22 Jun 2014 16:04:29
I am hearing that the aurier deal is nearly done. personal terms are done the only thing holding this one up is how arsenal are going to pay the fee. arsenal looking at instalments toulose want 8 mill upfront 1 of payment. arsenal willing to pay 7 mill upfront
22 Jun 2014 16:27:14
This where arsenal mess around over 1 million and another club will come in lol
Pretty much all transfers are paid in installments.
Barcelona paid £35 million for Fabregas over 5 years - they are still paying Arsenal!
I've had a phone call and the Aurier deal is done mate. Seriously.
You sure goldboy or have u been puffing malagas magic pipe?
If we only have 100m to spend then every 1m counts
We don't want to overpay and its part of negotiating
1m is still a lot of money - I like our attitude and I don't always believe the negotiated numbers etc in the papers
Sometimes Arsenal's parsimony on transfers baffles me.
Aurier hopefully will be a roaring success at the Emirates, otherwise what's the point in committing ourselves to £15 million in wages over the next 5 years. With that potential outlay, why the hassle over £1 million?
2 options as I see it.
a) Incentivise the £1 million up to £1.5 million over the length of the contract or
b) Accept that we have been very lucky in getting in almost £13.5 million from sell-on clauses in Fabregas and Vela, in circumstances we could hardly have imagined. Setting a precedent with small sides such as Toulouse may pay far more dividends in the future, than continual battle of wits with the big guns.
{Ed002's Note - I have explained where there is interest. IN terms of actual offers being made, Marshall and Aurier are the obvious ones.}