Popey wrote:robin saw what we did last season...and now we add to this poldi, giroud and cazorla.
with this squad we can compet. If he leaves now it will just be for the money
I'm still completely in the dark as to whether RVP's complaint was about the lack of signings.
It makes sense and it's the obvious conclusion to come to but it's still basically a guess.
"The manager and I disagree about the direction the club is heading." can mean a lot of things. It could mean 'They haven't offered me enough money yet.' Or 'I want to go to City but they're refusing to sell me for less than £30m. Or 'I don't think Szczesny is a good enough GK.' Or 'We desperately need 3 new CBs.'
If it was about signings then the last three should be enough to make him stay, unless he was concerned about the defending.
One thing's for sure, however much AW loves RVP he wouldn't go out and buy players purely to ensure that RVP stayed at the club. He's far too single-minded for that.
Trina wrote:And he has spent some money on them, not looked for cheap deals. Giroud and Podolski came to around 25mill, not sure how much cazorla just cost us.
I've read a whole range of prices from £12.5m all the way up to £18m and everything in between.