Summer Transfer Misery 2017/18

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Originally Posted by Özim

So let me get this straight, losing a player who would be worth 100 million in todays market if we hadn't let his contract run down next summer will cost you less than keeping him, thus saving yourself a massive transfer fee or even selling him if you want to next season once he's tied down to a few more years?

This is utter nonsense, it would be better for us to sign him up and then decide to sell him next summer for a bucket of cash and then spend that money, losing him next summer for free means we've lost a top player and have to fork out for a replacement (cheap if you're Wenger as he'll settle for some cheap nobody - but for any normal manager it would be an expensive business).

And when Ozil and Ox walk away as well and we've lost a 3rd of our team (and 3 of our best players) I'm sure he'll think it's the ideal situation and the most cost-effective one.

This guy is suppose to know about economics and is suppose to be highly intelligent, I'm amazed at the stuff he comes out with though.

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Someone give Wenger 'milk of the poppy' :lol:

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Originally Posted by Özim

So let me get this straight, losing a player who would be worth 100 million in todays market if we hadn't let his contract run down next summer will cost you less than keeping him, thus saving yourself a massive transfer fee or even selling him if you want to next season once he's tied down to a few more years?

This is utter nonsense, it would be better for us to sign him up and then decide to sell him next summer for a bucket of cash and then spend that money, losing him next summer for free means we've lost a top player and have to fork out for a replacement (cheap if you're Wenger as he'll settle for some cheap nobody - but for any normal manager it would be an expensive business).

And when Ozil and Ox walk away as well and we've lost a 3rd of our team (and 3 of our best players) I'm sure he'll think it's the ideal situation and the most cost-effective one.

This guy is suppose to know about economics and is suppose to be highly intelligent, I'm amazed at the stuff he comes out with though.

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Yet the people around him don't question it. How was he able to offer up that answer and people say nothing?

Liverpool reject £114m bid from Barca for Coutinho.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40979106

Yet no bid for Ozil. ;)

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Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur

Yet the people around him don't question it. How was he able to offer up that answer and people say nothing?

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When he has a plan, they back him. When he doesn't...

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Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur

Liverpool reject £114m bid from Barca for Coutinho.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40979106

Yet no bid for Ozil. ;)

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Ozil, an ex-Madrid player, to Barca is a non-starter anyway, why take on all that heat when he has an easy ride in London? But it wouldn't surprise me if Ozil leaves in the next 12 days. All it will take is for a significant club to match his wage demands. Depends if people in football really do believe the Wenger myth. Are they sitting there saying Ozil is not performing, or so they realise Ozil is as handicapped as any other player subjected to Wenger's methods? It would surprise me if Ozil, Alexis and Ox all walk in the next 12 days. Depends on how desperate certain clubs get as the deadline approaches and what other significant moves have taken place.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Ozil, an ex-Madrid player, to Barca is a non-starter anyway, why take on all that heat when he has an easy ride in London? But it wouldn't surprise me if Ozil leaves in the next 12 days. All it will take is for a significant club to match his wage demands. Depends if people in football really do believe the Wenger myth. Are they sitting there saying Ozil is not performing, or so they realise Ozil is as handicapped as any other player subjected to Wenger's methods? It would surprise me if Ozil, Alexis and Ox all walk in the next 12 days. Depends on how desperate certain clubs get as the deadline approaches and what other significant moves have taken place.

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As said this a while back, the number 10 role is dying and I don't think many clubs are looking for a player like Özil. The Madrid /Barca link is not enough to put off a bid. Luis Enrique used to play for Real Madrid. Eto started his career at Real Madrid. Ronaldo used to be a Barca player and ended up at Real Madrid. They'll make it happen if you're worth the hassle.

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Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur

Liverpool reject £114m bid from Barca for Coutinho.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40979106

Yet no bid for Ozil. ;)

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If that had been us we'd have taken the first bid and run, Liverpool on the otherhand just like they were with Suarez seem to prioritise football over finances and won't sell.

I hear murmurings that we are open to selling Mustafi.. WTF is up with that? We have just the right number of CB's. Why would the deluded donkey even think about selling him this late in the window?!! What a fucking tool.. just fuck off from the club!

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Originally Posted by Özim

If that had been us we'd have taken the first bid and run, Liverpool on the otherhand just like they were with Suarez seem to prioritise football over finances and won't sell.

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114 mill? Bite their arm off. Coutinho's good, but nowhere near that good. They can get two great players in for that price. What about Alexis? He'd be lethal there.

How come they are attracting 114 mill bids though? Haven't they let Coutinho run his contract down? Seems to me they aren't in the same ideal position Wenger has achieved with our star players. Fools.

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

I hear murmurings that we are open to selling Mustafi.. WTF is up with that? We have just the right number of CB's. Why would the deluded donkey even think about selling him this late in the window?!! What a fucking tool.. just fuck off from the club!

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Think it was just a drive-by, opportunistic bid. I don't think the board has noticed, no sign of them packing Mustafi's case.