Yann M'Vila isn't worth £30m, but then Nasri isn't worth £25m either.
The transfer market's so inflated, especially that late on. Wenger should have admitted defeat or held on to Cesc (and I mean, held on) and bought a replacement early.
He probably could've got Gourcuff or Hazard for relatively cheap if he'd done that. Still, you have quite a strong squad this season and should do fairly well.
Completely different - firstly, everyone knows how oil-rich City are; they get ripped off by everyone and anyone
Secondly, Nasri > M'Vila.
Thirdly, no chance we could have held onto Cesc this year tbh. He clearly wanted to move more than ever and we had to let him go. It's not our fault that he left so late - it is our fault that our last 6 years meant we basically had to bend down and take it up the **** from Barca, who were in a strong position. We didn't know whether they'd make the right bid or not, so we didn't sign a replacement until we were sure he was gone. We should have lined someone up though.
And no, we couldn't have got Gourcuff (who's just come back from injury and is out of form anyway) or Hazard cheap. Lille were never likely to sell Hazard unless someone came in with a ridiculously good offer - 30m+ and Lyon sold Pjanic so weren't going to let Gourcuff go in any case.