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No chance he'd go back.

More compo to pay if they bin him.

More pacing from the Manchester red Gaffa no leadership or instructions. Just emptiness.

Might get his P45 at half time.

Anorim pacing up and down, looking perplexed.

It's a proper shit off this mind.

Var desperate to rule this out.

As I know your aware that world seems to have very little relevance nowadays.

From an emotional point of view maybe? From a business point of view why would I incur a hefty cost to dispose of an asset?

Would be nice if we could move this Nunez chat elsewhere.

As our owners are aware, generally the team with the most money wins, so if we want to win we need the most money. Arsenal is a decent yard stick because they are like the middle of the big 6 finance wise. And personally I'm talking about being successful consistently not on a on off basis.

They aren't even comparable. Ratface had invested more in a year than Ashley did in 12 years.

Total revenue is the only relevant metric.

Using the Deloitte figures I've checked our gap to Arsenal. 2022 the gap was 196.5m euro. 2025 the gal is 344.7m euro. Now I understand these figures are cherry picked I just wanted a quick dirty point of reference. The takeaway is, despite our revenue growing aggressively the gap has almost doubled. This is what we are up against.

It's very difficult to predict so far out with so many unknowns, sure we might we also might not. In order to maintain the gap they do not need to grow revenue at that rate though and of course such a gap gives them a nice buffer. What is important is obviously closing the revenue gap rate of growth isn't so important the raw numbers are and the difference between them.

Worth a listen for those interested.

Again as has been said repeatedly the % increase is totally irrelevant. What matters is the gap which is increasing.

Why do you think the rules will be significantly relaxed?

Iirc as soon as the takeover went through they put a block on all sponsorship deals pending urgent review of the rules.

We could and should have done a lot more in both player trading as well as having badi commercial deals for training ground kit and stadium. Look we either want to compete or we don't. But being slow and taking half measures railroad you in to the not competing by default. We need to leverage the full power of the state of Saudi as PSG have with Qatar and as city have with the UAE.

Fuckin hell. That's absolutely mad. It's so frustrating, we really need PIF to invest in us as we are miles behind. If we aren't closing the gap we are falling back into the pack.

Haven't seen arsenal's number but is that correct? Depressing yet predictable if so.

The fact market value can be judged by the league and be brought down is ridiculous. Basically the Premier league will decide the rate at which you can close the gap.