SaintRobbie Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Happy with that. At the end of the day he wanted away… and his dad is a sk8 after all £15m is pretty good. Arsenal fans don't seem too happy, but they are in urgent need of a defence. So, let's now see how Adkin's reinforces… I want to see at least a couple of decent players out of this one… just can't see where we are weak at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 It's a miracle! lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 While i dont agree with Hypos thinly veiled swipe at the the club, i understand his sentiments of us selling our talent. And not seeing them benefit us, rather than another club. Oh of course, don't get me wrong i think most of us would prefer Alex to stay. He would do a huge job for us in this league this season. Imagine him in the game against leeds instead of Guly, we could of scored more goals. But the fact is the guy wants to go. He said to the media a few times he wanted to go. His dad wants him to go. For a long long time now all we have heard is about the kid and where he might go. Sometimes that has taken the front seat ahead of the team which is wrong. Everybody knows what he meant when he talks about "The theory" and who it is aimed at. Basically saying one of the guys attributes has now bitten the dust. The reality is if the player wants to leave then what can you do? Put them in the reserves? force them to play? That has the potential to destroy the club morale. All you can do is dig your heels in and try and get the best deal possible. IF the £12m-£15m turns out to be true then we would of shown we were no push overs. In the past someone would of offered maybe £5m and a potential add-on and we would of taken it. Talks would not have lasted as long as they have. By holding out as long as we did in my opinion shows the club made it clear it was on our terms that he will leave and for the amount we want. Which is very different from how we have done business in the past. Mainly because we needed that cash to keep going. IF we get that money and IF it is then put back into the team then think about what it could do. Say we need a striker, a CB and a winger that could possibly be £4m spent on each position. Personally i think we could easily get a replacement for Alex who has his current ability for under £4m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guided Missile Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Has anyone noticed that the fee is about what Marcus paid for the club, stadium included... Business Genius.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 MirrorDarren Darren Lewis Alex Oxlade Chamberlain signs for Arsenal. 53 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Has anyone noticed that the fee is about what Marcus paid for the club, stadium included... Business Genius.... No argument there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonRichards Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 I doubt Cortese will be happy about the figure being banded around the press. We know he likes his 'undisclosed fees' I dread to think what price Lallana is worth?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Trololol, if the £12m up front is true, bloody take it and run! Run.... what an awful deal Arsenal have done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Has anyone noticed that the fee is about what Marcus paid for the club, stadium included... Business Genius.... Its why he was a billionaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 I doubt Cortese will be happy about the figure being banded around the press. We know he likes his 'undisclosed fees' I dread to think what price Lallana is worth?? great, great point....if chambo is £12-15m....feck me, lallana is priceless....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stattmeister Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/EmmanuelF4 ignoring the slightly interesting street spelling, I see the "young english" player comment. certainly looks a done deal... now who to replace/spend on? CB and Striekr still for me - but who, I don't know. Someone mentioned we may get priced out of players now they know we have cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
influx Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 great, great point....if chambo is £12-15m....feck me, lallana is priceless....... Arsenal fans seem to think it is 5 mill cash + 7 Mill add on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 "bbcsport_david David Ornstein Arsenal plan to announce Oxlade-Chamberlain signing on official website in next couple of hours. All done and dusted" https://twitter.com/#!/bbcsport_david Thats that then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Chez's attempt to draw parallels between Cortese and Lowe are truly f**king bizarre. The situation is COMPLETELY different. Is it ****. Both have had an impossible job of trying to keep players that want to go. Both have/are negotiating the best possible deal for the club. Lowe got slated and still gets slated for selling our best players, Cortese (previously praised left right and centre for keeping our best players) isn't being slated and won't get slated. In my mind there is no difference. The players have control of the situation and because of that I didn't blame Lowe for selling Bridge and I don't blame Cortese for selling Chamberlain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Is it ****. Both have had an impossible job of trying to keep players that want to go. Both have/are negotiating the