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Gazidis: Wenger will have greater transfer funds & We’ll reach Bayern’s level soon

Arsenal shareholders in tonight's Q&A session. In truth I am sure most of us could guess what the content of the evening would have been before he uttered his first word. Much of what he said has already come out to the press only a few days ago. There will be some detailed articles on this evening and tomorrow I am guessing from those who attended this evening. A few of those attendees were kind enough to tweet the goings on via the weird and wonderful world of Twitter. I thought I'd pick out a few of the questions and his answers and then give my view if you don't mind

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Thoughts on Fellaini and bullish Gazidis

Fellaini's £22m-£24m buy out clause can be paid by many clubs, luckily we are now in that list so if we wanted to slap down that amount on Everton's desk then there is no reason why we cannot should Arsene want the player, the issue then becomes who else manages to trigger the buy out clause because there are a number of clubs who can offer higher wages than we can. I don't see Arsenal

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Arsene and scouts need to get creative to catch up

Even though we have been hugely boosted by new commercial deals, it doesn't really change the fact that in a one off tug of war battle with a financially doped club then we are likely to fail in our attempts to land that player, however it does give us a much stronger chance of keeping current players together and I would argue that doing that was possibly even more important than new signings

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Same Old Arsenal Always ‘Dithering’

Going by our recent behaviour, it seems as if we are content on waiting, waiting until either a fee has been agreed with a target of ours so we can match it which would prevent a bidding war and then use the charm and attraction of playing for Arsene Wenger which in many cases has worked. Abou Diaby and Oliver Giroud chose us over Chelsea. Aaron Ramsey chose us over Manchester United and it was the same with Chamberlain and Walcott. It could also be why we wait until deadline day to make moves assuming that another club has not made a move for that player, by that point Chelsea, Manchester United or Manchester City have already filled up their spaces or they are too late to get involved

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Hello transfer rumour, back so soon?

The speed of which people go through transfer rumours on twitter is quite remarkable. This morning it was Grenier and at the last time of checking we had agreed a fee for Capoue. It will almost certainly be a case of boy who cried wolf for me because when we do sign someone, I blatantly won't believe it which I guess is better than believing every rumour. The Wayne Rooney to Arsenal rumour keeps coming back and seriously why is this happening? It makes so little sense. Are the tabloids taking the micky here? Firstly, assuming that we are not going to match the wages he gets at Manchester United, why exactly would Rooney leave Manchester United to earn less money, remember Rooney is a footballer. Also, why would Arsene break our transfer record to buy a player who is

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Arsenal 2012-2013 Season Review

In the early games that work executed on the pitch, the trouble was that the team defending was affecting our attacking play, not just the numbers committed to get behind the ball when we were not in possession but having built a new attack, players were clearly adapting and adjusting to a new life in London. If you look at individual examples of the past like Robert Pires, Dennis Bergkamp and

Let’s do the Ramsey wide thing (again)