Rehan, you obviously know alot about football mate,­ Arsenal have no choice but to buy. Even if that means­ going into debt, otherwise it will be a terrible­ decline down the table and the yids would love that!

I agree with jcservice completely. None of the others­ would ever find a place in the top 4 teams of EPL. The­ team sheet should be filled with players who could­ arguably walk to any other side. I am afraid none of­ the others (other than Rosicky, Fabregas, Van persie,­ Nasri­ and Arshavin) even stand a chance!!
If we have­ to go for youth, get the best out there - not these­ average boys.

Lol! Why are Arsenal trying to confuse us with this­ stupidity, we dont want to resign the average players­ that we already have we want to buy new players to give­ us what we dont have. There are on 6 quality players at­ Arsenal, Rosiky, Fabrigas, Edwardo, Van persie, Nasri­ and Arshavin, the rest of the 22 are useless and very­ disposable. We will not finish 4th next year and­ Wenger will leave and take Fabrigas with him!

God help the Gunners if we have players like Ramsey,­­ Wilshire in a starting XI against teams of the calibre­­ of Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Real Madrid,­­ Barcelona!!
Out with these average starlets!!
Gunner­­ for life

Well let the Spanish & Italian teams Buy all the­ best and greediest Players, then maybe the football­ league could get back to being more competetive,­ fairly staffed, and give every team the opportunity to­ play great football with an equal chance to win one of­ these trophies.. this would be with players who play­ for the game as well as the rewards, nowadays it seems­ the main reason is the financial rewards, or we are­ going, and with this IT LOOKS LIKE THE FANS COME­ SECOND..

#22.
Baseball does infact have a salary cap, but its­ not a solid fixed cap as in football.
it works the same­ as in the NBA were teams can break the salary cap BUT­ each $ they go over it costs them double

Actually Helen, comment #1, Major League Baseball­ dosen't have a salary cap. All the rest of the­ sports in the US do have one. Like the MLB, to put a­ salary cap in the Premier League just won't work.­ It would be too difficult. You're right though, the­ only way this would work would be if the different­ leagues in Europe and FIFA got togther to come up with­ a plan to make this work. The thing is, it will never­ happen. The reason is because of the players would end­ up taking a pay cut and the owners would get more­ money. The players and their agents will not allow­ that. It would be chaotic. For Ivan Gazidis to mention­ this idea was plain silly. He needs to worry about­ building a better team so that the Gunners can win a­ league trophy. It's been a long while.

Ivan Gazidis this in not american sport , you know­ where you can stick your salary cap..you should cap­ your large salary first!! Typical arsenal looking to­ win trophies on the cheap...

If i'm such a plonker then why did you give­ yourself the thumbs down?

arsenal would want a salary cap, they are and have­ always been a bunch of cheap @#$%. pay your players­ more and they might want to stay. dont go crying when­ you still don't win any trophies next season.

What a daft idea! I wonder how much wealth Mr Gazidis­ would have if his "earnings" were capped?.­ Plonker!

I think that the whole of the football world should­ bring in a tiered system which is capped at each level.­ ( maybe levels 1-5 where players are rated on­ performance relative to each league level)

Top rate­ players all get the same wages and the transfer fees­ should be relative and so on at each level.

Players­ ratings could increase or decrease depending on their­ individual performance.

Ivan Gazidis, a South African born Greek, whose­ experience of football (soccer) was in US Major League­ prior to Arsenal where he has been for 6 MONTHS!!!! is­ spouting on about salary caps in the UK??? God preserve­ us.

During the '70's and early '80's the­ Spanish and Italian clubs paid the top wages, yet­ English teams dominated European competitions.

In­ certain countries like France teams have to show­ financial stability and are regulated. So there­ isn't a level playing field right now.

It would be­ down to the player, do you want success or do you want­ cash, that would be their decision like it always has­ been.

The bottom line is unless the EPL gets a grip­ the lack of competition will destroy the goose that­ lays the golden egg, no one here can say that todays­ EPL is as competitive as the '60's,­ '70's or '80's were.

We all know one­ of the top 4 are going to win it, and likely every­ other trophy as well, the only excitement is when small­ teams get to shock the top 4 once in a while.

