I’d sort of rather 100% than 80%…
453 comments May 15th, 2007
…But maybe that’s just me. Arsene says:
“The biggest transfer I can make is to try to get everybody fit by the start of next season. If I manage that I have done 80% of the job and I will be pleased, the other 20% is optional – whether I buy or not.”
Now, Mr. Wenger has a degree ineconomics. So the question of whether to buy or not surely is rhetorical. If everyone is fit: great, 80%. But if we want to realistically mount a title challenge, then we need the further 20% signings would give us. Because 100% is, apparently, somewhat better than 80%.
I suspect arseblogger gets it right when he says the buys will primarily replace the dead wood (a process which, it seems, has already started).
Perhaps the most interesting signing will be the appointment of a new Sporting Director. Nick Hammond of Reading is certainly in the frame, but is he a little inexperienced in the big wide world of Premiership football? Let’s see.
ps. Please be us.Â
