Kay-Dee:
Mumu Wenger and other board members are indirectly admitting that Champs league qualification (Wenger's trophy) is no longer a sure banker.

coded guy:

Did the players impose their wage bill on the club or was it negotiated. I just think what is being disseminated as being the reason to cut wage bill is wrong and puts the players on the edge. It also makes the players look bad and guilty when we all know that policies of the club has also contributed to the lack luster attitude and performance of the team. It is unfair for a supposedly top club to buy Gervinho and expect him to perform like Roberto Baggio.

Why not just negotiate the wage bill and the clause would be that no bonuses if you don't qualify for CL instead of reducing my already negotiated wage.

So what percentage will they negotiate the reduction to be if they fail to qualify for the CL?

And Debo, the reason they gave for this reduction is the fear of not qualify for the CL.

4llerbuntu:
How come its when the club supposedly is about to start making more money yada yada yada, that somebody remembered to renegotiate contracts for lower wages outside CL?

All these years that they were spending 7 million per season and there was no indication the squad was any good they did not know this, but now when the money is about rolling in?

These things just makes me smile, the board themselves have looked at the team and concluded that it cannot make it into the CL, THAT is the reason why this idea got mooted. End Of.

coogar: 4llerbuntu is a sensationalist.....
he's a prophet of doom and he would churn out every negative thing he reads about arsenal just to prove "i told you so". arsenal would make the champions league - their rivals have not made any significant stride to even make arsenal tremble!

when the natural order is restored, west brom and spurs would go back to their normal positions. it's going to be a long hard winter - the big teams know how to storm through it whilst the mid-table teams would fall apart when push becomes a shove!

debosky:
Utter nonsense - you have no shred of proof to back up this assertion. Arsenal is a mere 5/6 points outside the CL spots - how far away were we at this point last season? You have simply made up your mind to believe whatever rubbish gets printed about Arsenal without attempting some form of rational analysis. Good luck to you.

Kay-Dee:


This contract move has every element of resignation to the possibility of Thursday night football. No serious player will sign a deal with this sort of nonsensical clause in it.
It's like trying to employ top professionals to your company and you tell them that part of their salary will be based on 'if the company makes profit', why would they sign for you when your competitors don't have any such stringent rules.
We only managed to clinch a spot for UCL qualification last season and we're not better off this season (so far).

Kay-Dee:

This contract move has every element of resignation to the possibility of Thursday night football. No serious player will sign a deal with this sort of nonsensical clause in it.

It's like trying to employ top professionals to your company and you tell them that part of their salary will be based on 'if the company makes profit', why would they sign for you when your competitors don't have any such stringent rules.

We only managed to clinch a spot for UCL qualification last season and we're not better off this season (so far).

El Guapo: Maid in France: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, as drawn by Husbands, dusting the Gunners' empty trophy cabinets

debosky:
Dunno where you work, but companies all over the world only get the bonus part of their wages if the company's performance meets pre-determined levels. There is nothing surprising here in the least.

debosky:
Only 'managed' to come 3rd in the EPL, only below the two of the highest wage spenders in the league - I wonder what the others were doing when we 'only managed' this? I'm sure Newcastle, Spurs, Liverpool and others would've loved to 'managed' to clinch a UCL spot.

Heck while we are at it, Man City only 'managed' to win the title, Chelski only 'managed' to win the UCL. If y'all want to believe the worst about your club, feel free to do so.

coogar:

it's better to lose than draw.....
drawing a game allows complacency to creep in. if arsenal had lost tonight, the vitriol from the fans and the media would ginger the players to try harder. when you draw games - mistakes are not corrected because the mentality is the same as what you are doing here....."at all at all na im bad pass"

4llerbuntu: Buhahahahaha
4llerbuntu is a sensationalist, he is a doomsdayer, he is plastic, he is this or that.


Lmao.
Abeg, after 6small stout and some red wine i couldnt care less.
Hehehehehehehe. This is amusing..................
And they say chelsea is bad........ Hmmnnnn.....

mukina2:
matches we should win, we dey lose/draw
see useless spuds dey win dey go
ruined my weekend