Mesut & Alexis' Contract Situation

[MesutOzil11]

[BS221B]

boss.

[DiamondGooner]

Arsene has finally got it together but then again this is the first season without the top 4 trophy

[starmandb]

I'd rather keep him for his final season Lemar or not or Bayern or not (that's not going to happen anyway). We might be getting 50m if we sell him but CL qualification will be harder. He'd be a year older when he joins City and we would be limiting his prime time with them. Plus if we prefer having him over money it shows things have changed since RVP saga.

So would I. A final season from Alexis is much, much more valuable than whatever price we get for him. While I don't care about CL qualification as such, it just feels right to retain his services.

That said, I don't think anything has changed since RVP. As I stated yesterday, since RVP left, we've bought 1 starting CM and 1 starting CF. That's 6 years. No club with title-winning ambitions goes this long without reinforcing two vital positions.

A final season from him means having no influence as Arsenal, where he will play next year. He will probably join Chelsea and I'd hate to see that. Maybe he won't give his best and sulk for parts of the season, if things don't go his way. I'm all for keeping him, but he should want it too imo.

So? If he sulks, Arsenal would have deserved it. You have to be neutral here. If Arsenal is satisfied with the status quo, it has to face the music. The board can't have it both ways.

Regardless, there is no chance in hell that we will replace Alexis with a player as good. Thomas Lemar is half the player Alexis is - at this stage. Anyone who argues otherwise is biased and fond of novelty. Mbappe? When was the last time we broke the world transfer record? In fact, when was the last time we've paid over £15m for a teenager?

I would want Alexis to stay, but I don't care if he went to Chelsea or City. For Alexis' sakes, I hope he goes to Bayern because I can't see it working out for him at City. At Chelsea, I think he'd be okay.

We need a player who can score 30 goals and create 15 as Alexis' replacement. Last time we lost such a player - was van Persie. If we sell Alexis this summer, Arsenal would basically be admitting that they (the board) are in it for the money, the glamor - not for football.

The last time we paid over 15 million for a teenager was in 2014 when we paid 17.2 million for 19 year old Callum chambers

[Va-Va-Voom]

Horrific buy that was.

[MesutOzil11]

Geoff has f***ing spoken!

[EliteKiller]

Still not sorted ............

Think this summer was bad just wait until next summer -

Players out of contract at Arsenal:

Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere, Santi Cazorla (club hold option for one extra year), Kieran Gibbs, Joel Campbell, Carl Jenkinson, Matt Macey, Per Mertesacker (retiring at end of season)

how about Spuds? just one and that's a 34 year old reserve keeper Vorm

how about Dippers? just one Emre Can

how about City? Fernandinho (32) Yaya Toure (34)

Chelsea have 5 and Utd have 8 .....

[Nuggets]

Why does anybody think that this transfer window will be any different from the last fcuk up, this is Wonga we are talking about the senile one.

[Arsenal~Fanatic]

Still not sorted ............

Think this summer was bad just wait until next summer -

Players out of contract at Arsenal:

Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere, Santi Cazorla (club hold option for one extra year), Kieran Gibbs, Joel Campbell, Carl Jenkinson, Matt Macey, Per Mertesacker (retiring at end of season)

how about Spuds? just one and that's a 34 year old reserve keeper Vorm

how about Dippers? just one Emre Can

how about City? Fernandinho (32) Yaya Toure (34)

Chelsea have 5 and Utd have 8 .....

Our transfer business offers perfect material to write a book on ''how not to conduct contract management at a football club''. Either we end up paying so much to lesser players because of this so called socialist policy, that these players are happy to just sit n hog wages which nobody will dare matching or we end up in a situation where we have no bargaining power with players being nonchalantly let in to their final year of contracts. It's a mess and has been for a long time.

[Nuggets]

Still not sorted ............

Think this summer was bad just wait until next summer -

Players out of contract at Arsenal:

Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jack Wilshere, Santi Cazorla (club hold option for one extra year), Kieran Gibbs, Joel Campbell, Carl Jenkinson, Matt Macey, Per Mertesacker (retiring at end of season)

how about Spuds? just one and that's a 34 year old reserve keeper Vorm

how about Dippers? just one Emre Can

how about City? Fernandinho (32) Yaya Toure (34)

Chelsea have 5 and Utd have 8 .....

Our transfer business offers perfect material to write a book on ''how not to conduct contract management at a football club''. Either we end up paying so much to lesser players because of this so called socialist policy, that these players are happy to just sit n hog wages which nobody will dare matching or we end up in a situation where we have no bargaining power with players being nonchalantly let in to their final year of contracts. It's a mess and has been for a long time.

As long as this imbecile Wonga is in charge nothing will change, its no wonder the players want him to stay, he gives them what they want.

[Slick]

Geoff has f***ing spoken!

Geoff needs to delete his Twitter account.

[StLGooner]

Some of them fools on twitter are so f***ing cringe worthy. Saw some guy try to argue Savages point which was that Xhaka and Elneny aren't creative enough in midfield, and his argument was that they got 3 of the 4 assist. Cause you know if you get an assist in a game it means you are creative as hell apparently.

[Sims]

Still think there's a chance Alexis could sign a new deal tbf

[MesutOzil11]

Still think there's a chance Alexis could sign a new deal tbf

This.

Mesut looks likely aswell.

[MesutOzil11]