nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
....and as for Ozil, they had ages to assess whether to go balls deep on a new contract for him, but it only takes 5 minutes to know he's a flaky f.cker....£320k a week, deary deary me. He the complete opposite to the kind of player that may be worth that.
This is the thing with it all. He is what he is, has been since he has been there - none of it is a surprise and none justifies the deal they offered him.
I would genuinely love to know the thinking behind it.
Of course, he demanded it. And, of course, on his day he is a wonderfully gifted player. And yet - anyone with eyes knows he is flaky as hell, disappears when the going gets tough, requires that the team set up to accommodate him, and ultimately no luxury player is worth such a compromise for the club.
So why go for it?
The only thing that rings true to me, and its not typically an Arsenal move IMO, is the Utd/Sanchez/Pogba type billy big gonads "look at me" sort of thing. Trying to promote what a big club they are, that sort of nonsense.
Its the only aspect which makes some sense to me, even if it is out of character.