Unless a­ salary cap and a transfer cap is introduced soon the­ gulf will be unbreachable, I can almost guarantee if­ they were introduced 3 of the top 4, not Arsenal, would­ join a Euro Super League, which wouldn't be a bad­ thing.

A salary cap certainly has made the NLF a lot­ more competitive, and their league has grown­ astronomically the past few years, with all teams­ sharing the revenue pool.

Quite honestly I thought­ the Championship was a better league as far as­ competition goes, the EPL is actually quite boring, as­ we know who's going to win it before a ball is­ kicked.

if premier league has a salary cap (just like rugby),­ players will go abroad, it is a good idea to have a­ salary cap but it would need to a global thing and that­ just ain't gonna happen.

they only want it to keep the top 4 the same, they may­ not make the top 4 with clubs like city pay big wages­ to get the best player.

Why salary cap? This is a free market economy. Basic­ law of demand and supply will dictate. You want salary­ cap for the directors of the clubs or owners to get­ more richer at the detriment of players. If their is­ salary cap what happen to the excessive profit made by­ clubs, where do the money goes?

Its really sad but true I will have to agree with­ shoi.sengupta, I dont know why Ramsey signing a new­ deal is such a big thing? This guy cant break into­ Arsenal first team can he. I think as earlier mentioned­ by shoi.sengupta, Arsenal need established signings and­ for World players to be attracted to your club you have­ to sign Big Players. Arsenal is just the perfect dream­ club for any world class player. They have history they­ challenge for honors every year or so.

All the­ arsenal board needs to do now is splash some cash. See­ Eboue, Gallas, Adebayor and buy a good defender and a­ good striker. David Villa still available go for him­ Wenger please go for him!!!!!! he will have almost­ immediate affect he'll link so well with Fabregas

I think both the Arsenal's Chief Executive and the­ entire management team of the club lack ambition. They­ are not thinking of winning trophies; they are not­ thinking of of building a sustainable brand like their­ competitors are doing. How can a chief executive of an­ international brand be talking of salary cap when­ serious clubs are busy in the market attracting­ respected names and marketable brands into their squad.­ as I have said many times, Arsenal cannot expect to be­ using their inexperienced squad of youngsters to­ compete at the highest level for all competitions. In­ fact, they are unduly abusing these players. Who wants­ to know if the heavens will fall if other clubs are­ snatching top players from other clubs? Arsenal can­ continue to cap salaries and lose players to more­ serious, determined and ambitious clubs. I bet that if­ Real Madrid or Barcelona makes very serious offers for­ Fabregas and Arshavin with mouth-watering salaries, who­ cares about Arsenal and their salary cap? Can Arsene­ Wenger go to Barcelona or Real Madrid to use the clubs­ as breeding grounds? Certainly not. These clubs want to­ win trophies; they are not training grounds for­ players. They want success; they want to sustain their­ brands and images as successful clubs. They don't­ want to be also-ran. Arsene Wenger should not frustrate­ his young players out of Arsenal in search of greener­ pastures and success as players. After all, the goal of­ every successful player is to play for a successful­ club - a club that wins trophies at both national and­ international levels.Arsene Wenger doesn't appear­ to have that ambition, otherwise his ten-year period in­ Arsenal should have dictated a more aggressive­ reconstruction to attract top-flight players. A word is­ enough for the wise.

Ok comment 6, I never said I don't have faith in­ Arsenal. What I did say is sometimes we have to face­ facts, football has changed (and not for the best) ever­ since big money investors have come into the game.­ There is no point in hoping things will change as it­ won't. When terraces were taken off people hated it­ because it killed the atmosphere but we will all know­ they will never come back. Same goes here. I think­ Wenger youth policy is commandable but its not working­ as well as we all hoped it would. 15 years IBM realise­ selling PC (their core business) was not going to­ sustain them, they changed into a service driven­ company. I think just injecting 2 or 3 big names is­ enough with the current team. And also no point in­ building in young team if as soon as they reach their­ full potential they wan to leave.

As for salary caps­ - I actually think its a good thing but it has to be­ applied at a European level - otherwise the premiership­ will become like the French League where they do have a­ cap.