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It's true.
Caligula wrote: Wenger should be the one setting the tone for the market, not leaving pricing to be set by the likes of City and Barca. Just go in, pop out some cash-money and sign some players quickly. If Chelsea, for example, feel like the Neymar situation is too complicated, they might just turn around and offer 30m to Lille and take Hazard as a replacement for Neymar.
Wenger should be the one setting the tone for the market, not leaving pricing to be set by the likes of City and Barca. Just go in, pop out some cash-money and sign some players quickly. If Chelsea, for example, feel like the Neymar situation is too complicated, they might just turn around and offer 30m to Lille and take Hazard as a replacement for Neymar.
What actually happens:
Lille and Hazard, Santos and Neymar know a variety of clubs including massive spenders like Chelsea and skinflints like Arsenal are interested. Obviously they wait to try to get the big dough from the massive spenders.
The massive spenders move and some sellers and players get lucky with these £30m, £40m deals on astronomical wages.
Even the massive spenders are left with the reality that a club only requires one squad. They stop bidding on players as their roster fills up.
Towards the end of the window, the skinflints are left to deal with the disappointed and ornery sellers who didn't get to cash in. The sellers try to ask for what they thought they were going to get but didn't; the skinflints lowball because they know they're among the few prospective buyers left in the circus.
Thats true
Basically the longer the window goes on, the pissier and more acrimonious all the deals (and failed deals) become.
Funny Wenger always said he wants to secure signing quickly for them to blend in, but then always get affected to deal late signings due to cheaper prices. If only he wasn't such an extreme economist.
Pretty much. Apart from players no one else really wants that much (veterans and second tier youth) we tend to be acting late in the window.
Captain wrote: Young isn't made for the North. Only muggy northern monkeys are really.
Young isn't made for the North. Only muggy northern monkeys are really.
Ronaldo did fine there.
JamieDalton82 Jamie Dalton You'll all be pleased to know Lille Director Frederic "Rent-A-Quote" Paquet has been talking to RMC Radio about Eden Hazard again Paquet: Big European Clubs are interested in Eden, We've had no concrete offers yet. We have a project we want Eden to be part of" Paquet: "But anything can happen, we try to be honest with you because you can never say never. We might get an offer we can't refuse" Paquet: "But these offers happen very rarely, but we are working towards our plans, and Eden is in them."
JamieDalton82 Jamie Dalton You'll all be pleased to know Lille Director Frederic "Rent-A-Quote" Paquet has been talking to RMC Radio about Eden Hazard again
Paquet: Big European Clubs are interested in Eden, We've had no concrete offers yet. We have a project we want Eden to be part of"
Paquet: "But anything can happen, we try to be honest with you because you can never say never. We might get an offer we can't refuse"
Paquet: "But these offers happen very rarely, but we are working towards our plans, and Eden is in them."
Bit different to his quote from a few weeks back where he said Hazard was "untransferable". Maybe Hazard has made it clear he wants to go? I would kill for us to sign him.
We ain't signing him Ricky. Let it go.
Blah blah blah, I'm not listening. 🙂
Ricky, how you feeling about the summer?
Find it all quite intriguing, exciting even.
We missed our chance with this guy. He's too expensive now.
Shame really.
he just said they were looking for an offer to blow them away. obviously arsenal is not going to make such a bid. it's over.
It's been over for a while.
Lille were never going to let both him and Gervinho go. Plus we'd actually have to spend a decent amount of money to get him which isn't going to happen.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14623622.stm
Idle gossip, but idle BBC gossip!
How long is it going to take these fucking morons to "Weigh up" and "consider" this signing!? Arsenal is run by a bunch of penny pinching idiots at the moment.
Infuriating isn't it.
weigh up and consider my BALLS
"Considering bid"
Picturing a roomful of geriatrics staring in silence at the offer on paper, then the fax machine, then back again, and then going "naaaaaaaaaahh" after a few hours, and proceeding to roll around in a nearby bale of cash
