Ramsey end game is sad, but it shows the evolution at Arsenal

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The effects of the Ramsey contract renewal are still being felt… by the player.

“Hopefully somebody will come up and tell me why,”

“I’ll accept that if there’s a reason. When the time is right, I probably will find out but that hasn’t happened yet.

“There is no contract on the table at the moment so there is nothing for me to consider or whatever. We all know that the contract was taken away off the table. I’m not sure exactly why because a few weeks before we sort of agreed and I was ready to sign.”

“I think any player who is on the bench would be disappointed not to play but I’m part of the team and I want the team to do well,” he said. “We are all in it together to try and achieve the same objective. I’m going out and playing the way I have always played. I try to give my best for the team, help the team and try and go out there and play the best I can for myself as well. Nothing’s in my head when I’m out there; I’m just trying to have fun on the football pitch.

Kind of tough to read, he’s been an excellent servant to us, won 3 FA Cups, broke his leg and came back from hell… the fans love him. He’s one of our own, and it’ll be quite sad to see him exit.

I think the move is quite shocking, because we’ve been dicked around by players for the best part of 20 years. It feels alien that the board would initiate such an aggressive retraction. However, you can see why. Ozil bent us over the barrel with his outrageous deal, but at the very least, he has a commercial value. He’s the face of Adidas, he has sycophantic fanboy son all continents and he’s a world class player.

Aaron on the other hand is much admired, but he’s not kicked his game up to mega money levels. If you’re looking at this rationally, you have to look at the Welshman’s output and what £300k a week would mean for Emery’s ability to make big moves this summer.

How big has the impact been from Torreira? Massive. He’s earning no more than £65k a week. How much potential do we have in Matteo G? Unreal amounts. What’s he going to be earning, £40k a week. Then you have Ramsey, who can’t seem to operate with Ozil or Mikhi, hasn’t been able to cement a preferred positon at 28, and has suspect fitness… and he’s demanding  4.6x Torriera… I mean, that’s fucking insane.

I think the deal was pulled for a number of reasons. Firstly, Emery realised pretty quickly that Aaron at #10 was never going to be as sublime as Ozil. Then he probably noted that to be truly effective, you have to give him a free role… but he’s not really good enough to be afforded that sort of luxury. Emery needs cogs that work in his machine. Wenger had a crack at making art, but it eventually crashed us in also-rans.

The Aaron Ramsey debacle is what happens when you buy pieces without a grand vision. That’s why our squad is still in a mess. There was never a plan. Bottle them up, shake, pray for the best was the strategy and it just stopped working in the end. Sven, Raul and Emery now have to unpick the mess, and they’re going to struggle to do that with £600k worth of talent that can’t play together.

Ramsey was the sacrificial lamb. It’s cost him a fortune, and no doubt it’s set us back £50m in transfer fees.

But the show goes on… sport is ruthless, but it’s hard to feel too much for a man who makes more in a week than most do in a year. He’ll be ok, probably end up at United or Chelsea, and he’ll have a good close to his career.

At least he’s not going to Spurs.

I’m just excited big decisions are being made on data, guiding principles and a master plan.

We’ve dreamed of this… it’s happening… suck it up and enjoy the ride.

The real banter? Carl Jenks will be the last Brit standing from that famous British Core announcement. Guy has more sticking power than curry on a white a shirt. Legend. x

 

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Marc

Joe

Was a joke – as if you or Ramsey had a choice in the matter.

Marko

Think he meant receding and the glass of acid… could have easily said a pint of Becks as well am I right

Marko

I stand corrected

Joe

Haha Marc

Got it now

A week before Provincial Cship finals too.

I was pretty bummed

Marc

“I was pretty bummed”

Well that’s the NHS for you – go private and you get a blowjob from a pretty nurse!

