maybe PnG's post will get through:
You have no idea what was said during RVP's first contract talks and you don't know if we're now signing players in reaction to RVP's statement and the letter written by Usmanov. Giroud was signed after the statement, but RVP had already told Wenger and Gazidis that he wouldn't sign a new deal before Giroud was signed.
Unfortunately, that is also an assumption.
As you say, we have no idea what rvp said or didn't say when he had that first meeting.
But there is no point trying to state as fact that he told them he wasn't going to sign a new deal.
Giroud was confirmed as signed on the 26th June. Rvp released his statement on the 4th july.
Those are the facts that we have.
Why the fuck haven't we sold him yet?