best possible deal for the club. Lowe got slated and still gets slated for selling our best players, Cortese (previously praised left right and centre for keeping our best players) isn't being slated and won't get slated. In my mind there is no difference. The players have control of the situation and because of that I didn't blame Lowe for selling Bridge and I don't blame Cortese for selling Chamberlain. dear god....why why why why why why why why why why why why go on about lowe..... boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daren W Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 @AOChamberlain @AlexanderOxlade is a fake account. This is me. 40 minutes ago Not the real aoc probably some skate wind up merchant Does anyone seriously think Chamberlain would be posting his move on Twitter? He's daft but not that daft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 He really is going to be a great great player, but after the comments and murmers he has been making to the press it just isn't worth keeping hold of a player that doesn't want to be here, what is fantastic however, if the fees bandied around are true, is how we have not been held over a barrell. We have got what we wanted, and Arsenal and Oxo have got theirs. IMHO he will be a better player that Walcott, and will probably end up as a full england international if he keeps on the right track, I wish he went to someone other than Arsenal though, I can see them wasting his talent. As for replacements, we already have De Ridder and Lallana, with Guly and Chappers able to play there, that said another winger won't hurt. I wonder if the signing of De Ridder took the pressure off and allowed us to sanction a deal ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 @jordansibley: Chamberlain switch to Arsenal now confirmed. See www.saintsfc.co.uk for full story #saintsfc #afc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 jordansibley Jordan Sibley Chamberlain switch to Arsenal now confirmed. See http://www.saintsfc.co.uk for full story #saintsfc #afc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 simonpeach Simon Peach Alex Chamberlain will cost Arsenal up to £15m, as I understand it. #SaintsFC will get £12m up front & potentially £3m more in add-ons. 5 seconds ago Favorite Retweet Reply WOW. NC deserves a long c*ck-sucking if this is true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2414134,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Does anyone seriously think Chamberlain would be posting his move on Twitter? He's daft but not that daft... I think he has an enormous amount of new twitter followers who do think exactly that, yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Also a bit of interesting info from the Arsenal youngsters website http://younggunsblog.co.uk/2011/08/arsenal-agree-oxlade-chamberlain-deal/ Arsenal’s six month persuit of Southampton winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is nearing an end, after the 17-year-old arrived at London Colney for a medical. Oxlade-Chamberlain had already visited Colney earlier in the summer, after Southampton gave him permission to hold talks with Arsène Wenger. However, the two clubs failed to agree a fee, and the player returned to the South Coast. Yet Arsenal re-opened talks over the weekend, and have found common ground with a structured £12 million fee. Oxlade-Chamberlain has already accepted terms on a long-term contract, and the deal is expected to go through before the close of play this evening. More to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonRichards Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Confirmed. On OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 great, great point....if chambo is £12-15m....feck me, lallana is priceless....... Chambo is that price due to his age and because he is under eighteen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stmusicdude Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Chez's attempt to draw parallels between Cortese and Lowe are truly f**king bizarre. The situation is COMPLETELY different. Cortese isnt trying to prop up the share price and dividend for a barely-solvent exchange listed company. And if the rumours about big bids and possibly big signings already being lined up are true, its clear that big transfer fees will be ploughed back into the club by him, rather than being using as income in the accounts to show a profit. It's not bizare at all, I can see where he is coming from. Your right though different set of circumstances but still actually much closer to other sale than people want to admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Record Fee... What was our record fee before this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Is it ****. Both have had an impossible job of trying to keep players that want to go. Both have/are negotiating the best possible deal for the club. Lowe got slated and still gets slated for selling our best players, Cortese (previously praised left right and centre for keeping our best players) isn't being slated and won't get slated. In my mind there is no difference. The players have control of the situation and because of that I didn't blame Lowe for selling Bridge and I don't blame Cortese for selling Chamberlain. Have to agree with Chezer. Problem was, in my mind Lowe made no attempt to ever improve our situation and we just slowly died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Have to think that Wenger has finally lost his marbles! Just about to lose his best two first team players and replace