So we was 'sacked' then.

[Pokster]

I think you are right. There were a number of people demanding we "show our ambition". There were also a number of people calling not to pay this kind of money to Ozil. This time last year we were a very fractured fan base.

I wonder whether we actually tried to sell Ozil?

There seemed to be a lack of any news about any club that wanted him.. he could have signed a pre contract and didnn't, and i don't remember any decent rumours that anyone had offered him one or even talked to him

[Ash]

There seemed to be a lack of any news about any club that wanted him.. he could have signed a pre contract and didnn't, and i don't remember any decent rumours that anyone had offered him one or even talked to him

Unlike Aaron, no-one wanted him.

So, Ramsey > Ozil QED

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

There seemed to be a lack of any news about any club that wanted him.. he could have signed a pre contract and didnn't, and i don't remember any decent rumours that anyone had offered him one or even talked to him

It doesn't make sense. If that was the case, it seems utterly ludicrous to give him £350K a week and make him one of the highest paid players in the league.

Alternatively, there were lots of takers and we "showed" our ambition by signing him up

The obvious fall back is that we were desperate and vulnerable, Ozil's team sensed it and went in for the kill. A tactic I intend to use this summer at my place of work.

[Luis Anaconda]

There seemed to be a lack of any news about any club that wanted him.. he could have signed a pre contract and didnn't, and i don't remember any decent rumours that anyone had offered him one or even talked to him

Perhaps he was happy and never angling for a move just a right deal (though he was often and heavily connected with a move to Old Trafford, certainly prior to the Alexis deal). It's one of WES's favourite angles in his many diatribes against Ramsey earlier in the season/over the summer to point out that he was never really connected with any big clubs, yet lo and behold once it was clear he was going there were plenty of alleged suitors and a massive offer from one of the biggest clubs in the world