This Gyokeres transfer saga looks messy

[redgunamo]

If we cant get a player we want, we wont buy one that we don't.

No, we do it all the time! That's why we never win anything

[PSRB]

Agreed.

If we don't buy a striker this window, we should fvck Arteta out of it.

I don't think we can blame Arteta.....

[redgunamo]

I can't help but feel we're being a bit tight here. ?55m agreed and then pissing about over ?10m in add ons, even if we paid out the full ?10m in add ons, ?65m seems like a pretty good deal. GET. ON. WITH. IT

Fairplay to them (Sporting) for taking a stand against players deciding where they want to go, I suppose. We've been done up like that ourselves before, haven't we. It's got to end somewhere; what happens when a one hundred million pound player decides he only wants to play for Swindon Town. The game will be gone.

[redgunamo]

I don't think we can blame Arteta.....

Right. He'll be wanting to win regardless of whether we buy another striker or not.

[PSRB]

Right. He'll be wanting to win regardless of whether we buy another striker or not.

I meant more that it's not Arteta's fault if we feck this transfer up. Made it pretty clear that a) he wants a striker and b) which one he wants.

[PSRB]

Fairplay to them (Sporting) for taking a stand against players deciding where they want to go, I suppose. We've been done up like that ourselves before, haven't we. It's got to end somewhere; what happens when a one hundred million pound player decides he only wants to play for Swindon Town. The game will be gone.

Yes and no, depends if you put any credence to the supposed gentleman's agreement he had with Sporting.

[Peter]

Yes and no, depends if you put any credence to the supposed gentleman's agreement he had with Sporting.

The problem with a gentleman's agreement is that it isn't an actual agreement.

[Peter]

Fairplay to them (Sporting) for taking a stand against players deciding where they want to go, I suppose. We've been done up like that ourselves before, haven't we. It's got to end somewhere; what happens when a one hundred million pound player decides he only wants to play for Swindon Town. The game will be gone.

Fair play to them for trying to screw as much out of us as possible. I hope we do the same when Real or PSG or whoever coming knocking for Saliba on the cheap.

[IUFG]

The problem with a gentleman's agreement is that it isn't an actual agreement.

Your word should be your bond.

Sadly, it more than often isn't.

[redgunamo]

Yes and no, depends if you put any credence to the supposed gentleman's agreement he had with Sporting.

"Let's write down 100; if you're good, we'll want that 100 but if you're rubbish, 60 is fine."

Basically, if we wanted him on the cheap we should've got him from Coventry City before he scored all those goals

[redgunamo]

The problem with a gentleman's agreement is that it isn't an actual agreement.

It is an actual agreement, it's just not between gentlemen.

[redgunamo]

Fair play to them for trying to screw as much out of us as possible. I hope we do the same when Real or PSG or whoever coming knocking for Saliba on the cheap.

Yes, let's hope tapping your targets up only takes you so far. After we get young Victor anyway

[redgunamo]

I meant more that it's not Arteta's fault if we feck this transfer up. Made it pretty clear that a) he wants a striker and b) which one he wants.

Has he actually mentioned him by name? Though I notice he did say " .. Not part of the group yet."

[Peter]

Your word should be your bond.

Sadly, it more than often isn't.

It should be. But not in this business.

[Peter]

It is an actual agreement, it's just not between gentlemen.

It is thoroughly reliant on that very premise. Like a contract with a get out clause.