Transfers. Staying within a budget? Or bottomless pockets? By Cameron Wolfe Mancini was airing his views (ie. complaining) the other day that Man City hadn’t signed anyone this summer. And it made me wonder if he would be spending the money that’s been spent in the last few seasons so freely if it was his…
by Tony Attwood Sometimes it is hard to recognise all this stuff as football. There’s so much off the pitch, that there hardly seems any room for the old ball kicking thing. Just consider some of the stuff doing the rounds… Arsenal: injuries, injuries, but a few returnees. A tunnel with light in it for…
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Victory Through Harmony By Phil Gregory, Righto, here we are with the final part of my musings on the general state of football finances for the Commons Inquiry. Since starting this report, I’ve decided to do my dissertation along similar lines, so if you have enjoyed…
Are Arsenal a selling club ? The true crack(s) of the great Arsenal way ! Ibrahima Fode NDIAYE For the last couple weeks or months or even years, Arsenal FC its board and manager are under immense critics from all corners. The general consensus is that Arsenal are an unambitious selling club only interested in making financial…
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Phil Gregory As the blog that has always written on the big issues such as finance and corruption before they become popular, it makes sense that Untold Arsenal would be interested in a Commons inquiry into football governance. In particular I often harp on about…
Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Tony Attwood Predictions of Arsenal’s imminent downfall are always interesting, and 2010 gave us quite a few of them. The most amusing one, and the one that was talked about the most I guess, was the complete failure of the season ticket sales, and a…
Game over. So say the governments. By Adam Brogden A lot of people are concentrating on corporations involving themselves in modern football and have missed governments moving in. Why is this? I do not have the answers for this (I will take a guess, later) but would like to look at the main players. In…
By Walter Broeckx “Spend some f$cking money.” I think we all have heard it before, seen it before, seen it written before. But is it really that simple? We all know (and if you don’t know this by now I welcome you, visitor from Mars) that Arsenal only will spend what they have earned themselves….
By Tony Attwood Every month more football clubs are taken over by multi-millionaires, and billionaires. The reasons why they do it are varied – and later in this series of articles on the ownership of clubs I’ll examine that point. But first I want to examine the way national and international Football Associations are suddenly…
By Tony Attwood Following on from my piece on the billionaires running football (which focussed on Mr Whyte of Monaco, and the doings at Rangers) it might be a good idea to ask why a billionaire wants to invest in a club. Possible answers are… 1. Something to do. Having so much money might be…
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