That's true of every position really....it's only in the last few years that he has spent the money on established playersQuote:
Originally Posted by LDG
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That's true of every position really....it's only in the last few years that he has spent the money on established playersQuote:
Originally Posted by LDG
I really wasn’t impressed with Milik at the Euros. Napoli can have him. But I think we can learn from the way they’ve sold their two best strikers for massive fees and gone on to find replacements within a week of selling. Look at that turnaround compared to ours. We’ve had seasons to find a new striker whilst Napoli have lost two of their best strikers over the past 3 seasons but have replaced them within a week of losing them. That says a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by bignev
But you’re right. We only want top quality but won’t pay the price. As Blink implied, we’re only interested in identifying undervalued players. There aren’t many top quality players available but I doubt we’d even sign Aguero or Suarez if offered to us at the going rate.
Heck, I think we need to really consider bringing Van Persie back. If Flamini can be forgiven along with Sol Campbell.....
Very true. Wiltord was probably the only striker we’ve bought that had some hype behind him when we signed him because of the Euro 2000 and he was our record signing for years. Yet he was played as right winger.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Co2iUqxW8AAt_7Q.jpg
That Bergkamp signing is equivalent to near £100m today on a transfer.
Draxler wants to leave Wolfsburg? Get it done Gazidis you cock!
Ivan has no money - didn't you hear him the other day? Poor sod is broke. Down to his last hundred mill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralpheroo72
We're not signing Draxler since we're not selling Theo or OX. Forget it.
Yeah he just gave a pretty damning interview to Bild (German version of The Sun) where basically he said he wanted to leave and was pretty scathing about Wolfsberg. Seems to have made his position untenable though we've seen footballers and their clubs reconcile from much worse in the past (Rooney with Man Utd, Ramos with Real etc etc).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralpheroo72
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...rg-this-summer
After they've just let Schurle go I can't see them easily parting ways with Draxler easily nor as evidenced by Wenger's history, I can't see him ever paying how much Wolfsberg would demand (probably at least 40 million plus).
Wouldn't mind him at all and I'd personally have a front three behind the striker of:
Draxler ------ Ozil ------- Alexis
Moves Alexis to his preferred right hand side position and we can have Ox as the first backup, with Campbell next in line.
Theo can fuck off. :coffee:
Ouch! That makes bad reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
I wouldn't be so absolute about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
It's public knowledge that Wenger has rated him for a long time and when he does rate a player he usually is prepared to pay the going rate for him (see Xhaka, Ozil, Alexis etc). It's only when he has doubts about a players quality (Lacazette for example) is when he becomes reticent to part money and then stalls & delays, probably in the hope that something better appears.
Clearly it's unlikely, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we agreed a 35 - 40 million deal with Wolfburg with Wenger then giving up on the striker hunt again and persisting another year with Giroud and Theo as our two main options.