Does anyone else think this was a stupid decision to make. I mean 5mil for a 19 year old german international is a very low sum in todays market. It feels as if werder robbbed us. I hope there is a buy back clause.
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Does anyone else think this was a stupid decision to make. I mean 5mil for a 19 year old german international is a very low sum in todays market. It feels as if werder robbbed us. I hope there is a buy back clause.
It is very low but he was running into his last year on his contract so it was either £5m then and there or nothing a year later. So no, it wasn't a stupid decision (financially).
There's obviously an argument we should have done more to make him stay, namely by giving him games. Every week Ox flops it does make you wonder. If it wasn't for the homegrown rules I think we might have done more to hold on to Gnabry.
Personally I don't feel like it's much of a loss. I know a lot of people rate him here but I don't really see what's so special about him. He'll become a good player but I doubt he'll be a £40m signing for Real/Barca.
We'll never know what could have been. I think Wenger has lost his touch anyway. It may have been for the best for Serge to leave and develop elsewhere.
I thought he could have been a useful player for us, but time will tell on whether it was the right decision to let him go.
A hatty against San Marino certainly isn't an indicator of anything.
Wasn't he out injured for ages anyway? I'm sure he would have been given more game time if he'd been patient. Sending him to Tony Pulis on loan was a bad decison though.
He was out of contract and wanted to leave. What can you do?
Hopefully given the price we sold him for, we were sensible enough to put in a buyback clause. We put one in for Vela so I don't see us not doing it for Gnabry.
Agreed. Wenger mainly holds players back these days. There's nothing to say that if Gnabry had stayed here he'd be even playing, let alone banging goals in. Gnabry was a casualty of the Bif era.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Of course not. We were going to give him another contract but he wanted to leave. Simple as that.
When fans get mad about stuff like the Gnabry situation, we tend to gloss over facts like he tore his ACL at a critical time in his development.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
Still, I liked him when he debuted as I saw he had the intelligence needed to play Wengerball. Something Oxlade has never shown. He also has the technique to play it as well, which is something Theo has never shown.
I always felt the club should have kept him but it seems like he didn't want to stay.
He always did do the simple things right which players like Ox, Theo, Ramsey and Wilshere don't do. Sometimes he played it too safe though and didn't have that little bit of guile or skill to create something the way the best wingers are capable of. Neither do the four I mentioned apart from Jack (occasionally) so maybe we should have done more to keep him around.
But we should be aiming higher anyway so it's not a big loss.
We should have loaned Jack out for three months then got him back. Funny how he has stayed fit away from Arsenal? Unreal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
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Originally Posted by Chippy
Very annoying.
Was serge's fault for staying fit and not getting injured. He was asking to be sold tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
7 in 15 for weder Bremen in the league this season. Looks the real deal I still think we should a sold Ramsey and kept him
No, we should have paid 5 million to someone so that they couldve taken Ramsey. No one in their right mind will pay for that fool. Gnabry is a real miss though. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicks and chicks
If Serge played and hit a run of form he woulda been dropped though either way he wasn't gonna make it. Selling a 20 year old German international for 5 million in an era when Patrick van anholt went for 14 mil is simply criminal in my opinionQuote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
He is not the only one though. Think about Campbell. He did not do much wrong to be sent back on loan.. when you compare him to the pile of poo that is Ramsey, then you understand that Wenger hasnt got a clue.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicks and chicks
Harsh.
On poo.
Is he your fucking boyfriend or something?
His face didn't fit, like Campbell and now Peres.
Looks like he's turning into a great all-rounder. Shame.
It's sickening we kept Ramsey and sold himQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Well he's clearly not yoursQuote:
Originally Posted by GP
Scored again for weder.
No one gives a shit.
Campbell was the one player performed well for us and worked so hard in every game but was not given a fair chance.
Gnabrys loan spell at West Bromwich was a disaster and he was sold for a lot less than he's worth. Better than Walcott.
20 goals in 33 appearances this seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by GP
Joel Campbell is a sometimes starter for Sporting Lisbon. He isnt that good.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
No he hasn't and also no one gives a shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicks and chicks
Is this thread worth a bump or no
Wenger. :lol:
It was a shame he lost his touch at developing young players towards the end. That was the one thing you could always count on him to do well.
20:20 hindsight :bow:
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicks and chicks
He wanted to leave, refused a new contract.
End.
Yup, definitely worth a bump.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicks and chicks
Evidence that blind trust in coaches never pays.