Calm the F**K down gooners! I read this morning comments on Arseblog News on his article about Liverpool's interpretation of Luis Suarez's £40M clause. It is interesting to note that "an unnamed Liverpool source" says that the £40M only requires Liverpool to discuss Suarez's future in "Good Faith" not that they are obliged to sell him. What the F is good faith? Unnamed Liverpool Source talking about this clause in the media isn't good faith where I come from. This appears more like a bluff to get Arsenal to up their bid.
I have made my opinion on Luis Suarez clear so I wont go into that. Let us consider the above noise coming from Liverpool. Does it make any sense? I am no contract expert but surely reading what this so-called unnamed Liverpool source had to say, this is pure Bull. I can go on to quote examples of players who had contracts with their club but were sold once the release clause or the fair-market valuation (what ever the f**k that means these days) was met by the buying club. Need I remind you of Cesc Fabregas? Van Pussie? Song? Ade-bye-bye? Na$ri? Christiano Ronaldo at ManU? Apparently SAF had to beg CR to stay one more season at United before the inevitable departure to Real Madrid came.
Fact: Once a player wants to leave a club, there is nothing a club can do other than to punish the player and keep him on the bench, accummulating high wages for free. Nobody in their right mind does that!( *cough* except Manchester City iro Tevez *cough*). If Luis Suarez wants to leave Liverpool, be it to Arsenal or any other club, there is nothing sane Liverpool can do really other than to sell him. I do not think Liverpool are insane... I stand to be corrected.
I see most Arsenal fans are screaming all manner of insults at Dick Law, Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis at not signing Gonzalo Higuain. Hello! Has any of you considered the fact that maybe Higuain himself chose not to come to Arsenal? Do you think Arsenal is that special to everybody out there? To you and me, we think Arsenal is Heaven on Earth but to a potential employee, it is just another employment destination. And given a choice between employment destinations, perhaps Senior Higuain chose Napoli over Arsenal. I don't think it was just a matter of £35M. Bear in mind Napoli has a history with Argentine players, much like Arsenal has with French Players (in the Wenger era atleast)
So while we are all frustrated at the fact that we are not signing big name players as we had hoped and had been given the impression by our very own Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis, the fact remains none of us knows the truth behind these transfers. Jose Antonio Reyes decided he didn't like the London weather and chose to return to Spain. Can we therefore blame Arsene Wenger for not changing the London weather to suite Senior Reyes?
Santi Cazorla wanted to come to Arsenal. So too Monreal, Arteta, Metersacker and Podolski. Had they not wanted to be at Arsenal, they wouldn't be. So before we start singing abuse and especially composing songs of abuse to be sung at the Emirates Cup this weekend, please consider what Arsene Wenger said "We try very hard but unfortunately transfers do not only depend on us".
I never really appreciated these words until recent events. Something happened to the Higuain deal that neither I nor any other Arsenal fan/blogger knows and probably never will know. I don't think Arsenal failed to match the financial demands of Real Madrid. But that's just me.
Whether we sign Suarez or not remains to be seen. I share your frustration at how our transfer business is going but hey, these things are not only about Arsenal. The language, the culture, the climate, finances, place in the team, Agents, wives, Girlfriends, parents etc etc all have a say on where a player goes to play his football. So please don't always blame Arsene Wenger and Arsenal for things that are honestly beyond his control.
I am getting worried that nothing positive will happen this transfer window. But I will not blame the club or the Manger for things I have no knowledge about. I will blame them though for not having done deals sooner and showing more aggression in the market.
Higuain is spilt milk. Don't waste your time crying of him.
COYG!! Spend Some F**kn Money!!
I have made my opinion on Luis Suarez clear so I wont go into that. Let us consider the above noise coming from Liverpool. Does it make any sense? I am no contract expert but surely reading what this so-called unnamed Liverpool source had to say, this is pure Bull. I can go on to quote examples of players who had contracts with their club but were sold once the release clause or the fair-market valuation (what ever the f**k that means these days) was met by the buying club. Need I remind you of Cesc Fabregas? Van Pussie? Song? Ade-bye-bye? Na$ri? Christiano Ronaldo at ManU? Apparently SAF had to beg CR to stay one more season at United before the inevitable departure to Real Madrid came.
Fact: Once a player wants to leave a club, there is nothing a club can do other than to punish the player and keep him on the bench, accummulating high wages for free. Nobody in their right mind does that!( *cough* except Manchester City iro Tevez *cough*). If Luis Suarez wants to leave Liverpool, be it to Arsenal or any other club, there is nothing sane Liverpool can do really other than to sell him. I do not think Liverpool are insane... I stand to be corrected.
I see most Arsenal fans are screaming all manner of insults at Dick Law, Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis at not signing Gonzalo Higuain. Hello! Has any of you considered the fact that maybe Higuain himself chose not to come to Arsenal? Do you think Arsenal is that special to everybody out there? To you and me, we think Arsenal is Heaven on Earth but to a potential employee, it is just another employment destination. And given a choice between employment destinations, perhaps Senior Higuain chose Napoli over Arsenal. I don't think it was just a matter of £35M. Bear in mind Napoli has a history with Argentine players, much like Arsenal has with French Players (in the Wenger era atleast)
So while we are all frustrated at the fact that we are not signing big name players as we had hoped and had been given the impression by our very own Arsene Wenger and Ivan Gazidis, the fact remains none of us knows the truth behind these transfers. Jose Antonio Reyes decided he didn't like the London weather and chose to return to Spain. Can we therefore blame Arsene Wenger for not changing the London weather to suite Senior Reyes?
Santi Cazorla wanted to come to Arsenal. So too Monreal, Arteta, Metersacker and Podolski. Had they not wanted to be at Arsenal, they wouldn't be. So before we start singing abuse and especially composing songs of abuse to be sung at the Emirates Cup this weekend, please consider what Arsene Wenger said "We try very hard but unfortunately transfers do not only depend on us".
I never really appreciated these words until recent events. Something happened to the Higuain deal that neither I nor any other Arsenal fan/blogger knows and probably never will know. I don't think Arsenal failed to match the financial demands of Real Madrid. But that's just me.
Whether we sign Suarez or not remains to be seen. I share your frustration at how our transfer business is going but hey, these things are not only about Arsenal. The language, the culture, the climate, finances, place in the team, Agents, wives, Girlfriends, parents etc etc all have a say on where a player goes to play his football. So please don't always blame Arsene Wenger and Arsenal for things that are honestly beyond his control.
I am getting worried that nothing positive will happen this transfer window. But I will not blame the club or the Manger for things I have no knowledge about. I will blame them though for not having done deals sooner and showing more aggression in the market.
Higuain is spilt milk. Don't waste your time crying of him.
COYG!! Spend Some F**kn Money!!
