Goodbye Sanga?

[Power n Glory]

We were always going to Balance the books whether song went or not, we always knew too top players would go, we knew RVP would and most would have said Theo too which would have been enough to balance the books.

Likes its been Said it was the clubs decison to sell Song that does not mean he never wanted to leave once Barca came calling.

The desire to balance the books was greater than keeping a hold of one of our best players. That's the issue. We have no resolve in these sort of situations and this was handled badly. We didn't want to tie him down to a longer contract and we didn't value him as a player.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

think its a case of both tbh

song acted like a c*nt then barca showed interest

if he was disruptive then it was the perfect opportunity to sell

if we wanted to balance our spending then it was the perfect opportunity to sell

either way he's a c*nt

Think you have something there tbh. We all know the club would balance the books maybe this gave them the opportunity they needed and it would not look bad on them.

The desire to balance the books was greater than keeping a hold of one of our best players. That's the issue. We have no resolve in these sort of situations and this was handled badly. We didn't want to tie him down to a longer contract and we didn't value him as a player.

Why should we have he had 3 years on his deal and had no need to discuss a new deal yet, this could have been sorted this year.

Now Theo on the other hand is a diffrent matter.

[Niall_Quinn]

Give the ****s in charge the slightest excuse or encouragement and they'll sell. If it hadn't been Song it would have been Walcott. They make profits every year by selling so no surprise this year was more of the same. Or they are absolutely desperate to spend on players but Wenger won't let them and instead prefers to see the team sold off for a profit that doesn't even benefit him but does make him look like a failure and a ****. Whichever reason you prefer.

[Power n Glory]

Think you have something there tbh. We all know the club would balance the books maybe this gave them the opportunity they needed and it would not look bad on them.




Why should we have he had 3 years on his deal and had no need to discuss a new deal yet, this could have been sorted this year.

Now Theo on the other hand is a diffrent matter.

So it makes sense to sell a player with three years left on his contract? We didn't value him as a player.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

So it makes sense to sell a player with three years left on his contract? We didn't value him as a player.

Nope it does not make sense to sell a player with 3 years on his deal for £15 Million, when we should have got at least £10 mill more. Or to the fact we could have sold him for the same next season.

We all know he wanted more money thats clear and mabe he started acting out and the board and manager saw it easy to sell and Balance the books at the same time.

[Power n Glory]

All too easy to start a rumour that becomes fact. the clubs trying to cover their own ass.

[Fist of Lehmann]

Nope it does not make sense to sell a player with 3 years on his deal for £15 Million, when we should have got at least £10 mill more. Or to the fact we could have sold him for the same next season.

We all know he wanted more money thats clear and mabe he started acting out and the board and manager saw it easy to sell and Balance the books at the same time.

£25m+ for Song?

[Ollie the Optimist]

The desire to balance the books was greater than keeping a hold of one of our best players. That's the issue. We have no resolve in these sort of situations and this was handled badly. We didn't want to tie him down to a longer contract and we didn't value him as a player.

we tied him down to a five year contract two years ago. we had more urgent things to deal with this summer then some **** who wants more money. how can you moan about the club not tieing plaeyrs down when they had given a player a five year contract and he wanted a new one a year into it when his agent fucked up

[Özim]

we tied him down to a five year contract two years ago. we had more urgent things to deal with this summer then some **** who wants more money. how can you moan about the club not tieing plaeyrs down when they had given a player a five year contract and he wanted a new one a year into it when his agent fucked up

Urgent things...what you mean like selling of two of our first teamers?

Fact is if we want to hold onto players we need to start contract talks early, experience should tell us that. Start with a year or two left and you're already in trouble....those are the hard facts.

If we want to keep hold of players we should be negotiating with them with 2 to 3 years left on their contracts to make sure we don't lose them.

Had we done with others, we'd have a) got a lot more money or b) not sold them.

This summer really takes the biscuit for me, it appears on the face of it that they planned to make a few signings to make sure season tickets etc are sold, once done they sell off two players and make sure we make a tidy profit. F*cking sickening to be honest.

[jelgoon]

I agree with your last bit. Im as sickened as you by the way the board has operated over the last couple of years in particular; however, to be fair, if he has three years left on a five year contract, I dont believe that the board should have to start negotiating with him. Its ridiculous

Urgent things...what you mean like selling of two of our first teamers?

Fact is if we want to hold onto players we need to start contract talks early, experience should tell us that. Start with a year or two left and you're already in trouble....those are the hard facts.

If we want to keep hold of players we should be negotiating with them with 2 to 3 years left on their contracts to make sure we don't lose them.

Had we done with others, we'd have a) got a lot more money or b) not sold them.

This summer really takes the biscuit for me, it appears on the face of it that they planned to make a few signings to make sure season tickets etc are sold, once done they sell off two players and make sure we make a tidy profit. F*cking sickening to be honest.