After years of frugal spending at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger has been gradually loosening the purse-strings in recent years. That has put the Gunners' notoriously strict wage structure under threat and it was blown apart by their January spending. Alexis Sanchez departed the Emirates after a protracted stand-off over his contract after the club refused to meet his elevated wage demands, to be replaced by Henrikh Mkhitaryan as part of a swap deal from Manchester United. To appease Arsenal fans further, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang came in from but that pair of deals to reunite the former Borussia Dortmund pair did not come cheap. According to the Times, some of the Arsenal players who earn less...
Full Story »