NOW IT'S KLAASENAL

This worries me quite a bit - I've grown up only knowing Arsenal as a club where players came and saw out their careers, and now because of this stadium, we have to buy young and sell them on before they reach their peak. We're pretty much becoming the English Ajax here.

Would be a great buy and just the person to partner rvp

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is not good for aresnal he will more suit at manchester.united cos likes of team work with (rooney,ronaldo,tevez) man u go 4 ur men and alxe this can be the team with rooney or Klaas-Jan Huntelaar or tevez Mamz @ East London!!!

come to Arsenal and keep your free scoring role, where you can partner up with Van Persie

Anyone with half a brain can see that this is tghe correct model to follow. Let Chelsea spend £100m every summer. we will focus on bringing on the youngsters, waiting for their egos to get out of kilter with their performance and sell them on to numpty clubs like Barcelona and Real. Look at the facts. £21m for Anelka, £20m for Overmars, £12m for Vieira, £16m for Henry. None of them delivered for their new clubs.

Martin, THE ENGLISH AJAX??? You having a laugh mate. Ajax turn kids from the ages of 12-15 into stars. Arsenal poach their talent off others utilising the loop holes in their respective FA's rules. Funny that adebayor was 23 when he joined you. Yeah some youth policy that. The same could be said for the whole of your first team, poached from another team. When you start talikng about youth, they should have at least signed schoolboy forms with your club. Giggs Scholes Brown O Shea Fletcher Simpson Campbell Welbeck etc Christ you'll be saying Fabregas was one of your "kids" next lol

I'm a Man Utd fan and I've been hoping all summer that United sign KJH. He has an amazing knack and being in the right place at the right time in the box, just what United need to finish off a great team.

This artical contradicts itself how do they need to find 26 mill a year if this year they made 51.2 mill profit BEFORE player transfers??? this would have included the stadium payments.

I had dealings with the financing with the new Arsenal stadium and believe me the finance is sorted. Arsenal are a club who value traditions and loyalty and respect, Adebayor doesn’t seem to be showing these qualities and I have always doubted him, I would do a straight swap with Huntelaar let alone some pocket money with it!!!. There is something going on with Mr Dein, He is Arsenal through and through, as are the current board, which is why they will be facing a MASSIVE take over bid in the future, I hope they sort it out behind closed doors for the good of the club and its supporters, I must admit I would welcome Mr Dein and Co, at least he means it when he says he loves the Arsenal.

Wenger is not a silly man. Stating things like this in the press is so Arsenal never have to pay over the odds for a player. The minute you are known as rich and reckless you end up paying £30 million for a one hit wonder like Adebyeor. I hope he goes. Always Have.

man united turnover = £260,000,000. but i guess so long as arsenal have top drawer kids in reserves they'l be okay. ade was hot and cold amyway, mr 3 chances to score 1. but huntlehaar is man uniteds.. hands off...

would rather have kjh than adebayor if he was good enough to score about 40% of the chances he had last year we would have 1 something roll on EDUARDO'S return was rapidly becoming our best forward last season until injury

Bring on Usmanov. Arsenal have been hurt by the credit crunch which has set their financial plans back of paying of the debt at Highbury Square by 2010. This credit crunch has led to some of their falts at Highbury square being Gazumped. Nina Bracewell-Smith wants out and their is only one buyer in town who can pay her over the odds for her stake (15.6%). Bring it on Mr Usmanov. Put this board out of their misery and make Arsenal are a force again. Cheating the fans like this can't go on otherwise they will be playing infront of a half empty Emirates which is even worse and would lead to a finacial diaster. Where is all the money going. Arsenal is the most expensive club in the world to watch a game of football & it has taken 6 weeks so far to try and buy a player and it is still not confirmed why?. £24 mio is the interest bill on the debt what about the other £50 million. Where is the money???.

Arsenal will not splash the cash until a takeover is complete and also thier wage restrictions lifted..that will only happen when red and white holdings take over...Arshavin/Etoo/Huntelaar/Martins...they will never arrive...why do you think the Nasri transfer has taken ages!!..Im an Arsenal fan for the last 15yrs, but im realisitic enough to know that our big spending was all down to dein..remember the money we paid for overmars/pires/henry/jeffers(!)/reyes/petit..they were all from dein's reign..until he comes back, there will never be big money to spend!

Arsenal should get Huntelaar to replace Ade who misses a lot chances. It pains me a lot to hear that we will be selling our stars for many seasons to come. I think Dein is right, let us do some busines in order to close the gap with Chelsea and Man United. Please Wenger, move fast on Huntelaar and force Ade out quickly.

