to keep Bale then IMO they must offer him a new deal worth close to £200k a week.

[dom9]

They had one great player back then, Modric, and he was sold the following summer when they missed out on the CL.

If they want to keep Bale then IMO they must offer him a new deal worth close to £200k a week.

And we've had several players at least as good.

And Spurs are most probably happy to take the money for Bale as they did with Modric.

[Kenneth]

Or just not sell him.

[dom9]

Or just not sell him.

Indeed.

Anyway, Arn, you're a lovely chap, but we're coming to the end of the record, so I bid you farewell.

[danperkins]

[Tee]

[kingfunk]

Getting a little pissed of with Suarez now. And thinking if we spend the money wisely we may even have a better team.

[Vermilion]

I think Arsenal intend/ed to spend around 80mill on two maybe 3 players, Suarez being one.

[kop-al-74]

Because we may be contractually obligated to do so.

Yea I get that but if Arsenal don't pay what we want then it's all pointless.

[spud_gun]

I think Arsenal intend/ed to spend around 80mill on two maybe 3 players, Suarez being one.

He will not be joning Arsenal.

He will leave us but it won't be to Arsenal.

Arsenal are being played her by Suarez and his agent. Fairly sure Madrid will be his final destination.

[spud_gun]

Getting a little pissed of with Suarez now. And thinking if we spend the money wisely we may even have a better team.

We should by Carroll, Henderson, Adam and Downing with the Suarez money