Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
I don't get how any fan could want Laca gone at this point. He's absolutely essential to what Arteta's trying to do, as is Torreira and (increasingly) Xhaka. These are the three who carry the ballast when Ozil is having an off-month or (particularly now) Auba is not there or when Pepe is being Pepe-ish. Some fans are even suggesting the statue be brought back in his place. That's just crazy talk.
Would you be okay letting him go if we got 80 million quid? Dudes going to be 29 in a few months and hasnt set the world on fire for us. I like him, I like his effort but we'd be foolish to not accept a big bid for him.