In the early days of the move I think the stadium clearly impacted us.
I dont remember him ever saying we can compete financially with any club in Europe.
Where he fell down was when we were released from debt and could make better signings, I still wouldnt say we could compete with any club in Europe however, but we could but quality again, Ozil, Sanchez etc, he didnt capitalise on that and get a competitive squad together.
The Cech transfer window epitomises it entirely.
A little later someone carefully worded a statement about being able to compete with teams like Bayern Munich, who donât actually spend loads lol, but that wasnât Wenger. Probably was Gazidis, around 14/15, well into the âEmirates Eraâ
I believe it was Gazidis. He was always pretty good at empty PR speak.
I remember them saying that before the move I think, to justify and reason with the fans about why we were moving.
To compete with the biggest clubs in Europe, like Bayern.
This was his biggest mistake.
He bought top players like Ozil and Sanchez to play alongside Ramsey and Cazorla but would ignore positions where we lacked quality, like striker, DM and CB.
Like you say, the transfer window where he only bought Cech, epitomises what was going wrong.
Too many windows were wasted and is the reason Wenger never really competed for the title again.
Gazidis is the one with the âcompete with the likes of Bayernâ comment. Wenger is the one who sticks by that selling players and maintaining CL money was absolutely necessary.
Which is an absolute insane strategy till this day to even wrap my head around. Where that Arshavin cash popped up from then is anyoneâs guess.
Thatâs exactly what Gazidis said.
That he wanted us to be able to compete with top class teams like Bayern Munich.
Totally empty PR speak that sounded like something I would have said during my campaign to become Student Union President lol
As others have said, it was probably Gazidis.
But Wenger certainly said he would only buy super quality and that he wasnât afraid to spend big.
When it came to panic transfers on bargain players, Wenger was king. 
donât recall Wenger said it, but Gazidis did.
We were all over they place with our predictions and projections during that period. Couldnât keep it straight at certain points.
For the longest time it was about financial restraints but I distinctly remember someone saying we could afford to buy any player in the world bar the top handful.
It was all smoke and mirrors to appease the every day fan and it was complete horseshit. Forget words just think of our actions in the market. We lost I donât know how many top class players because we didnât know if we wanted to spend money like the London super club we were or simply keep leaning into the pauper club rhetoric that was effectively the perfect excuse as to why we got turned inside out in Europe every single god damn season
Iâm sure Spurs will go after Nagelsmann now that heâs been sacked by Bayern.
Good timing for them that heâs become available.
Iâm presuming his stock has fallen by the required amount for Spurs to feel like they have a chance. A couple of years ago, he was too good for us apparently let alone Spurs.
The sort of âprojectâ manager that would appear to be a good fit for Spurs on paper.
Hasnât Thomas Tuchel already been appointed Bayern manager? 12/1 doesnât seem quite right 
He needs to have a long think before he takes the Spurs job.
I donât think he goes there right now in this League.
Club in a mess. Limited amount of say in transfers.
Rivals possibly League champions and natural competitiveness of better run clubs around him.
No he steps back from this right now.
Chelsea will get desperate by next season, think its more wise for Nagelsmann to wait it out.
They invested too much on Potter, donât think they will replace him, at least they will let him to start a new season with a full summer.
Real Madrid could realistically be in the frame in the summer too.
Committing to Spurs right now would be quasi-suicidal for a manager that really needs to succeed in his next big job or risk never getting another chance. The roster is a mess in general, hardly anybody can play the possession-based football Nagelsmann prefers, the sporting director is under criminal investigation, one star player is cooked, and the other may force his way out.
This post brought me great joy to read. Such an objective, emotionless destruction of that awful club.
who once owned Spurs shirt
Why is this part so funny? :ozil:
Iâm not sure I even believe it. There is literally no evidence for this at all.
