Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[selassie]

I think if Bayern really wanted him they would have got him, they're not short of a few bob and most players would sign for them, plus 35 million being rejected seems odd considering we got him for 33 million.

Fair play, I can't claim to know the details and can't find any links but it was reported they offered for him last summer and Gladbach flat out refused to sell him to another team in their domestic league. I suppose the point I'm trying to make is that he's as high profile as we're gonna get this summer. Have you seen who we've been linked to recently? We're battling it out with the likes Middlesboro & Monaco for new signings.

[Niall_Quinn]

We have Sanogo who can post letters where Alexis plays.

[Kano]

Im really being turned off of football. These transfer fees are getting mental now, couldnt be further from the average fan these days. Couple of years time we will be seeing players go for £200 million. Just seems to have moved on so quickly from the mid 90s when we signed Bergkamp for a £7.5mil fee!
I suppose all sport is the same now though.

One day it will all just eat itself.

It will absolutely. It seems like it will go on forever like this but something will happen unexpectedly to have reign it in or send it to the wall completely. I wish I could say try to ignore all this bollocks and concentrate on enjoying the games but the quality of football seems to be getting worse in direct correlation to the rising prices.

[Kano]

Fair play, I can't claim to know the details and can't find any links but it was reported they offered for him last summer and Gladbach flat out refused to sell him to another team in their domestic league. I suppose the point I'm trying to make is that he's as high profile as we're gonna get this summer. Have you seen who we've been linked to recently? We're battling it out with the likes Middlesboro & Monaco for new signings.

Battling it out in the media. The percentage of bullshit stories compared to actual, real transfers is disproportionate to say the least. That's the reality. Not the garbage stories a journalist decides to scoop out the bin on any given day.

[Özim]

We've allegedly given up on Lacazette due to the fee

I can see what's happening here, we're not going to get anyone are we, we've been here before. Just pay the bloody money FFS, even clubs like West Ham and Palace are coughing up!

[fakeyank]

We've allegedly given up on Lacazette due to the fee

I can see what's happening here, we're not going to get anyone are we, we've been here before. Just pay the bloody money FFS, even clubs like West Ham and Palace are coughing up!

Are you surprised? Our only real hope for things changing is if we drop out of the top 4. Otherwise you know the 3 year contract extension is on the table for the dinosaur.

[I am invisible]

I'm not even sure the top 4 matters much any more with this new Sky deal!

[Andreas_AFC]

Today i have read in the german newspaper, that Arsenal want Draxler and make Wolfsburg an offer of 50 Million Euro. I hope he sign for Arsenal.

[I am invisible]

Would be nice - haven't quite worked out how to best use him yet, but I think there's something special there waiting to happen with Draxler, if someone can get it right...

[alexander]

We've allegedly given up on Lacazette due to the fee

I can see what's happening here, we're not going to get anyone are we, we've been here before. Just pay the bloody money FFS, even clubs like West Ham and Palace are coughing up!

As much as I really dislike these massive transfer fees, and actually pisses me off, its how it is now. We need to pay up or miss out on these players. If we dont pay it, someone will.