We are in advanced talks to sign Gyokeres and personal terms have been agreed. That’s from Ornstein.
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We are in advanced talks to sign Gyokeres and personal terms have been agreed. That’s from Ornstein.
I don’t remember saying we should have got rid of Partey, whilst he wasn’t charged and remained anonymous made sense to carry on playing him. Just it’s likely he committed acts of sexual violenceQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Looks like the journo that broke the news to L’equipe the other day was correct then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Romano is also saying it’ll get the ‘here we go’ very soon as well.
Gyokores has stated he only wants to join us and will not return to sporting for training. They have no choice but to sell him to us now.
The whole Partey thing is an odd one, I think we all knew there was something going on behind the scenes which does reflect badly on the club to an extent, but at the same time - he was never charged at the time and he is still innocent until proven guilty.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
Either way, I’m glad we’ve cut ties with him and I felt that we should have done that anyway instead of offering him a new deal.
I know it sounds bad but my conscience is clear, the fact that he was anonymous meant we could hide behind that, morally dubious but I’d have done the same thing absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
Hmm I can only say I hope we fail to agree a fee with Sporting
:pray:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
who says I was talking about you? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
it was a general comment on all the people on social media etc saying Arsenal should have stopped playing him / got rid of him
The whole accused means he’s guilty lineQuote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Where as my line is multiple accusers means more likely to be guilty than not, the CPS usually only charge a suspect if they think there’s a better chance than not of conviction, although in this case I suspect the move to charge him was precipitated by his contract with us ending and a risk of him going to a country with no extradition treaty with the uk. On the other hand if they consider his accusers non-credible they’d have NFA’d the whole thing.
I do wonder if the whole innocent until proved guilty line that fans are trotting out is something to salve their conscience, much like the pearl clutching crowd. Me? My only concern was whether he’d be charged whilst playing for us giving us an unnecessary headache, in fact I more than once made the point that we might want to consider putting distance between us and him whilst we had the chance.
That’s largely because I don’t regard our players as people I regard them as tools, beyond whether they can perform for us I neither know them or care to know them. Like any group of people, some I’m sure are good guys and some I’m sure are arseholes.
It has taken the police 3 years to make a case and it's quite likely that they are only charging him now that its clear he's a flight risk, which means they never saw him as a risk to the general public. I mean anyone who is certain he is guilty and thinks this case will be more solid than Mendy or Diddys cases is in for disappointment from what I can see so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
Initially when noises were made, the only story I heard was their was a girl he was dating that he took on holiday and she refused to put out on a certain date.... I mean it obviously makes a lot of sense to go on an exotic all expenses paid holiday with a young footballer and then play hard to get, but hey :shrug: Anyway, he broke up with her after the holiday and all hell broke loose
IMO, like most young footballers with far more money than sense, he is/was only firmly guilty of having really bad taste. (I also remember reading somewhere that he converted to Islam because of a particular girlfriend, and yes as expected that didn't last either).
Now that it's more than one accuser, I still think it bad taste but this is not a defence of whatever may come out in the trial and I really do hope justice is served and all parties get what's coming to them.