Malaga seem to want a fee that's considerably more than 20m though.

They're going to hang on until the last minute to extract as much as they can but ultimately they have a massive cash flow problem and a tax bill due for payment to the Spanish authorities tomorrow.
We're their way of footing that bill.
Don't believe even Chelsea are just going to row in at the last minute and pay £25m for a player that has not interested them until now (allegedly).
Phew. This is tough.

General Mirth wrote:

Malaga seem to want a fee that's considerably more than 20m though.

The Spanish press are saying that we offered £15.7m (20m euros) but were told that wasn't enough. We've upped that bid in the last 24hours or so to £17.9m.

Personally I'm pretty confident that we'll thrash out a deal with them if we havn't already.

I have to laugh at how all the twitter people blow in the wind on this transfer.

First it's a done deal, then it's negotiations, then it's medical on saturday, then it's a medical yesterday, this morning its a done deal and now Chelsea are in.

Surely if they really had ANY insider information, they would get one story and stick to it.

Idiots, each and every one of them.

I just realised that my excitement over this rumour largely stems from the assumption that Tim, who seems even more excited, has checked his sources properly. If it turns out that he relied on Twitter rumours all this time I'm going to have to kill him.

squallkid wrote:

I have to laugh at how all the twitter people blow in the wind on this transfer.

First it's a done deal, then it's negotiations, then it's medical on saturday, then it's a medical yesterday, this morning its a done deal and now Chelsea are in.

Surely if they really had ANY insider information, they would get one story and stick to it.

Idiots, each and every one of them.

They're not a collective unit though.

The journalists (nearly all of them) covering this story have been consistently saying that we've agreed terms with Cazorla and all we have to do now is reach an agreement with Malaga within the week.

I know what Squaly means though. The amount of lads who get 10s of thousands of followers from utter bullshit. That fairthorne guy, the afc camden guy, so many bullshitters that people are treating as genuine nowadays. Half the jounos are as bad too, just tagging onto the hype and trying to make educated guesses. Very little actual insider info around.

Exactly qs, last summer it was that idiot Dalton and DarrenArsenal

All you have to do is ask yourself

Who is he and how would he know?

The same people who said Mvila to Arsenal was a done deal are now saying Mvila to Zenit.

Sad that people can just go online and make up rumors just to get followers.

This summer it's afcamden and samuel jc whatever, I remember the idiot DonAfc or whoever saying that Cazorla had a medical on saturday, then saying that is what he heard.

Heard from who exactly?

None of them know anything insider, it just annoys me when they act like they do and people believe them.

Anyways I think this will happen in spite of all the twitter bs

Kid you know how some people say as soon as they light up their meal gets delivered.

Why don't you blaze up a big ol'biffta - probably will instigate the announcement

squallkid wrote:

I have to laugh at how all the twitter people blow in the wind on this transfer.

First it's a done deal, then it's negotiations, then it's medical on saturday, then it's a medical yesterday, this morning its a done deal and now Chelsea are in.

Surely if they really had ANY insider information, they would get one story and stick to it.

Idiots, each and every one of them.

Indeed, we are living in the age of hype and bollocks and twittering twits, where every kid who can juggle a ball in on youtube is proclaimed the next Messi, and every spotty Herbert with a twitter account and a few friends can start a stampede.

qs! wrote:

I know what Squaly means though. The amount of lads who get 10s of thousands of followers from utter bullshit. That fairthorne guy, the afc camden guy, so many bullshitters that people are treating as genuine nowadays. Half the jounos are as bad too, just tagging onto the hype and trying to make educated guesses. Very little actual insider info around.

Maybe i'm wrong but afc camden does seem to know what he's talking about. He's the one who broke the Cazorla interest and Jacks injury setback before everyone no? And he's not like guys like Fairthorne who try their best to pretend they know everything thats going on.

Have to admit i'm pretty disappointed this wasn't announced today - thought it might be.

You guys make me laugh.

I have been saying since 2006 that no one has any inside knowledge when it comes to transfers apart from Wenger and Dein/Kiar/Gazidis.

Forget these guys from twitter, they know fuck all, stop following them if you waiting for them to break a world exclusive.

Forget internet chat rooms, none of us know anything and never will. Forget transfer rumour section as well, the more posts doesnt mean the player is more likely to come, you can speculate for 3 years but until the guy appears on Arsenal.com with an Arsenal shirt he hasnt signed.

Forget newspapers, they have to sell copies and 99.9% of what they write is BS.

All you need is patience, go out more, forget about transfers for a while. You may be pleasantly suprised when it does happen when you expect it the least.

If it will happen it will happen. If it doesnt then life moves on.

Dont believe hype, dont believe rumour.

Dont waste your summer worrying about players that wont come or players that will come tomorrow. Check Arsenal.com once a week if you are really curious, but dont become addicts to something that may never happen.

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

checks what forum we're reading

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Can we got Alonso's post pinned to the top of every transfer thread😆?

The word plonker springs to mind.