Joe

Haha

He wasn’t the prettiest nurse. I was happy he didn’t give me a BJ

🙂

Joe

Leicester
Everton. 90th. 5-2
Swansea

Everton hat trick

Milan

Moscow 2

West ham 4-1,

Ramsey’s goals last year. 7 PL. 4 Europa

Anyone want to bring up the numbers again to tell us how good ramsey was last year??

Ramsey is average.

Joe

Pedro

Proof that someone offered us 50m. I call bullshit

And no, gazidis and wenger offered him 300k. As soon as real football people got a hold Of the contract , it got pulled. The whole world knows he isn’t worth it bar wenger and gazidis

Just because you say he’s great Pedro and I totally debunked your “numbers” theory on Ramsey, you don’t need to get moody

Joe

Pedro

The proof will be who comes in for him this Jan and next summer.

China1

Pedro how can he be a great player when he has only had one properly great season before almost reaching his 30s There’s no escaping this reality. He’s had one fantastic season and he’s 28. And that season was about 4 odd years ago The occasional masterclass flick/goal/assist aside, he hasn’t been great. He’s been one of the cogs in arsenal’s worst midfield in decades and that’s literally not an exaggeration. The last 2-3 years have probably been the lowest point in terms of quality that our midfield has seen since prewenger times Xhaka was terrible (improving now thankfully) Ozil… Read more »

Marko

No way someone offered 50 million for him. It’s absurd to suggest that we rejected a 50 million bid for anyone let alone someone who had a year left on his contract after a season where we finished 6th. Ludicrous the biggest amount we sold a player for was what 30-35 million? No way

China1

And as joe said, what’s the value of statistics without context? He scored 7PL goals last season. Not special but decent at least – but wait, almost half of them (3) came in a single game… 7 goals in 24 games sounds good but 4 goals in 23 is hardly setting the world alight is it? A couple of years ago people here were talking about Danny Welbeck having like 1:2 ratio of goals to games in Europe as evidence of his quality. Then you notice almost all of his goals (a hat trick) came in a single match against… Read more »

China1

Typo – welbeck’s hat trick was against Basel

Globalgunner

Ramsey isnt worth 50m Venezuelan Bolivars

Joe

Love how when
Pedro gets something in his head he doesn’t ever let it go now matter what anyone else says

Gazidis

Arteta

Ramsey

China1

Talking of statistics, he’s famous for his goal scoring – yet in 11 years which is a major data sample he’s averaged only 5.3 goals a season – and that number is greatly inflated by the single season he scored 16 which boosted his average from what would have otherwise been just 4.6 a season. He’s scored double figures only 3 times in his career and apart from when he was quality and hit 16 (fair play) his other two highest scoring seasons (covering all competitions) were just 10 and 11. And those two years were separated by two years… Read more »

AFC Nemesis

Cesc “when it comes to technical ability, you have to say even Winks is a better player” No no no. You can Hate on Ramsey all you like but comparing him to Winks is ridiculous. How on earth is Winks a better player than Ramsey? Look for what Ramsey is demanding it’s way too much especially as his is a position we don’t really need. The money can be put to better use and it is right to take the offer off the table. But to say Winks is better after listing other Spurs players is a bit bizarre. Winks?… Read more »

AFC Nemesis

Joe, there is lots of positive things Ramsey will be remembered for. He’s scored some great goals, 2 x FA Cup Final winners and generally he’s performed well for us. Ramsey is a very good player.

The question is about whether he is worth the money being demanded and the consensus of opinion is no. The greed in football never abates.

I think that money can be better invested and if we can do a swap deal with Man Utd for Martial, I think that would be good business.

Guns of SF

This is a great summary Pedro…..

Bottle them up, shake, pray for the best was the strategy and it just stopped working in the end. Sven, Raul and Emery now have to unpick the mess, and they’re going to struggle to do that with £600k worth of talent that can’t play together.

Cesc Appeal

Sancho with a brace today for BvB.

Amazing to see some City fans wanting him back to replace Mahrez already.

