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We were shaking if off with those signings along with Cech. If we lose players again because we won't budge on wages, it reaffirms that tag. Also, it's not as if we wrestled Sanchez or Ozil from Real or Barca because we were more appealing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters to Santa
The point is, if their respective clubs hadn't wanted to sell them we wouldn't have got them. Not sure either of them really wanted to come. Ozil certainly didn't seem to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters to Santa
Ozil said that Wenger called him and that swayed him. I don't know what you're basing the idea that he didn't seem to want to come on.
Whether he wants to stay is another matter, he has at times seemed frustrated by the lack of quality around him.
Sanchez and Ozil won't stay if we don't start competing for major honours but I don't buy they came under duress.
If Real didn't want to sell or if we were in a bidding war with a club like Chelsea, City, Bayern or Barca, we'd have lost out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters to Santa
Like I said, the cynic in me. He's not going to scream 'I wanted to stay at Madrid where they win things and stuff.'Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters to Santa
Both the Ozil and Alexis deals always seemed non-standard, as if no other clubs were aware the players were available. Ozil certainly was very last minute and we seemed to have the inside track on that one. The Alexis deal was the one that surprised me most. It was so smooth by our standards and it's amazing nobody else was in for him, expect possibly Liverpool who are the only top club we are able to beat to a signature. Both, I think, would be fine with staying provided they are paid what, unfortunately, top tier players get paid these days. I mean how much is that lump of shit Rooney on over at Utd? And Ibra. That's the club that is really inflating the market with their stupid overpayments and whacked out salaries.
It's fairly obvious we signed Ozil and Sanchez because their clubs needed to raise money quickly for Bale and Suarez, we were the easiest to sell to because we were cash rich after the new sponsorship deals. That's the way it goes at those circus clubs, replace last seasons toy with the latest model.
Great opportunism on our part.
Well no, he probably didn't want to leave Real in the first place and Ancelotti was more prepared to sell him than Di Maria, there is no question for Ozil that going from Real Madrid to Arsenal was a step down in his career and yeah for that he probably needed a big sell from Wenger whispering sweet nothings in his ear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters to Santa
Which is why we should sign Draxler in January. Keep those signing coming and keep sending a message that we are on the way up. That's how we keep these players at the club.
I don't think that sort of signing sends a message to be honest. It's on par with when we signed Nasri. Someone with bags of potential but a still a lot to prove. He has no chance of breaking into the starting line ups of the major clubs but moving to us would be a perfect stepping stone to develop and showcase his talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noel_Quinn
It's a good addition but I doubt that would stop them from leaving. It would have to be someone bigger like Marco Reus, Auba.