Dein loves Arsenal to the bone and he will make sure that he brings the best players to arsenal. Usmanov will be under Dein's guidance so do business Arsenal before Wenger gets tired.

Arsenal should get Huntelaar to replace Ade who misses a lot chances. It pains me a lot to hear that we will be selling our stars for many seasons to come. I think Dein is right, let us do some busines in order to close the gap with Chelsea and Man United. Please Wenger, move fast on Huntelaar and force Ade out quickly.

For the brainiac who "helped" finance The "Emirates Staduim" surely you should have know that you go skanked in the deal, Arsenal get very little Money off the Emirates for the sponsor compared to the likes of Manchester United & Chelsea! I suggest Arsenal sort out there money men before making statements like they are....
Hunteelar should stay away the rot is starting to settle! Ade knows best! wink wink!

This is making good proffits for a club we must admit but not every expensive player is worth the price.Things will move on like this untill clubs learn how to use any player right to shine,Ade can go at a £30m,be replaced by KJH at a £18m and he doese even more good than him,so the next season you can't be suprised if he also weighs £30m and above.
The bad thing when people like Usmanov come in they create a moment happiness for a club but time come for them to leave the club and then things get even worse due to the debts the club will be owing.Take a look at where Chelsea is now,if Abramovich deside to quit now,do you know how lots the club will need to pay him off?.
We must be very careful when doing things.Wenger is a qualified economics man so lets count on him as far as the club's funds are concerned.

I'm afraid that although I like the way Arsenal function, we will be left behind unless we join the sugar daddy trail set by Chelsea and Man Utd. I read somewhere that FIFA were talking of making clubs accountable inasmusch as they can only continue to function if their expenditure doesn't exceed their income. If this becomes the case then Arsenal would top the league every season.

Hi I have just read the comments by Arsene Wenger and I cannot believe what he is saying this is a team that only four years ago went unbeaten in the league and now they cant win the league without selling their best players. If we are to believe what we see and read, Keith Edelman said there is money available without the affects of the stadium. Now he (Wenger) is saying that we have to suffer for the next 17 years what a load of rubbish we should be holding onto our players and improving the team squad not breaking it up and its about time he realised this. This is the only way Arsenal will move forward and improve and maintain a top team that must win the league next season as it will be 5 years if they dont. Arsene please take note as fans we want to win things its a top priority for a top club.

How can you value Adebayor £30 after having one great season and Huntelaar £18 when the boys had 2-3 fantastic season where ever his has played!! wenger you a bit of a joke!!!

some of the comments on here are pathetic! get usmanov and dein in? if dein loved arsenal so much he wouldnt get us involved with someone like usmanov!!! they will milk us dry what about kroenke? i would welcome him definately he has a good sporting knowledge and has improved every team he has taken over, the board know they need financial backing thats why hes been invited to join them. Also were not affected by the credit crunch, before keith edelman left he secured a low fixed interest rate. And as for the highbury flats only 3 people have dropped out. IN ARSENE WE TRUST

I'd take these latest words with a pinch of salt. This strikes me as a classic way for Arsenal to continue buying players at a reasonable rate and not pay over the odds. If everyone believes that we are in debt, we can continue to only pay competitive rates, and not be held to ransom over transfer fees, like Chelski and Man Utd are.

Calm down guys, the financial model at Arsenal is in tip top order. Any interest re-payments were set before the credit crunch and independent reports show that sale of the flats at The Grove at just 60% of market value still makes the numbers work.

Any club (apart from financially doped Chelsea - for the moment at least) face interest repayments. Have you seen the size of man U's recently??

Arsenal have always sold players on for a tidy profit - this is nothing new. Wenger is just so much better at it than anyone else. The current board don't pocket any of the money the club makes -look at the publicly audited accounts before you ask where the money goes you muppet.

Let's whip up a scaremongering story in the absence of any real news. Usmanov will not get control. Kroenke has seen to that.

Huntelaar for Ade who might go for £30m? I'd bite Barca's hand off!

Hate to say it, because it clearly ins't a popular sentiment here, but Arsene Knows.

obviously this is untrue because if we are makign such a profit then we wouldnt have to sell!

