van Persie refusing to sign a new contract.

[Aadam]

Just seen twitter explode with the news that van Persie is refusing to sign a new contract at Arsenal, effectively opening the door for the money men at Citeh to make a mockery of the upcoming FFP and break the bank to sign him.

He could just be doing a Rooney, because he is saying it's not about the money, it's the club that are not signing the right players and he wants to go, we all know what happened here, Rooney more than doubled his wage and suddenly those worries went away.

He could just be opening the door for a bumper pay rise to move to City....

Who knows. Is there any loyalty in football any more? I think this is one of the more higher profile potential free-transfers if he does run down his contract. Citeh have quite a few ex-Arsenal players now.

 

[RM-Taylor]

He's going to Juventus

 

[twowheelsbest]

Could do a job!

 

[misterspatch]

To be honest I knew he wasn't going to say, I don't know of any formations where you could play 3 centre forwards (I know we did last season, so lets just say that works), Podolski and Giroud paved the way for him to go, despite Wenger's comments. He'll go for a fee though, I can't see the club just letting him go on a free.

 

[leigull]

Surely with just one year left the fee isn't going to be that high

 

[Mendoza]

His transfer fee to Arsenal is the same as what we paid for CMS. Unbelievable!

Seems like a bit of a Vicente situation, although he hasn't refused to play, just saying this will be his final season if he doesnt get sold.

He wont go for loads of money surely? He only has a year left on his contract and will go for nothing if he sees it out. One team is going to get a bargain

 

[Max Paper]

Was never gonna sign unless Wenger got rid of the dross and bought a couple of world class players in which of course won't happen. Usmanov has an absolute fortune and he's being frozen out by the rest of the board. Respect it in one way but when you lose Fabragas, Nasri and now Van Persie in 12 months it speaks volumes

 

[pornomagboy]

Of to city

 

[CHAPPERS]

I reckon someone will stump up 15 mill to secure him

 

[Max Paper]

His transfer fee to Arsenal is the same as what we paid for CMS. Unbelievable!

Seems like a bit of a Vicente situation, although he hasn't refused to play, just saying this will be his final season if he doesnt get sold.

He wont go for loads of money surely? He only has a year left on his contract and will go for nothing if he sees it out. One team is going to get a bargain

Nasri had a year left and City paid over 20 million for him

 

[misterspatch]

His transfer fee to Arsenal is the same as what we paid for CMS. Unbelievable!

Seems like a bit of a Vicente situation, although he hasn't refused to play, just saying this will be his final season if he doesnt get sold.

He wont go for loads of money surely? He only has a year left on his contract and will go for nothing if he sees it out. One team is going to get a bargain

Read on garbosj's twitter that apparently he'll go for £22M to Man City seeing as a club like PSG or Juventus will be willing to fork out if they don't.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Ooh was this the gem gussiepoos was talking about?

 

[Common as Mook]

the money men at Citeh.

At least they pay their taxes. When are you re-locating to the Cayman Islands?

 

[misterspatch]

Ooh was this the gem gussiepoos was talking about?

Nah, he's not quite a gem, he's one of those with PL experience.

 

[Aadam]

At least they pay their taxes. When are you re-locating to the Cayman Islands?

You don't pay taxes on huge losses. Corporation tax is paid on profit only...