2009年9月30日星期三

A real soccer manager should be


Wenger said: "I have always worked in clubs who make money.

"I would not feel that I do my job well if we lost money at the end of the season - never, no matter what happens on the sporting side - because you put the club in trouble and, in my opinion, that cannot be accepted from any manager."

The club said the "limited" transfer activity was due to Mr Wenger's assessment "rather than any necessity or financial constraint".

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After tax, the company reported a record profit of £35.2m, up 37% from last year.

Arsenal said that it had now sold 445 of the 655 private apartments in its Highbury Square redevelopment of its former grounds in North London.

That has brought in £172.4m to the club so far.

Profits from player sales actually fell, down to £23.2m from £26.5m last year.

That mainly came from the sales of Alexander Hleb to Barcelona and Justin Hoyte to Middlesbrough.

It also still received money from former Arsenal players David Bentley and Lassana Diarra - currently at Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid respectively - as a result of sell-on clauses.

The club sold striker Emmanuel Adebayor and defender Kolo Toure to big-spending Manchester City in the summer, but these deals took place in the current financial year.


Highbury Square


2009年9月28日星期一

BBC News - Never Stop Asking



近日工作極忙,單單是課堂功課及閱讀已佔了我每日的絕大部分時間,但晚上還要工作。星期日的晚上,就是清理累積下來,超過20天的Financial Times。

在最辛苦的日子,總是會想:「為何會這樣?」
在閱讀Financial Times 時,看到這個BBC News 的平面廣告。這廣告的Never Stop Asking ,似乎是我上述問題的最佳答案。

楊大俠,我仲未有時間寫有關香港足球電視直播嘅嘢,再等等喇!