http://ppt.cc/JxFA Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has apologised to Gunners fans for the Capital One Cup humiliation by Bradford and promised that Arsene Wenger has significant money to spend, according to the club's supporters trust. Gazidis met members of the Arsenal Supporters' Trust on Wednesday night where he was pressed on the deepening crisis at the club. AST spokesman Tim Payton said: "He said it [the Bradford defeat] wasn't good enough and apologised for the result. He also thanked away fans for their support and said Arsenal will put that right, and confirmed that significant funds are available for transfers." 周三晚上首席执行长Gazidis与AST见面谈到因联赛杯出局对球迷感到抱歉 并承诺AW会有明显的转会资金可供运用 The AST have long supported the Gunners' prudent financial approach, but believe the lack of spending has now gone too far - and that the defeat by the League Two outfit at Valley Parade on Tuesday night was a symbolic moment with the team having decreased in quality year after year since 2009. 球迷表示财政面的操作是否谨慎过头 以至於球队明显有了质的降低 The Trust wants changes at board level, for Wenger to release some of his duties to others, and for the manager to spend some of the many millions available to him. Payton added: "This is the most difficult time in Arsene's 16 years and both the club and himself need to change direction quickly if his wonderful era is not to end on a sad note. "The Arsenal Supporters' Trust cannot fathom why ￡70million was left untouched this summer. Arsene needs to get over his distaste for spending and use the resources that after all are provided by the hard-pressed fans who watch the team. AST 认为季前尚未动用的 7,000万欧 必须用来拯救球队与教授自己 "The AST believe a shake-up is needed. We would like to see new, younger blood added to the board, and they also need to exercise more control and direction over Arsene's football strategy. 董事会必须有新的声音加入 "One man cannot direct all transfer targets, wages, coaching methods and manage the team at games. It's too much for one man." Even if results do not pick up, Wenger's position should be safe at least until the end of the season but an increasing worry for club executives is that significant numbers of fans are not turning up to matches at the Emirates despite having bought tickets. 教授至少能够待到季末 但越来越多买了票的球迷甚至至不愿意进场看球以示抗议 There is also growing frustration that players brought in since the departures of Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie have failed to deliver. 球员们甚至因为卖走了顶级球员却未能补强而感到沮丧 Even Arsenal's honorary vice-president Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith expressed that frustration last night, saying on Twitter - though deleting it soon afterwards, that: "Gervinho is a FLOP player". 荣誉副总Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith甚至再推特发表了 "牛烂透了" There is also a fear that Theo Walcott may also leave the club - especially with Manchester United now linked with the England forward. 哇靠也可能被曼联挖走(甚至成为交换Nani的筹码) Despite his assurances, Gazidis maintains Arsenal are not about to just buy their way to success. In a wide-ranging interview with the January edition of Four Four Two magazine, he insisted the club's self-sustaining business model will pay off in the long term. 虽然说要花大钱买球员 但Gazidis认为只买球员是不足够的 "If you do any analysis of performance against spending over the past 15 years, Arsenal is the one club which has outperformed its spend every single year over that period," Gazidis told the magazine. "That does not happen by accident; it happens because we have an outstanding manager who is an outstanding judge of talent and very experienced in how to manage a team. "There are some real fundamentals at this club which I think our fans believe in - we stand on our own two feet and take pride in our achievements. "We are not reliant on anyone else for success. That is the model our fans believe in, and for good reason." 又扯了过去转会市场上取得成功 球迷应该相信过去那套并共体时艰， Last month, Arsenal announced an extension to the sponsorship deal of Emirates Airline, which will be worth around ￡30million a year. Gazidis, however, insists simply throwing all of that cash at the team is not the answer for a quick fix. 将阿酋航空的赞助费3,000万欧投入球队不是正解 "I am not sure what the alternative strategy is, it has not really ever been spelt out," he said. 我也搞不清楚现在的策略方向 (What The......F) "I assume the alternative strategy is to spend more than the nation state of Abu Dhabi, more than anyone else, and I am not even sure I would describe that as a strategy, but it is the only other thought that comes to mind." 花大钱仅是其中一个办法而已... ---- --

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