what a disaster of a transfer.

wenger out. way fucking out.

WOW.

I’ve always thought Mkhitaryan a really good player. The fact Mourinho couldn’t get anything out of him doesn’t really perturb me.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

He looks like he belongs in the stands, not on the pitch!

Is this really a straight swap because I'm reading other reports saying it's player + cash? If it is a straight swap then we have been fucking swindled.

What do people thing Mkhitaryan would go for in the open market?

He would go for 25-30 million. It’s a relatively fair trade.
He’s maybe not what we needed as a club. It would have been nicer to put in 10m and go for Mahrez or similar. But the ‘trade’ is fair. We’ve just cornered ourselves by letting another cornerstone player let his contract run down.

Daz wrote:

Quincy Abeyie
Is this really a straight swap because I'm reading other reports saying it's player + cash? If it is a straight swap then we have been fucking swindled.

The Ornacle is never wrong.

goon wrote:

What do people thing Mkhitaryan would go for in the open market?

I don't know. I think he'd be one of those who'd be hard to offload because no very good clubs would want him while he wouldn't accept the wages that lesser clubs offered him.

£10-£15m after the disastrous season with United.

£40m after his final season at Dortmund.

Mkhitaryan went to Utd for £27m last year. He’s older and hasn’t been playing and is on big wages, he is probably worth £25m. I would rather just sell to city for £20M and spend the money towards Mahrez/Malcom/Fekir.

Ray wrote:

 I would rather just sell to city for £20M and spend the money towards Mahrez/Malcom/Fekir.

That's what I said to all of my co workers the past few days and they all were pretty much in agreement. Get the £20m, put that towards Mahrez.

Straight swap with united paying the excess wage and the agent fees.

Tim-bob wrote:

I’ve always thought Mkhitaryan a really good player. The fact Mourinho couldn’t get anything out of him doesn’t really perturb me.

Yo!

Anfield 1884 wrote:

Ray wrote:

 I would rather just sell to city for £20M and spend the money towards Mahrez/Malcom/Fekir.

That's what I said to all of my co workers the past few days and they all were pretty much in agreement. Get the £20m, put that towards Mahrez.

You sure do spend a lot of your time talking to people about Arsenal. Do you think it's time you came out as a Gunner? We can support you.

Ray wrote:

Mkhitaryan went to Utd for £27m last year. He’s older and hasn’t been playing and is on big wages, he is probably worth £25m. I would rather just sell to city for £20M and spend the money towards Mahrez/Malcom/Fekir.

hes older now, hes on big wages, and hes out of form. i cant see anyone else paying £25m for him. being on £150,000 rules out a lot of teams right off the top, and the teams that can afford him certainly wouldnt want him given how hes looked since going to united.

Captain wrote:

Straight swap with united paying the excess wage and the agent fees.

Excess wages for the full length of the contract?

Daz wrote:

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

He looks like he belongs in the stands, not on the pitch!

Is this really a straight swap because I'm reading other reports saying it's player + cash? If it is a straight swap then we have been fucking swindled.

It's like United own us.

Sylvestre, Welbeck, RVP and now Sanchez and Mhiktaryan.

I've seen scattered reports that United have made some kind of substantial exit payment to mkhitaryan and raiola, which is what made our wage and agent fee more palatable

Really struggling to see where Mhikitaryan would fit in. His arrival means we are forced to switch to 4-2-3-1, meaning one of Auba or Laca will have to play out wide and Wilshere or Ramsey will hit the bench. Our midfield will be even more porous with Ozil at 10. This transfer just messes things up.

Really wanted to see Ozil operating behind a front 2 of  Laca-Aubameyang 

Miki for Iwobi, Aub for laca in today's formation is much of a muchness.