“I’ll show them…” (Getty)
With simply two free transfers this summer and a loss to Aston Villa to start the season, Arsenal’s board and supervisor were the targets of concern from fans and the constant butt of much more jokes than common from rivals. They stated they had a large cash reserve ready to be spent, however Arsene Wenger wasn’t spending it. Any of it. Why not? Well, it turns out he is both a masochist and/or a bit of a procrastinator as he ended up obliterating each their switch and wage document on the ultimate day of the window to land 24-12 months-outdated midfielder Mesut Ozil from Actual Madrid for £forty two.5 million with the participant getting a 5-year deal worth £one hundred forty,000 a week. This makes Ozil the most costly German player in historical past.
Just like that, low cost, outdated, unambitious Arsene Wenger blows away Arsenal’s largest payouts — together with those for Sylvain Wiltord in 2000, Jose Antonio Reyes in 2004, Andrei Arshavin in 2009 and Santi Cazorla last summer — none of which have by no means topped £18 million. He additionally went a step additional by topping the club information for Man United, Man City (£30 million for Dimitar Berbatov and £35 million for Kun Aguero, respectively) and every other Premier League club besides Chelsea (who would like to neglect they paid £50 million for Fernando Torres). “Spend, spend, spend,” followers demanded and, on his own terms, on the best deal, he did so in a manner that makes them choke on their lack of religion.
In addition to Ozil, Arsenal have additionally brought in Italian goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano on mortgage. And through this deadline day exercise, Wenger (and the Arsenal board) proves that his cussed refusal to take part in the monetary orgy that’s fashionable transfer business is a rule he’s willing to break for a very good deal. And he found arguably the best deal of the summer. He could have used one other striker too, but there’s at all times January deadline day for that.
So in a span of forty eight hours, Wenger shuts up his critics on almost all fronts by beating Spurs within the north London derby, spending a club report on a single switch and bringing in Mesut Ozil, making Real Madrid followers beg for him to remain at the unveiling of world report switch Gareth Bale. Now all Wenger has to do is finish that pesky trophy drought and he can be demanding animal sacrifices to atone for the sins of doubt perpetrated by the inferior lots.
Arsenal shut critics up, pay club record transfer fee for Mesut Ozil
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