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Such a shame. He couldn’t even kick a ball properly before he went up there. Life is so UNFAIR

:) I’m not sure that explanation actually helps much !

Yep, he is worth 50m because he has spent the past year playing against Liverpool, Man U etc and for England. Not for playing against Burton Albion for some 2nd division northern monkeys.

Contracts are a two way street. If a player loses form they can sit around earning big bucks, doing bugger all until the end of the contract. The flip side is their club will not sell unless the price is right. Ben will understand all of this. Let’s face it, his head wasn’t turned at all when...

If they are supposedly increasing their bids in pennies that does rather suggest the whole thing is a fabrication.

I don’t think the two approaches are inconsistent. We keep hold of our best talent until someone pays the offer. If the interest from several top clubs is to be believed then there are multiple bids at 50m which means that the offer will be nearer 75m. Tony is an expert in bid/offer spreads in...

You can only really jump to this conclusion if you can demonstrate that whenever a player starts going for nights out with other players then a transfer is in the offing. Otherwise it is like Groundhog Day with the Leeds fans last year and their bullshit about who is whose best friend.

‘Stated as fact by the Guardian’ Hmmm

Do you know something we don’t ?

Yep, and to make matters worse the Leeds stuff is all just a fairy tale….

There is a probability of zero that the Kroenkes would let the world know the Arsenal transfer budget. These internet ‘rumours’ come from fans making stuff up and other fans quoting them with a preceding ‘I’ve heard..’

They think their last proposal was rejected for want of 5 million quid ? All that tells me is that they are trying to make BHA put a number on it and Tony has declined to show his hand.

Veltman was signed as an additional defender, not as a replacement for White. If we sell he will have to be replaced to protect the strength of the squad. I agree that 50m is a lot of money but 60 or 70 million from a bidding war is better. There is simply no need to jump in June at the first...

You can disregard that source. It was some local Leeds website that is still burning with resentment that all their scoops about Ben joining them last Summer turned out to be made up nonsense.

I’m really not sure there are any players who would choose Arsenal over Liverpool or Man Utd. Arsenal is located in London, which is an advantage, but so is Brentford. The only London team that could compete in this race is Chelsea.

Well, that would only be possible if he was being coached by Bielsa at Leeds. Please re-check your figures.

I don’t think White’s market price has yet been determined so it is a bit premature to suggest 50m is value. If Liverpool and Man U enter the bidding then Arsenal’s 40m will soon look quite low. I would imagine Tony will wait until all prospective bidders have shown their hand before doing a deal.

Probably because their own boards are a little dull compared to NSC.

I recall quite a few advocating exactly this as a means to raise funds for a striker. The thinking was that he had never played for us so it would be no loss. Can’t be bothered to look up old threads but it was definitely being said. Luckily our owner and manager disagreed.

It is quite remarkable that a bunch of fat, talentless oiks who watched Ben play in the second division for a year would think they know more about his development than he does himself.