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📞 Clubs in talks Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Out)
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Nunowoolmez
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Crazy how this guy has gone from playing for England & being an important player for us, with reported £20 mil offer from Wolves, to being a bit of a forgotten man. Feel sorry for him.
Barry
Definitely Not An Old Poster
He's a good player as well. Easily squad level for us and would be for most teams in Top 5 leagues, being starter quality for most of the bottom half sides. Versatile as well.
He's a bargain for the team that gets him for under £10m, really surprised that there's not more interest.
Riou
In The Winchester, Waiting For This To Blow Over
Country: Northern Ireland
Player:Gabriel
Not selling Niles for the £20-£25 million Wolves offered, then going on to never play him.
Was pretty much the first of many errors, our young manager and director has made, in transfers out of the club.
Was pretty much the first of many errors, our young manager and director has made, in transfers out of the club.
ArsenesCoatMaker
Established Member
The question is if we actually got offered that. From my recollection of the reporting it was around 16m and we wanted 25m. Still should of just shifted him.
ArsenalInMyHeart
This is your brain on ITK addiction
Sanchez11
Nobody Is Coming!
Country: England
Why just give us a nominal fee and call it quits.
Country: Scotland
5 to 10m seems a fair fee for a 24 year old versatile home grown player.
At the very least a loan with a mandatory purchase clause.
At the very least a loan with a mandatory purchase clause.
Teams who trying get players on loan when they got 1 year left. Who they fooling?
Country: Scotland
I thought he signed an extension not that long ago?
No he didn't. His current contract end Next June.
BenTal
Well-Known Member
Country: USA
Player:Zinchenko
Didn't we do the same with Cedric?
Well yeah but that was when he 6 months left so it won't make huge difference. With a year left we need to get few millions from AMNDidn't we do the same with Cedric?
Kysus
Active Member
You never know what is going on behind the scenes.
It was super quiet around Bellerin for example but we supposedly had 6 different offers for him that he all turned down.
Those offers rarely make it into media
Blankety Blank
emoji merchant
True but you normally hear rumours. Not been a sniff this window about AMN. Maybe bare facts are simply no one wants him or he may have decided to hang around & do a basement JLingz?
Stock completely destroyed.
Shame, had massive potential but I think everybody screwed up here, including AMN. AMN should have applied himself more, but I think the managers should have given him more chances in midfield. The RB experiment failed just like I initially said it would. Not selling him to Wolves and then subsequently not playing him also in hindsight was a naive move.
Shame, had massive potential but I think everybody screwed up here, including AMN. AMN should have applied himself more, but I think the managers should have given him more chances in midfield. The RB experiment failed just like I initially said it would. Not selling him to Wolves and then subsequently not playing him also in hindsight was a naive move.
drippin
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Country: Finland
To me it was always obvious that he doesn't have the solid focus and vision that is needed at midfield at a top club, said so for a long time. Somehow I also think of Ndidi/Bissouma type of player if he plays midfield, and we haven't gone for those.
Also not sure why, but Dele Alli comes to my mind how mental things etc. can hinder a career.
Maybe he could do the inverted fullback role, but then again he doesn't for example have the long passing for it.
Wingback role might be the best for him. Very sad how it has went.
Maybe
You're wrong, no?
This!
He doesn't have the focus for any position, I don't think it would've been be any different if he played as a CM.
His technical and physical attributes allowed him to play both roles, but he failed wherever he played in the long run, just a few good performances here and there which weren't enough.
A wasted talent he is, if he had a bit of that Martinelli attitude instead of moaning constantly, he could've been an amazing player for us.
Country: England
Thought it would be Everton or a lower PL team but this would be a great move for AMN.
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