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His injury record is terrible awful. Below is part of what I posted earlier on in the thread.



As I say quality player but a lot of missed games. Even in the build up to the last CL final win where he scored that cracker he'd only just returned from a lay off so was lucky to make the squad for the match, but admittedly they paid off pretty well.

Missing 11 games a season from a potential 50 plus isn’t too bad but I get your point. He’s a very good player, just too expensive to buy and wages. Not many, if any, PL clubs could afford to get anywhere near what he’s on now.
 

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Missing 11 games a season from a potential 50 plus isn’t too bad but I get your point. He’s a very good player, just too expensive to buy and wages. Not many, if any, PL clubs could afford to get anywhere near what he’s on now.
It doesn't sound to bad when you think of it as 50 games, but if you take out early rounds of cup games he wouldnt be used in and some of the smaller league games he wouldn't be needed in and would be rested for anyway it takes the number nearer to missing 11 out of 36 games. If you consider for a club competing at top level in CL & League that becomes nearly a 1/3 of the games he'd be needed in he's missing. That can be a huge difference to title contending teams. Which is why at the wages he's in even the teams that could potentially afford him don't seem to want to touch him.

Very good player would improve a lot of teams, but is now hugely priced out of a move. With the money he's already banked he could easily take a step down in wages for a couple seasons to give something a go and still then move onto china's bug money for a retirement earner.
 
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Missing 11 games a season from a potential 50 plus isn’t too bad but I get your point. He’s a very good player, just too expensive to buy and wages. Not many, if any, PL clubs could afford to get anywhere near what he’s on now.

Bales injury record isn’t as bad as made out
In his 6 seasons at Madrid he played more times than he did in the 6 previous season for Spurs

There are not many players that play week in week out especially guys that rely a lot on pace

He had two seasons in the middle where he suffered a number of injuries but the last two seasons he has played 40 games each season and last season he was left on the bench a number of times

He would be superb for us but no way could we or indeed any Prem club afford him - no player takes the pay drop he would need to take. Seeing the highlights of their game against Atletico they would be mad to get rid right now as well , he is better than anyone they have and has proven it in La Liga as well as in the CL. Now the deal is off I expect him to see out his contract then go on a free
 

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How much does pre season harm Some Teams prem preparations.
 
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Cutrone having a medical today still a few rumours about Ruben Dias flying about.

Players coming from Milan and Madrid when we used to get excited about kids from Plymouth and Oxford coming in.

What a time to be alive.
 

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Where did Arsenal find 72m for Pepe, and does this mean we are selling Auba to Utd to pay for it?
It seems an amazing amount for 1 player at a club which claims to be working to a tight budget. Arsenal do seem to give out mixed messages at times.

If you sell Auba, can't be bothered to look up the spelling :D, that would look an incredibly bad move from the outside. To sell him to a rival would be madness. Is he not good for you?
 

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Yes, he is awesome, but at 30, with two years left on his deal, it is new deal time, or sell while he still has value. Can't have another Ramsey situation. 62m is a good offer.
 

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Where did Arsenal find 72m for Pepe, and does this mean we are selling Auba to Utd to pay for it?
It's some structured deal with like £30m up front and more later. I think you're more likely to get that sort of thing accepted by an overseas club, where unlike the Premier League every single club's wallets aren't fattened by TV money.
 

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A lot of money for United to spend on a 30 year old when Ole seems to be saying it’s back youth to rebuild.

At least it would be something!
It's now about a month before Utd put their hands in their pockets.
Time is running out and we still need a centre back, a midfielder, (two if Pogba goes), and a right sided attacker ........................... MINIMUM.
 
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