Might be a slight embarrassment next Saturday, if our no.1 target nets a few.

[arse-nick (avid-analogue-addict)]

Why the management played silly buggers over this transfer is beyond me. Had they just thrown 30 million on the table and 25 down for Fellaini, we'd be sitting a lot prettier than we are now.
We'll be lucky to get Suarez for less than the total cost of those two players.

When will they learn? :banghead:

[Classic Jorge]

[Lord Roose Bolton]

He's one of the best finishers in the business and when you look at other prices Dzeko and Carroll £30m doesnt seem that bad a deal.

Dickish move to put the price up tho, but Napoli came into money and were there for the taking.

[arse-nick (avid-analogue-addict)]

We were trying to box clever, rather than look at it in a realistic sense.

We always have to shoot ourselves in the foot. Rather than matching Napoli's offer, we just went off in a huff. How dare Real up the price, how dare Napoli offer more than us!

We have the funds to compete, but we stuck with our antiquated ethics. (not bad, but times change)

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

[redgunamo]

Until he turned out to be rubbish, of course.

[redgunamo]

[Classic Jorge]

I'd expect people who work for the club to have a different attitude though

[Peter]

Plus a sirect wuote from real's president saying that we never made a bid suggest that the whole 'done deal' argument is quite likely to have been horse****. It seems unlikely that real would hae agreed at that price. Even you suggest it was too cheap.

So that just leaves the question of hy we wouldnt pay 30 odd for him. You seem to think it was worth it.

Me, i dont care. We have money now and i am not in a massive hurry. I wuld rather we spend it well than spend it now.

[redgunamo]

they can pick up a newspaper and see that they could've got a much better deal elsewhere.

Very amusing.

[Peter]

Not all of us, obviously

[Peter]

Until the *******s realised napoli were loaded.

Seems hard to believe.

[redgunamo]

[Classic Jorge]

[redgunamo]

I suspect the whole world knows by now that whatever The Arsenal offer can be bettered by somebody else.

Especially for "top,top" players.

[Classic Jorge]

Also, they've spent all the Cavani money bringing in three Real players

[Bergkamp's Brain]

The only problem with waiting is that we won't have many good and available players left to buy. Wenger is already preparing the ground work for that eventuality

[redgunamo]

Higgy clearly made more sense than Suarez.

[Classic Jorge]

[redgunamo]

Which is the false premise we appear to have been counting on.

[Classic Jorge]

[redgunamo]

Football may not have even come into it.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

They are both quality players but one of them comes with stacks of baggage

[goonergaz]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

[Brentwood]

Genuine question - i don't get it

[goonergaz]

[redgunamo]

GH is too good not to be first-choice somewhere. So he decided it was time to move on.

Imo.

[Bergkamp's Brain]

no guarantee that Suarez, or anyone else would automatically be a world beater. That is why top managers get paid top money

[goonergaz]

I concede £45m is a massive gamble and I dont think it will happen, but if it does it could be a signing that triggers something special like when we singed (dare I say it) Bergkamp.

At least he should hit the ground running and isn't showing signs of slowing like Torres was.

[barrybueno]

conspiracy and the next ban would be even longer if he was an Arsenal player.

[redgunamo]

[redgunamo]

will now give it our most urgent consideration. Don't call us back, we'll call you" sense.