Arsenal's 55 job cuts are a disgrace: Neil Humphreys

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Oezil has had little to do all season, but he probably earns enough to single-handedly cover the annual wages of all 55 affected employees with two months' salary, writes NeilHumphreys EPL Arsenal

According to reports, those job losses might save the Gunners around £2.5 million , or approximately a quarter of the £10m signing-on fee that Willian has supposedly been offered to join Arsenal.Is this what the EPL has become, relying on a crass, insensitive valuation system to determine an individual's worth?

The figures do not add up. The Gunners have the money to pay those 55 workers, but the wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of fewer people, which is a global problem obviously, but one that's endemic within the EPL.The rich were always getting richer. Covid-19 has merely accelerated the poor getting poorer .

Is that being facetious? Or is it an unpalatable fact that drives the EPL's existential dilemma as it ponders its overriding purpose? The Gunners intend to sign Willian and convince Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to extend his contract, via financial agreements that will run into the tens of millions. They will find the money. To a certain extent, they already have it.

Kroenke bought the club to increase profit, rather than pander to the whimsical view that the Gunners exist to entertain, serve and even employ their surrounding communities, like the archaic social enterprise they once were.

 

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