Va-Va-Voom wrote:Jedieurokrem wrote:Ozil on 300k was a f***ing mistake
This.
220-250k would've been fine.
Ozil's £300k a week isn't the problem.
Say, we let Ozil go on free transfer this summer. We'd still be getting Mkhi in exchange for Alexis and we'd have bought Aubameyang too.
That would mean two new, in-coming players would be earning £180k a week (Mkhi) and £200k a week (Auba).
Ramsey would have still demanded £180-200k a week.
Ozil's wages isn't the factor here.
Having said that, if Ramsey wants to stay, I believe we will agree on a deal of around £160k a week, which for me is still overpaying.
We really can't afford to pay Wilshere £100k a week if we're paying Ramsey in excess of £140k a week. That would mean our CM options are limited to Ramsey and... Errrr. Our DMs would be Xhaka (DLP), Elneny (more B2B than DM), and Maitland-Niles.
Ideally, we should let Wilshere go and buy a top-class CM to compete with Ramsey.
We could try Mkhitaryan as a CM, which Wenger alluded to. Either way, we need a top class CM. If we re-sign Wilshere or invest a huge chunk of wages on Ramsey, we'd be fielding a midfield with no CM when Ramsey picks up his inevitable mid-season injury.