Winter Transfer Despair and Bafflement.

[Chippy]

Problem is, if we bid what they are asking, we might have to sign the player.

Good point

[KSE Comedy Club]

Me too.

But how much more can they demand if we they have a player going the other way

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Giroud will be a loan only if it happens as they want the full funds and to avoid simply sending a load of money back the other way.

If it doesn't happen....I'll be questioning more than Wenger's hand in all of this.

[Marc Overmars]

Sky say Dortmund are holding out for something in the region of 60m.

[Özim]

We'll probably bid £43,640,001 just to drag this out!

Seriously though, they were never going to accept that amount, we pretty much know that, just bid the money we have it we need him and the sooner the better, in the end someone else could come in for him and take him.

Honestly we seem to be the only club that does this, all other clubs just make their bid, if it's turned down come back with something else and get the player, we drag every single signing of any note out for months sometimes, what is wrong with this club!

[Özim]

Problem is, if we bid what they are asking, we might have to sign the player.

Yeah that's the worry, we seem to enjoy this making fans believe we tried thing without having to spend a penny, seems to keep many Arsenal fans happy!

No other club messes about like this.

[Ralpheroo72]

We have a so called delegation there meeting with Dortmund, they say we want 60M, we say, OK here’s 43M? I mean, just save money on flights and accommodation if you are gonna just aimlessly low ball.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sky say Dortmund are holding out for something in the region of 60m.

So a 55 mill bid will get him then. I don't know why we haven't done that yet. Can't think of a reason. Just pay the money and get the player in. Why drag this to the end of the window? Each day it drags on makes it less likely to happen. Or is that the idea?

[Niall_Quinn]

We have a so called delegation there meeting with Dortmund, they say we want 60M, we say, OK here’s 43M? I mean, just save money on flights and accommodation if you are gonna just aimlessly low ball.

They went standby. Wenger insisted. And they are staying at Wenger's mum's house. She has instructions to report back if they spend more than a fiver a day on expenses.

[Özim]

Unfortunately we've seen this kind of stuff so often we can never believe a deal is on the cards, usually we screw these up somehow. They know how much Dortmund want, they just don't want to pay it.