Arse2Mouse

If you do the calculation, we can pay for Vini Jr. just through the additional shirt sales

@jmon14 @PoznanInMyPants @YankeeGunner I literally remember trying to identify the London pub Per had supposedly been spotted in

@PoznanInMyPants @arse2mouse @YankeeGunner Don't forget the fabled "cloud formation specialists" and the "flight path experts" .

@arse2mouse @YankeeGunner Isn't it exciting we all get to dustoff and re-sharpen our finance, contract and Super Agent skills which we honed in the 2010-2020 era, as a fanbase?? I love this club.

@PoznanInMyPants @Arsenalbornholm @YankeeGunner What he said.

@Arsenalbornholm @arse2mouse @YankeeGunner No

@n5steve @PoznanInMyPants Sure, but the point stands: never assume any institution isn’t going to make an enormous mistake. And again, on balance, I imagine they do have a clear sense of the maths.

@arse2mouse @PoznanInMyPants Different hierarchy, these days

Per Sami Mokbel... "The nature of free transfers means Vinicius could conceivably double his money next year." "Reports suggest he earns in the region of £450K a week at Real Madrid, although sources indicate it is considerably more." Regarding the image rights "leaving the Bernabeu would also impact the player's commercial brand." He'd get 100% of a smaller number at AFC vs 50% of a larger number at RM. Then there is the signing bonus and the loyalty bonus that Vini wants. We're talking heeeuge money's here that don't work at our scale - maybe. And then there's the fact he wants to stay. And Jose will want to keep him. So...he can just stay. Vini has RM BY THE BALLS. He can just stay 1 more year and he hits the mega jackpot. Seems a bit rich for our blood - and yes I saw all the "the club has run the numbers and believes they can make it work" reporting. I get it @Arsenal , I too have tried to rationalize ridiculously expensive luxury items in the past without looking in the financial mirror honestly.

@PoznanInMyPants The club are paying you? I KNEW it!

@arse2mouse Yeah. Apparently the club think it's doable. Which is impressive in itself. But as I've implied, this feels a bit rich for our blood. And literally beyond my pay grade to fathom.

@n5steve @PoznanInMyPants Honestly, no. But I also thought the club would’ve been 100% certain Suarez has a release clause that was written down. 🤷‍♂️

@arse2mouse @PoznanInMyPants Do you honestly think the club would've briefed Ornstein without forensically examining the financials?

You know the way horoscopes and psychics work? They mix educated guesswork with vague statements that can’t really be disproved, sprinkle it with a hint of secret knowledge, and add a dash of publicly available info to prop it all up. That’s Ben Jacobs.

Vini Havertz Saka Call it VHS cos they will be making tapes.

@kickarseHD If they want to go full Georgie they need the entire Madrid press to be crying red faced about it for a couple of weeks

Think the fee will be north of £200m if we judge it on the Geordie metric.

@NorthsideGooner @fkhanage I think they’d want raises not parity. Ultimately they want titles and they’re smart enough to understand the deal imo.

@arse2mouse @fkhanage (Also, if we can add Vini and Bruno, Jesus and Martinelli aren't going anywhere now that we have the full Brazilian crew here. They'll play out their contracts.)

I love Vini Jr. He’d be Arsenal’s biggest ever signing and he’ll become a Premier League superstar. Just can’t see how we’d do it financially - he’s on astronomical wages.

@NonFlyingIceman Kalou for pocket change is very difficult to a 150m asset. RM is a business and ultimately you don’t let as asset like that deprecate to 0 because the manager didn’t like Wenger back in the day. The actual fear is he persuades vini to sign a contract.

He’s got form he did it before with just a simple transaction that was near completion when he was manager at CFC. He vetoed the Kalou move when we were desperate for a CF at the last minute. Screwed our plans. Could just keep him to spite us.

@NorthsideGooner @fkhanage If Jesus goes you’ve saved 250 p/w

@arse2mouse @fkhanage With Saka on £300K/week... it doesn't blow up the structure TOO badly.

So at the Chicago @ArsenalVPodcast event I’m pretty sure I said Vinny Jnr was the big move that made sense. Now all we need to do is agree the fee, persuade the player, fund the wages, and not get hijacked during the time it takes us to make four bids.

Convenient!

she gorp on my scroggin til i schmogle

"dad, our age of bronze is collapsing" "what? collapsing?" "yeah, and soon the sea people will come to usher in an era of darkness because we spat in the face of the gods" "whaddafuck? who told you thish?" "homer, he said we broke zeus' laws" "simpson?"

@sidlowe If I know anything about the tabloids it’s that they respond with restraint and decorum when told what to do.

This doesn’t feel like a great way to start a job, does it?

@YankeeGunner Are you in direct talks with yourself?

I can't say definitively whether the Transfer Daily is coming back starting tomorrow but I *can* say that we are ramping up our interest in bringing it back....