Arsenal quickly followed up the sale of Van Persie with that of midfield enforcer Alex Song, and while the Gunners’ fans might be cursing Arsene Wenger with each breath they take, one can’t help but admire the man’s business sense.
Arsenal have made three signings this summer – bringing in two strikers in Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski for roughly 24 million, exactly how much they earned from the sale of 29-year old Robin van Persie, and then brought in a playmaker in Santi Cazorla and recovered the funds by selling Alex Song, thereby ensuring like every year their books are the way they should be – balanced.
While the naysayers will no doubt point to how much Song is truly worth to the Arsenal side, there are a few crucial facts they tend to overlook:
a) Arsenal’s need for a playmaker to replace Cesc Fabregas was much more severe
b) Arsenal have a number of players who can fit into Alex Song’s position – in fact, some would save they have too many.
c) It is better to lose Song to a club outside England than locally.
All in all, some great business by Wenger.
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Yeah right … like his flat wage structure – which proved to be a dreadful mistake and is still taking time to unwind. Anyway he is not there to be a business man. He is there to manage and coach Arsenal to success. Since he lost the last remnants of a team that already knew how to defend and knew how to win matches … ZILCH.
I can not be more agree with you. this is truth, Song was good but not that good, and i blieve he made a big big mistake, he is not fast enough for Barca.
I am confident with this new team we have now we have to give them all over support. Arsenal 4 life
Nonsense
I hate his so-called business acumen. He should be a football manager for God’s sake, not a f*****g money manager.