I guess that sitting at home doing nothing was not as preferable to signing a new contract. My point being that I suspect, had he had a viable offer, he would have gone. Were there any other offers on the table?
That's easy; it's hard to imagine a comparable offer or deal elsewhere. His position at the Arse is practically bulletproof.
Unlike your mum's arse obviously.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."