Apparently a third bid now turned down for this Lemar bloke ?

[7sisters]

I don't really get this stuff, surely you get a rough idea what the selling club wants after the first punt.

9.20am:*Arsenal have had a third bid for Thomas Lemar turned down by Monaco.
The offer was worth €50m (£44.7m) but the French side are standing firm in holding out for more money from the Gunners.
L’Equipe say a deal could still be on the cards though for the 21-year-old who is believed to be the top target of Arsene Wenger.

[redgunamo]

I don't really get this stuff, surely you get a rough idea what the selling club wants after the first punt.

9.20am:*Arsenal have had a third bid for Thomas Lemar turned down by Monaco.
The offer was worth €50m (£44.7m) but the French side are standing firm in holding out for more money from the Gunners.
L’Equipe say a deal could still be on the cards though for the 21-year-old who is believed to be the top target of Arsene Wenger.

It's all about the details, I think. Or perhaps he's just too shy :-\

[7sisters]

It's all about the details, I think. Or perhaps he's just too shy :-\

Indeed. But it's the sort of detail that evaded thon other two Monaco chappies on their way to City and Chelsea.

[redgunamo]

Indeed. But it's the sort of detail that evaded thon other two Monaco chappies on their way to City and Chelsea.

I don't think we want to be like them, do we :-|

[SWv2]

I don't think we want to be like them, do we :-|

Au contraire they are exactly what we want to be like.

At some point in whatever negotiations have taken place Dicky Law must surely have leaned across the table and asked the frog dude to give it to him straight, how much do they want. This silly *******s incremental bidding is ridiculous. Find out what they want and pay it if you can afford it, if not move on taking care to avoid passing Mahrezes.

Then flog the Chilean and turn a sweet profit.

[Luis Anaconda]

Indeed. But it's the sort of detail that evaded thon other two Monaco chappies on their way to City and Chelsea.

If you mean Silva to City - that seemed to be done quickly. But Mendy to City and Bakayoko to Chelsea were both completed after quite lengthy negotiations. All clubs have these deals :shrug: Perisic to Man United; Alex Sandro to Chelsea etc etc

[Just Trent]

Indeed. But it's the sort of detail that evaded thon other two Monaco chappies on their way to City and Chelsea.

I think the groundwork for all these Monaco sales was done between the billionaire owners months ago. At a big yacht party during the Monaco GP. Where was Stan that weekend? Running around Texas shooting at Armadillos.

[SWv2]

I think the groundwork for all these Monaco sales was done between the billionaire owners months ago. At a big yacht party during the Monaco GP. Where was Stan that weekend? Running around Texas shooting at Armadillos.

That is probably exactly what happened.

[Yesterday Once More]

That is probably exactly what happened.

No, we are obviously too shy, shy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXmwsFc9Jas

[Ash]

I think the groundwork for all these Monaco sales was done between the billionaire owners months ago. At a big yacht party during the Monaco GP.

Probably the most interesting thing to have happened At Monaco that weekend.

[Peter]

Au contraire they are exactly what we want to be like.

At some point in whatever negotiations have taken place Dicky Law must surely have leaned across the table and asked the frog dude to give it to him straight, how much do they want. This silly *******s incremental bidding is ridiculous. Find out what they want and pay it if you can afford it, if not move on taking care to avoid passing Mahrezes.

Then flog the Chilean and turn a sweet profit.

Hope it never happens, but if you ever go through a divorce do NOT handle the negotiations yourself. Your view of the art of negotiation is rather worrying.

[SWv2]

Hope it never happens, but if you ever go through a divorce do NOT handle the negotiations yourself. Your view of the art of negotiation is rather worrying.

We both know that football is utterly detached from any semblance of common sense or logic, see 50m for Kyle Walker as evidence of this.

You really want a player you pay the price. Monaco in this case hold all the metaphorical cards, they do not need to accept any offer we make, we simply need to pay them their asking amount - or not.

[Peter]

We both know that football is utterly detached from any semblance of common sense or logic, see 50m for Kyle Walker as evidence of this.

You really want a player you pay the price. Monaco in this case hold all the metaphorical cards, they do not need to accept any offer we make, we simply need to pay them their asking amount - or not.

The price they quote you is not the lowest they will sell for. Finding the lowest they will accept, putting pressure on them through the player, agents etc. That is negotiation in football.

They could have got the price for Walker down to 40 million and it still would have been absurd. THat is just bonkers from a bonkers club.