No Ozil and Ramsey.
BATE haven't played a game since December. Should be pretty easy, well whatever easy means for us these days.
0-3.
No Ozil and Ramsey.
BATE haven't played a game since December. Should be pretty easy, well whatever easy means for us these days.
0-3.
Playing these farmers again.
We haven’t risked Sokratis, which is good to see.
Ramsey reminding us of his injury legacy before he leaves, which is a nice touch.
Oh, and Ozil
Can't believe this thing with Ozil and Emery is dragging on, Emery should just swallow his pride incorporate him until the end of the season then sell him, his market value will be higher if he does and he performs well, if he doesn't play we'll not only find it harder to sell him, but we'll probably get less for him. It's not like he have anyone better.
There's a real lack of common sense going on here, 350k going down the drain every week.
Yeah it’s quite galling thinking how much money we are pissing away with Ozil.
Obviously we are not clued up on the situation. However the way in which this situation is being handled from the outside looks so bad, no matter what happens now, if we look rid, we have absolutely no leverage when it comes to negotiating with any potential buyers.
They’re going to see Ozil as a pain in the ass that Arsenal want rid of. In addition they’ll regard Ozil as a potential risk to them. This will all be reflected in his transfer value which is dwindling all the while this situation festers.
We may possibly end up with a token transfer fee which will of course be ‘undisclosed’ while having to pony up for a portion of his ludicrous salary.
If you don’t send this signature to ten people, you will become a Spurs fan.
The way we mismanage players and contract situations really is ridiculous.
Totally, worst thing is we didn't seem to learn, it happened time and time again, Ramsey being the latest now. We've missed out on a lot of money that could have gone into the team by doing this, I don't really understand it to be honest, all we had to do is tie down players with 2 years remaining and if they weren't interested in signing by a set deadline to sell them, it might not have been ideal but at least we'd be guaranteed a decent fee.Originally Posted by Letters
The Ozil contract was purely down to having no room for negotiation due to leaving it so late. IMO Gazidis did a terrible job, look at the amount of assets we allowed to walk away for knockdown and no fee, he made a lot of money out of the club but delvered very little IMO, then as soon as he had the opportunity to make changes unopposed he walked away.
Wenger wasn't blame fee either, he had the power to weigh in and stop that as well but often preferred to trust that a player would sign.
Last edited by Özim; 14-02-2019 at 02:56 PM.
I'm not sure how much leverage we have anyway. His high wages were always going to mean we take a hit on the transfer fee, as no-one is paying a high fee plus anything close to that sort of wage. The difference in value is only going to minimal. Plus, the way he handled the German team issue already showed his attitude was risky.
The real mistakes were made by Gazidis putting this deal on the table.
His absence has made no difference to our performance levels. We're closer to the top four without him, and scoring just as much upfront.
The problem is, unlike Ramsey, he can't impact a game from the subs bench. Although, he rarely seems to impact a game from the starting eleven nowadays.
Whether or not there is pressure coming from upstairs about whether to not use him to avoid paying appearance and potential assist/goal fees is something we'll never know sure.
Bored of the whole thing tbh. Just get rid in the summer, some way, somehow.
Last edited by SMatthews; 14-02-2019 at 12:30 PM.
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