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I'd go one further - selling him to a PL club should be out of question. But even if he wants to go abroad, tell him to stay and let him go the year after for a free. We'll miss out on around £15-20m but what we gain from him staying another year would be probably be even greater.
But honestly I reckon no-one wants him. It's not wishful thinking it's just thinking. But we'll see.
RVP. :bow:
One of a select few to make it 30 in a league season. Shame there was no point to it in the end. Well, alright one point.
He could have had thirty-five in the last month alone.
Bring back Vela and Dennis Bendtner tbh.
I feel bad for him and would hate to be in his position (not the getting paid thousands to play football bit obviously) with the decision he has to make. It's obvious he loves the club, but could you blame him for leaving. I still think he'll stay if we get CL football, but we also need CL football to get the likes of Mvilla (who on todays performance we seriously need) to the club. Where would he go and if he did win something would it be the same?? I think he'll stay.
I don't think he'll stay if we miss out on CL football. Disasterous result today, potentially.
Missing CL could actually do some good to this team. Give the likes of RVP, Rosicky and Feo more time to recover. The kids will also benefit from playing Europa League games while the first team solely focus on PL. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Newguy
Actually, no i think he'll leave, especially if him saying that "whatever happens, he'll always feel like a gunner" is true. Thats classic, "i love the club, but I'm ambitious and I havent got much time left".Quote:
Originally Posted by Newguy
I can't work out if we're fortunate he stayed fit for this season, or really horribly unlucky he couldn't have stayed fit for the previous six.
It's a long wait to find out if we get Champions League football, if as is now expected, we don't finish third. Not only until the Champions League final (if it goes well) then another wait until late August. I think he'd have decided before then.
And what has long breaks between games helped to achieve in the last few weeks of the season? I'd hate for us to treat the Europa League like shit really.Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
Why wouldn't anyone want a striker who has 37 goals and 14 assists in 47 games this season? 29 isn't that old anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Some people have been bemoaning his misses in the last month, but I've always said he's not the most clinical striker in the world, and will miss chances. I said that at the start of the season when people were having a pop at me. However, despite that weakness in his game we can't fault his contribution this season. He's been involved in 60% of our goals this season, through scoring or assisting. Okay, his form has dropped off in the last month or so, but no one can say that's why we haven't secured 3rd place yet. Look at the rest of the squad for failing to step up to the plate when it really mattered.