Summer Transfer Shit and Everything Else

[HCZ_Reborn]

On another note, what's holding up our offloading Xhaka, I thought it was basically a done deal to Germany and now we have Havertz who it seems will play 8, why doesn't that get done?

I've got champagne on ice over here...

And what about all the rest of the deadwood, Tavares, Pepe, Lokonga, Eddie etc?

I suspect with Xhaka it’s waiting for Rice to be confirmed


Pepe? Actually don’t know what’s going to happen there. I wouldn’t have massive problem keeping him, but suspect will want him off the wage bill

Lokonga….well your problem there is who is going to want him? That looks like a deadline day loan move to me


Eddie, I think that’s wishful thinking on your part


The dog snogger is wanted by West Ham apparently

[Mac76]

Surely someone like Palace or one of the promoted clubs would be in for Eddie or even some of the others

Maybe we're asking stupid money for some of these players or we're too busy putting our heads up Rice's backside

[HCZ_Reborn]

Surely someone like Palace or one of the promoted clubs would be in for Eddie or even some of the others

Maybe we're asking stupid money for some of these players or we're too busy putting our heads up Rice's backside

On loan maybe


I think you’re going to have to deal with the almost certainty that Edward is staying with us


Holding, Tavares, Pepe, Lokonga, Xhaka, Tomoyasu , Balogun, Vieira I think these will all go either permanently or on loan

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Surely someone like Palace or one of the promoted clubs would be in for Eddie or even some of the others

Maybe we're asking stupid money for some of these players or we're too busy putting our heads up Rice's backside

I doubt the problem is the bolded.... I mean when was the last time we got a decent transfer fee for anyone? Iwobi maybe, but he's practically been Everton's best player since he joined them, so that should count as a steal on their part.

[Mac76]

Sure, what happens is we overcharge on dross and then let players like Ramsey go on a free

Iwobi is a rare example of where we got it right

[HCZ_Reborn]

Sure, what happens is we overcharge on dross and then let players like Ramsey go on a free

Iwobi is a rare example of where we got it right

Oh man, you’ve got plenty of examples to choose from and you go with Ramsey??

fucking hell. He wanted 400k a week, plus frankly id have been happy if we’d paid to be rid of him


Torreira is the one that bugs me, should have made our money back for him.

[Marc Overmars]

Ox and Iwobi are the only sales we’ve made in recent times that we did well out of. The rest have just either been moved on for free or for nominal fees. Speaks volumes really about how low our stock had fallen, there wasn’t really anyone desirable enough playing for Arsenal. Arteta inherited a squad full of overrated players coasting on generous contracts given to them by the previous regime.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Ox and Iwobi are the only sales we’ve made in recent times that we did well out of. The rest have just either been moved on for free or for nominal fees. Speaks volumes really about how low our stock had fallen, there wasn’t really anyone desirable enough playing for Arsenal. Arteta inherited a squad full of overrated players coasting on generous contracts given to them by the previous regime.

Oh I think we did well selling Willock for what we did.

[mandela8]

Lol...you really must be seeing Saka in your nightmares.

Yeah, they are all quoting from Bild, though Bild was also the first that revealed his salary when he signed for Chelsea. I'll check to see if his agent is German and probably leaking the info.

But more damning is that practically every Chelsea board puts him as their 2nd highest earner, next to the disaster that is Sterling of course.

Mad if true but I just don't see it, man. Like I said, sources aside, it kinda runs counter to the apparent strategy the club are trying to implement.

He was also 20/21 when Chelsea signed him so he wasn't getting over 300k then. Even 200k would be fuckin huge for someone that age but it's easy to forget just how highly regarded he was coming out of Germany, tbf.

None of it makes any sense.

Him being on around 200k and accepting the same after an underwhelming 3 years seems more likely to me.

[Marc Overmars]

Oh I think we did well selling Willock for what we did.

Slipped my mind that we got 25m for him. Though in fairness that’s probably been decent value for Newcastle given his performances for them so far.