Ozil - Do we need him?

[Power n Glory]

If we lose either player, replace them garbage and Wenger has signed a new deal, I think that will be the straw that breaks the camels back. The fans are tired of it.

[AFC Leveller]

I get the feeling that Alexis and Ozil are waiting to see how we get on this season before commiting. If we win the league or reach the semis or final of the CL then i think they will sign and stay but if we bottle it in February and do that thing where we lose the CL last 16 game, FA cup and a couple of crucial PL games then i cannot see them staying (and the manager for that matter).

[Letters]

I think that's about right and I wouldn't blame them either.

[Goonermerree]

Maybe they're waiting to see if we buy some more class players.

[Power n Glory]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...rwage-demands/

More stories about wage demands. It's really not looking good.

[Goonermerree]

I can't open that link, but Alexis and Ozil could command top wages at any of the big clubs, so if we want to keep them, we have to pay. We pay youth and squad players too much money, but won't pay the stars what they're worth. (Disclaimer, I know they get too much money, but it's the market)

[Kano]

I get the feeling that Alexis and Ozil are waiting to see how we get on this season before commiting. If we win the league or reach the semis or final of the CL then i think they will sign and stay but if we bottle it in February and do that thing where we lose the CL last 16 game, FA cup and a couple of crucial PL games then i cannot see them staying (and the manager for that matter).

I think so too. Money will come into it but they will also want to see we are being truly competitive too. In the meantime because there are only nonces parading as coaches to talk about inbetween the games, the press will get to work on their usual non-informative stream of bullshit articles to keep the clicks chugging along. But at the end of the day if they go, they go. Things will move on and we'll have to change and adapt.

[Letters]

It's up to us though. I think they're happy enough at the club but we need to show the right ambition and pay the right wages.

[Power n Glory]

All too easy to dismiss these stories as click bait. We shouldn't take the information as gospel but I question where the information is coming from. Most stories in the press just serve as PR and there is agenda behind the story. Either the agents or a club keep feeding the press with the bullshit. Someone is trying to engineer a move away.

[Kano]

It's up to us though. I think they're happy enough at the club but we need to show the right ambition and pay the right wages.

There are a million ways to skin a cat when it comes to the finance packages being put together. Ambition is there but it's whether or not Wenger's management of the squad can get them over the line. The likelihood is that it won't be and they'll be off. But they won't leave at the same time, there's no way that is going to happen.