If he likes it at BvB and is progressing at this rate I hope he stays there.

Guns of SF

Why is the always having to log in to post back again?

Anyhow, Rambo served us I think to the best he could. There is no more upside tohim. I also believe the same for Ozil. Sure a few great games here and there but not what we need to progress overall. These guys are 30…. not much more happening after that.

He is equity at this point- So Rambo must be sold…..

20M hopefully

ddkingz

For fuck sake…

Ramsay is almost a Deadwood to arsenal and he himself knows that…

So why the blabbing about that, next time please, Pedro never use anything Ramsay as the topic for discussion…. Ramsay is gone, he’s just doing himself no favours still playing, for he’s no longer part of the next future (next season)

Just trying to put the blame on arsenal, Because maybe he hasn’t received any offer, or maybe no whispers about future clients calling for him on a lucrative pay

ddkingz

The biggest club Ramsay would ever represent is arsenal…..

So he’s already on the losing side…

I’d prefer a winger or a CAM/CM to provide top competition for ozil

mysticleaves

Sancho is really tearing up the bundesliga. He’s on something like 7 goals and 6 assists now if I am not wrong…and hes 18!!

BvB also have Pulisic who is 20 and is also contributing his fair quota. He averages like 5.1 dribbles per game or something.

Oh the beauty wingers add to an attacking team…wish we can get Almiron and Pepe with the Ramsey money

Receding Hairline

It seems the club that offered the fictional 50m pounds for Ramsey are too embarrassed to put their name on the bid

All we hear is someone offered 50m…who is that someone?? If you can’t put a name on it isn’t it about time u filed that away in the unsubstantiated rumor shelf?

Marc

A player with a year left on his contract worth £50 million means with 2 or 3 years he’s worth £75 million plus.

Who else would it suit other than Ramsey’s agent to leak a false rumour about the above. You’ve got to pay my guy £350k per week don’t you know he’s a £75 million player. Ozil got what he did because the club (Gazidis) panicked about the perception of losing our record signing for a free. Ramsey’s agent was trying to cause the same sense of panic.

Rainman

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/733263/Arsenal-Transfer-News-Unai-Emery-Aaron-Ramsey-Man-Utd-Petr-Cech/amp

According to that link, it was Man Utd that made the 50m bid. Might not have been an unsubstantiated rumor after all.

Marc

Rainman

So ManU who have Fred (just signed for £50 million), Pogba, Matic. Herrera, Fellaini and McTominay plus players like Mata who can fill in plus any youth already in CM. Mourinho is screaming for a CD and they offer £50 million for Ramsey?

I’d also point out that the article is in the Daily Star.

Cesc Appeal

Yeah given Mourinho’s toys were flung from his pram because he wanted a big buy at CB I doubt very much United bid £50 Million for him.

Again though talking about Fred, £52 Million for him and we got Leno, Torreira and Guendouzi for about £54 Million.

It’s not always about £200 Million spends.

Marc

What the fuck happened up at Leicester earlier?

Marc

Cesc

Blasphemy – Blasphemer

How dare you assert that spending more money on a player doesn’t makes him better. In fact as everyone knows if you pay £30 million for a £20 million player it automatically makes him 50% better.

Marc

SUGA3

Yes – obviously I’ve seen the news but bloody hell.

SUGA3

Yeah, does not happen everyday!

Rainman

I agree with you guys, it doesn’t make any sense to me either. Just to point out that there might be some truth to it, unless we have access to the Manchester United board room we will never know for sure.

Plus Fred was signed in the same summer when the bid was reportedly made. It’s possible that it was when Arsenal rejected the bid that Man utd turned their attention to Fred.

Mere speculation of course, but we can’t rule it out entirely .

Marc

SUGA3

There aren’t any casualty reports but you’d think anyone in the helicopter would need a miracle to survive and as it came down in a car park there could have been people milling around.

Could be a serious lose of life of people just having a day out at the football.

