Ornstein says we have actually made a bid for Zaha.
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Ornstein says we have actually made a bid for Zaha.
No players offered, so they know it will be rejected.
Either stupid. a PR move or an underhand move at trying to force a deal. Raul did it a lot while at Barca - as we know.
We know that we have interest in Zaha, Saliba and Tierney. Raul is really under pressure to deliver these signings.
Rashford now on £250k a week. Fuck me. Ole :lol:
We've signed Lee Cattermole from Sunderland on a free transfer.
:lol:
Steel. :bow:
Can only hope Zaha kicks off and tries to force a move.
Not like Palace need the dough so this would be a bit of a coup if we pulled it off.
Really? I always thought he was a bit shit....Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Great diver so maybe it's worth all that investment for the extra pels.
Up our ante with £40.01m plus Mustafi and JenkinsonQuote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
Looks like we're serious about getting this guy, honestly think the money could be better spent elsewhere, plus it's going to cost us a lot more to buy him so we'll be blowing most of our budget on this guy, Palace don't need the money after selling Wan-Bissaka. Palace would have to pay 25% to Man U and apparently don't want to sell him because it could affect the takeover.
The decisions this club makes are odd to say the least, but thankfully this probably doesn't have any legs given the amount we'd have to pay and the fact Palace don't want or need to sell.
The club will probably waste all summer trying to sign him now.
Not too sure, the guy is slightly above average and we'd be spending most of our budget on him, there are much better players out there than him we could buy for the same or less money we'd need to get this guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
You seem to have the inside track,Quote:
Originally Posted by Unai Tea
Palace are incensed, and they call Arsenal ‘naive’
Raul knows how to be underhand, but I'm not wholly convinced this is a genuine attempt to get the player. The same day the kit comes out seems like a good day add to the PR.
We're good at that, but in this case I hope they get so incensed they don't let us have the player under any circumstances.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralpheroo72
Nobelle is arriving for his medical apparently.
Roma apparently considering a move for Alderweireld, which would cover some of the costs.
Lampard looks nailed on, with Cocu to replace him at Derby.
Fekir has been offered to us for 30 million apparently, I'd take him at that price, very talented and only 25. Lot's of decent players on offer at a decent price, yet we seem intent on going for someone like Zaha who is overpriced and overrated, odd.
is he the Lyon guy Liverpool were after last year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
not a fan of players who try to engineer moves as what is going to stop them doing in a couple of years when they release that playing for a Europa league side isn't that much more exciting than playing for a midtable side.
also don't we need to strength our defence or midfield first. I would prefer the focus on that side of the team and if we don't get any new attackers I think that is the end of the world as attacking wise with Laca and Auba we are ok plus the youngsters.
Yes that's right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
No me neither to be honest, the guy signed a contract last summer, if he didn't plan on staying he shouldn't have signed, but then he was quite happy to if he got the pay rise. I can understand players wanting to leave after a long time at a club, but not a year after signing a new contract!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
Think we need a winger, or to replace Ramsey as we need a bit of creativity to make us a bit more unpredictable, but I agree we do need to sort the defence, a decent CB should be top priority.
he must be good if Liverpool nearly signed him although thought they pulled out because of injury record. also 30m sound very low for anyone who isn't Xhaka or Mustafi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48839601
Man Utd bid 70 million for Harry fucking Maguire and it still might not be enough to get him!
Football. :haha:
Yes it is low, he didn't have a great season last season, but he's very talented, would be a great buy at that price IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
Fees are ridiculous, but then people laughed when Liverpool splashed out big money on Van Dijk and look at him now. Man U definitely trying to sort out their defence, if they got him that's half their defence replaced.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Meanwhile our leaky defence remains untouched thus far.
we should bid £35m as I am sure he used to support us and been a dream of his to play for arsenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
That's at least 7 times his worth.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
These insane amounts at least double every year :wacko:
Maguire is pretty decent to be fair, whether he's worth 70 million is another matter however.
But then when you consider we paid 35 odd million for Mustafi a few years ago, Maguire looks a genuine bargain in comparison.
On top of the £250,000 they are paying Rashford now the place is a complete shit show.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Gabriel Martinelli has officially joined :bow:
PL title is in the bag.
https://www.arsenal.com/news/gabriel...elli-join-club
Arsenal pay 350k a week to a useless fairy like Ozil.
I'd much rather have Rashford than Ozil.
It was Wenger who let Ozils contract run down.
What a farce.
An 18 year old forward is just what Arsenal need.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
Very underwhelming.
and 200k for Mhkytaryan a player who was unwanted and had been playing very poorly when we signed him, not to mention all the other overpaid players we have, we're as guilty as anyone of overpaying players massively, over the years we've been paying nobodies way over market value in fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
Benitez has taken the money and gone to China.
What the hell is market rate any more? It's all gone completely mental although I agree we massively overpay our players.
It's odd, we had a fairly rigid structure for a long time, then we kept this structure but has this weird policy of wanting to keep everyone on fairly similar amounts meaning we paid young players a lot more than others, we did finally break that structure but we ended up doing it when we'd backed ourselves into a corner by allowing too many players to run down their contracts, that's when Ozil and Mhkitaryan ended up picking up over half a million a week between them.
I guess these days if you want to attract the better players wages will probably be high, but you really should only do this for players that are top quality and that you desperately want, not out of desperation.
Wages are totally out of control having said that but there doesn't seem to be any end in sight. But based on the quality we have in our squad (or had last season) we were massively overpaying our players which has really hindered our ability to get rid of them as well.
Nobele has signed up for 6 years. Who would want to go that long without winning a trophy during their peak years?