As I said in the RvP thread, if he goes it will seem like a end of an era, a painful and disastrous one 2005-2012.
I have been an Arsenal fan for over 40 years but I have never hated our players except for the despicable bunch of rotters who infested the club in this period.
Sure, theres more money thrown about and a lot more coverage of the game now and we know the gossip even before the general public but those players were a real disgrace.
It wasn't the manner of their transfer, many others like Henry Pires Clichy and Toure left with my blessing and best wishes but I'm ashamed the following players ever played for us-
Gallas
Silvestre
Adebayor
Fabregas
Nasri.
Hopefully now we can have some really likable players that we can be proud of.