The connection is blindingly obvious. Citing comps is literally the starting point of virtually every financial negotiation.
ManUtd always had higher wage bill than Arsenal, winning PL/CL or not. I mean wage bills are usually topped by bigger clubs in any list. So what's so surprising that player in Arsenal is paid less than ManUtd player who they thought was very good player based on his performance for Dortmund.
Who said it's surprising that Saka's paid less?
And I said why it's obvious why Sancho is paid more.
Who are you arguing with?
Sancho is a young, highly rated, England international playing at a top PL team - just like Saka. They are comparable. When Saka's agent negotiates a new contract, he will point to comparable players to try and make sure he gets his client compensated at market rates. This occurs in literally every contract negotiation.
We all know United have been mismanaged by the Glazers and Ed Woodward in recent times. Thank God one has left already and the others shortly following. Work has already began to put right the multitude of mistakes they have made.
The person i replied to?
Too much sand tbh, too many pissy Arse fans for some odd reason, maybe Twitter bunch who follows some random accounts and some rivalry that we are not aware of.
Exactly. Or use Rashford who is much more comparable for the reasons you suggest.
Its very weird.
You're literally having an argument with yourself, mate. I wasn't saying that, as far as I can see, no one was saying that.The person i replied to?
Big club pays big money, small clubs pay small wages. Whats the big deal in that. "OMG look at us paying less wages than Sancho"
I didn't say you said that, I said Arse fans are pissy about Sancho for some weird reason and brings his name in random threads, out of nowhere "Sancho is paid 350K" nonsense.
Not gonna lie, to me it seems like a fairly obvious comparison when the topic is Saka’s contract extension. Pretty sure Sancho isn’t the only one either. Foden is supposedly on £225k, Grealish £300k, Sterling £325k. I know the experience and context varies between all of these players but Saka is currently out performing all of these players, it would be a pretty good deal for Arsenal if he agrees to £200-250k considering what other clubs are paying their players in similar positions.
It's not only on this instance, i have seen in multiple threads now and by Arsenal fans.
You’re not wrong re; wage bill. I’m just saying, at least in this specific scenario bringing Sancho into the discussion isn’t unreasonable when they’re discussing Saka’s contract.
You’re just as bad yourself tbh
Apologies, I’d much rather chat football than silly back and forths that waste time and achieve nothing.
I think, and hope, you win the league this season.
He's a big loss. He can cover the entire back line. Reuell Walters may well make his debut this season.
It really comes down to the intention of the Kroenkes and if the drop in revenue and current status is enough to scare them into really wanting to invest to bring Arsenal back into really challenging for trophies. I'm very pessimistic on whether they have the right intent to really do what is required to bring the club back into league contention but with the success of Arteta and Edu so far (definitely exceeding what I expected), I'm happy to be wrong there about backing, even though I still dislike Kroenke as a person very much.
He has been so poor the hole season.
To be fair to the Kroenkes their investment record since they too full ownership (2018) is pretty good. And the LA Rams recently won the Super Bowl (interestingly, also with a very young Coach).
Our spending has definitely gone up since Josh got more involved. He seems more invested in the club's success than Stan was so I'm a little more optimistic on that front
Things do change quickly. Not a chance in hell would anyone have picked us to finish ahead of Liverpool this season. I think we are 27 points ahead of them, which is insane, for a turn around over just 2 months summer break.
This is definitely true and I think that this pinch point will come as soon as this summer.
From what I could see online, Rashford seems to be on £250k/week currently. And some reports say his new contract will be about £400k/week, but can't always believe those.
What a difference a season makes, eh? Last season Tomi was one of our best players. This season, he's been in and out of the squad due to injury and has struggled to find form. Now he's out for the season. Get well soon!
Surely Arsenal gaining CL football money will help? You're only a point away from guaranteeing it (I heard a commentator say that on the weekend) and that should prop up the funds a bit. You've also got a big stadium with high attendance revenue (I think your ticket prices are the highest in London?).
That’s really interesting. Thanks for posting such detail.
Tierney's great, but think of it like how Pep went out and got Emerson because of his ability to pass the ball with his feet. Arteta apparently wants a different type of fullback to Tierney. Tierney can't play the way Zinchenko does. He's a typical full back, whereas Zinchenko cuts inside and plays like an additional midfielder.
Where do you think Tierney would thrive?
Newcastle, unfortunately. I can imagine that move working out for all parties involved.
And yeah, the Pepe deal is definitely one where we should cut our losses. He’s a really good inside forward in a counter attacking team. Whereas we play with wingers who keep their width within a system where we generally dominate possession. It’s just a total mismatch.
Yep, I think so. Even if this is a season where everything has clicked and we’re not able to recapture the dynamic again, I think we’ll have taken a step forward as a club. Our squad is young and we can fill in the holes in the summer, so I’m fairly confident we can cement ourselves as CL regulars once again.
Pepe is doing fine in France. Has 6 goals and Nice are 7th. I don't think he suits our high pressing/energy style and Arteta made his mind up on him pretty quickly. Player seems happier there too. I think he'll be gone in the summer.
It’s a bit of a problem, really. The only way you can keep someone of Tierney’s quality with the number of minutes we give him is to reach City levels of success. They managed to keep Zinchenko for five years because he was drowning in medals.
I think it is almost irrelevant what Sancho is on when it comes to Saka's contract. We massively overpaid for Sancho, he's on massively inflated wages, and we are a massively larger club than Arsenal. Saka is better, or at least more effective in the PL, but he still plays for a smaller club with a more sensible wage structure. It's also largely beside the point what Grealish gets at Man City, but if Saka's agents wanted to look at what Grealish got at Villa, that would be relevant. James Ward-Prowse would also be relevant. Perisic at Spurs, relevant. Vastly overpaid player at vastly larger club, not relevant. What players get at City is not only irrelevant but impossible to know due to their shady ways, as well as their bottomless well of cash.
