I get what you guys are saying but what this team needs is a solid DCM who can dominate that area and do what Arteta is supposed to do. Khedira was the more advanced of the 3 in the world cup and Schwein was the one sitting deep and doing the DCM job.
The move has reportedly stalled over his huge wage demand.
Finally, at least somebody could see it. And completely agree. In any case if we believe Arsenal's interest is real then I suppose we also believe that Khedira's wage demands are too high for Arsenal.Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
How much is he on at Real?
Not that much, apparently (I've read 50-60k in pounds) but he won't sign a new contract (only has a year left) because he wants too much money. So Real Madrid are willing to sell him. From Arsenal's perspective, the transfer fee of £20m isn't the problem but the wages are.
150k or so.
Yeah I read that too and I read that his wage demands to come here are 150k per week. Not sure I believe that but if it's true then he'll be Chelsea bound.
Schneiderlin would be the better option for us anyway. Would really like us to sign him up.
Said we should have signed Scheweinsteiger three years ago, and two years ago, and last year and I say it again this year. Shame though because the years are ticking on. Even so, the guy remain the best at what he does. We'd still get 3-4 years out of him, enough time to put our Pogba bid together. But the dedicated DCM thing is a bit of a red herring in terms of Arsenal. Vieira was the best we ever had, but he wasn't a DCM in the true sense. If we could find a carbon copy nobody would have any problems with sticking him in the team with Ramsey. Adding all the other reasons I mentioned in an earlier post, Khedira is the right move and I hope we pull it off. But I've seen the same reports, apparently his demands are a bit silly. Some say imminent, it looks to be more like 50/50. But that's a huge improvement on the 100% no chance made up fantasy bullshit we've seen in prior seasons.
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Well if the reports are to be believed we've cooled our interest in Schneiderlin because Southampton want 20mill + for him. To be fair to Southampton they are well within their rights to demand big money for him, they have already milked Man United & Liverpool for 2 of their talents.
Whoever we buy is going to cost a fair bit, If it isn't Khedira or Schneiderlin then it's going to be Lars Bender and he won't come cheap.
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