I'm still having difficulty accepting AW's decision to sell his best asset to his toughest

[Gunner Since Time Began - born to moan]

competitor.

[Alexism - Atheoist]

?
No.

Selling him wasn't Wenger's choice - it was RvP's.

When a player wants out, then best to get rid. The ManU element was simply because nobody else was offering anything remotely acceptable - Juve spent so much apparently on his personal terms they couldn't offer anything close to reasonable to Arsenal.

[Ashberto]

[Dorset Gooner]

keep him, he chose not to & as he also says it is a big gamble. I for one would rather we kept him to send a signal that if you sign a contract we expect you to honour it, regardless of the £20m or whether he sulked in the reserves.

[Steve-OH]

[Redflag]

Surely Juve must have a player they could have chucked in as a make weight to compensate for the shortfall in the valuation that Ivan put on RVP? The truth is that Kroneke doesn't give a f**k who he sells players to - he just wants cash for them - Song is another on his way to help Ivan balance the books.

[Gunner Since Time Began - born to moan]

I will respond in the typical AWIMB fashion, f**k off you cvnt!!

[Steve-OH]

[Dorset Gooner]

think you are wrong. Money was the motivation, on both sides...

[Ashberto]

[IUFG]

[Selkey - Wenger's hairpiece is a masterstroke]

[dismalswamp]

Yes but what's an extra 4 million to the Arsenal in the scheme of things?
Should have sold him to Juve or made him see his contract out. Even a half arsed RVP would have been better than nothing, and to see him in that shirt is heartbreaking.

[Alexism - Atheoist]

[dismalswamp]

I think you're right of course, it was all down to money. The board are business men and plastic Gooners only. If they loved the club no way would he have gone to another premier league side.

[Gunner Since Time Began - born to moan]