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blaise

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Agree with Mert but nobody knew Mustafi would bed in so quickly and Gabriel would become decent.

About Santi if you ll challenge for anything, you need players like that like gold, even if it is for two months. But you cant count on them to be amongst most important players with his injury history.

Walcott is a good backup to have, but with Welbeck and Lucas not as essential anymore.

Ox, well should have cashed in long ago or sent him on loan. He and Ramsey are big reason why we always came short. You wont see other teams developing players like this for years. They sell and move on.
 

WhatAFC

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People talking like pers wages could be used to pay alexis/ozils. Most ridiculous thing ever. One players wages will have no bearing on another's being paid. The club has a wage structure (a terrible one) and that's what dictates who gets paid what. When a club has a salary cap that's going to be the main problem, not finding an extra couple million a year to give alexis & Özil a pay rise because per has an extra year on his contract.
 

blaise

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It was just an example how you can solve internally problem with money, not that we need that. Because if they dont resign him the explanation will be that he is a mercenary for the fans, not clubs fault
 

Hunter Zolomon

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Great news, their experience is vital.
vital to what???? sagna is out there turning out performances for city and i can never remember him ducking out of a free kick but Per gets an extension. Was sagna's experience not vital or where we just too ppor to keep a player like him onboard to help guide bellerin. What does the bfg have to offer that kos cannot.
 

Hunter Zolomon

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Time for Mertersaker to move on, but on a reduced salary, as backup and for experience around the dressing room he may have a roll but not on £900000 a week or whatever he's on.

The guy has a lot of guts and character and could make a good manager eventually.

Remember about this time last year he accepted an invitation to speak at a London synagogue about his generation's perspective on the WWII Holocaust. That took real balls, but some angry f*** on here said he was a still a coward because he turned his back on a hard shot during a match we lost. There's some absolute f***ing idiots on this forum.
nobody is doubting pers commitment outside football, all we care about is if he is worth the money the club is paying for his services.
 

Hunter Zolomon

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People always talk about leadership when it comes to experienced players but it's a load of bollocks in this case. How many times have we completely fallen apart with these "leaders" in the team. Mertesacker isn't a Terry or a Campbell. Experienced, yes. Leader, no.
we already have kos, we dont need him.
 

Hunta

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So that's what, probably more than £150k a week on him an Per? Yet we mess about with our two best players and even the likes of Jack and Ox.
 

Marmaduke

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So that's what, probably more than £150k a week on him an Per? Yet we mess about with our two best players and even the likes of Jack and Ox.

I'm guessing those guys are good role models and act more as player coaches these days with injuries and all. It would be hard to put a price on squad morale.

My guess is thats why we kept Arteta so long, he clearly was a well-liked, smart dude that provided Arsenal off the pitch more so than on.
 

WhatAFC

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So that's what, probably more than £150k a week on him an Per? Yet we mess about with our two best players and even the likes of Jack and Ox.
Santi and per we're both just 1 year extension options that were written into their current contracts. No renegotiating. Completely different to new contracts with different terms.
 

Rocky

Swears he's not a Tottenham fan
Ox, well should have cashed in long ago or sent him on loan. He and Ramsey are big reason why we always came short. You wont see other teams developing players like this for years. They sell and move on.

Chelsea persisted with Moses and are benefiting.
Chelsea sold De Bruyne and moved on to their detriment.
 

Gooner Zig

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People talking like pers wages could be used to pay alexis/ozils. Most ridiculous thing ever. One players wages will have no bearing on another's being paid. The club has a wage structure (a terrible one) and that's what dictates who gets paid what. When a club has a salary cap that's going to be the main problem, not finding an extra couple million a year to give alexis & Özil a pay rise because per has an extra year on his contract.

Aren't you contradicting yourself? If you're arguing that we have a "salary cap", then what one player earns will absolutely impact what other players earn. So keeping Per on affects what we can give Alexis/Özil, assuming we have a "salary cap" per se.
 

WhatAFC

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Aren't you contradicting yourself? If you're arguing that we have a "salary cap", then what one player earns will absolutely impact what other players earn. So keeping Per on affects what we can give Alexis/Özil, assuming we have a "salary cap" per se.
The salary cap was in reference to the maximum we pay any individual player, not the playing staff as a whole.
 

mm76

Yer Da
Having a 4th CB on something close to 100K in wages is beyond ridiculous.

agreed, even if he is a good influence off the pitch we should end his playing contract and if he's that important behind the scenes he can sign up as a defensive coach on much less money...
 

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