Apologies if this has alreeady been posted, or if you all follow the facebook page and have already seen it. But they have said they'll have some news for us in 20 minutes. Any ideas what it is?
I shouldn't think so. It's much more likely to be the signing of Billy Sharp and the expansion of our stadium to 50,000.
According to twitter Billy Sharpe is signing for you today?If its true well done I think he will do well for you.
Thanks - but don't believe everything you read on twitter - half of us don't believe we have any chance (or intention) of signing Sharpe
It was quite fun being OLM for 20 minutes, stating it's Mannone for a fact and receiving plenty of messages asking how I knew, only for me to respond, 'I have my sources'
I think the Mannone deal is a very good one for us because he has proved that given regular games he is a very talented young player. His recent catastrophic spell at Arsenal will probably make them more likely to release him permanently and also make him more willing to leave the Emirates than when he was previously here. If he can get back to the solid form which made him a favourite here we will be in the box-seat to make the deal permanent at the end of the season.
Is his contract actually up at the end of the season as speculated? I know there'll be skeptics to this but Football Manager 2012 has him down as tied to a deal until 2014. Obviously it's only a game but the series has proven to be extremely accurate over the years when it comes to things like that.
2014 may be right then, he signed a 'long-term' deal in 2010 and usually that means 4-5 years, it's rare that you see anything longer.
The length of Mannone's current contract is irrelevant because he is clearly now surplus to requirements at Arsenal. Wenger will probably be willing to sell in the next window and if all parties are happy a permanent deal could be possible.
So nobody on here knew this till about 30mins before the announcements , Saucy sources The Manonne name kinda came out of nowhere really
