We're splashing the cash Claude. World Cup wallet 100 million war chest. Etc.

0-19.

I would be pretty surprised if we didn't get to £60m. We have a big commercial income increase. We'll spend £10-15m on a RB and backup goalkeeper for sure just for numbers' sake, and then we'll buy another 2-3 players, one of whom will be in the £30m+ range. Nobody else is leaving besides maybe Podolski.

flobaba wrote:

We're splashing the cash Claude. World Cup wallet 100 million war chest. Etc.

Yeah Flobs we lookin good.

We will spend around £50m.

0-19m. Young right back and obscure goalkeeper for around 7-8m combined, then someone like Vela/Kalou/Remy and maybe a Kallstrom type midfielder.

marv3llous wrote:

We will spend around £50m.

been waiting for that pic

reckon we'll spend about 40m. one class player, 2 squaddies

60m +

Cannon wrote:

60m +

Lol! On second thoughts i should have chosen the 3rd option.

Though if you consider that we are signing at-least 4 players and we get even 1 ozil like signing, our spend could reach 60+ mill

marv3llous wrote:

We will spend around £50m.

ha!

invisibleman18 wrote:

0-19m. Young right back and obscure goalkeeper for around 7-8m combined, then someone like Vela/Kalou/Remy and maybe a Kallstrom type midfielder.

this exactly.

I am convinced we are going to spend quite a lot. There will be a splash on either an outright striker or a wide player, and we will certainly buy a right back and a goalkeeper. The fact that we have been looking for a defensive minded midfielder in the last two windows seems to indicate that Wenger feels we need one those as well. If Vermaelen is allowed to leave I reckon we will sign someone roughly at the price his sale will fetch.

This is what I think will happen to the first team squad:
Out - Vermaelen, Miyaichi, Podolski (£20m-£22m)
In - Striker and winger (£40m-£50m), RB (£7m-£12m), CB (£8m-£12m), CM (£15m-£20m), Goalkeeper (£3m-£5m)

Net spend - £53m - £77m

Wenger may not buy that CM though.

I wish I was as optimistic as you lot

We have pretty much worked on a break even scale for years and years, and I reckon that won't change. Difference is that we make more money now.

Yeah, breaking even is what the whole point of our club is. We will always spend what we can.

Sort of the basis of a self-sustaining model.

Cannon wrote:

60m +

60m + £1..

Our big signings will be Fabregas, Morata and Aurier. Podolski will leave. We'll pick up a goalkeeper and a cheap centreback too.