It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Irlam Haaland]

Yeah for you. Would trigger a riot in the Arsenal fan base.

No way any player exchange happens. As for Laporte to Arsenal. I would place 1% on this actually happening.

I totally agree with you, had a few beers yesterday and had giddy thoughts haha

 

[citizen_maine]

think we totalled around £300m in prize money alone from the treble

I was responding to the claim we won't make sales of £200m.
I was trying to point out that we may have a significant part of that already.

 

[blueparrot]

That’s a fair comment as well mate but we did go big on Bellingham and then Rice even though Kovacic was coming in?

The way I see thise are they were available and while we didn’t have a need for them rhey were worth a shot . Think it”s significant nobody else seems to be targeted as alternatives and-maybe won’t be unless Bernardo brings an offer in the next couple of weeks,

 

[richards30]

The way I see thise are they were available and while we didn’t have a need for them rhey were worth a shot . Think it”s significant nobody else seems to be targeted as alternatives and-maybe won’t be unless Bernardo brings an offer in the next couple of weeks,

Any big name targets though come at a price and we do have form for not really wanting to be that type of club? Before I get the pile on from some about the season we have just had and 5 in 6 years premier leagues etc Pep himself has acknowledged the need for refresh every couple of seasons with big players? Say Valverde was available for £110m then we won’t do that even though the business is growing, we are bringing in bigger extra sponsorship etc and the academy is generating huge profits now? We may only have Pep for two more years so let’s go big and see if he can do the quad!

 

[blueparrot]

Any big name targets though come at a price and we do have form for not really wanting to be that type of club? Before I get the pile on from some about the season we have just had and 5 in 6 years premier leagues etc Pep himself has acknowledged the need for refresh every couple of seasons with big players? Say Valverde was available for £110m then we won’t do that even though the business is growing, we are bringing in bigger extra sponsorship etc and the academy is generating huge profits now? We may only have Pep for two more years so let’s go big and see if he can do the quad!

Only thing I add is we don”t know what sort of ceiling the coaches and Pep / Txiki see for players like Bobb, Palmer, Lewis , McAteeand maybe one or two more.
They could and I haven’t the faintest idea be seen as better than some of our previous academy talents and be expected to push on more.
If so thers might be a reluctance to spend big on say a kDB replacement or a Mharez replacement unless he leaves

 

[SWP's back]

Rise 200m & then spend it on Mbappe

Net spend = zero

No one at the clubs want Mbappe.

 

[SWP's back]

think we totalled around £300m in prize money alone from the treble

Which is about £40m more than last season. You have any idea how much extra in bonuses we will have paid out for winning the treble?

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

You would have thought so. I know it’s early days and City know what they are doing, but I’m mildly surprised that so far we are Kovacic in Gundogan out. Just seems a lot left to do.

That said I didn’t think our squad was big enough last season so I got that massively wrong.

We were a bit lucky with injuries last season. Already KDB is out for a while. Either need reinforcements or put more faith in the kids - ideally both

 

[bluenova]

They probably have some sort of insurance for this

Given we're favourites for the CL every flippin' year, it would probably be cheaper not to use insurance :)

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Rise 200m & then spend it on Mbappe

Net spend = zero

No thanks he seem like he’s up his own arse and gets worse at that the older he gets. His demands outstrip his worth for me.