Quote Originally Posted by Charlie the Gooner View Post
Which is why We wanted a perm deal if reports are belived to be true, which would have made more sense if they want all that money for a loan.
We didn't want a permanent deal, we wanted an option to buy at the end of the loan. The problem seems to be that Liverpool were willing to pay a greater proportion of his wages, which seems feasible given that we're notoriously stingy when it comes to wages. Remember Arteta had to take a wage CUT to come to Arsenal.