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Ozil contract talks

Claudius

Everyone's happy. I wonder when he moves to the number 10, and if you can get a refund if you bought an Ozil 11 in the last week 😆

Interesting that our numbers 1 and 10 are on loan

Mirth

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/sanchez-and-oezil-to-ask-for-250k-a-week-3v5scj8hw

Sanchez and Ozil to ask for a 250k a week contract.

flobaba

Do they have the same agent representing them? Why is this a tag team news?

General

Sanchez is indispensable, Ozil isn't.

Mirth

They're both indispensable.

More to the point, there's nothing to suggest that there's a choice for the club to make between the two.

Bold Tone

Agreed.
There is no serious replacement in the squad.

Jed

Give them whatever they want. We have enough money to afford their demands.

flobaba

Then how would we pay the staff?

Bold Tone

Creative job allocation can cut down the wage bill.
Replace the guy in the Gunnersaurus outfit with Mertesacker, Jenkinson can do pitch maintenance (cutting grass, etc) and making tea, Debuchy can paint the pitch and do general repairs, Welbeck can drive the bus and do security with Sanogo as well as stewarding and roof/ceiling repairs.

Rex

flobaba wrote:
Do they have the same agent representing them? Why is this a tag team news?

Because it is a bs article.

Qwiss

If they want 250ishbthey should get it. Fair market value for both.

marv3llous

Of course we will extend them.

General

Bold Tone wrote:
Agreed.
There is no serious replacement in the squad.

If you're talking about the number 10 role, then I think Ramsey if he gets his head screwed on and Iwobi in a year or two can seriously deliver.

Sometimes contract negotiations can go either way and this club might have to make a decision on the demands it can accommodate. Parties enter into contracts to make money and that's the bottom line.

marv3llous

They will both sign like 2-3 year extensions and Wenger will sign on for at least another 2. This way their contractual situation can be reviewed just in time Wengers time is possibly up. Dont even sweat it, guys. They both know they have nowhere better to go in this moment of time.

Bold Tone

General wrote:
Bold Tone wrote:
Agreed.
There is no serious replacement in the squad.

If you're talking about the number 10 role, then I think Ramsey if he gets his head screwed on and Iwobi in a year or two can seriously deliver.

Sometimes contract negotiations can go either way and this club might have to make a decision on the demands it can accommodate. Parties enter into contracts to make money and that's the bottom line.

Ramsey needs more than his head screwed on (and Iwobi more than a year or two) to develop as much skill, touch,pace, vision, grace and crossing ability as Ozil.

ElGeniodeOviedo

They're both replaceable in the ultimate sense, but that doesn't mean we should be resigned to losing them. We could deal with losing one assuming we bought well to compensate but losing both would cripple morale in addition to our actual quality

marv3llous

El Genio de Oviedo wrote:
They're both replaceable in the ultimate sense, but that doesn't mean we should be resigned to losing them. We could deal with losing one assuming we bought well to compensate but losing both would cripple morale in addition to our actual quality

Ultimate sense being that we're able to buy another CAM or another LW, yes. Quality wise, no. Dont think there are higher quality players available for us than them.

Mirth

Bold Tone wrote:
General wrote:
If you're talking about the number 10 role, then I think Ramsey if he gets his head screwed on and Iwobi in a year or two can seriously deliver.

Sometimes contract negotiations can go either way and this club might have to make a decision on the demands it can accommodate. Parties enter into contracts to make money and that's the bottom line.

Ramsey needs more than his head screwed on (and Iwobi more than a year or two) to develop as much skill, touch,pace, vision, grace and crossing ability as Ozil.

It's those kind of internal solutions that led to the Youth Policy of 2008-2012. I agree that Ramsey could be a suitable replacement and, who knows, maybe Iwobi might be as well. But their a long way from that stage at the moment and, while Ozil has been underwhelming this season, the contrast with him in the team and without him is vast.

Meatwad

with no ozil, the #10 should be removed from our formation. there are only substandard internal replacements.

Bold Tone

To be fair if someone doesn't rate Ozil, substandard internal replacements would seem better.
Michael Owen, for example, thinks Welbeck is better than Ozil.

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