That's why I found Chelsea's spending last summer to be particularly disgusting (for want of a better word) as they were exploiting how a vast majority of clubs weren't able to spend the funds they expected to have due to depressed finances caused by this slight case of global pandemic going around, yet there they were chucking loads of Uncle Roman's cash around on Werner, Havertz, Ziyech and Chilwell to cement their position for a good 3-4 years, making them the Martin Shkreli of the Premier League
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Great place to put one. I always think that they're missing a trick by not combining the two. The Bookie Pub. What could go wrong?
@PleaseNotPoll we're selling Willock to Newcastle. Rumoured to be around £25m. I remember us having a conversation about him not too long ago and you said it'd be silly to sell. Just curious to know if you think it's worth it for this price or whether you maintain it would have been better to keep him.
Judging by the current state of your attack, pretty dumb decision. You're overstocked with players comfortable playing as wide attackers but only Aubameyang through the centre.
I only think it's worth selling him if a) there's a sell-on or buy-back clause and b) we sign a player the calibre of Maddison. Otherwise it's a waste of time. The fee is a bit low, as I think Willock should have fetched around £30m+, but considering we've struggled to sell our other players, I guess this was seen as a necessity.
Would keep him. A real game changer off the bench and can run defenders ragged if he starts, pushing a high defence a good 5-10 yards backwards.
I do agree that he's got some great qualities, but he's still a bit raw in other aspects of his game and I don't know if Arteta is the best manager to make him fulfil his potential. But also, we're not in a position to give players lots of time to develop. We need some ready-made players for now who can slot in straight away. So I'm guessing that's where the money for Willock will go toward.
Do you trust them to spend it wisely, though? £20m doesn't go very far at the moment, either. It's hard to tell if Willock, Nelson, Nketiah and the like are going to make it at the required level. If you're going to replace them with Willian, Elneny and similar signings though, you may as well not bother.
To be fair, Elneny was signed by Wenger in 2016 and Wenger subsequently gave him a contract extension in 2018, which was utterly foolish. He's never looked like he's an Arsenal calibre player even back then, so I couldn't understand why this happened. Therefore I blame Elneny still being here on Wenger . What other club will pay him £55k a week? Nevertheless, I think it's a fair question you raise as we've been very hit and miss with signings. Willian especially was a massive cock-up (another player I never wanted and knew would flop...). I think the fact we've been able to tie a lot of our promising youth prospects to new deals, as well as signing players like White, Lokonga and Tavares (all 23 or under) suggests that we won't be heading in that direction again. With that in mind, if (and I know it's a huge 'if' currently) the sales of Willock, Nelson and Nketiah help fund a Maddison/Aouar/Bernardo, I'd say that's a positive IMO.
They signed him knowing he's crocked so no surprises here. Also he technically isn't a Barca player yet as they can't register him until they reduce their wage bill.
