FlightTracker have confirmed that there are 32,000 people following this private jet from Dortmund to London.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumbledore
Arsenal fans are unstoppable. #Aubameyang
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FlightTracker have confirmed that there are 32,000 people following this private jet from Dortmund to London.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumbledore
Arsenal fans are unstoppable. #Aubameyang
:haha:
Why doesn't John Terry go with them then?Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
The club have handled this badly and we're in situation now where we're having to give a rival a decent player who will help them bag some points this season. I can see Giroud doing well at Chelsea if he gets game time. Control has an idea of the type of player he wants so he'll play to his strengths.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Nothing against Bif if he left. In fact, we need him to leave in order to gain a player.
That's the life of a footballer. Every player has reason for their decisions and some of it is valid. But fans often ignore that part.Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
Think of Sanchez's dogs! Having to leave their London home....poor things.
For me we should not be selling Giroud, I think having him and Aubemeyang in the squad should be the desired outcome if we are looking to improve because Giroud gives us something extra and despite his limitations has got a ton for us
This ridiculous situation has come about from trying to talk Dortmund into a lower fee and then caving
You either stick to your guns or you accept that’s the price you’re going to pay earlier. If we’d agreed a price a week ago we wouldn’t have this nonsense.
I would appreciate it if we had stuck to our guns on the price but to cave at such a late stage and maybe not getting our man anyway. Wow that’s really inept.
Those dogs are cunts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
LATEST: Aubameyang medical pencilled for Wed AM. Earlier today all set for Batshuayi loan to Dortmund, Giroud to Chelsea for £20m. But #CFC via Marina Granovskaia now trying to drive price down so #AFC minded to end talks & send Giroud to #BVB - though unclear if hed agree to it https://t.co/R9jAnVdk0f
Forcing Giroud to Dortmund :haha:
Ruthless Arsenal :bow:
Manchester City make £50million bid for Leicester winger Riyad Mahrez https://t.co/cJxx2bikso via @MailSport
£50m on Mahrez but not willing to spend on Sanchez:haha: :doh:
Yup...he will do well. He's scored as many goals as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer off the bench who really was seen as a supersub. It irks how easily we allow this to happen. If you're going to strengthen a direct rival it really should only be for a kings ransom and when you have the upper hand on them already in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
So long as the medical is the Emirates and not Stamford Bridge. Imagine if Dortmund and Chelsea just decided to swap their strikers and cut us out of the process entirely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumbledore
:wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dumbledore
Pep said he was restrained by their budget. Laughable.
John cross reporting a breakthrough:
Chelsea believe they have struck an £18m deal for Olivier Giroud - paving the way for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to join Arsenal for £60m. More @MirrorFootball
Always one step forward two steps back with this fucking club.
Obviously it would be nice if he could stay but he's not been that good for us either, if we are honest.
He will get them a few goals, of course he will. but it won't be that many I'll bet.
Conte just wanted a big target man but with no real target in mind, just look at their previous inquiries this month.
They've just bought Laporte for 57 million, no wasting time lowballing with them at least!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Thing is we could spend a lot more than we do, so far we'll still be in the black on net spend which is why it amazes me people are still happy enough with our business.
I would expect us to spend big in the summer because we can afford to, we won't of course, we'll make excuses if we resign Jack and Ozil that our budget went on that.
I agree, seems to me that Wenger is just after top 4 nothing else, we won't win the Europa and get the CL spot due to the teams in there and the fact Aubameyang can't play in that, so that leaves Lacazette and Welbeck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Leicester have said that £50m doesn’t meet their valuation and they won’t be selling at that price!
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50 million easily matches what Ahmedinijad is worth, but then Leicester have to replace himQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Coming out of another transfer window with an overwhelming feeling of disappointment.
We've let 198 goals leave the club for rival clubs.
We've let our best player join Utd, who will now be spurred on for a serious title challenge next season. It wouldn't surprise me if we look back at this moment as another RVP moment.
We've given Chelsea a player they need; a big, tall, strong, plan B target man. And to top it off, we've let them have Giroud for a measly fee.
The board seem so fixated on making the most out of every £ because of this sustainable model. I understand the need to be lean and efficient but our squad is too lean. We made a lean squad even leaner.
It always seems like 1 step forward 2 steps back with this club. The Giroud sale was a step too far, and certainly to another top 4 rival. We are always shooting ourselves in the foot.
Not happy.
Over 300 goals if you consider Theo has gone to Everton too.
I agree, I'm not impressed with this. Perhaps it's improving the starting XI but there's no real substantive benefit for the squad unless he gives the younger ones more of a bench chance, which is unlikely.
£18 million for a (near) 20 goal a season striker is just nonsense, especially when you consider his worth with all the late goals he contributes..
They aren't playing fair, Pep has no money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
I don't really get it either to be honest. It seems like a very Arsenal thing to get into this king of situation. If we'd not dithered over meeting Aubas fee would Dortmund have had enough time to find another replacement that didn't involve Giroud?Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
We give a whole new meaning to balancing the books, balancing for us is not spending a penny we've earnt.
It'll be 4 out 2 in and one of them we didn't even need, Walcott should have been replaced with a winger (Moura comes to mind) and we needed to get a DM in and a longer term CB (Evans just isn't the answer in a couple years he'll be done and he's not all that in the 1st place).
Disappointing again (isn't it always with Wenger in charge), too little too late once again, I suspect quite a few fans will get caught up in the Aubameyang hype.
Wenker is doing Giroud a favour by giving him an easy way out. That's the only explanation.
Incredible how he has improved these £50m players.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
They've spent over £200m this season alone. £168m the season before, £150m the season before that. :wacko:
He has a tendency of doing that for players he has a soft spot for, has done it in the past (Cesc comes to mind), he might make money but he loses it in other ways. We're over a barrel with this one as we left it so late (as usual) and now we're left with little choice but to sell Giroud for cheap or we won't get Aubameyang. This club is a embarrassment tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
They're operating to a budget, clearly. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Firmino Is Boss
The majority of their starting line up is made up of players ranging between 30-60m.Quote:
Originally Posted by Firmino Is Boss
Amazing how they've done so well this season...
Mathieu Debuchy has agreed to join St Etienne and will complete transfer in the coming hours. Has six months left on contract but Arsenal letting him go for free
More money saving... yay
Blimey. This could be a very profitable transfer window. One of the best yet.
City have apparently increased their bid for Mahrez to 55m.
Shameless.
He’s also handed in a transfer request.
They don't need to sell right now. Aubameyang is tied down to a long term contract, they can wait until the summer when they will have more options for replacements and possibly drive up more interest in Auba.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
If we had a bid accepted at the start of the window they would know they had £60m in the bank to play with. We've been lowballing all window and only had a bid accepted on 29th January. Why should they take the money and hope they can sign someone in two days? The only club that would do that is Arsenal.
We announced Auba too early this morning on Arsenal player, then had to take it down :lol:
We are so incompetent!
It seems like he’s as good as ours but there are still reports that Dortmund won’t sign off the deal on their end without a replacement.
Batshit was flying out to Dortmund this morning for a medical, so I am sure its just a matter of time.
I say we make sure Batshit has signed for Dortmund and then pull the plug on the Giroud deal, leaving Chelsea in the shit.
Now that would be hilarious :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Dortmund agree to sell Aubameyang to Arsenal
Too eager to appease the hordes of fuming fans post Swansea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
We really are a fucking mess
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