No striker in arsenal would ever lack chances provided they have got the likes of van perise and fabregas.

the reason other clubs are bidding for our top players is they know our financial position, anyone for eboue?

when and where did wenger say these comments? do you really think he would come out with this massive exclusive to the news of the world alone! (every other site has rehashed this story)

arsenal do not need to sell, wenger had money to spend at the beginning of the summer, so surely he wouldnt have any to spend if he need to make some! he may need to sell to buy further but i wouldnt give them quotes alot of credit. arsenal are a very well run club financially and wenger isnt stupid enough to come out with quotes like this even if it were true, it would weaken his hand in the transfer market too much.

i am getting sick an tried of all this selling our best players its a bout time we kept our squad together an just added quality we will never win nuf fink cause of this an that gives wenger the excuse 2 say thats y we didnt win anything new team bollocks 2 tatr i am not renewing my membership now the arsenal board cannot b trusted i think

As Arshavin's agent says, Wenger is a cunning fox. He pleads Arsenal poverty to keep down the price of potential targets. He says Arshavin is too small for the Premiership to put off rivals like Cheslea, and says that Adebayor is worth £30 million when half of that would be a real result for the club.

Buying and selling club Arsenal!!! well they better start winning Trophies, or they will struggle to fill the 60 thousand seater.

Huntelaar is WAY overrated. Its a very slow player, and cant get past defenders. He is only good in the box. He is NO Arsenal player. I hope we dont sign him. Waaaay overrated and too expensive.

Scoring goals in the Dutch league is a whole differend thing then scoring goals in our Premier League!

I think it is time these players thought about the people,who pay high prices to watch these games from the stands and they are reminded their football life may be short,but are very well paid and they would not like to swap it and work for a living.

From an Arsenal fan who has been watching them for over fifty years.

ade is a ball greedy idiot anyway the amount of games we could have won if he had of passed is unbelievable he was more interested in a golden boot than winning the match arsenal have made names.
its funny when they sell them you rarely hear anymore about them

Lets just get this out the way 1st. I dont support Arsenal, i am a Liverpool fan.
Let Ade go, had a great season,wont repeat it i dont think. Huntelaar has (i think) 7 goals in 12 games for Holland. Not to shabby. Scoring in the dutch league isn't anything to go by i agree, but what had Ruud horseface done before joining Utd? Worth the risk i think. Hope they dont get him personally, cos i think he's just what the Gooners need. They play some outstanding football, but sometimes just need someone to finish it. Huntelaar will provide this much needed edge.

@goonerforlife

You obviously have forgotten about Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was pretty good at scoring goals in both the dutch and the premier league..?

KJH would be a good signing for any squad in the world.. imagine him playing next to Ibramhimovic at Inter.. *sigh*

@Rob van Hemert

No, I have not forgotten about (Horse) Ruud van Nistelrooy.

First:
-Ruud is a better player, because he is much faster, smarter and more useful in combination play. They are both good in the box, but RVN has more skills outside the box.

But the most important thing: Huntelaar is not a player that fits the Arsenal System of play. Huntelaar is more like the ManU type of player.

I agree with the comment by Samuel earlier, that the article seems somewhat dubious, as Arsenal is one of the few profitable teams in Europe, and as an accontant, profit means revenues less expenses, including interest on debt. Arsene Wenger would never make a comment that Arsenal has become a selling club as that would weeken our position in the transfer market, and everone knows that Wenger is not only a good football strategist, but a master negotiator. Come on, he got nearly 50 million pounds for Henry, Overmars and Viera, while the were at the end on their careers.

I've been an Arsenal fan for as long as I remember and it is sad to hear the statements being made by the club. To be honest we should be clearing out the dead wood like Adebayor, Hleb and any others that don't want to be there. We shouldn't be selling our star players that are happy to play for Arsenal for the next 17 years it will become a joke. Its all very well buying players on the cheap and turning them into world class players - don't get me wrong Arsene is good at it, but we need to be buying players that are good now! not some 14 year old that will be good in a few years time by which time we'll sell him anyway. Come on Arsenal - sort it out!! Us fans are patient as we love the club but something needs to be done - and soon!

this will be excellent buy for Arsenal. I've always doubt the ability of Adebayor. yes, he scored 30 goals but the majority of those goals were against minor clubs. Huntelaar is a proven goalscorer and i will rather pay £30mill for him than 30mill for ade...
IN WENGER WE TRUST!

Adebayor, is NOT a Henry, is not worth his salery, is offside to often, is lazy and plays more like Kanu than Henry. Wenger, SELL him quick. NO player is bigger than ARSENAL. Wemger, any player you buy, I will have complete confidence in.

