03 Aug 2020 13:04:34
A friend of mines father is friendly with somone in the club and said Coutinho deal is close, not sure how true this is do the Ed’s know anything thanks Ed’s.
{Ed002's Note - I have no way of knowing what is meant by "close".}
03 Aug 2020 15:23:09
Have you heard any thing of a deal.
{Ed002's Note -As has been explained: Philippe Coutinho (AM/LW) after missing out on Bruno Fernandes and Hakim Ziyech Spurs have enquired after Coutinho and been told that a loan fee would €30M for a season with an option to buy at €50M at the end of the season with any loaning club paying half his wages. I would expect any interested side to look for a significant reduction in such a deal. The player is being offered around PL sides. Barcelona will have to keep him if no takers are found although with a small amount of money owed to Liverpool still there may be room for them to negotiate - but I don't expect them to be interested. Leicester might offer a solution to get him off the books - but again there would be a need for some negotiation. Right now Barcelona will likely cut their losses and get the best deal they can as soon as they can - his "representative" may look to some sort of creative deal with an English side - but that could cause a delay but the overall package might need to be something like a loan at a low fee, the player taking a cut on his €215k pw week wages, with Barcelona contributing nothing, and an obligation to buy at a lower figure at the end of next season. Matteo Guendouzi plus some cash might work.
His "representative" has his nails in to Arsenal and is looking to suck them dry as their advisor.}
03 Aug 2020 17:21:23
Great, someone else trying to use Arsenal for personal reasons, not the way forward in my opinion.
I'd rather take a chance on lower profile more appreciative options.
Arteta had to accept less wages at Arsenal than he was on at Everton to make his move to us happen, obviously he was reluctant to do so initially but he wanted to join us so much he took a chance.
03 Aug 2020 19:29:00
Can anyone actually work out why we would need him? Maybe if we manage to lose Ozil perhaps, but not exactly the hard hitting central midfielder we so desperately need is he?
{Ed047's Note - no idea Epping, I wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole
03 Aug 2020 21:14:56
I'm sure Welsh would have settled for a simple. sorry, no update since last time. 🙄.