Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

[Niall_Quinn]

So they only took £7.6 mill in shirt sales for one player this week? And it could get worse if more sales are made next week. Could be a double whammy if fans start getting excited about Pogba too. With all their deals and the huge amounts they are raking in across the board, these huge fees aren't a problem for them. But they didn't get there via a sugardaddy, they are heavily in debt and leveraged up to the eyeballs. Which makes no difference whatsoever in the crazy world of football. This sustainability bullshit we've conveniently (for some) subjected ourselves to is an entirely unnecessary handicap that hits the success of the club on so many levels. We may think we are doing well commercially, but we could be doing a lot better if we speculated to accumulate, if we created a bit of a buzz around the place.

Arsenal actually does sell quite a lot of shirts, apparently. 2 million compared to Utd's 3 million. That's 2 million suckers right there. Highest prices, fuck all back from the club and they are buying 2 million shirts. Stan and the gang must literally be crying with laughter. Maybe if Stan turns up on opening day and goes around pissing in the fans' faces we could see those sales go higher.

[Niall_Quinn]

Apparently Wenger is preparing another lowball bid for Lacazette. That should waste another week at least. We're getting close, just a few more days until this damned transfer window slams shut and the wallet is safe for another year. £35mill this time, supposedly. And yes, it's a media source so it's smoke, but we know there's fire too after Lyon made their announcement last week. If we were serious about getting this guy, and considering Troy Deeney is a £30mill+ striker (okay so that's a joke but this is where the market is now), we should stick in a £40mill bid and force the issue. Stop fucking around.

[Munchies]

Ben Yedder moving to Sevilla

FFS. Wanted him.

[Munchies]

Apparently Wenger is preparing another lowball bid for Lacazette. That should waste another week at least. We're getting close, just a few more days until this damned transfer window slams shut and the wallet is safe for another year. £35mill this time, supposedly. And yes, it's a media source so it's smoke, but we know there's fire too after Lyon made their announcement last week. If we were serious about getting this guy, and considering Troy Deeney is a £30mill+ striker (okay so that's a joke but this is where the market is now), we should stick in a £40mill bid and force the issue. Stop fucking around.

The Telegraph say he wants to join us too

FFS, if we want him ( we do ), get it done

[Özim]

Other news, Athletico sign Gramerio (who's 29) for 28 million. Madness and shows you the price of strikers these days. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if we could get 40 million for Giroud if PSG suddenly wanted him.

Gameiro is much better than Giroud, he's worth 28 million that's not a lot in todays market.

[Özim]

Lacazette is looking like the only option left for us, if we mess that up our only options will be nobodies who can't score goals like we've had for the last 4-5 years.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

The spending has been a little modest on the whole considering the money available in the prem and the displays of the top clubs lasts season.

We thought Guardiola might go nuts but its not really happened, so it will be interesting to see how this season goes.

We are left hoping, one or two surprise us, ie, Walcott, Chamberlain, Campbell, Iwobi so for our sake I sincerely hope it happens.

[alexander]

I come on here every few days to see if we have signed anyone, and still nothing.

We are really running out of options now. Whatever Wenger says about nothing happening until the end of the window (which is utter shit, because there are transfers going on all over) we need something now, before the season starts.

Without it becoming a `wengers a twat` thing, do we actually believe we will get anyone, I mean are they really, really trying? I would say at the very very least we need a striker and a central defender. I am very nervous of starting a season without these two. Personally I feel its already too late for them to form a decent understanding by the start of the season.

My head is saying we are not getting anyone, and its going to be an `internal solutions` thing, Theo playing up top at the start of the season. as for CB, well I dont know...

[Power n Glory]

The spending has been a little modest on the whole considering the money available in the prem and the displays of the top clubs lasts season.

We thought Guardiola might go nuts but its not really happened, so it will be interesting to see how this season goes.

We are left hoping, one or two surprise us, ie, Walcott, Chamberlain, Campbell, Iwobi so for our sake I sincerely hope it happens.

That's where I'm at. If we don't sign anyone, I'm hoping the players you mention step up or we see something different to get excited about.

[bignev]

Great. He's right. Now what?

Stop moaning so much and lets have some sensible debate?