them with a "one for the future" and spend £15 million on him? Madness!!! If I was an Arsenal fan (like Charlie) I'd be livid with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Unless we have already had our bids accepted NC seems to be such a canny operator, that is probably the case. F*ck me, what a breath of fresh air it is to have a real pro in charge instead of that beetroot-faced baboon from the Cotswolds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Record Fee... What was our record fee before this? Theo for £12m acording to the saints records on the site http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/Records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Not having to see Mark Chamberlain in the press will make it worth every penny. What a tedious money grabbing skate C. Ggutted about losing Chamberlain, its really taking the shine off a wonderful weekend - so thanks for your post, it ever so slightly brightened up my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Theo at 12m....but not sure that includes the fact that we never actually saw that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2414134,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montreal Saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Does anyone seriously think Chamberlain would be posting his move on Twitter? He's daft but not that daft... Apparently he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 it does say that they met our valuation and if I recall correctly we valued him at £12m up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2414134,00.html There are some very interesting between-the-lines implications in that report. I reckon we made Arsenal squeal to close the deal. And it seems there was a bit of a breakdown between AOC and SFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSaint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 That article is amazing, everything after the first couple of paragraphs could be replaced with the phrase "We saw you coming lol." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 So it must be over £12m in total potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohwhenthesaints Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Enjoy the money, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Confirmed then, but done on our grounds not theirs. Looks like all sides happy with it then. Sad he's gone but great deal for us. onwards & upwards. I wander who will play in the premiership first Saints or Oxo?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 For all Lowe's faults and mistakes, the Walcott deal wasn't one of them. It was embarassing the reaction to that. The kid wanted to go, it was a big club, and we got very good money. It would have happened at any club and I don't think our finances made much difference, as is being shown now. I'm sure we'll reinvest more this time, but ultimately when young players want to go they will. All you can do is demand a good fee. Precisely. Same with Wayne Bridge leaving; Lowe resisted for as long as he could by rebuffing offers, then Bridge put in a transfer request. So Lowe then made sure we got a good price for Bridge, and also a good replacement in Le Saux. There's plenty of things to knock Lowe for; his sales policy and record is not one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 That article is amazing, everything after the first couple of paragraphs could be replaced with the phrase "We saw you coming lol." hehehehe. There is definitely a couple of middle digits floating around in it. The Liebherr family have basically got back what they paid for the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Have to think that Wenger has finally lost his marbles! Just about to lose his best two first team players and replace them with a "one for the future" and spend £15 million on him? Madness!!! If I was an Arsenal fan (like Charlie) I'd be livid with this. He will be a brilliant player in the future, but this season Wenger had to spend on players that could do the business now. I can see them in the Europa league next year, not champions league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Our record sale I would have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Is that our record sale or their record purchase? Surely they've paid about £20m before haven't they? I thought Reyes cost them a fortune, maybe Arshavin too. It'll be our record fee, not theirs. Even they aren't that stupid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2023840/Alex-Oxlade-Chamberlain-signs-Arsenal.html?ito=feeds-newsxml They say £12m upfront which could rise to £15m with addons. But it is the daily mail.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Is that our record sale or their record purchase? Surely they've paid about £20m before haven't they? I thought Reyes cost them a fortune, maybe Arshavin too. Our OS also says its "one of the biggest deals in Championship history". So who went for more than £12M from the Championship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 £12m is about 3 or 4 premium championship players. We are minted! Cheerio Alex, thanks for the good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 8 August, 2011 Share Posted 8 August, 2011 Our OS also says its "one of the biggest deals in Championship history". So who went for more than £12M from the Championship? Didn't Darren bent go from Charlton to Spurs for something like £22m? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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