You're shit at thatOriginally Posted by fakeyank
You're shit at that
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
As long as he doesn't cost too much, Milner is a must get. The type of consistent, grafting squad member we need when we inevitably lose several key players to injury next season.
It's a classic Wenger move, he loves a gamble and he loves converting players.The telegraph reporting tonight that not only do we want to sign Milner, but we want to sign Milner to replace Sagna.
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He did the same with Lauren years ago. Lauren came here off the back off 2 very good seasons as a Midfielder in La Liga and Wenger converted him into a full back.
I hope that’s not the case. According to reports, he’s earning £80k for City. How much would he want if he signed for us? I’m guessing between £90k to £100k. It doesn’t make sense to lose a consistent and solid right back that was previously on £60k to then sign a player that has hardly played the position, is 28 years old and would cost us more in wages plus the transfer fee. He hasn’t got that much time to learn the role.
A couple of interesting points I've seen mentioned about the possibility of Cesc coming back...
1) Barca still owe us money from when they (re-)signed him for us - some people have suggested that they may still owe us as much as half the fee?
2) The infamous 'clause' in his contract - as I understand it, this doesn't entitle us to buy him back for a fixed fee, but it does give us first refusal if they decide to sell. More interestingly though, I've seen it suggested that there's also a sell-on clause in there somewhere that entitles us to 50% of any fee they receive, if they sell him to another club? When you combine that with point 1 (above), it does sound like it would be borderline worthless for them to sell to anyone other that us, as they'd pretty much have to give us their 50% too, to pay off what they still owe us!
I have to say, I didn't really see much sense in bringing him back - much as I love him as a player, it seemed like an unnecessary move, based on sentiment, that wouldn't address any of the problems we've identified, and would eat too much into our budget. However, if those 2 points are true, it does make you wonder how cheap we might be able to get him for?
Cesc’s return would cause a selection problem but I’d welcome him back because he’d solve the fluidity problem we seem to have. We’re not moving the ball around the park quick enough like we used to. He’d team up well with Ramsey. Besides his assists, we’d have more fire power from the middle.
A team with Fabregas and Özil in it should have top strikers queuing up to join it, so maybe there's some indirect logic there?
£40m for Luiz to PSG? What a bunch of idiots.
Looks like FFP is hitting PSG hard.
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Me too...but I wouldn't put it past Wenger.
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