Wow didn't know he was that rich. Makes it even more bizarre that arsenal don't spend that bigOzil? Your owner is worth $10 billion dollars.
If the club decides that this is what is needed to move forward then you have to support to club. 55 employees sacked will be nothing compared to the trouble the rest of the employees will be if Arsenal keep sinking. Ideally I'd want Ozil to leave, or Auba to accept a lesser contract but that isn't going to happen.This is the worst take I’ve read all day. If as a club we can’t take care of our own staff members during a global crisis, who the feck wants to support this management anymore? I don’t care about Partey or no Partey, sacking people is wrong, especially when they have money to line up Joorabchian‘s pockets or when the owner hasn’t invested a penny in the club. We should all be ashamed of the club.
Evidently not.3 million is nothing for club like Arsenal.
Of course it is, it's just that Arsenal management are acting like twats.Evidently not.
The owner is more like a shareholder, he doesn't invest and he doesn't take money out. And from what I've heard he has already contributed by restructuring the long term debt the club owes.Ozil? Your owner is worth $10 billion dollars.
Yet he can't contribute 0.03% of his net worth to prevent these sackings? Why even bother to be involved in the club?The owner is more like a shareholder, he doesn't invest and he doesn't take money out. And from what I've heard he has already contributed by restructuring the long term debt the club owes.
Doubt it - how bad would it look for the club if we let a load of staff go and one of our own players paid their wages instead?Really really poor from Arsenal that. You would really hope we will never stoop that low, but just you know someone like Rashford would step up and pay the salaries out of his own pocket if we did.
You’d hope that some of the players will volunteer a pay cut.
You can bet that kid would offer to.Doubt it - how bad would it look for the club if we let a load of staff go and one of our own players paid their wages instead?
To be fair to us we've been fantastic during the COVID-19 lockdown madness, no forloughing and great community work done (obvious highlight being Rashford)
I hate the Glazers obviously but this is one thing they deserve some credit forYou can bet that kid would offer to.
Really can’t see it coming to that with us though, like you say we’ve handled this whole thing very well so far.
His involvement in the club is minimal. If the club were owned by shareholders would you expect them to forego dividend payouts so that the money could go to employees. It's the middle of a recession caused by a pandemic, the club has to do what it needs to survive. And that doesn't mean spending less on recruitment, that'll just make things worse.Yet he can't contribute 0.03% of his net worth to prevent these sackings? Why even bother to be involved in the club?
He's the sole shareholder and it's not like shares are publicly traded anyhow; you're comparing it to a completely different ownership model.His involvement in the club is minimal. If the club were owned by shareholders would you expect them to forego dividend payouts so that the money could go to employees. It's the middle of a recession caused by a pandemic, the club has to do what it needs to survive. And that doesn't mean spending less on recruitment, that'll just make things worse.
It’s almost as bad as those cnuts who tried to furlough staff in lockdown.So they can sign players like Willian and Coutinho, paying huge wages but can't keep their staff on?
Don't remember saying that wasn't a terrible thing FSG did?It’s almost as bad as those cnuts who tried to furlough staff in lockdown.
Might be wrong but to me it looks like they are getting rid of their scouts as they are no longer needed under their new transfer committee and possibly a few people from their sales team as there’s little they can sell in terms of corporate because of covid. Very much doubt the tea lady or people earning between 25-40k going to be too affectedWhat a scummy club, I imagine the 55 people they let go won't cover 3 months of Willians wages...
Who said I was talking about FSG? No need to be so touchy.Don't remember saying that wasn't a terrible thing FSG did?
I don't think they will. The owners have consistently shown that they are greedy ***** that don't care about the fans, the community or anybody else really.Can’t wait until they back track on this, after massive public backlash.
Who said I was touchy, no need to be so...accusatory?Who said I was talking about FSG? No need to be so touchy.
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I think the Covid situation is being used as a smokescreen to justify these redundancies when in actual fact it's a method to further tighten control over transfers in the agent-led method the club is adopting. I don't think the £2m or £3m the club is saving annually is really conducive to financial security, especially when we're prepared to go out and sign Willian with a reported £10m signing on fee.So what did they do with the money?
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Good post and this makes sense. It's hard to say how this will work out in the long term - personally I'd be a bit leery of over-relying on agents as they will always but their agenda and interests first, but perhaps given the close relationship Sanllehi and Edu can build both parties can benefit. I suppose this has certainly worked well for Wolves; time will tell how things go for Arsenal.I think the Covid situation is being used as a smokescreen to justify these redundancies when in actual fact it's a method to further tighten control over transfers in the agent-led method the club is adopting. I don't think the £2m or £3m the club is saving annually is really conducive to financial security, especially when we're prepared to go out and sign Willian with a reported £10m signing on fee.
I think what's worse is that Mikel Arteta is in the same boat as the players, he was also assured that pay cuts would stop others from losing their job and is now complicit in convincing the players to take them in the first place. If nothing else it really erodes trust amongst everyone at the club. The cynical side of me believes that the players will gloss over this fairly quickly considering how no player every criticises Chelsea or Man City's owners' human right's violations; compared to that this is a small fry level of immorality. However some players, Hector Bellerin in particular, might take a much more grim view of the situation as he was one of the players to help convince the rest of the team this was best for the club.
During the barren years, at the end of an AGM the late Peter Hill-Wood (chairman at the time) said to the fans "Thank you for your interest in our affairs", which as you can imagine didn't go down well at all.Pretty scummy that they said 'your club'. We're all in this together - except the people we let go for Willian and Auba, who'll both be playing the Ozil role in the reserves on monster wages in a few years anyway
I wouldn't just call out Arsenal here - all big businesses are run by scumbagsDuring the barren years, at the end of an AGM the late Peter Hill-Wood (chairman at the time) said to the fans "Thank you for your interest in our affairs", which as you can imagine didn't go down well at all.
Kroenke came in and stopped the AGM from happening altogether which also didn't go down well.
The language used here is clearly a pathetic attempt to compensate for the growing disconnect between board and fans.
He'll be 33 during the last year of that contract, not now.fecking about to sack 55 staff then turn around to give 250k a week to 33 year old obamayang for 3 years
Oh you gooners. Never change.
Absolute disgrace of a club since wenger left. Disgusting.
You think United and other club have 0 reduncies every year?fecking about to sack 55 staff then turn around to give 250k a week to 33 year old obamayang for 3 years
Oh you gooners. Never change.
Absolute disgrace of a club since wenger left. Disgusting.
No we haven’t had any redundancies based on financial loss due to covid. That’s already been well documented. Stop making shite up.You think United and other club have 0 reduncies every year?
Arsenal is just the only club who made it transparent this summer due to Corona.
And it doesn't look like it's a money reason. Of course the club had the money to pay them.
Real Madrid won La Liga because of their defense. Arsenal finished 8th with Luiz as their centre back. One game doesn't reflect the overall performance in a season.I would take Luiz over Varane. At least he know how to beat City after gifting them the win.
Luiz would dominate La liga too just like he did in France. I have no idea what Varane was doing yesterday. Gifted the win to City on his own.Real Madrid won La Liga because of their defense. Arsenal finished 8th with Luiz as their centre back. One game doesn't reflect the overall performance in a season.