Ex-PL club chief slams Arsenal over failure to play insignificant sum of money before UCL final
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(Credit: Imago) Thu 21 May 2026 18:00, UK Arsenal have no excuses for not paying for their staff to travel to the Champions League final, according to Keith Wyness.The former Everton chief executive, speaking to Football Insider, is disappointed by Arsenal’s stance to make their staff pay over £850 for travel to Budapest.The Gunners will face PSG in their first Champions League final since 2006, looking to win Europe’s most prestigious prize for the very first time in their history.Victory over PSG would complete a historic double for Mikel Arteta’s side, after the north London club secured their first Premier League title for over 20 years this season.Arsenal are on course to make record revenue from their success in the Premier League and in Europe, beating the strong financial results they posted in their 2024-25 accounts. 💰 Arsenal Finance Update 💰 Inside the transfer budget, player wages, new kits, off-pitch deals and boardroom developments at Emirates Stadium. VISIT THE ARSENAL FINANCE HUB MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES Expert ‘doesn’t agree’ with Arsenal decisionEverton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – states that is not a “significant sum” Arsenal would have had to have paid to cover staff travel costs.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness thinks Arsenal’s staff deserve better for the “sacrifices” they make behind the scenes.Total Turnover£691mCommercial Revenue£263.2mMatchday Income£153.9mBroacast Income£272.8mArsenal’s 2024-25 financial accounts.He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “Arsenal should have reconsidered that. “They should have taken the staff.
They should have paid for that. That’s something they could have absorbed, and I really don’t agree with it at all.