You think this is Wenger's decision?

Trust me so angry. 24mill is good money but its too friking man utd! Aaaaaaghhhh!!!!!

United are on the wane?

At least the OP knows Man U are our rivals and not them

Funky - Surely Wenger must have a say? If done behind his back he must be fuming.

You can't force a person to move abroad. RvP didn't want to leave England, so it was a case of keeping him for a year and letting him go for nothing to a rival or take the money on offer.

AHEM Sol Campbell? Or was he a freebie?

I know it's a joke but if the money's right...Tbh he will probs be burnt out after last season.

Let's see how long he enjoys living in Gunchester with his fecking premier league trophy

I am gooner- rivals is plural.

Arsenal couldn't afford to lose RVP for nothing by keeping him on for another year, and if Utd were willing to offer 24 million, which as a Utd fan is probably about 5 million more than ideal but could still turn out to be a great deal for us, well I guess Arsenal had to take the money.

The honest truth is that Arsenal may be a top 4 club but they are not in a position to challenge the Manchester clubs, so if Utd were willing to stump up the cash, did they have much choice?

I really doubt that the board went over Arsene's head, Wenger IS Arsenal and the final decision would be his.

Based on this, assumption I guess... I trust him fully, I mean, he hasn't done us wrong so far, he's kept us competitive on limited funds, I have faith in the man.

Wenger has been overturned before on Nasri, probably would happen again.

Nothing we could do anyway. Have a whose not interested, or get £24 million. It's clear what our board would do.

I hope wenger enjoys RVP scoring against us, he can say, i discovered him!

Winollgooner - are you seriously suggesting we'd have sold Campbell to you??