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Gunners still dey make gain



England Premier Lig klub Arsenal don hama no b small, dia six mont proft wey dem bin anounse on Monday don dey reach dat kain £17.8 million ($27 million), but e no kuku reach d one wey dem been get for lass year wey b £49.5 million.

Statement wey the north London rilis tok say dem spend £40.9 million take sign Lukas Podolski, Santi Carzola and Olivier Giroud plus take am extend the kontraks for dia England playas Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere.

Playa wey dem sell gif dem 42.5 million, as the kulele wey dem raise bin drop to 106 million from the 113.5 million wey enta lass year becos dem no play plenti match for house reach las year.

The profit wey dem make for the six monts reach Novemba 2011 inklu the moni wey dem get wen dem sell Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy.

Stan Kroenke, wey get shapre pass for Arsenal tok say debt no too dey, plus moni wey dey ground now reach 123.4 million pass last year own wey b 115.2 million.

"We dey kampe for dis side and Europe sef becos of how we dey do bisness wey dey gif us korrect stand " chairmo Peter Hill-Wood tok.

Arsenal fans don dey vex no b small, dem dey provoke say dia klub neva win cup since 2005 wen dem win the FA Cup and dem dey push manaja Arsene Wenger make in comot ogbonge moni buy beta playas take replace Fabregas and van Persie dem, wey dem sell gif Manchester United dis year.

The klub bin waka comot for Lig and FA Cup dis seasin as as e b, Na onli miracle go make dem escape from Bayern Munich hand afta the Germany klub hama dem 3-1 for house for the fes leg for the Champion Lig round of 16 wey dem play.

Wenger, wey in kontrak go kpai for the end of nes seasin, don relax small afta Arsenal manage beat Aston Villa 2-1 for Premier Lig afta Bayern beat dem and Blackburn Rovers do dem strong tin for FA Cup

Arsenal dey numba five for table for Premier Lig for dia nebo Tottenham bak, cari one leg comot for space for Champion Lig. Dem go kuku play Tottenham for White Hart Lane dis Sunday wey dey come.

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