Arsenal: Every single reason why Philippe Coutinho is a bad idea

3. Wages

This ties back into a potential loan move, but also if we buy him, obviously. One of the big goals this coming summer is to make sure that we hack away at some of the crippling wages we’re dealing with. primarily Mesut Ozil and his £350,000 wages. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wants a raise, which, if we keep him, will necessitate Ozil leaving.

Coutinho is currently making £240,000 at Bayern Munich and you can bet that he wouldn’t exactly be looking for a pay cut if he makes the move to Arsenal. If nothing else, he would be looking for a raise which, even if he gets as little as a £10,000 raise to level him at £250,000, is way too much money for us to be spending on this position. It’s the exact same problem we’re in right now with Ozil. Way too much of our wage structure is tied to a player who is so specific that it’s hard to get the most out of him.

Coutinho’s wages alone make this all pointless. Even if we loan him, we’re still making up hardly any ground in fixing the wage structure to bring him here. So yet again, this is a piss poor idea. But if you aren’t convinced yet, we have another reason why coming up.