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Van Poncey?

Wrong answer.

 

Sorry. He's that really good player isn't he? :lol:

I just don't see how you could class him as a failure even if you don't particularly rate him. He only cost about 3 or 4m didn't he? I do rate him however.

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I was, as it happens, having a chat in the pub last night about why no club will (probably..) do in the next ten years what we did in our first season back in the top flight and genuinely take the league by storm playing fantastic football - one of the main reasons (along with CL expansion and money derived from it) was the systematic hoovering up of the best [very] young players these days that wasn't so omnipresent when KK was around. In some ways it's a good thing, and I certainly wouldn't blame Wenger for doing it, but I often think it's a bit of a shame, and Michelle makes a decent point, despite not quite looking at the full picture.

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Van Poncey?

Wrong answer.

 

Sorry. He's that really good player isn't he? :lol:

I just don't see how you could class him as a failure even if you don't particularly rate him. He only cost about 3 or 4m didn't he? I do rate him however.

 

Exactly. He's (imo, obviously) a fantastic player who cost noticibly less than Michael Chopra did this summer.

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Van Poncey?

Wrong answer.

 

Sorry. He's that really good player isn't he? :lol:

I just don't see how you could class him as a failure even if you don't particularly rate him. He only cost about 3 or 4m didn't he? I do rate him however.

 

Exactly. He's (imo, obviously) a fantastic player who cost noticibly less than Michael Chopra did this summer.

 

He's a fantastic player and Winga is an all time genius wasting his time masquarading as a football manager.  :lol:

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Van Persie is an awesome player IMO.

 

Didn't think Sylvain Wilotrd was that bad either, maybe not worth his transfer fee but scored some pretty important goals for the Arse inc. one that won them the league.

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saw this on an arsenal board

http://arsenal-mania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31663

 

WENGER'S SENIOR TRANSFER HISTORY

 

1996-1997

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Patrick Vieira    Milan            £3,500,000  14-08-1996
Nicolas Anelka    Paris St-G.      £500,000    22-02-1997

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Paul Dickov       Man City         £1,000,000  23-08-1996
Eddie McGoldrick  Man City         £300,000    25-10-1996
David Hillier     Portsmouth       £250,000    04-11-1996
Paul Read         Wycombe          £35,000     17-01-1997
Andy Linighan     C Palace         £110,000    22-01-1997
John Hartson      West Ham         £3,300,000  14-02-1997

Net: +£995,000

 

1997-1998

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Matthew Upson     Luton            £2,000,000  10-05-1997
Alex Manninger    Graz AK          £500,000    03-06-1997
Emmanuel Petit    Monaco           £2,500,000  04-06-1997
Gilles Grimandi   Monaco           £2,500,000  04-06-1997
Luis Boa Morte    Sporting Lisbon  £1,750,000  14-06-1997
Alberto Mendez    FC Feucht        £250,000    17-06-1997
Marc Overmars     Ajax             £7,000,000  17-06-1997
Christopher Wreh  Monaco           £300,000    07-08-1997

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Matthew Rose      QPR              £500,000    20-05-1997
Paul Merson       Middlesbro       £4,500,000  07-07-1997
Lee Harper        QPR              £125,000    09-07-1997
Paul Shaw         Millwall         £250,000    15-09-1997
Ian Selley        Fulham           £500,000    17-10-1997

Net: -£10,925,000

 

1998-1999

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
David Grondin     St Etienne       £500,000    19-06-1998
Fredrik Ljungberg Halmstads        £3,000,000  12-09-1998
Jermaine Pennant  Notts Co         £2,000,000  08-01-1999
Nwankwo Kanu      Inter            £4,500,000  15-01-1999
Kaba Diawara      Bordeaux         £2,500,000  29-01-1999

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Ian Wright        West Ham         £500,000    13-07-1998
Isaiah Rankin     Bradford         £1,300,000  13-08-1998
Jamie Day         Bournemouth      £20,000     03-03-1999
William Huck      Bournemouth      £50,000     25-03-1999

Net: -£10,630,000

 

1999-2000

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Oleg Luzhny       Dynamo Kiev      £1,800,000  28-05-1999
Stefan Malz       1860 Munich      £650,000    24-06-1999
Sylvinho          Corinthians      £4,000,000  30-06-1999
Davor Suker       Real Madrid      £500,000    02-08-1999
Thierry Henry     Juventus         £10,500,000 03-08-1999

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Kaba Diawara      Marseille        £3,000,000  01-06-1999
Steve Bould       Sunderland       £500,000    02-07-1999
Jason Crowe       Portsmouth       £1,000,000  07-07-1999
Dave Livermore    Millwall         £30,000     02-08-1999
Nicolas Anelka    Real Madrid      £23,000,000 02-08-1999
Luis Boa Morte    Southampton      £500,000    25-08-1999
Stephen Hughes    Everton          £3,000,000  07-03-2000

Net = +£13,580,000

 

2000-2001

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Lauren            Mallorca         £7,200,000  30-05-2000
Robert Pires      Marseille        £6,000,000  03-07-2000
Sylvain Wiltord   Bordeaux         £13,000,000 26-08-2000
Igor Stepanovs    Skonto Riga      £1,000,000  04-09-2000
Danilevicius      Lausanne Sports  £1,000,000  13-12-2000
Edu               Corinthians      £6,000,000  16-01-2001

