Well, it would appear that we have reached the end of the Thierry Henry era at Arsenal. Really a sad day. First Vieira, then Highbury and Bergkamp, and now Henry (and rumors of Wenger to follow). Quite a sad day to be a Gooner but time to brush aside the sentiment and start thinking about what they should do to ensure that while some of the names have changed, the legacy continues to live on. In that vein, here's what I'd do if I were Arsene Wenger...
1) Get on with the business of selling off the rest of the spare parts...the combination of Reyes, Ljungberg, and Hleb probably drives the total influx of cash to £30M. Get those deals done!
2) Exercise that buy-out clause in Obafemi Martins' contract and bring him to London rumor has that price tag at £13M...
3) Throw £8M to £10M at West Brom for Curtis Davies.
4) Finish the job by pipping Chelsea and Liverpool to Malouda for about £14M.
That's a total of approximately £35M of which £30M would be coming from the sale of existing players. It would probably make sense to acquire at least one additional striker to make up for the fact that both Martins and Adebayor will be out for the African Nations Cup. Maybe the displaced Javier Saviola who is looking for a home.
Bring back the Beast!
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. ;-)
I meant to say bring back Franny Jeffers!
Le renard dans le box!