January Transfer Window 21/22
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There's no obligation to buy so bit of a risk imo; although I can imagine there will be some agreement behind the scenes which will involve a straight swap for trincao who we have on loan. FFP will have something to do with it
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And we’ve sold another player. Seriously shifting the deadwood this window.
Calum Chambers to Villa
Calum Chambers to Villa
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One or two coming in wouldn’t go amiss though
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A figure of around £2m is being bandied about.
Leaves us with just one back up CB for the rest of the season
Free transfer according to the BBC.
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Next up, Saka to Liverpool for £50m
Don't be shocked if we go for Martinelli in the summer Rob. It's not often Klopp goes out of his way to talk up an opposition player as he did with him last week.
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I’m not too worried about him. I think he’s happy now he’s a first team regular. He’s very young still, I’m sure he’ll be with us a few years yet.
Has there been any talks of a new deal for him? He'll be down to 2 years left on his deal this summer - if he's not signing a new one soon then it'll be the last chance to get a decent fee for him.
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3 years this summer. Contracted to summer 2025. He’s on £90k a week. If he carries on I expect us to open up talks soon. We’re shifting deadwood, so that will be a lot of wages freed up to boost key players contracts.
Transfermarkt reckons his contract is up in 2024.
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True, his official contract ends in 2024, but the club has the extension option. If it comes to summer 2024, arsenal can trigger the extension, so even if he wants to leave, we can still cash in because if he’s world class, clubs ain’t gonna sit around for a year waiting to get him on a free, they’ll compete with each other and pay through the nose.
I expect him to sign a new contract within the next year anyway. Once Auba’s £350k pw is off the books, him, Saka and ESR will be getting a very nice boost. Saka’s only on £30k a week currently.