it was a hailmary anyway. would've ended in tears.
el Janny Tranny
Mirth my point is we won’t be able to shake Jesus off for a while
Jesus is done in 18 months.
Gyokeres anyone?
Rogryo is really starting to cook. What an incredible technician.
Claudius weirdly enough he's probably both a top 5 LW in the world and RM's third best LW.
Big Willie his contract is till 2027
Sell him to Saudi in 2026 Mirth his contract is till 2027
What? Fuuuucking hell.
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HomeSteak We bid for him last week, there was no news, today when the Saudis were pushing for Boniface and not Duran this comes out...so I do hope it's Villa trying to put some pressure on them. They will sell Duran and keep Watkins and save us.
If the Saudis were no longer pushing for Duran, how would Villa leaking Arsenal interest in Watkins relate to that?
Watkin doesn’t make my balls tingle.
Would do well here no doubt but he’s not someone I’d be confident could make the difference in the biggest matches.
Also feels a few years too late. Perhaps a bit desperate with thinking not being overly rational
lorddulaarsenal not even a ball tingle from dules, let alone a willy shake. that settles it.
Thank god. That should be that then assuming this is accurate.
Guess he'll now become the superstar everyone thought he would...
We are approaching the Dominic Calvin Lewin or bust hours
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Emery sounds like he's urging Arsenal to bid higher for Watkins.
yeah doesn't exactly sound like a closed door
Hopefully we can get it done before the weekend.
This could be a smokescreen too. Something is fishy about it. The timing of it is off unless we're actually inept at transfers. Why wait so long to make a bid and why today when Duran is known to be leaving. Something doesn't add up.
Could be we know it was going to be rejected and we're bluffing to get another target? Try to force another club or player's hand? This is such an odd bid and rumor.
Ollie Watkins is not a 60 million pound player also
Watkins doesn't need to be an elite player to make a huge impact for us. The question is whether he's past his prime, or he has another 2.5 years at the level he's shown recently.
Waiting years for a striker to come in and for that striker to be a second hand Ollie Watkins is most underwhelming.
He neither brings “are you mad?” pace, nor magic in his boots. He doesn’t even get close to maxing out on physical brutishness which would compliment our style.
Claudius Back to Watkins. He had 19 goals and 15 assists last season. When is the last time an Arsenal player pulled numbers close to that?
He's proven quality but he's the wrong profile. He's too old and this contract would be his big career payoff. The motivational risks are high, unless he's an unusual character we just end up with another overpaid passenger up front.