Nicolas Pepe

[HairSprayGooners]

We're struggling to make any breaks in the Tierney saga yet we're expected to put down €80 MM for Pepe when we baulked at Palace asking a similar price for Zaha?

"Absolute nonsense" doesn't do these new links enough justice.

We probably baulked at the price they asked for up front due to Uniteds sell on clause.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

We're struggling to make any breaks in the Tierney saga yet we're expected to put down €80 MM for Pepe when we baulked at Palace asking a similar price for Zaha?

"Absolute nonsense" doesn't do these new links enough justice.

Vinai confirmed that 45m budget is BS and Tierney deal is only needed to pay few millions upfront and maybe we don't see zaha worth 80M pounds?

 

[SingmeasongSong]

We're struggling to make any breaks in the Tierney saga yet we're expected to put down €80 MM for Pepe when we baulked at Palace asking a similar price for Zaha?

"Absolute nonsense" doesn't do these new links enough justice.

Not if Pepe has always been first choice. We could also have made a valuation on both and set maximum values.

Given Pepe's 3 years younger he probably has a higher value to us.

Us not paying more than 40m for Zaha does not imply that we do not have more money, just that he isn't seen valuable enough to us to up the bid .

Could very well change though, if we don't get Pepe as we are on high pressure to deliver before the window closes.

 

[field442]

As I said yesterday, I think Lille would be more open to addons and instalments. Budget wise it could be an easier deal to do.

 

[kraphtous]

Why can’t people believe we won’t pay 25m for a player that plays in the Scottish Premier League? Or 70m for a player who in his best season has scored 10 goals?

Pepe is an elite player in the making, so I can see us pay up what is needed to sign him.

 

[Hunta]

We went from saint straight to devil !

By the way, people saying Mendes is payed to be our intermediary on this, it is true?

Wouldn't that mean further 5m for his services ?

Yeah, Raul using his contacts to get players.

Sven would be sat in his bin outside making a list in his own **** of seria b players we can sign .

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Waiting orny as per Fabrizio tweet.

 

[field442]

Thinking a bit deeper. The Zaha stuff was backed by a story of Emery wanting him after the game in March. Raul has said the preparation for this window goes back to last autumn (when Sven was here). Saliba was supposedly tracked since the autumn, Pepe has been a Sven target for a while. Makes you think.....

 

[HairSprayGooners]

If/when orny confirms this as true I will likely go do the worm in the rain

 

[2Smokeyy]

Wenger would walk away with the rumoured agent fees.

Raul is not arsed, the guy does coke for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Raul just got up from a night full of coke and strippers. He’s trying to find his way back home.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

I’ve noticed that Raul tends to get his man. So if this is true, I think he’s ours.

 

[KJSB97]

Admittedly this is quite astonishing and difficult to believe.

But what reason do fairly reliable guys like Di Marzio & Romano have to go out on a limb and back this news if its BS?

Has to be truth to this or reliable reporters are diminishing their credibility for no apparent reason.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Yeah, Raul using his contacts to get players.

Sven would be sat in his bin outside making a list in his own **** of seria b players we can sign .

Still can't believe the main thread is called Edu's when it's all but confirmed on the public Q&A that it's Raul who's running the show

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Thinking a bit deeper. The Zaha stuff was backed by a story of Emery wanting him after the game in March. Raul has said the preparation for this window goes back to last autumn (when Sven was here). Saliba was supposedly tracked since the autumn, Pepe has been a Sven target for a while. Makes you think.....

Maybe we wanted zaha but after our 1st bid in 1st of july its gone so quiet maybe we'll go after him again and overpay if we fail to get Pepe. Soares seem we interested but look he just backup plan.

 

[field442]

Would be great if this happens. Ornstein, Watts and Kike all teabagged by our Italian masters.

 

[every little thing]

I'm going to watch pepe youtube now...will be back with my observation after 15 minutes

 

[Hunta]

I love how under this new management team (Raul’s drug cartel) we only do business on a weekend. Seems to me like Raul’s supply runs out by Friday so he does his business before his new shipment of coke and whores arrive on a Monday.

 

[macka66]

Seems promising. Raul has certainly done well this summer if he pulls this off as well as the other rumoured players who we have made a bid for. Don’t care how much we spend on a player I just want top 4 again.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Admittedly this is quite astonishing and difficult to believe.

But what reason do fairly reliable guys like Di Marzio & Romano have to go out on a limb and back this news if its BS?

Has to be truth to this or reliable reporters are diminishing their credibility for no apparent reason.

They not saying its done they say its down to Pepe and his agent and if napoli pay what they want he may still chose napoli.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

I love how under this new management team (Raul’s drug cartel) we only do business on a weekend. Seems to me like Raul’s supply runs out by Friday so he does his business before his new shipment of coke and whores arrive on a Monday.

We should make Raul dancing in the background on signing announcements a thing by the way.