Quote Originally Posted by -Xs- View Post
Cole was actually a typical case for Arsenal though. He wanted more money but the club were unwilling to meet demands.

Funny how we will pay out on dross but not go that little bit extra for our better performers.

Cole may be a ****, but 65k a week for arguably one the the best left backs in the league for the past 10 years would have been a steal with all the new money that's come in.
We took a hard stance and paid the price, we lost one of the best full backs in the game for a few million effectively....sometimes you have to do the necessary to keep players who are a bit special (like RVP etc).

Ironically we could have given him the money and then sold him for a packet if we'd wanted to.