by Paddy » Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:51 pm
by Angelito » Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:27 pm
by Arsenal Tone » Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:47 pm
by Power n Glory » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:01 pm
Angelito wrote:Wait, are you guys suggesting that van Persie wanted to stay at Arsenal, but it was the club that didn't want him and pushed him out?
by Power n Glory » Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:07 pm
Tony Adams wrote:RVP wanted the club to match his ambitions. Wenger promised him stuff (in terms of competing/transfers) and it turned out Wenger was full of .... so he left. That's my take on it.
Ironic, because I'm pretty sure Vieira left due to the club's lack of ambition, ie trying to replace Bergkamp with some unknown kid called Van Persie.
by Salibatelli » Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:44 pm
by theHotHead » Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:49 am
swipe right wrote:Laughable to think Wenger would not offer him a new contract after all those years of patience. Patience with his rape allegations, patience with his fitness, patience with turning him into a center forward. And then once he makes it, dumping him? Nope. Not having it. Anyone who followed the club that season knows how important it was to hold on to him.
by theHotHead » Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:51 am
Tony Adams wrote:RVP wanted the club to match his ambitions. Wenger promised him stuff (in terms of competing/transfers) and it turned out Wenger was full of .... so he left. That's my take on it.
Ironic, because I'm pretty sure Vieira left due to the club's lack of ambition, ie trying to replace Bergkamp with some unknown kid called Van Persie.
by Highbury Hillbilly » Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:18 pm
by Paddy » Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:12 pm
by theHotHead » Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:29 pm
by Power n Glory » Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:37 pm
aniym wrote:Fabregas left quietly out of respect for Wenger. RVP publicly gave Arsenal fans the 411 about what was happening behind closed doors.
I still think we would have penny-pinching well into 2010s had RVP's exit not woken up the fanbase. Remember the boos ringing out across the Emirates after the 1-3 loss to Villa on opening day in 2013? We had only signed Sanogo at that point. But mere days later, out of nowhere, we announced Ozil.
by swipe right » Mon Jun 21, 2021 12:44 pm
Paddy wrote:Villa have come back with 30m apparently
Give them ESR + 50m for grealish.
by Paddy » Mon Jun 21, 2021 1:02 pm
by DiamondGooner » Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:08 pm
Paddy wrote:Makes you wonder why they've come back for a 2nd bid
If we told them no chance first time round then why would they come back? Unless we didn't...