27 Jun 2014 13:27:19
bad news my sources are telling me that the Aurier deal has hit problems. first and foremost the player wants to come but toulose would prefer to sell to a club willing to pay the transfer upfront (in my last post) which has now alerted Monaco and psg where both clubs will pay the fee in a one off payment this is currently at a stale mate as the player has his heart set on the arsenal and not interested in a switch. I am trying to find out more.

1.) 27 Jun 2014
To be honest with you I would bet my my wife and kids he will be with soon

2.) 27 Jun 2014
Difficult to understand why we would do this considering we are sitting on so much cash and the fact its £8m and not £20m which maybe understandable. If this is the case and he is a player Wenger really wants then its short sighted to say the least. I would not be surprised however based on our record in closing out deals to date unfortunately. :(

3.) 27 Jun 2014
Hmm, if that's right, it bodes very ill for us.

Not willing/able to pay 30 or 40, or even 20, upfront is one thing (a bit discouraging, but perhaps the reality of not having a billionaire daddy with an open wallet).

Not being able to pay under 10 upfront would mean. we need to stop dreaming, as the most we'll see is a total of 20-40 spent, with structured payments and, most likely, with some of it recouped by sales.

In other words, forget a real challenge for the title. No chance. United badly underperformed with their squad last year, look like they really might spend 100-200 mill as some predicted, and. still managed to take four points off us last year. City and Chelsea allso both likely to be a fair bit stronger. Remy and Debuchy and unwarranted optimism for a deadline day bargain will not be enough.

But, fingers crossed, you may not have any sources.

4.) 27 Jun 2014
I really hope this isn't true we badly need Aurier, he could become extremely good

5.) 28 Jun 2014
Aurier's great going forward but to be perfectly honest his defensive work rate is suspect--got caught out of position a couple times for Cote d'Ivoir. I am concerned that he would leave Mert high and dry without a quick DM to cover for him.

I think he's got potential to be a good signing but going to trust AW on this one