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"£6m and a pack of space invaders"
"When I make an offer for a player, I'd like to think in the right ball park, but this wasn't even close."
- 2008 Price.Bolton have beaten Birmingham to the £5 million capture of central-defender Gary Cahill from Aston Villa.
I wonder if he goes to the supermarket and offers 50p for a fillet steak. Idiot.
Jo pub if wenger manages to get him by unsettling him and then bidding 10 mil, would you really still think he's a joke because of this?
Personally I can't see why any Gunner would lose sleep over the bid as long as they end up getting him.
This whole "unsettling" players by making a bid has to be one of the biggest myths in football. There's absolutely zero chance that Cahill's agent won't be aware of interest from Arsenal, long before any formal bid is made to Bolton.
Yeah but once a bid is made thats possibly his green light to start becoming a little more "surly" around the place or take his "concerns" about his career to his manager which his agent will be aware will make negotiations just that bit more 1 sided.
I'm on the side of offering £10m up top, with another £3m in add-ons. That would just about do it as far as I can tell. £6m is a complete joke, principally because that offer would probably not even give them the money up front.
They've already had a discussion about whether he wants to play for Arsenal and what sort of contract he wants. No point in making a bid before that's cleared up.This whole "unsettling" players by making a bid has to be one of the biggest myths in football. There's absolutely zero chance that Cahill's agent won't be aware of interest from Arsenal, long before any formal bid is made to Bolton.
i think you can only do that if you are 24 or youngerWhy can't Cahill just buy out his last year then sign with Arsenal and get "reimbursed" through a signing fee?
I reckon Bolton will want to sell as he's in the last year of his contract. 15m straight cash and Wenger can have him immediately
Yes it's shocking that Bolton are trying to drum up interest in their player and get as much money as possibleBolton are being right little cnuts about this, all they are doing by making this public is trying to get other clubs involved. For a player with one year on his contract and if his value is say £15mill with a longer contract isn't going to be worth more than 6-8 mill with a year left. They are just trying to force our hand into paying more or get other clubs to make bigger offers.
Wenger is saying it wasnt a £6m bid and Bolton are talking shite - I imagine it was probably £6m upfront with a load of other stuff
6million up front and 200million if they win the league in the next 5 years.
6million then.
Yes it's shocking that Bolton are trying to drum up interest in their player and get as much money as possible
Bolton are being dickheads. They didn't have to go public with the bid. We receive bids for players all the time and the information isn't released by us, ie Berbatov recently, Gibson it would seem.
They know Arsenals situation and are playing on it. I can understand they want more money and you can't blame them for that, but there's no need for the comments they're made or that completely ridiculous retweet. Then, they never have been a club with much class.
The Bolton chairman was obviously out of order but it's a clubs prerogative to go public if they wantWhat was their need to go public and start putting down the bid and retweeting some guy telling Wenger to feck off. If they don't want to sell then they should come out and say so or tell Arsenal behind closed doors their offer isn't enough to so pay more.
Nice to see someone gets it....
6million up front and 200million if they win the league in the next 5 years.
6million then.
The Bolton chairman was obviously out of order but it's a clubs prerogative to go public if they want
Why wouldn't you want to drum up competition when selling a player??
Had arsenal been able to get 4/5 teams bidding for fabregas and there hadn't been the going home factor they would have received a lot more than the 29 million they got
Bolton owe arsenal nothing especially given the disrespect of their playing style shown by wenger in the past