What is stalling Theo??

[LDG]

Thought I'd post this up to see what the consensus is.....

[Kano]

he's a kent

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Think a few things, money, posistion maybe he looks around the dressing room and seen alll his mates gone. He may noy feel he has that special bond with this sqaud like he did with the last one.

You could tell he was more happy with the likes of Eboue etc. Then again maybe he knows he has to be serious and the days of jokes are over.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Think a few things, money, posistion maybe he looks around the dressing room and seen alll his mates gone. He may noy feel he has that special bond with this sqaud like he did with the last one.

You could tell he was more happy with the likes of Eboue etc. Then again maybe he knows he has to be serious and the days of jokes are over.

This is a new one.

[Marc Overmars]

Bit of both really. I think he believes he's in a position now to command top wages, relative to his teammates who are maybe being paid more than their contribution is actually worth.

It's a status thing, there's no difference between 75k and 100k to us, but to him it's like saying you're a bit-part player who'll be used sparingly or we value you as a key player now.

Wenget clearly doesn't rate him IMO which I think is a shame.

[Power n Glory]

Bit of both really. I think he believes he's in a position now to command top wages, relative to his teammates who are maybe being paid more than their contribution is actually worth.

It's a status thing, there's no difference between 75k and 100k to us, but to him it's like saying you're a bit-part player who'll be used sparingly or we value you as a key player now.

Wenget clearly doesn't rate him IMO which I think is a shame.

Those are my thoughts too. Wenger won't play him in his preferred position, has frozen him out of the team this year, he obviously feels he has better players ahead of him. He's bought Podolski, Gervinho and Ox over the past couple of seasons. He's also bough Gnarby and has talked up his potential. Theo is already in a battle with Ox for England international duties and probably feels unwanted by his club and manager. He signs on for this deal he could end up on the bench as for sort of right winger nobody wants and it would be a real struggle to find another top club that would play him as a striker. It's now or never.

[Syn]

Geoff Arsenal ‏@GeoffArsenalAW to offer Theo a long term deal that makes him the clear highest earner at AFC plus a signing on fee of £4-5m.

Cheers Geoffrey.

[Marc Overmars]

Cheers Geoffrey.

Good. I hope it's true.

[Cripps_orig]

Both

Could be other though

He might not want to sign unless he gets assurances we dont keep selling our best players every summer, that we actually spend more than 20p to improve the squad etc etc

I voted for both

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Maybe he's upset how he was treated by the fans last season.