Arsenal just a feeder club for Europe? Flamini's move to AC Milan proves it!

AC Milan 0 Arsenal 2 : March 2008

Unfortunately, Flamini knew that while the gooners are a very attractive footballing side, Wenger is very stubborn and won't or can't step up and buy a few star players with experience and game winning quality...so, he had no choice but to go! he won't be the first or last to let his feet do the talking.

Eh? I think you will find, the size of the club had nothing to do with it. Milan offered 3 times what Arsenal offered..Tax Free. It's not in doubt that Milan have a more successful past than us, and if that deems them to be a 'bigger club' then so be it. But no player in his right mind would leave a young team on the verge of something really big, for an ageing team, so painfully put to the sword by them a couple of months ago, on their own patch no less, for any reason other than money. Judging by your other article saying how Man U and Chelsea have won the big prizes this season, considering no trophies have been handed out yet, and either of the teams could end up without any silverware and only a point above Arsenal in the league, you dont really sound like you give your articles much thought mate.

He had one good season. Who cares? We got Diaby, Song and Vela who can slot into the position that Flamini played. We all know that players who leave Arsenal don't further thier careers. He'll ride the bench and AC Milan will dread splashing the cash.

i bet ur just some second rate blog writer who supports sp*rs arsenal are third richest in the world and in a few years the richest.they have celeb fans then anyone.they have the most club members then anyone.3rd most valuable best stadium only reason they didnt win nowt was because of the refs and wenger maybe and eduardo.how r ac milan big 5th in league and havent won nowt.man u lucky gets.real madrid in debt and can only win the league with low points tally.oh yeah and arsenal play the best football.all the clubs i mentioned r in debt except arsenal but the gooners have it all sorted out

i bet ur just some second rate blog writer who supports sp*rs arsenal are third richest in the world and in a few years the richest.they have celeb fans then anyone.they have the most club members then anyone.3rd most valuable best stadium only reason they didnt win nowt was because of the refs and wenger maybe and eduardo.how r ac milan big 5th in league and havent won nowt.man u lucky gets.real madrid in debt and can only win the league with low points tally.oh yeah and arsenal play the best football.all the clubs i mentioned r in debt except arsenal but the gooners have it all sorted out

i bet ur just some second rate blog writer who supports sp*rs arsenal are third richest in the world and in a few years the richest.they have celeb fans then anyone.they have the most club members then anyone.3rd most valuable best stadium only reason they didnt win nowt was because of the refs and wenger maybe and eduardo.how r ac milan big 5th in league and havent won nowt.man u lucky gets.real madrid in debt and can only win the league with low points tally.oh yeah and arsenal play the best football.all the clubs i mentioned r in debt except arsenal but the gooners have it all sorted out

We got Campbell from spurs and Diarra from chelsea are they our feeder clubs? Or are we Portsmouth and west hams (Arsenal retirement home) feeder club?

Arsenal don't play with swagger? Sets the tone for a poor article, think 1 star is generous for this drivel.

Can the author of this peice pls tell me if at the begining of the season he/she would have offered Flamini a £60000/wk contract. Benefit of hindsight makes us all now question Wenger's Policy. From the peice written, one gets the impression that every season, all our best players move on to pastures new, but that is certainly not the case. The only two players that come to mind that have left while still in their prime are Anelka and Cole. Players like Henry, Pires, Ljunberg, Viera, Edu e.tc left after offering us the best years of their career and have not gone anywhere else to replicate what they gave us anywhere else. Reyes was not a success here so had to move on. So where players like Aliadiere and Bentley

Flamini wasnt sold. He was a free agent so it doesnt make Arsenal a feeder club. Its not that AC Milan matched our offer to him they offered him much more money & that obviously made his mind up. Kaka has said before that his favourite team in England is Arsenal, so have afew others like David Villa & in Cesc, Rosicky, Hleb, Clichy & Gallas we have some of the best players in the world happily playing for us. Cesc and Hleb havent left yet despite of your "imaginative scenario". Arsenal are on course to finish 4 points behind Utd and Chelsea without spending much money which is a good achievement in the strongest league in the world. We have played the best football in the CL this season against Milan and Liverpool. Keep writing us off for next season