Marc

I can’t rule out completely that Wayne Rooney is not a scum bag who should hang but I’d still rather go with common sense and start tying the knot.

Cesc Appeal

This is the thing I was never onboard with ‘sustainable spending’ while Wenger was here because you had one idiot making all the spending decisions who could no longer find a player, who had no idea what kind of system he was creating and who made players either stagnate or regress when they arrived. Now we have one of the best heads of recruitment going, a very astute and hardball DoF and a modern manager with modern coaching staff with a clear idea of what he wants his team to be actually improving the system and players. I find the… Read more »

E54_

“But the show goes on… sport is ruthless, but it’s hard to feel too much for a man who makes more in a week than most do in a year. He’ll be ok, probably end up at United or Chelsea, and he’ll have a good close to his career.” No he absolutely won’t. Everton at best. They bought Walcott don’t forget. One by one all of Wenger’s players are being shown up and exposed. Even welbeck is a Fergie product if you want to get specific. Bloody heck just admit it, Ramsey was and is a failure for Arsenal. 10… Read more »

Marc

Cesc

The worst thing is that’s exactly what Wenger was doing for the first 8 – 10 years.

It’s almost criminal that he allowed himself to become a figure that cause such a chasm between fans when he should have gone down a legend.

Joe

About as much chance for us getting an
Offer of 50m for Ramsey as there was for us getting one for sanago.

Joe

No way he winds up at Chelsea or Man U

Marc

Joe

I’m just happy you didn’t use an example of “as much chance as Marc putting one on Cameron Diaz”

Means I’ve still got some hope!

Joe
Marc

Joe

I think that’s just harsh and you’re stuck in a post Wenger spiral of negativity.

What about if I said Ana de Arma?

Dissenter

There’s no way we refused an offer of £50 million for a reluctant Ramsey with one year left on his contract.
Pedro is misinformed.

Dissenter

Some people are already discussing the Liverpool game as if Palace and Blackpool are a formality.

Paulinho

Since when does a club go out of their way to claim they have bid £50 million for a player they didn’t get?

The lengths some will go to dismiss facts that contradict their agenda is embarrassing.

Cesc Appeal

I’m looking forward to the future now, Arsenal is such a massive part of all of our lives it’s great it’s a source of excitement for us now instead of a laborious chore and source of anger.

Rainman

No idea why some are finding so hard to believe that anyone could bid 50m for Ramsey. A fit and motivated Ramsey would be a fantastic addition to most sides.

Besides we’ve got crazy transfer fees flying all over the place nowadays. 50m for Ramsey is not as OTT as you lot are making.

Joe

Because we were getting offers for Sanchez for 60m with one year left and he is 3-4x the player Ramsey is

Cesc Appeal

‘We did investment (this summer) very early, because we understand this market as being inflationary, so the longer you take to make the signings the higher the prices normally become,’ says Sanllehi. ‘We did all the homework beforehand, I would say from February, March.’ So basic, yet so glorious given the shambolic shit show of the past. Also the DoF talking about results exceeding performances for the most part, so refreshing and shows he has an actual football brain. I have so much confidence in this club going forward. Maximum effort to be successful using everything we have, that is… Read more »

E54_

Name them! What clubs would take Ramsey and his ridiculous wage demands? Name the players he would replace? Man utd? Do some of you ever watch football outside of Arsenal? Jose plays a park the bus 3 Man midfield. 1 DM Matic fellani pogba. Sometimes 2 DM with lingaard or mata as AM. Ramsey wouldn’t last two minutes bombing forward leaving gaps in the middle. Even pogba was used as a single DM vs newcastle. Its a mess and ramsey would compound that mess.
It’s Everton or worse for ramsey.

