Summer Transfer Misery 2017/18

[Marc Overmars]

Coutinho to Barca could be on apparently.

[Niall_Quinn]

Coutinho to Barca could be on apparently.

For 90 million silly quid.

[GP]

He'll be worth every penny for the 1 in 5 games he shows up for.

[Niall_Quinn]

Many outlets reporting we have lemar in the bag. I'll only believe it when he's pictured on arsenal.com wearing a red and white shirt

All I see is that we're going back with another bid.

30 mill, 40 mill, 45 mill, now 50 mill. Why can't our lot figure out a bid that's going to work and then put that bid in? What's this thing about going back over and over again? Doesn't it just waste time and energy and potentially strain relations with the club we're trying to do business with?

I'm just a bloke on a little visited web site and I said 50 mill a month ago. Monaco reckon they can get 80mill if Lemar puts in another good season. So we were always going to have to make a bid that took that into account. What did we do? We bid 30 mill. Stupid. Wenger trying to enforce his value system that everyone else ignores.

Now that Monaco have sold most of their top stars, I reckon it might take 60 or 70 mill to prise this player away. Maybe even the full 80.

Is he worth that? Of course not. Are any of these players worth their fees? Nope. Well maybe Ronaldo to Madrid, but that's about it. Will we see a dramatic transformation with Lemar in the team? Nope. We'll be better but still subject to all the usual flaws. Is Lacazette worth the money? Nope. Wenger won't use either of these players properly anyway.

This is a moneygoround that is spinning faster and faster and has lost all perspective. Wenger is being dragged into this market kicking and screaming no doubt. He's not wrong to think this is a nuthouse. But he just signed up for another 2 years in the loony bin. His choice. If he wants this player he needs to put all ideas of value out of his head, make a proper bid and get the thing done. Otherwise give it a rest.

And anyway, aren't we only trying to sign this guy so we limit the fuss when Alexis gets sold to a major rival?

[Özim]

Very average transfer window so far, happy with Lacazette (at last we've signed a decent striker) but really we need more than that, most of the other teams have gone out and signed a number of players to improve their squads and so far we only have one (I'm not including the freebie as I don't know much about him and am yet to be convinced he's up to the job).

Amost the end of July, we really should have most of our business done by now, this Lemar rumour persists but I'm not sure it's even real, just like the Mbappe one which was total BS, even if it is real now that Monaco have sold half their team the likelyness of us getting him is getting smaller by the day.

As usual though we're not doing what we need to in the transfer market and on top of that none of the 3 players with one year left have signed new contracts, we're also lumbered with a load of dead wood we don't seem to be able to get rid of due to their wages and the fact they're rubbish.

[Niall_Quinn]

Saw this in the Daily Fake News and it made me chuckle:

Lemar & Mbappe will BOTH be at Arsenal soon. Both players have stated that they are only interested in joining Arsenal and with or without contracts Monaco cannot stop them leaving as French law makes it illegal to restrict any ones right to change their employer regardless of contracts.

Sounds very reasonable. Stick in a £240mill bid for both and sue Monaco in a quick and decisive case that shouldn't cost more than £100mill in shyster dues. I can see this happening. Really looking forward to the season now.

It's on!

[Niall_Quinn]

In-demand Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez claims to be struggling with illness, casting doubt over his return to first team action with the Gunners.
Arsene Wenger had claimed on Thursday that the Chile international, whose future at the Emirates remains uncertain, would be back training with his team-mates this Sunday.
But Sanchez has fuelled speculation that he could be out for more time, yet, by claiming he is currently ill.

That's one way of doing it I suppose. Will we see him in an Arsenal shirt again? Oh well, if he wants to go then go, I suppose. Won't make any difference to the final outcome anyway.

[Niall_Quinn]

Monaco have rejected Arsenal’s latest £50million offer for winger Thomas Lemar, after Sportmail revealed that the Gunners would submit a third offer for the France international.
The bid has been turned down by the Ligue 1 club as they look to keep hold of Lemar, one of their remaining star men.
Monaco chiefs insisted earlier this week that the 21-year-old is not for sale, despite the fact the French club have seen host of their top players leave this summer.

£50,000,001 bid on the way.

[Niall_Quinn]

PEREZ AT ARSENAL
Appearances - 21 | Goals - 7
Shot accuracy - 80 per cent
Chances created - 7
Pass accuracy - 78 per cent

We paid 17 mill and are about to sell him for 8 mill. Wenger let him on the pitch 21 times in total, compared to Sanogo's 20 appearances. Perez will have been on the books for 1 year. Sanogo for 4 years.

[fakeyank]

We paid 17 mill and are about to sell him for 8 mill. Wenger let him on the pitch 21 times in total, compared to Sanogo's 20 appearances. Perez will have been on the books for 1 year. Sanogo for 4 years.

Wenger is a POS. #StainOnTheClub