Official Arsenal FC Thread

 

Best individual performance during this break so far. Ronaldo might have scored a hattrick but he played badly in the 1st half and Northern Ireland are awful. Özil was consistently excellent against a good Austria side.

Pretty hot

Can't wait for him to do this along side the Arsenal squad and our style of play. He's going to be so at ease compared to the sloppy shit of Germany.

You can't look past El Pistolero's leading Uruguay to the WC, mate.

Agreed, ultimately you missed out on the better signing.

Yes. 1 bad fan = bad entire support system.

Özil wrote:I would have come for free

  

Keyser Söze wrote:

Özil wrote:I would have come for free

  

> implying that doesn't mean free transfer
> implying he'd play if he wasn't on 150k wages
> implying

"Martin Laurence ‏@martinlaurence7 2h

Özil has apparently said he'd have joined Arsenal for free. Didn't they have to smash their wage structure to sign him? That makes sense..."

Deluded Gunners.

Özil isn't on £150K. Its closer to £130K, we also have two players on £110K, £20K a week isn't really 'smashing'  

Bullshit

Have any of you read the full article?

By free he just meant he didn't really care that it cost Arsenal £42m, he would have come if Arsenal paid nothing for him.

It was pretty irrelevant really, he was just saying he didn't care about the transfer fee.

He wasn't saying he'd play for free...

But he is on abour £135k a week so not smashing our budget.

arsenalap11 wrote:Have any of you read the full article?

By free he just meant he didn't really care that it cost Arsenal £42m, he would have come if Arsenal paid nothing for him.

It was pretty irrelevant really, he was just saying he didn't care about the transfer fee.

He wasn't saying he'd play for free...

But he is on abour £135k a week so not smashing our budget.

According to who?

Scott M wrote:

arsenalap11 wrote:Have any of you read the full article?

By free he just meant he didn't really care that it cost Arsenal £42m, he would have come if Arsenal paid nothing for him.

It was pretty irrelevant really, he was just saying he didn't care about the transfer fee.

He wasn't saying he'd play for free...

But he is on abour £135k a week so not smashing our budget.

According to who?

Most sources.

Which are ...

Does it matter? These little cat fights are getting rather pathetic.

I'm just wondering how people would know how much Ozil is earning a week.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10281345/Mesut-Ozil-joins-Arsenal-from-Real-Madrid-in-club-record-42-million-deal.html

140k there

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2408697/Mesut-Ozil-signs-Arsenal-Real-Madrid-42-5million.html

140k there

There's probably more I just cba to find them.

You'll never find an exact or reliable source as it is undisclosed, but I think it's around £130-140k, which is hardly smashing our wage budget.

Most players of his ability are on more than that.

Keyser Söze wrote:Özil isn't on £150K. Its closer to £130K

How is £140k closer to £130k than £150k?

arsenalap11 wrote:Have any of you read the full article?

By free he just meant he didn't really care that it cost Arsenal £42m, he would have come if Arsenal paid nothing for him.

It was pretty irrelevant really, he was just saying he didn't care about the transfer fee.

He wasn't saying he'd play for free...

But he is on abour £135k a week so not smashing our budget.

Oh really?

arsenalap11 wrote:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10281345/Mesut-Ozil-joins-Arsenal-from-Real-Madrid-in-club-record-42-million-deal.html

140k there

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2408697/Mesut-Ozil-signs-Arsenal-Real-Madrid-42-5million.html

140k there

There's probably more I just cba to find them.

You'll never find an exact or reliable source as it is undisclosed, but I think it's around £130-140k, which is hardly smashing our wage budget.

Most players of his ability are on more than that.

Thought it was £135k? Going up, I see. 

Either way, I doubt anyone really knows how much he's getting apart from the people who were directly involved.

Can you not read? I said he is on about 135k a week.

140k is about 135k a week. Stop trying to back your arguement/discussion/whatever it is up with silly little points.

arsenalap11 wrote:Can you not read? I said he is on about 135k a week.

140k is about 135k a week. Stop trying to back your arguement/discussion/whatever it is up with silly little points.

Wow.

Keyser Söze wrote:Özil isn't on £150K. Its closer to £130K, we also have two players on £110K, £20K a week isn't really 'smashing'  

According to the sources posted in here, he's on £140k a week. Considering your other 2 best players are apparently on £110k/120k a week, that's at least £20,000 more than anyone else in the team. 