Pierre

.CA “I’m looking forward to the future now, Arsenal is such a massive part of all of our lives it’s great it’s a source of excitement for us now instead of a laborious chore and source of anger.” speak for yourself …it’s no different for me ..it was your choice to make it such a laborious chore …more fool you ,I actually found winning trophies a source of excitement unlike you lot who were too obsessed with hating the manager to allow yourselves the pleasure of celebrating winning our hard earned silverware. Personally ,I take the good with the bad… Read more »

Joe

Cesc

It’s music to my ears. As it should be to every arsenal fan

Cesc Appeal

Joe The more I hear from Mislintat, Sanllehi, Venkatesham and Emery the more I’m filled with confidence. They seem like such a switched on group. I like the fact there is no lie, no bullshit, no blowing smoke, they state they have high level aspirations but that they know they have to be very, very efficient in every decision they make. As we were with our summer spending. I also like the fact we know have someone in the equivalent of the CEO position talking about our actual football, talking about his input with regards to our on field strategy… Read more »

Pierre

Rain man
“No idea why some are finding so hard to believe that anyone could bid 50m for Ramsey.”

you are on le grove and it’s quite normal for a large percentage of the posters on here to dismiss our players as worthless..

Joe

Pierre

No one tells you to come one here

You can fuck off to untold any time.

Pierre

The winning run is exactly what the club needed to bring the fans onside,some of the football has been excellent in patches . Of course the work they are doing behind the scenes is benefiting the club but at the end of the day , it’s the results on the pitch that will determine if we are a success or not … Confidence within the club is vital, confidence within the fan base is essential .. A footballer will always produce better quality if the fan base is behind them and not on their backs if they make a mistake… Read more »

ddkingz

Is fucking wheelchair dead….
Wasn’t in the match day squad against Leicester….

Emery dodged a bullet by letting that crap/handicap leaving even for a free….
Up next: selhurst park

Upward and onward..
# Emery’s red and white army

Joe

Cesc

It’s like hugest weight had been lifted from the shoulders of arsenal.

We forgot how to act like a football club for over. A decade by letting one senile cunt control the club.

Look how quickly things have changed with him gone

We are a football club again. We’ve got our Arsenal back again.

Get rid of fans like Pierre and the transformation will be complete

Joe

The players must feel like they have a weight lifted off their backs now that the section of the fan base that were creating negativity within the club have now turned full circle in their support for the club .

That weight. Anchor. Handbrake. Jadedness

Was all wenger you daft cunt.

W. E. N. G. E. R.

Joe

Akbs like Pierre blaming the fans is the most hilarious thing I’ve ever heard

When it was cunts like him to kept wenger in a job a dozen years too long to the detriment of the Arsenal.

Just because of some daddy crush on wenger.

Joe

Those “fans” pierre caused change

That change has led to arsenal being a football club again.

You should be on your knees in front of everyone of those fans

They have given us our Arsenal back out of the clutches of Akbs “ careful what you wish for “ brigade.

alex cutter

“No idea why some are finding so hard to believe that anyone could bid 50m for Ramsey.”

This says more about you than those that have a realistic idea about his value.

Rainman

Don’t get me wrong, personally I do not rate Ramsey, but in today’s inflationary market, a Welsh international, with a good engine, a decent player like him can fetch an amount in that range. 50m is not what it once was. A bunch of football news outlets reported it, so it could be true. The way it has been dismissed out of hand by many posters is a bit surprising. Stranger things have happened. That ship has sailed anyway, at this point we would be very fortunate if we got anything for him. Sad really, all that potential transfer money… Read more »

Nw9 gooner

Joe why do you go on ranting- Pierre an AKb is still a better poster than you. Show me one post where you have posted something contributory to ongoing discussions. You just go on like an old vynil record stuck on a sentence. All of us are happy at the position our club is at now, why do you have to be so obtuse and monotonous

Nw9 gooner

Some people are going overboard in their criticism of Ramsey. Pierre with all your anti Ramsey diatribe you say that he is a good player to bring in as a sub when we are chasing- isn’t that a great trait – relying on him to save us? Agreed that his demands are probably way too much but he would be a great addition to any top team.

