Yep he is playing for Schalke today, definately not going to happen.

watched the first half of schalke v leverkusen. hard to get a read on draxler as schalke look pretty disjointed. you can he's technically a cut above everyone with the few touches he's had. almost set up a goal aftet skinning his fullback at the end.

uchida and bender both look bloody handy though

Word is that the Schalke manager came out after the match and said that Draxler is going nowhere.

On to Kalou I guess. Or maybe we'll sign Gervinho

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Schalke's general manager Horst Heldt says Draxler won't be sold. As @honigstein said, club would want up to £50m for him. No go. #afc

the match isnt over. when did he say that then?

not that it matters, we wont sign him.

Gazza M wrote:

the match isnt over. when did he say that then?

Pre-match I presume, I saw it on twitter like 2 hours ago.

probly planned as backup striker

Darrenarsenal says we have gone all out for Draxler. Make sense given that we are completely fucked with no other viable targets.

50p says we won't sign big JD

He'll definitely get my hopes up for the new season.

I have no doubt that Arsenal is still an attractive club for players as long as we pay competitive wages. That said, I don't know if Draxler will want to come this season as he will effectively be forfeiting Champions League football. He may not have been a priority but then we really should have activated this plan before the qualifier.

He is not cuptied.

He can play champs league for us

I don't think so. He would have been eligible if Schalke had failed to qualify.

I am pretty certain that is what the rule says, unless it has changed recently. Since Schalke qualified too, he is ineligible.

Ah crud

We're not signing draxler, so this discussion is pointless.

"exceptionally."

Not a given.

it is a given. just silly wording.