To be fair, Simon Mullock said Arsenal had agreed the deal.
I thought it was always "Arsenal have agreed the deal... (providing they get somebody else in)"
Don't understand what they're thinking. They'll be left with a player who will be mightily pissed off and won't put 100% effort in. Instead they could have £70m in the bank ready to spend big on someone in January if they can't get somebody in before 11pm