Nw9 gooner

Agreed Rainman – 50m in the premier league is nothing – if gks are costing 60-70m Ramsey will easily be worth 50 m in today’s market. Unfortunately he has just one season left- we have goofed up big time.

Nw9 gooner

Joe Sanchez three times a player as Ramsey.? And can’t start for MU.? A good player but not exceptional- too error prone to be great.

Joe

NW9

If we didn’t have Sanchez those 3 years, guarantee we’d have finished 5-7th without him.

He saved wenger on his own numerous times.

Sorry but he is a much much much better player than Ramsey.

Joe

Ransey can’t start for arsenal muppet

Nw9 gooner

Joe the usual reaction. Without Sanchez wecwouk

Joe

We want to win the biggest trophies in the game and if you compete in the Premier League, there are only two: that’s the Premier League and the Champions League. And we want to win them in a way that respects 130 years of history and heritage (at) this amazing football club.

Hmmmm pierre. Why doesn’t he mention the FA Cup?

Nw9 gooner

Joe without Sanchez we would have been 5-7th. Good riddance – MU are 10th

DivineSherlock

As much as Joe tries to make sense , he contradicts himself everytime.
If Sanchez was such a great player then credit goes to someone for signing him . Can you do that Joe ? Can you give credit where its due ?

Joe

He was wasted under wenger unfortunately. That’s why he couldn’t wait to fuck off like many before him. Rvp. Cesc. Viera. Henry. Overmars. Anelka.

He was good enough for us to
Keep us in 4th. And much better than Ramsey.

Not like wenger picked him out of obscurity. He came from Barca.

Joe

Divine

We actually got worst after we signed Sanchez. But he pretty much kept
Us in 4th for a couple seasons
On his own with his goals.

Why did we get worse? Can you lay blame
Where it’s due? Can you do tyhat?

Emiratesstroller

Common sense prevails

Sanhelli announces that in future player contracts will not be allowed to run down to final year. In other words contracts should be renewed by penultimate year at latest or more likely two years beforehand.

I don’t know who devised Arsenal’s previous transfer policy, but the idea that so many high value players were allowed to run down their contracts was ludicrous and lost the club substantial transfer revenue.

Joe

We’ve signed a lot of great players. Arshavin. Ozil. Sanchez. But we never got better Devine

What’s the point of signing great players when the fool had no idea how to use them or compliment them

Joe

I don’t know who devised Arsenal’s previous transfer policy, but the idea that so many high value players were allowed to run down their contracts was ludicrous and lost the club substantial transfer revenue.

Come on Emirates. We all know who ran the show He admitted it in an interview this week

Wenger.

Guns of SF

Anyone want to make a prediction of the score against crystal palace ?

2-1 arsenal

Joe

3 or 4 nil to the Arsenal

Emiratesstroller

Wenger may have made player decisions, but I cannot believe that the CEO and
the Board were not involved when the financial consequences of those decisions
arose.

China1

Well apparently a load of people agreed with cesc, Pierre. You don’t have to try hard to find people in agreement do you You enjoyed those FA cup wins the same way a junkie enjoys his next hit. I’m sure it felt good to you, but this kind of fan who were living it up had a fundamental role in making sure that the man was unsackable until his position became too ridiculous to avoid So much like a junkie, you enjoyed your hit but the club was worse off then the cheap hit faded and the chance to replace… Read more »

Up 4 grabs now

1-3 win today, big question will be, does Leno get dropped and cech returns?
For me,Leno should keep,his place he’s earned it now,it’s up,to cech to try and get it back.

useroz

Everyone’s value judgment is different hence the interesting dialogues we have herein every day. To me, Ramsey has been ‘average’ over his years here, and there are shades of ‘average’. Arguably we still have some average players in the starting squad. Some say the entire backline and that’s probably right. Though, ‘average’ doesn’t always equate to usefulness. Xhara has been average during Wenger time. But he almost never got injured; started most games (more suspensions than injuries I suppose) since joining, and has improved this season with complementary players. In short, Xhara appears more useful than Ramsey. Btw, the 50m… Read more »

SUGA3

Average player = average money.

