I totallly agree with your point - but can the current squad actually cope with the number of games arsenal are going to be in this season - even if they exit the cups at the 1st game and Europa at the group thats 43 gamesSelling a player for £40m who has struggled to hold down a starting place at Arsenal is hardly anything to panic over. In the last game he had clearly given up, hardly the type I would want to keep. I'm just glad he didn't sign for the reported £180k a week, now that would be depressing lol
Ox may not be brilliant (and I dont think he is worth anything like £40m even at todays crazy prices) but he would have saved a.n.other(s) legs by being sub in games and starter in others where that is now no longer an option
If Arsenal arent hammered by disbelief / dis interest in games, they are going to pay for it by over use of the same players for every game or by inexperience
I also cant see anyone major arriving even for massively over the odds money.
Klopp so far has made a career out of taking average players and making them perform above and beyond.
Pity his record in finals is still ropey
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that r5L clip suggests Ox would earn more IF / Once Arsenal returned to CL.....ok as far as it goes
- Liverpool could still be paying / offering more now (ie a static base rate for CL club that doesnt change over the deal, vs a rising rate if Arsenal return to CL)?
so he could still be earning more at Liverpool right now than he would be at Arsenal right now?
( I dont really care either way, just suggesting its possible he may be on better money at Liverpool for the current season)
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