Lets assume we do sign cazorla and sahin. With the two strikers already purchased

[Peter]

Doesnt ii make van persie look like a lying c**t? I mean, what else was he expecting this summer? Messi?

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

[Hillary]

[Luis Anaconda]

He said he wasn't happy with the way the club was going, unless he secretly is happy he hasn't lied

[Peter]

Would constitute our most significant summer spend for many years. Iwonder whatthat tells us.

Obviously itmay well nothappen.

[Goonerism]

After all we did ship 49 goals last season.

[7evens]

Robin sniffs a realistic possibilty of 200k a week ?

[Peter]

Were rather wide of the mark. Some wpuld suspect that hehad no intention of signing a new deal and was using this as an excuse.

So not exactly lying, assuch. But dishonest in a way

[Steve-OH]

[Wilsheres Clockwork Toy]

well its *******s

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Bendtner, Arshavin, Vela, van Persie.

[7evens]

Is this what we've become http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/banghead.gif

[Bergkamp's Brain]

that was a rather ambiguous statement. Everything else is speculation and guesswork. Something Awimb and Twitter are very good at.

[Steve-OH]

[Peter]

Want to win stuff and is running out of time.

I just think it was unfair to criticise the club for effectively having no ambition IF they told him they were planning these signings. Hemay still think it isnt enough to win a title, and i am sure it wont be, but itis a step in therightdirection.

[7evens]

and why not... http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/shrug.gif

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

I suspect he had no intention of signing a new contract since he declined the opporunity last summer to discuss one.

[Peter]

[Wilsheres Clockwork Toy]

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

stops to make him stay?

[Peter]

By thedirection of the club. It isnt how i took it though.

[Wilsheres Clockwork Toy]

Leave it all behind closed doors

[Peter]

[7evens]

following last years transfer fiasco.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

who knows? We can only guess.

One thing his statement did say (just because he made it), he wants out asap.

[Peter]

They sre the manager's decisions.

[Norn Iron]

van Persie would be playing in the Premier League for Arsenal this season.

The statement was to put pressure on the club to sell him. He's obviously asked to leave and been told otherwise. So he had to make the statement public to force a move.

[Mc Gooner]

probably

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

It was a very aggressive and unnecessary statement I thought, an attempt to smash any hope of reconciliation.

Perhaps he expected more urgency from the club, the current impasse is f**kign useless to him.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

he might be saying that we defend like a bunch of numb nuts, how are you going to solve this? Unlikely but it is possible.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

worst thing he could have done

[Peter]

Even if you are the captain.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

"Ok well if you are not going to sort out the defending, we will be unlikely to win trophies, so I will not sign."

What more likely transpired was...

RvP - "I'm not signing a new contract, please let me leave now"
Arsenal - "We'll hold you to the final year"
RvP - "That is up to you"

Next day
Wenger - "I am confident RvP will stay"

Day after
RvP - "I have decided not to sign (there you go Wenger, deal with that)"

[Peter]

That would have been ok and would hve forced the issue. He really stuck the knife in, which was not necessary.

I believe there is more to it. I could of course be very wrong indeed.

[Red N White Army]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

disagreement on direction.

It really is a get me outta here kind of statement.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Red N White Army]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

The only thing we do know is that he wants out and quickly.