IF THE ARSNAL STRIKER IS WORTH 30MILL THEN HOW MUCH IS DROGBA WORTH MUST BE AT LEAST 70MILL+ OR DO GOALS+TROPHYS NOT COUNT FOR NOTHING THESE DAYS WHAT THE H---- AS HE WON TO VALUE HIM AT 30MILL HOOPS FORGOT HE GOT GOAL OF THE SEASON OR WAS THAT A FLUKE

my summary of the article:
-Arsenal have to sell players and buy cheap, but they want to buy Huntelaar for 18m(would be the clubs record transfer fee)?!
-Arsenal have to sell players repaying the annual 24m but the Emirates stadium generates 90m(Highbury 45m)
-Arsenal are one of the richest clubs in the world but they need a takeover

amazing journalism

I'm an Ajax Fan, and I have seen KJH playing during the last two seasons. He is indeed slow, not too skillful, but with an extreme goal-instinct and a great mentality. He will make it in the Premier League, because the defenses in your competition are not as strong as you guys want us to believe. The way some of you speak about "scoring in the Dutch League being easy" surprises me. Some of the best strikers of the last decades come from our competition; van Basten, Bergkamp, Romario, Ronaldo, van Nistelrooy, Ibrahimovic (did you notice that none of those are from Feyenoord?). And all of them were extremely successful in Spain, Italy and the UK. KJH will just be the next, and Ajax, PSV and the French teams will continue playing their role to develop your new stars of the future. Their names? Affelay, Suarez and Sulejmani....

Ey, Kuijt is from Feyenoord!
Yes people, Kuijt scored many goals in the Dutch league :-X

Come on. we are talking about clubs like Heracles, NEC, Volendam, Vitesse, Excelsior. Thats easy goal scoring.

Anyway would we like to end up like Madrid,milan,barca,united etc who are technicallly bankrupt !!!!!!

dont think ade will go if he does either him of david villa plz i think the hunter wud rather join arsenal then manu he wud b gr8 arsenal 4 the title we dont need 2 buy the premirship like man and chelsea

£30 mil for Adebayor is enuf to invest in 2 good players why keep him at arsenal. After all he was there when we needed him most. Ade must GO!

Being an Ajax fan myself and an Arsenal fan outside the Netherlands I can safely say KJH would be a great signing for any team. However KJH is a very static forward, in my opinion not suited for Arsenal althugh i'd love to see him there. Arsenal requires a player to make dribbles and create plays theirselves, KJH won't do this. However i've seen him do some great 1-2 passes and then scoring himself or giving the assist. About his goalscoring abilities, he WILL score anywhere. Ok, the dutch league isnt that great, but 2 years ago (first year at Ajax) he scored twice (with a header) against inter in the CL. Can't say Inter have a bad defense. He'l alays be at the right spot. And in my opinion Arsenal have lacked a forward with killer instinct, such as KJH.

I honestly can NOT believe that any gooner would welcome a self confessed man u fan (usmanov) to own the club dosent matter how rich he it's totally wrong. I'd rather see us win bugger all for the next 17 years honestly, i could'nt give a monkeys what the rest of the prem clubs do or win no trophy should be worth more than our integrity, really just take 10 minutes and google usmanov does'nt seem like an Arsenal man to me straight up. I beg you all to understand that it's not all about winning trophys Arsenal are special to me i was born to them and shall pass away with them in my heart but if we just chase the money they will become less special. **** the glory hunters.Seriously i have less respect than ever for chelsea now, they are a good team but a nothing club no matter where they go what they do or what they win it won't mean a thing cos it's all based on abramovich's money rather than the standards tradition or ethics of the club sorry to pick on the chavs but they are the best example of whats wrong with the modern game in this country. If the club goes and sells out for the sake of more regular silverware then stuff it i will go watch lower league.

i am an ajax fan and i believe kjh will join manutd becuase he has stated that its his dream to go there. also i think man utd heavly depend on ronaldo to score their goals but with a player like huntelaar who scores goals in his sleep they wont have to anymore, and seeing as real arsenal also want him man utd will try and set something up with ajax

As a (Dutch) Ajax fan I would like to comment that in the Dutch press there are reports that Huntelaar is in doubt whether or not to stay with Ajax for another 1 or 2 years in exchange for a limited selling price. 1 reason for doubtfor KJH: Marco van Basten will be Ajax' manager from this season on. Another reason: Marco has arranged an internship for Dennis Bergkamp at Ajax this season. As KJH is cited: "As a striker there is so much to be learned from Van Basten en Bergkamp".

I guess he's right.

(Never thought that Bergkamp would be interested in being a team manager. But he is!)

