Good Bye RVP!

[Xhaka Can’t]

It's never the clubs' fault, this despite us going through the same thing every summer. It's that players a greedy, disloyal, selfish.

If you want players to stay give them something to stay for and I'm not just talking about money.

Hookers?

[V-Pig]

Better fan forums?

[gillilocks]

If we have offered RVP £5m signing on fee and a pay increase from £90K to £130K to sign a new 3 year contract it costs us
Year 1 £7m
Year 2 £2m
Year 3 £2m

By keeping him to his contract we get another season out of him and the equivalent of a £7m transfer fee + the removal of his existing £4.5m salary from the wage bill at the end of it. I'd say unless we get an offer of 15m+ it doesn't make any sense financially to sell.

[Cripps_orig]

Manchester City and Juventus are set to up the ante in the race to sign Robin Van Persie, after the Dutchman returned to London for more crunch talks with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and chief executive Ivan Gazidis, according to the Sunday Mirror.

The Arsenal captain last week revealed that he will not renew his contract with the club, but Wenger and Gazidis want to speak to him without interference from his agent Kees Vos, to establish if there is any chance of keeping him in London until the end of his contract.

Manchester City are yet to formally announce their interest in adding 29-year-old Van Persie to their already strong squad, and it is believed they will not pay over-the-odds for a man with a poor injury record and with little resale value.

The Premier League champions are also looking to offload former Gunner Emmanuel Adebayor before launching any bid for the Dutchman and, as Goal.com exclusively revealed on Saturday, they are hoping to sell the Togo international to Tottenham for a bargain £5 million.

Although City have kept quiet on any pursuit of Van Persie, former Emirates favourite Kolo Toure and Mario Balotelli have declared they would like to see him join them in Manchester. It is also believed Nigel de Jong has been encouraging his international team-mate to join the Citizens.

Italian champions Juventus are also set to step up their efforts to capture the Gunners captain, and believe they stand a better chance than City as they are not a domestic rival.

Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain are also keeping tabs on the situation, whilst club insiders are also wary of a potential bid from Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid.

Meanwhile Wenger is also looking to ensure another transfer battle does not develop over forward Theo Walcott, who is out of contract at the end of next season. The England international is said to be a target for London rivals Chelsea.

In a week of bad news for Wenger, there has been a slight cause for a smile however with Arsenal fans giving the Frenchman a big vote of confidence.

The Arsenal Supporters Trust are set to reveal figures that 80 per cent of their members believe 62-year-old Wenger is doing a good job with the club, a dramatic rise from the previous campaign where 42% said he had taken the club as far as he could.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...mid-increasing

AST

[Özim]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...mid-increasing

AST

F*ck me, 7 years littered with mistakes, bad signings, teams that bottle it and still 80% are behind him....what's wrong with these people? I despair!

[Globalgunner]

Battered wife syndrome.

[GP]

Battered wife syndrome.

You have battered face syndrome.

[Xhaka Can’t]

You have battered face syndrome.

You have battered sausage syndrome.

[GP]

You have battered sausage syndrome.

Delicious.

[Letters]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/art...Des-Kelly.html

(Apologies if someone posted that already)