30 Jun 2017 23:06:31
Hi ed. Just wondered if rumours true regarding Chris willock signing up at benfica? If true, shame as looked a promising talent. bit like stepanovs😂.
01 Jul 2017 06:28:32
Willock is gone mate, the deal has already been announced. It's a good deal for the player as I don't see him getting game time at Arsenal, we have lost a good player though. I wish there was a way we could have kept him and given him chances the way Sanogo and Akpom kept getting chances.
01 Jul 2017 22:29:21
No rumour, he's offski.
02 Jul 2017 04:11:58
Gunner254 it's called a buy-back clause. Like the sort of clause our genius management could have put in the contract for Gnabry. While we bid for Lemar. I mean really. it's child's play are we just stupid?! Why did we not have a buy-back clause for Gnabry? We're stupid. I'm stupid for expecting things to get better.
02 Jul 2017 09:06:58
It's really not that simple Alex.
02 Jul 2017 09:34:22
And what happens if gnabry didn't want to be bought back? I'm sure that he wanted out anyway.
02 Jul 2017 10:16:58
Good luck in Portugal Chris - good to see English talent move abroad to develop and get game time. Shame you didn't get it with us but once a Gooner.
Hope to see you back at some point
Nice post by the young man - clearly appreciates our club.
02 Jul 2017 10:18:06
I swear some people just don't understand how transfers or football works.
02 Jul 2017 15:33:59
It really is that simple wire. Worst case, we do
Like Real did with Juve and Morata. Was there even a sell on fee? We just shunted off talent.
02 Jul 2017 16:08:14
I'm aware that it's not a box you check, but to suggest I don't know about negotiations is wrong. That is what I do professionally.
If Gnabry, an U21 international, who was highly respected back home, is to be sold, well, you include a buy-back or sell-on clause. Yes, this lowers the immediate return you get for him; we must really have needed the £5M Bremen paid. And I know the kid didn't come good on loan at West Brom, but still, foresight.
All of these things get negotiated. We don't negotiate or don't know how, as evidenced by today's reported £15M bid for Jorginho. Seriously, it's like we don't know what we're doing.