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Tommy Black       C Palace         £500,000    01-07-2000
Julian Gray       C Palace         £500,000    01-07-2000
Jay Bothroyd      Coventry         £1,000,000  13-07-2000
Marc Overmars     Barcelona        £25,000,000 28-07-2000
Emmanuel Petit    Barcelona        £5,000,000  28-07-2000
Brian McGovern    Norwich          £50,000     21-08-2000
Rhys Weston       Cardiff          £300,000    17-11-2000
Paolo Vernazza    Watford          £350,000    14-12-2000

Net = -£1,500,000

 

2001-2002

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Francis Jeffers   Everton          £8,000,000  14-06-2001
Van Bronckhorst   Rangers          £8,500,000  19-06-2001
Richard Wright    Ipswich          £6,000,000  05-07-2001
Tavlaridis        Iraklis Salonika £600,000    19-09-2001
Kolo Toure        ASEC Abidjan     £150,000    14-02-2002

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Stefan Malz       Kaiserslautern   £580,000    24-06-2001
Guy Demel         B. Dortmund      £194,000    25-07-2001
Sylvinho          Celta Vigo       £3,500,000  31-08-2001

Net = -£18,976,000

 

2002-2003

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Pascal Cygan      Lille            £2,100,000  11-07-2002
Gilberto Silva    Atl. Mineiro     £4,500,000  07-08-2002

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Alex Manninger    Espanyol         £960,000    04-07-2002
Richard Wright    Everton          £3,500,000  24-07-2002
Matthew Upson     Birmingham       £1,000,000# 22-01-2003

Net = -£1,140,000

 

2003-2004

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Philippe Senderos Servette         £2,500,000  01-07-2003
Jens Lehmann      B. Dortmund      £1,000,000  26-07-2003
Gael Clichy       Cannes           £250,000    04-08-2003
Jose Reyes        Seville          £10,500,000^28-01-2004

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Jerome Thomas     Charlton         £100,000    02-02-2004

Net = -£14,150,000

 

2004-2005

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Robin Van Persie  Feyenoord        £2,750,000  16-05-2004
Arturo Lupoli     Parma            £200,000    01-07-2004
Manuel Almunia    Celta Vigo       £1,500,000  14-07-2004
Mathieu Flamini   Marseille        £270,000    23-07-2004
Emmanuel Eboue    Beveren          £1,500,000  09-01-2005

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Francis Jeffers   Charlton         £2,600,000  10-08-2004

Net = -£3,620,000

 

2005-2006

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Aleksandr Hleb    VfB Stuttgart    £10,000,000 12-07-2005
Vassiriki Diaby   Auxerre          £2,000,000  13-01-2006
Emmanuel Adebayor Monaco           £3,000,000  13-01-2006
Theo Walcott      Southampton      £5,000,000* 20-01-2006

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Jermaine Pennant  Birmingham       £3,000,000% 01-07-2005
Patrick Vieira    Juventus         £13,700,000 15-07-2005
Owusu-Abeyie      Spartak Moscow   £1,450,000  31-01-2006

Net = -£1,850,000

 

2006-2007

 

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Tomas Rosicky     B. Dortmund      £6,800,000  23-05-2006
Alexandre Song    Bastia           £1,000,000  01-08-2006
William Gallas    Chelsea          Swap        31-08-2006
Denilson          Sao Paulo        £3,400,000  31-08-2006

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Pascal Cygan      Villarreal       £2,000,000  31-08-2006
Ashley Cole       Chelsea          £5,000,000+ 31-08-2006
Anthony Stokes    Sunderland       £2,000,000  08-01-2007
Lauren            Portsmouth       £500,000    18-01-2007
Sebastian Larsson Birmingham       £1,000,000  31-01-2007

Net = +£700,000

 

2007-2008

PLAYER            FROM             FEE         DATE
Lukasz Fabianski  Legia Warsaw     £2,000,000  26-05-2007
Havard Nordtveit  FK Haugesund     £500,000**  03-07-2007
Eduardo da Silva  Dinamo Zagreb    £8,000,000  03-07-2007
Bacary Sagna      Auxerre          £6,100,000@ 12-07-2007
Lassana Diarra    Chelsea          £2,000,000  31-08-2007

PLAYER            TO               FEE         DATE
Fabrice Muamba    Birmingham       £2,000,000$ 14-05-2007
Jeremie Aliadiere Middlesbro       £2,000,000  19-06-2007
Thierry Henry     Barcelona        £16,100,000 25-06-2007
Fredrik Ljungberg West Ham         £2,000,000! 23-07-2007
Jose Reyes        Atletico Madrid  £8,100,000  30-07-2007

Net = +£11,600,000

 

 

Notes:

#Upson to Birmingham was £1m rising to a possible 3m AND a sell-on clause of 25% of any fee in excess of £2.5 million.

^Reyes from Sevilla was £10.5m rising to a possible £17m, but sold before it could rise above £12m.

%Pennant's deal also included a sell-on clause of 25% of any fee.

*Walcott from Southampton was £5m rising to a possible £12m.

+Cole's deal was £5m + William Gallas.

$Muamba to Birmingham  was initially £2m and could rise to £4m.

**Nordtveit from Haugesund was initially £500k and could rise to £2m after 40 first team appearances.

@Sagna from Auxerre was initially £6.1m and could rise to £7.45m.

!Ljungberg to West Ham was initially £2m and could rise to £3m.

 

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Guest johnnyappleseed

well i'm guessing + and - are used in the sense that for each transfer period he either added money (+) to the arsenal bank account or took money out (-). this summer he added 11.6m so i don't see what's wrong with saying +11.6m.

 

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