So Much for Barry

As we all now know, Gareth Barry wasn't out for Champions League football, but the glorious tint of money.

This is a relief, however, as he probably would have helped Arsenal next season (and for a few to come), but this type of money - grubbing attitude wouldn't help the rest of the squad.

On a different note, the TV revenue figures for all BPL clubs was published through numerous outlets the other day with Arsenal finishing in 3rd spot (behind Chealski & ManUre) with a whopping 74 million pounds ($123 mil) from TV revenue alone. This doesn't include match day sales or merchandising monies.

If you all remember last year, Arsenal had it's highest turnover ever, and only made it to the final 8 of the Champions League, this year and 2 more Champs League games means it should also be in the neighborhood of last year's turnover (albeit the economy could be better).

My question to you and the board is: WHERE IS THIS MONEY GOING????

Why Not Barry & Alonso

Ah the summer transfer speculation has started off with a boiling pace and it's just now June 1st. What great days of outlandish tabloid shit we are in store for over the next three months!

As such, I feel it is my time to throw in a couple of good stories myself, ones that I literally just invented in my own head:

Why doesn't Wenger purchase BOTH Alonso and Barry? That way all of us Gooners will be right in saying that one is better than the other and that one (or both) are not players we really need.

Some are saying that Xabi isn't a true defensive midfielder. Others are saying that Barry isn't good enough for Arsenal.

If Arsene were to purchase both, we would see who is the better of the two. Plus, we would still be able to play that horrid 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 formation that Wenger really likes to play all of the sudden.