Meatwad wrote:
Art wrote:
Griezmann didn't want to come to Arsenal, what did you want Wenger to do? Since when did Wenger use to pounce on expensive French players anyway? The last one I can think of was arguably Nasri.
who told you he didn't want to come to arsenal? there is more evidence based on wenger's historical behavior that griezmann's body of work at sociedad didn't convince wenger that he was worth the buyout clause (€30m). and since when is €30m expensive in 2014 ... slightly more expensive than danny welbeck and chambers?
when we fail to sign a player because another club can offer higher wages it's what do you expect wenger to do? then when other clubs who can't compete with us on wages sign those players it's what do you expect wenger to do? well if griezmann didn't want to come to arsenal for more money then it's not the club he didn't want to play for, it's the manager.
Griezmann himself? He came out and said something to the effect of he wanted Simeone, not Wenger after he signed for Atletico. Wenger was swooning over him all throughout the WC campaign, he clearly seemed to rate him, at least on a superficial level.
So yeah it had to with the manager, it probably wouldn't have changed anything if someone else other than Wenger was here either. Unless that someone happened to be Simeone.