This is quite unbelievable that Wenger is saying that we will have to sell players to survive I cant believe that clubs like Portsmouth, Man City, Spurs, West Ham and Newcastle have more money than Arsenal I find that very embarrassing and insulting that a club of Arsenal's stature who have always been at the top since the Premiership started and he is moaning that we have to suffer for 17 years that is ludicrous I think that even though he has been magnificent for Arsenal we have to start thinking is this what we really want to suffer every year for 17 more years I dont think so its time for a change to realise Arsenals full potential. We deserve better than this as loyal supporters.

mark.., you say giggs like he was taken as a school boy.. you guys got him from man city's youth team..

He plays next year for ajax!!

WHEN WILL THE SO CALLED ARSENAL FANS WHO CANT READ OR UNDERSTAND BASIC MATHS TRY TO LEARN WHAT A BALANCE SHEET MEANS.ONCE LEARNED YOU LL BE A LOT HAPPIER,THEN TRY LOOKING AT MAN U S,NOW THATS A HORROR STORY,IS IT ONE CLUB OR TWO?THE ONE WITH SO CALLED MONEY OR THE OTHER THAT OWES MILLIONS AND CANNOT PAY EVEN TRANSFERS,NOW THATS A CLUB THAT DOES OWE MONEY...OR DO THEY OWE THE GLAZIERS???,LEARN TO READ A BALANCE SHEET???AS FOR WENGER LET HIM PLAY WITH HIS SMOKING MIRRORS AND LET HIM DO HIS OWN THING,HE KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.AS FOR LAST SEASON LOOK AT THE BIRMINGHAM MATCH,THATS WHEN ARSENAL LOST ANY REAL CHANCE OF ANYTHING.REMEMBER FAB AND THE REST,LOOK AT GALLAS, AFTER,ALL THE PLAYERS EVEN BIRMINGHAMS,THE REFS FACE AND EVEN THE CROWDS,TOTAL SHOCK ,POSSIBLY ONE OF THE WORST BREAKS ON A BRITISH FOOTBALL PITCH,THATS WHEN WE NEEDED A CAPTAIN..... P.S NASRI WILL COME,ITS MARSEILLES MANDATORY LEGAL POSITION THATS THE PROBLEM,AS FOR ABE /HLEB THE SOONER THEY GO THE BETTER,MORE MONEY FOR THE POT,AT LEAST ITS OURS.AND YES WE DO HAVE TO SCORE THE IMPORTANT GOALS WHEN IT MATTERS .YOURS SMOKING MIRRORS

In my opinion KJH is a great sign for Arsenal. I'm a Ajax fan and outside the Netherlands i love to watch Arsenal. Arsenal needs a killer striker like KJH, he's not fast and is not a defending striker like Kuijt (who always helps where it needs), but in the box he is amazing. His record of 163 goals in 220 matches says enought. You can say it's easy to score in the Dutch leauge, but we brought alot of stars in the history of soccer. KJH is ready for the next step.

I doubt Huntelaar has the strategic intelligence to succeed with Arsenal in the premier league. He simply cannot read a game (yet), and has limited ball skills, but maybe van Basten will give him the time needed in the next couple of years. Nobody better.

Great strikers have sharp brains: Shearer, Bergkamp, Henry, Nistelrooy, Arshavin, Villa.

Wenger knows this: red herring.

I would be happy for Arsene to buy a player who will shoot for goal and not try to walk the ball into the net.

i'm Chelsea fan but i also sad for Arsenal. If they continue sell best their player they will never become good destination for top level player. We can image how then can net when they claim Champion League? Maybe it doubled or tripled Adbeyor value. If they are too poor, They should wellcome foreign investor. Don't sell more

Why are people going on about selling our 'best' players? If we were selling Cesc and either RVP or Eduardo, then you would have a valid point. But Ade and Hleb are not the best in their respective positions.
And as for getting Dein and his mate in, do you really think a Manu supporting billionaire has Arsenals best interest at heart? Or do you think like me, he's only in it to make a fat profit? Dein loves Arsenal so much, he sold his shares to a manu fan. Some supporter he is.

I dont want Hunterlaar, Martins, Adebayor, Arshavin....... want we need is Roque Santa Cruz, Charles N'Zogbia, A GOALKEEPER AND A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER.........if we don't sign these positions then we will not compete next year.............

ANY Arsenal fan who thinks that getting rid of Adebayor & getting Huntelaar would be a bad thing needs there heads read

Hunt is the best prospect striker out there imo at the moment