That's a good point.Originally Posted by milla
Sign him up now before the world cup and his envietable blinder and subsequent wage demand hike, regardless of injuries.
That's a good point.
Sign him up now before the world cup and his envietable blinder and subsequent wage demand hike, regardless of injuries.
We should make all our signings before the World Cup, if we don't you'll be hearing that the players are now overpriced after the World Cup from Wenger.
If we want Draxler we should sign him now when others aren't chasing him.
Last edited by Özim; 15-01-2014 at 11:59 AM.
Agreed. Spend all the money.
Over the last couple of days I have seen the odd report saying that Draxler's clause doesn't actually come into affect until the summer. I cant remember where I read it but it was more than 1 place. Anyone know for sure about this clause? now or summer etc?
Summer I believe but of course, other clubs can match it too so I wouldn't like for us to rely on it. Again.
so if the clause is not in effect right now then all our talk about paying the clause is BS really. Basically we have to bid for him now and if we don't meet their clause we have to wait til summer. my worry is we wont win a bidding battle
If you believe what you read then
"Even though it only kicks in once the season is over, general manager Horst Heldt conceded that a bid of that amount this month would be impossible to turn down."
still doesn't make the situation better in my eyes. if theres a clause now, we can activate it and discuss with player. if its summer and we can bid then we will probably end up bidding 20m or something and then get gazumped. Wont hold my breathe on this one me finks
I kinda feel we should just snap up Berbatov. He's not going to cost that much so, yeah even if he's not a long term option, he is an option. He does play football well (when he can be bothered) and he has played in the PL for years so wouldn't need time to adjust. We would do well to just get him and then look if we want/need anyone else.
Basically it's all speculation but if the above is to be believed 35 million or so and Schalke will sell. If we bid 20 million then they won't of course and will just wait until the summer (most likely after the World Cup) when other clubs will probably rival us.
This is the best time to try and get him, if we try in the summer it'll be a lottery and we could be outbid, or he may choose another club (for example Real or Barca or Bayern if they show interest).
You should strike when the iron's hot so to speak, waiting around and watching seldomly works in your favour.
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