05 Aug 2016 14:14:48
One of the problems with raising funds for transfers is that we rarely get decent fees in these days and often have to loan players out to get their inflated wages off our books. Szczesny is a prime sample, as we have just loaned him out again, rather than sell him.

Debuchy was the same last season, Lord Bendtner in the past, etc. We miss Dein and Fiszman's superb negotiating skills. We seem to have the same problem when buying. I can see us going into the season without a new striker and CB, that are so desperately needed. We may get them by the end of the window, by which time we will have Koscielny and Giroud back, but may have already lost valuable ground on our competitors.

1.) 05 Aug 2016
05 Aug 2016 14:40:43
Lets face it, we're just rubbish at transfers full stop.