Ramsey should just take the extension of the contract as it is and shut the fuck up. Pretty sure Wenger had already put him on a pay way in excess of what he would get anyplace else. Not like he has been setting the world alight on a regular basis, is it?

Pierre

Oh look ….Joe still obsessing over Wenger ..

Some things never change do they…

Unai

“A couple of seasons out of the top 4 and champions league will do the club no harm”

Are you serious?

We were 1-2 seasons away from total disaster.

Emiratesstroller

There is a distinction between players aged 30+ being offered a contract extension and those who were still in peak years. Players like Rosicky, Arteta, Cazorla and Mertesacker were all offered contract extensions of one year. That decision was entirely down to Wenger. In all four cases the exercise was pointless because the players played no or virtually no football in extension year. A similar decision will have to be made by Emery this year when the contracts of both Cech and Monreal also expire. They are both in 30s and starting to get injured. However, players in 20s are… Read more »

Unai

‘Even if they run down their contracts, it doesn’t matter. It looks normal to me.’

I coukd make a passtime of reading old Wenger quotes.

Amusing and vindicating at the same time.

Emiratesstroller

I do not blame Wenger for the situation relating to Wilshire, although as the player has suggested Wenger would have renewed his contract had he stayed.

The reality was that Wilshire was virtually unsaleable during the final years of
his contract due to injury.

Messrs Sanhelli, Mislintat and Emery made absolutely the right decision in not offering this player a new contract on terms demanded by player.

Leedsgunner

The club made a very deliberate and strategic decision to not renew Ramsey’s contract. With their track record I cannot believe they did this without a replacement in mind.

I’m excited to see what they can do in January when the transfer window opens.

Emiratesstroller

If you want a clear explanation as to what has most likely gone wrong with contract negotiations with Ramsey I suggest that you look at history of agent. Ramsey’s agent is David Baldwin who worked between 2007 and Jan 2018 at Base Agency Soccer. In January he left that agency and set up Avid Sports and Entertainment Group. He is the sole director of that company and Aaron Ramsey is the only footballer of any note or commercial value on his books. A complete list of this agency’s clients can be googled on AVID SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP TRANSFERMARKT. I… Read more »

Leedsgunner

Martial and Rabiot both have rejected the latest contract offers from their clubs. They will be available on a free.

We should be all over this… so with those positions filled we can focus on getting a new commanding centre back and a marauding left back to replace Monreal if he wants to back to Spain.

Then supplement our squad with ESR, Nketiah, W.illock and the returning Reiss Nelson.

Good balance of experience and youth….

Emiratesstroller

I have just googled Base Soccer on Transfermarkt and Company records. This was a large agency and interestingly David Baldwin was never a director of that company. He was an employee. That agency represents a large number of well known players including Kyle Walker and interestingly Alex Iwobi. So what seems to have happened is that Ramsey moved with David Baldwin from an established agency to this new company. I think that once you do the homework you get a clear message what has gone wrong with the contract negotiations. Ramsey according to his recent statements does not understand what… Read more »

Bob N16

ES, reading between the lines, it sounds like Ramsey’s agent has him wrapped around his fingers. Either Ramsey believes what his agent is telling him, i.e. ‘no idea why they stopped negotiations Aaron’ ( which may or may not be true) or his agent has made a mess of it and doesn’t want to be identified as a man who’s cocked up. Glad Sanhelli is dampening expectation of future agents salivating at the chance to get AFC over a negotiating barrel. Supposedly top clubs have got together to attempt to put a halt on spiralling player wages. While we have… Read more »

Radio Raheem

I think Smith-Rowe will be given a chance to replace Ramsey next season.