So when Japp Stan went to Italy and Rudd van Horseface went to Real, Man U were a feeder club? Flamini was being sold to Birmingham last season and decided to stay and fight for his place; if Arsenal had wanted to keep him a year ago they would have given him a contract then. His success this season was a surprise given he was only a bit squad player before and off the back of that he has been able to negotiate a big wages move. The fact is with what Flamini would have wanted to be paid Arsenal can buy a better player and pay his wages for less than it would cost to keep him if they want to do so. That is just good business. Flamini came on a bosman and is leaving on one. Arsene usually has a knack of letting the big names go when they are past their best, take Vierra or Henry - can the same be said of Horseface or Stam? The worlds top players tend to dream of playing for Real, Barca, Ac, Inter or Juve above the likes of Manure, Liverpool, Chelski. Arsenal have pedigree, they are one of the great clubs in the world and many of the big names in Europe come out and say how much they want to play for them, the trouble is Arsenal have a strict wage structure and so they would not pay the silly £150k a week that Chelsea do to lure players. And this so called swagger, did Manure have that when they were in the old second division in the 70's or achieving very little in the early 80's - were all the big name players flocking to play for them then? No. Talking of pedigree, Arsenal are the only top flight club never to be relegated from the top league, they have had European football every year since Arsene Wenger came there and have not finished outside the top 4. They are one of the richest clubs in the world and do not have the huge debt Manure have and have not spent the 750m Chelski have, or anything like what Liverpool have.

Arsenal did beat Milan this year but only because they were totally knackered from winning the WCC and playing 2 games a week from the begining of JAN! If you look at Milan now they are all back fit and pretty unstopable! U gooners just played a weak Milan side with allot players just back from Injury! Cant remember when Arse last won a trophy!! must be a while now!! and thats y Flaminis gone! so he can win something!!!

Dont think so somehow, this has clearly been written by an anti-arsenal 'journalist'. If someone offered you double your salary to do the same job i'm sure you would have no hesitation in leaving. Flamini left because of this reason and he was free to do so. Arsenal have only sold players when they felt it was right i.e. Vieira, Henry, Pires etc. One case doesnt mean it will carry on occuring

Think a lot of this has to with how Flamini has been "feeling undervalued", both financially and in terms of the security of his place in the team. At Arsenal he has quality competition for places with Diaby, Denilson and Gilberto, wheras at Milan, he'll just have to get past the aging stars. That and the financial aspect of feeling undervalued obviously. Its strange Pengu, can't remember AC actually competing for their own title recentley, and they have a billionaire owner, paid for their ground long ago, yet they still have a battle on for fourth against la viola.

What twaddle. Feeder club?. Pires, Henry, Vieira - all past their best. Petit, Overmars, regretted going. Edu - happy?. Doubtful. One, repeat one, young player - Flamini has gone but I am willing to bet it will end in tears.

Saw the headline and its what I have been thinking for the last few days. We are a feeder club, real, barc, milan, inter and juventus have all come stiffing at some point over the last 8 years. Every summer without fail we have had to keep someone at bay. Others here are claiming MF has got three times the money. I saw those reports but since the weekend papers are saying he got GBP65k! Yes it's more but $2.5 million as opposed to $3 million is not going to change your life, you will still be set for life and retired by 30! MF has strung Arsene along for 4 months he said all the right things then left. If I was a team mate I would be pissed off not because he left but he leaves us in the lurch. Instead of selling Diawra sending him on loan until the summer when this was sorted should have been the way to go. Talking about transfer window I could not believe we didnt go for woodgate and now here we are looking for a decent CB who will cost big time. AW is the best manager out there I dont want him to go because I think a new guy could easily mess up what has been achieved. But please change some of the polices. Players over 30 one year contract only! So we lose Pires but then what crazy contract was Freddie on, once his pace went he was only going to be half the player. To keep players we need to win silver and or pay big bucks. We aint going to pay big bucks so winning silver is essential. Otherwise young players will come play a few years then go to play with the world stars to win the big cups and have a great pay day. Players careers are short and playing pretty football with a bunch of kids will only keep you going so long. At this rate our team will not get any older or more experienced. Mix up the team with some experienced players and they dont have to be mega buys. AW seems against this as he doesnt want players who might question his approach. Confrontion is not his thing. Lets have a sweepstake to see how many more seasons we can hang on to Cesc for!

I feel cheated, the few moments it took to read this nonsense is time I could have spent elsewhere. Arsenal have a strict wage policy that they will not break simeple as that, they should be applauded for standing up to these overhyped players. Flamini was very good for almost a whole season, on the back of that he wanted to be paid superstar wages - uh no. Arsenal do not pay massive amounts for ready made superstars, they buy young and create stars, play beautiful football, run the club at a profit, reached the Champions League Qtr final, 3rd in the league, have acheived record profits, grow every year, have some of the finest talent in the game. So get a grip

I'm a loyal supporter but very disappointed at yet another season with no silverware! All this emphasis on youth policy and selling off absolutely all of our experienced players is really the wrong way to go. The young players with experience and no medals will only leave the club instead of pledging their futures.