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Arsenal refuse to pay £50m to sign world class striker – report
The clock is ticking and it appears Arsenal could end up empty handed this deadline day as the Daily Mail are reporting that Arsene Wenger is reluctant to pay £50m to land Edinson Cavani.
Speculation has been intensifying over the past 48 hours that Cavani had been identified as our big-money striker target after we failed to land Karim Benzema from Real Madrid.
Photos emerged online showing Arsene Wenger on a plane to Paris before further images appeared to show the boss in a ‘meeting’ in a Paris hotel, with many newspapers suggesting he was discussing a deal for Cavani.
However, Daily Mail journalist Rob Draper now claims any potential deal for the Uruguayan international is all-but over as Arsene is apparently reluctant to pay £50m for the 28-year-old as he feels he’s not as good as No.1 target Benzema.
It seems that #AFC unlikely to take Cavani today. Extreme reluctance to pay £50m for 28 yr old. More on @MailSport
— Rob Draper (@draper_rob) September 1, 2015
Not that Wenger doesn't appreciate need for striker. Really wanted Benzema, reluctant to spend that money on player he doesn't think as good
— Rob Draper (@draper_rob) September 1, 2015
You have to admire Arsene for sticking to his guns as he simply refuses to pay over the odds for a player but at the same time, it’s extremely frustrating for us fans.
Cavani would certainly improve the team and if he’s available, even at £50m, we should be going for it. In today’s crazy market you can’t expect to get bargains anymore, especially for world class players. And even more-so on deadline day.
If you risk leaving it until the last minute, you should expect to pay a premium, and even £50m isn’t stupid money in today’s over-inflated market for a player of Cavani’s quality. If Benteke is worth £32m, then Cavani is worth £50m.
But it looks like we’re going to end up without a striker and I fear that will be the end of our ‘title challenge’ for another season. Unless things change during the next hour or so…
Nourinho
September 1, 2015 at 5:00 pm
I’m not expecting anything from arsene wenger. Not a world class player nor do I expect a PL champion. I gave up on arsenal wining anything soon.
andrew beaumont
September 1, 2015 at 8:08 pm
youve got to save a penny or two boys . youve got to save a penny or two .
magaba hazel
September 1, 2015 at 5:43 pm
let Wenger be fired we have got nothing to do with him we are tired of his rubbish transfer policy
Julius
September 1, 2015 at 5:50 pm
Yes o.. …. .dos he need sum1 2 tell him Dat giroud s not d kind of striker arsenal can rely on… …. I blame all d fans in England Dat waste ther money on Dat useless team… …….. Dat wenga should b stone 2 death……. I trust we African
Julius
September 1, 2015 at 5:47 pm
Wenga it’s d most stupied coach av Eva seen.. .. wat has he been doing all ds tym d window s open?… .. . An now paper said he was spotted in d plane 2 France.. . Mr AW went 2 c he’s girlfriend Jare… .. Rubbish…. …… .
TAR
September 1, 2015 at 6:10 pm
Over priced…50 Million for Benzema yes…not Cavani
hassan
September 1, 2015 at 9:07 pm
wingal is a very stupid man i pray for hes death.
wisdom
September 1, 2015 at 10:02 pm
Wenger is a dissapiontment to arsenal, it’s hight time he drop that job for someone else to handle immagine we are already 5 point bellow man city in just four games and he still doesn’t see anything wrong with it. His era is over let him go