That's a lot.

£1,040,000 more a year, to be precise, at least.

As fans it makes no fucking difference how much players are getting paid or how much was paid for them. It's still just men on a pitch kicking a ball. Whether Ozil is earning 130k or 135k.

Zzonked wrote:As fans it makes no fucking difference how much players are getting paid or how much was paid for them. It's still just men on a pitch kicking a ball. Whether Ozil is earning 130k or 135k.

Agreed, I find the new-found obsession among fans regarding wages very tiresome. They don't shut up about it on RAWK.

Edit: Yes, it's ironic that I say this after talking about Ozil's wages, but I thought it was amusing how Arsenal fans were lowballing the figure to try and make their point.

Scott M wrote:

Keyser Söze wrote:Özil isn't on £150K. Its closer to £130K, we also have two players on £110K, £20K a week isn't really 'smashing'  

According to the sources posted in here, he's on £140k a week. Considering your other 2 best players are apparently on £110k/120k a week, that's at least £20,000 more than anyone else in the team. 

That's a lot.

£1,040,000 more a year, to be precise, at least.

He isn't on £140K a week  

Scott M wrote:

arsenalap11 wrote:Can you not read? I said he is on about 135k a week.

140k is about 135k a week. Stop trying to back your arguement/discussion/whatever it is up with silly little points.

Wow.

What are you going on about.

Do you know what the word 'about' means? Look it up. It means roughly, or close to. I think being within 5k in that situation is close enough.

You really are stupid a lot of the time if you can't even see that 140 is around the 135 mark, I said 135 as I read it ages ago so knew it was around that number.

But either way, why should we be that bothered about lowering it? 140k a week, for one of the best players in the world is fuck all in this market.

arsenalap11 wrote:

Scott M wrote:

Wow.

What are you going on about.

Do you know what the word 'about' means? Look it up. It means roughly, or close to. I think being within 5k in that situation is close enough.

You really are stupid a lot of the time if you can't even see that 140 is around the 135 mark, I said 135 as I read it ages ago so knew it was around that number.

But either way, why should we be that bothered about lowering it? 140k a week, for one of the best players in the world is fuck all in this market.

So, it would have been fair for me to say he's on "about" £145k?  

You guys were obviously lowballing the figure, assuming I wouldn't question it. Keyser stated £10,000 lower than it has been quoted in reliable papers and tried to say that it was closer to £130k than £150k 

The matter of fact is, according to what's been posted in this thread, Arsenal are paying Ozil over a million pounds a year more than any of his colleagues, which is quite a lot.

No-one's saying he's not worth it, but the way you guys tried to lowball the figure just amused me, that's all.

Scott M wrote:

Zzonked wrote:As fans it makes no fucking difference how much players are getting paid or how much was paid for them. It's still just men on a pitch kicking a ball. Whether Ozil is earning 130k or 135k.

Agreed, I find the new-found obsession among fans regarding wages very tiresome. They don't shut up about it on RAWK.

Edit: Yes, it's ironic that I say this after talking about Ozil's wages, but I thought it was amusing how Arsenal fans were lowballing the figure to try and make their point.

City fans constantly whinge on bluemoon about a newspaper conspiracy to name every players transfer fee higher than it actually was.

Scott M wrote:

arsenalap11 wrote:What are you going on about.

Do you know what the word 'about' means? Look it up. It means roughly, or close to. I think being within 5k in that situation is close enough.

You really are stupid a lot of the time if you can't even see that 140 is around the 135 mark, I said 135 as I read it ages ago so knew it was around that number.

But either way, why should we be that bothered about lowering it? 140k a week, for one of the best players in the world is fuck all in this market.

So, it would have been fair for me to say he's on "about" £145k?  

You guys were obviously lowballing the figure, assuming I wouldn't question it. Keyser stated £10,000 lower than it has been quoted in reliable papers and tried to say that it was closer to £130k than £150k 

The matter of fact is, according to what's been posted in this thread, Arsenal are paying Ozil over a million pounds a year more than any of his colleagues, which is quite a lot.

No-one's saying he's not worth it, but the way you guys tried to lowball the figure just amused me, that's all.

I haven't stated what his wages are. I just said its closer to £130K than it is to £150K. Also, I wasn't talking to you I was actually talking to Dagbon and Glen  

I just took a guess at the wages anyways. Even if he's on 150k he's worth it.

My problem was that praise for the "free" comment.