Jovic has gone to Real for 65m euros, which could increase. 6 year contract.
Jovic has gone to Real for 65m euros, which could increase. 6 year contract.
Where would we find a younger 30 goal a season striker to replace him?Originally Posted by Bumble
We only have 2 sources of goals in this team so unless the offer is out of this world we’d be foolish to sell him.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 04-06-2019 at 01:43 PM.
Ideally we keep him, as I don't think we'd get much of a fee (the Chinese market is more regulated by their government now).
But the question still remains for the suits at Arsenal. He has two years left on his contract. They said they won't repeat old mistakes, which means either upping his wages (presuming he wants to stay) or selling him on.
I think it's best to keep him, even if we lose him on a free at the end of his contract. Even if we sell him now we won't get much money for him. The goals he'll score in the next two years are worth more than any transfer fee we'd get.
We might as well focus on other areas like our defence and midfield over the summer, rather than worrying about trying to replace a class striker too.
Whilst I'm pleased we signed Aubameyang, given our situation financially, his age and his fee on reflection it may not have been the best decision for the club, this is the reason I'm an advocate for us signing younger players, in terms of market value they can be sold off for decent money later on and also they won't need replacing for a while.
Sokratis, Mhkitaryan, Aubameyang, Lichsteiner (although he was free so it wasn't so bad) were all going to have very little market value and would need replacing soon enough, this on top of our other ageing players like Monreal, Koscielny, Cech, Ozil.
We just have too many older players that we need to replace in the next year or two now.
Then of course given our policy about selling players with 2 years left if they don't sign a new contract, we now have a real dilemma with Aubameyang, do we re-sign him and realistically keep him till he's 34 on very high wages, or sell him and probably don't even get a lot of the money we spent back and at the same time lose one of our few decent players.
Due to the finances at this club and the fact there's next to no money this is a problem, a problem that we needn't have been faced with if we'd invested more wisely and hadn't handled contracts so badly for so long.
Last edited by Özim; 04-06-2019 at 03:18 PM.
But this is it - according to the suits they were not letting anyone run down their contract. Which means there's a decision to be made.
If not, it will quickly demonstrate how empty their words are.
Which is worrying when it comes to any other player of value in this, or future teams. And for any other 'plans' they have laid out.
Last edited by SMatthews; 04-06-2019 at 03:36 PM.
I think there have already been reports of an Auba contract extension so I suspect that will be dealt with this summer / year.
As already said....unless we get an obscene amount for Auba, then leave well alone on ideas of selling him. Lest we be literally trying to replace an entire squad this summer.
Eriksen says he is ready to leave. All depends on how Levy wants to play it. They could price themselves out of the market and he goes for nothing next year.
Not a huge surprise. Alderweireld will probably follow him out the door too.
As far as Auba is concerned, there is no way we should be letting him go.
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