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SELLING EMI WAS GOOD BUSINESS

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posted on 22/10/20

How much would we have got for Leno do you think?

posted on 22/10/20

Gianluigi "Gigio" Donnarumma

Promise him anything and make sure Milan sell him to us in Jan. Come on Gazidis make up for Ozil.

posted on 22/10/20

comment by 4everanarsenalfan (U20629)
posted 3 minutes ago
How much would we have got for Leno do you think?
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DJ incoming

posted on 22/10/20

jeez no one disagrees, change the record

posted on 22/10/20

comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by 4everanarsenalfan (U20629)
posted 3 minutes ago
How much would we have got for Leno do you think?
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DJ incoming
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Nothing. There was no market for Leno. His wages plus the fee meant he couldn't be sold.

Emi, along with AMN, were the only players with any value this summer.

posted on 22/10/20

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 42 seconds ago
comment by 4everanarsenalfan (U20629)
posted 3 minutes ago
How much would we have got for Leno do you think?
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DJ incoming
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Nothing. There was no market for Leno. His wages plus the fee meant he couldn't be sold.

Emi, along with AMN, were the only players with any value this summer.
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exactly, why is it so hard to understand
Plus we got partey

posted on 22/10/20

Who said we should sell Leno?

posted on 22/10/20

£30 to £40m would have been good business for Martinez, £20m doesn't feel like much of a consolation for losing him and the confidence he was bringing to the defence. With him for the first time in a while playing out from the back never felt worrying.

Leno is obviously carrying a bit of added pressure on his shouders which is probably affecting his performance. But it certainly does feel like we are missing something at the back without Martinez.

posted on 22/10/20

I'd rather have kept Emi too, but we can't have two number ones, and who would we have sold Leno to?

posted on 22/10/20

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 7 minutes ago
Gianluigi "Gigio" Donnarumma

Promise him anything and make sure Milan sell him to us in Jan. Come on Gazidis make up for Ozil.
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​AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has made more errors directly leading to goals than any other player in ​Serie A this season, according to WhoScored.


The highly-rated 18-year-old has committed three mistakes which have resulted in a goal since the beginning of the campaign.



It suggests that the teenager, who has started all 21 of his side's league games, still has room to develop despite his apparent precociousness.

posted on 22/10/20

Selling Emi was a mistake that Arteta should be forgiven for. However the real test of his management is if he is going to admit it and buy a new goalkeeper.

posted on 22/10/20

comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 7 minutes ago
Gianluigi "Gigio" Donnarumma

Promise him anything and make sure Milan sell him to us in Jan. Come on Gazidis make up for Ozil.
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​AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has made more errors directly leading to goals than any other player in ​Serie A this season, according to WhoScored.


The highly-rated 18-year-old has committed three mistakes which have resulted in a goal since the beginning of the campaign.



It suggests that the teenager, who has started all 21 of his side's league games, still has room to develop despite his apparent precociousness.
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His contract is up in the air so I think its wiser to take his whole body work into account and he is regarded as one of the best Goalkeeping prospects in Europe.

posted on 22/10/20

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posted on 22/10/20

comment by *GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 16 minutes ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 7 minutes ago
Gianluigi "Gigio" Donnarumma

Promise him anything and make sure Milan sell him to us in Jan. Come on Gazidis make up for Ozil.
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​AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma has made more errors directly leading to goals than any other player in ​Serie A this season, according to WhoScored.


The highly-rated 18-year-old has committed three mistakes which have resulted in a goal since the beginning of the campaign.



It suggests that the teenager, who has started all 21 of his side's league games, still has room to develop despite his apparent precociousness.
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The guy is 21 years old so what does it matter what he did 3 years ago?
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Because it is still going on...

WhoScored.com on Twitter: "Gianluigi Donnarumma: Has ...twitter.com › whoscored › status
29 Mar 2020 — Gianluigi Donnarumma: Has committed more errors leading to an opposition goal (8) than any other player since the start of the 2017/18 Serie ...

Donnarumma trolled as he 'tries to be the Italian Neuer' but ...www.thesun.co.uk › donnarumma-error-ac-milan-udinese
19 Jan 2020 — After gifting Udinese an early goal with a mistake by Donnarumma, Milan turned the game around with goals by Rebic and Theo Hernandez.

Sampdoria 1-0 AC Milan: Gianluigi Donnarumma makes ...www.dailymail.co.uk › sport › football › article-6869041
30 Mar 2019 — Sampdoria pounced on a glaring error by AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in the first minute to beat Gennaro Gattuso's side 1-0 in ...

posted on 22/10/20

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posted on 22/10/20

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posted on 22/10/20

comment by *GTWI4T- some people deserve to get trolled (U6008)
posted 40 seconds ago
Isn't really what I said and my point stands. Why post what he did at 18?
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I’m guessing he didn’t realise the article was 3 years old

Anyway not convinced that guy is what we need. Also don’t necessarily want Leno replacer. He’s still a good keeper. But now he has 0 competition and knows no matter how badly he plays he’ll still start the next game.

Terrible decision by the club to sell Martinez.

posted on 22/10/20

Because why would you promise anything for an error prone 'keeper?

posted on 22/10/20

We’ll see how it pans out over the season. But I wonder if this whole debate of if we should have sold Martinez or Leno might be playing on Lenos mind too much and he feels under pressure to prove he’s better. He had his draw backs before, but he didn’t seem nearly as calamitous as he has since he’s returned, he can play much better than he is at the moment

posted on 22/10/20

Gianluigi Donnarumma: Has committed more errors leading to an opposition goal (8) than any other player since the start of the 2017/18 Serie A season

posted on 22/10/20

It's too short sighted to say 'sHoUlD hAvE kEpT eMi'

The real question should be who do you think will gain us more points and change the dynamic of our team...Partey or Emi?

As much as we all loved Emi, the answer is more than likely Partey.

posted on 22/10/20

Yeah, have to agree with BW.

Selling Emi was... business.

Nothing more, or less than that.

posted on 22/10/20

It is questionable that the Emi money was for Partey. But we definitely needed about £20m there and then. We were very close to selling AMN until the firm interest in Emi came in. It was decided that Emi was the one to cash in on - largely due to Arteta not wanting a "league keeper" and a "cup keeper".

comment by 8bit (U2653)

posted on 22/10/20

Let's see at the end of the season but it doesn't look great so far. If the Martinez money was for Partey then fair enough. It's a real shame we couldn't raise that money from all the other players we wanted to get rid off, would have been special to have Emi as our no.1.

posted on 22/10/20

There are a few "what if"s that need to be considered.

What if we had kept Emi and...
...sold Leno instead
...not sold anyone
...been able to sell someone else instead, maybe Laca.

Then you need to consider what price we would have got for them, if we were able to sell them and the impact on the wage bill.

For arguments sake, lets say VIlla asked about Emi and we said no but we'll sell you Leno instead and they said ok. we lose Leno and maybe £50-70k off the wage bill after giving Emi a pay rise.

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