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3 minutes ago, jacketspuds said:

 

I'd actually prefer him anyhow

2 minutes ago, danceoftheshamen said:

It never felt like he was going to sign to me anyways so i really am totally not bothered about it all. All through it's just been a swathe of clickbait stories from the media. We may well have tried a tester bid or two but it never seemed like he'd would leave Arsenal at any point so far as i was concerned.

2 bids means people are serious

6 minutes ago, nick76 said:

This has been going since March…He had signed at the beginning of June apparently but since then it’s been incredibly quiet so obviously every time it’s close it’s not.  Another week gone by and still not signed…how are Arsenal fans not sweating a lot more…

I can only surmise the arse don't have adequate funds or skills to procure a pen for the signing of this imminent verbally agreed contract that literally just needs ink to make it legal

Us and the arse must now have played our hands in terms of the contract on offer, so I guess he's waiting for to see if the arse are looking to bring in someone senior to him who will scupper his 1st team opportunities. 

 Let's face it if the arse tick his boxes, he's signing for them, if they can't match playing time and salary he's ours.

He loves them, they love him, verbal agreement agreed. Someone lend the arse a pen

11 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said:

Yes and no.

Whilst I think he will sign a new deal, this quote from Arteta today is an odd one..

"He's very much engaged and wants to continue with us, that's for sure. Emile has earned the right to look at that situation because of the performances that he has produced."

That to me translates as, ‘yes, he wants to stay here, but we won’t pay him what he wants’.

Honestly, and I can’t stress this enough, the Arsenal social media team and the fans will paint this as a win when he signs his new deal but I can assure you that the money men behind the scenes will be livid at this whole ordeal. They’re being forced into giving one of their youngsters a contract he probably doesn’t deserve, disrupting the wage structure even further and adding to their crippling wage bill and debt. What happens with Saka or Martinelli now? They’ll be banging down the door asking for their wages to be doubled. 

They’re in massive financial trouble if they have another terrible season. 

Exactly.

He's very much engaged and wants to continue with us, that's for sure. BUT Emile has earned the right to look at that VILLA situation because of the performances that he has produced."

Southgate said something about needing to keep the ball higher up the pitch or something against Italy or something after the denmark game. Or did he? Don't know. But it might mean that grealish is staring.

He hasn't signed yet. Still.

So the verbally agreed contract will be signed in the next 48 hrs now he's back in training.  Or....

7 minutes ago, maqroll said:

So what's the likely game plan vs Italia? Match their cagey defensiveness and hit them on the counterattack or just go for it from the opening whistle?

My concern with the Italy game is that if we leave it till 70 minutes to start trying to win the game, if they score first in this period- they are more than capable of holding onto the lead for 20 mins.

2 minutes ago, punkiller1981 said:

I thought this watching him last night. We (Villa) are set up to get the most from Jack as our best player, England are not so times when the ball would go to Jack if it was Villa it doesn’t it goes the other way therefore looking less effective in and England shirt 

You'd think that a system where the striker drops deep, 2 x CDMs, the CAM is a workhorse that the players on the wings could play with freedom going forward, but it is what it is.

I'm not knocking Southgate, as we have desperately needed winning football above all else 

Grealish is going to have to improve his defensive effectiveness if he wants to be a starter in this England team.  He puts the work in, but he's going to have to show Southgate he can track a player and win it back more regularly

1 hour ago, Villaphil said:

To service what that owe and what they want to spend this summer, Arsenal need cash, and they only have so many ways of raising it.  They will pick the least worse method of achieving this.

If selling ESR for £35m up front is their least worse option, then that’s what they will do.  If it’s not, they’ll likely keep him.  This is a cash flow thing, rather than a value thing.

Exactly. When you earn good money, get carried away with a posh house, new car, credit card Holidays and expensive clothes, at some point you run out of cash.  This is when you sell your nans engagement ring on eBay to pay for some shoes you bought 5 years ago on a store card

25 minutes ago, turnbull said:

Can I be the first to say it's coming home? 

 

To be fair, I was saying this in 1996

Arsenal must be desperate for cash,  signing up to get reemed in the ESL every week by superior teams smacked of desperation.  Assume after more covid whilst failing on the pitch, they remain even more desperate for liquid funds.  They are highly geared and a big £35mill up front cash injection will help them buy more overpriced garbage on huge salaries,  and allow us to take one of their best players.  Sweet

Just now, maqroll said:

Villa are the more exciting team right now. There is so much negative energy and doubt at Arsenal. Unconvincing manager. Despised owner. Angsty supporters. Beaten to Buendia. Sold Martinez. Massive debt. It would be a very smart move for ESL.

He probably wants to be played and paid more and we can probably offer that to him

2 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/07/04/report-aston-villa-really-think-arsenal-will-now-sell-emile-smith-rowe/%3famp
 

If they wouldn’t sell him at 30 mil, why would an extra 2 mil make the difference?

Im dying to know what the hell is going on behind the scenes on this one that is making us so confident.

Also, if we really were just spending the Grealish money, surely we’d just knock their socks off with an offer they couldn’t refuse, not these tiny increments.

My view is that Smith rowe must be interested in talking to us, and that we might believe arsenal need an up-front cash injection to get their summer transfer plans rolling.  Anything else doesn't make a great deal of sense.

Hi all,

Been lurking for a while, so thought I'd join up and contribute.  42 years old, male, villa fan, no discernable special talents or super powers yet but haven't given up hope yet.  Based in Kidderminster, originally from Sutton Coldfield.  UTV