Burnwinter wrote:

He's 30 in 6 months. He's 30. 😆

😆  I have to think this through. It's like being in the last 2 years of a contract. Everyone we have who is actually 28-29 is really counted as being 30. That sounds right yes?

Don't let Arseblog see this....

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Hopefully just trying to get as good personal terms as possible.

Some reports that Napoli have offered him much higher wages than us.

He seems to be holding out for napoli, otherwise theirs no barrier to get this done. Not looking good. If anyone has a fake agent twitter account now is the time to post an exclusive that the deal is off.

If he is more interested in joining Napoli then let him go, they aren't even in the CL so not like they have that to offer either.

I think it is a case of his people & possibly Lille trying to play each party other off each other to get a better deal.

Or its a case of papers chatting shit. I know which one is more likely.

speedy wrote:

He seems to be holding out for napoli, otherwise theirs no barrier to get this done. Not looking good. If anyone has a fake agent twitter account now is the time to post an exclusive that the deal is off.

Why is there no barrier? If Napoli comes in with better terms, that might get us to improve our terms to compete with them. He literally doesn't have a single reason not to wait a couple of days if it can get him better terms.

Yup the most likely scenario, Arsenal fans generate plenty of cheap clicks on social media.

None of the local lille media has chimed in since last week, and they were pretty clear that we were frontrunners. Its just a waiting game

Why are Napoli and Arsenal always competeing for the same players?

Not sure what Napoli’s Brazil contingent is like but if Edu, Luiz, Willian, Martinelli and Tierney can’t convince him to move here there what’s the point of any of them.

Napoli wanted tierney last summer, and pepe for that matter

And Leno and Torreira. Basically whenever they are interested in anyone we will move in

Qwiss! wrote:

Tierney?

I was sure we had more than four and couldn’t be bothered to go back and reorganise the sentence. Tierney will do.

Have we signed this guy yet?

This transfer is getting more tiresome by the day.

By most accounts in France, he will make a decision today. So time to end your misery

God he’s really milking this isn’t he?

Lequipe breaking news, Gabriel all but done!