
Now lets look at some facts for a change -
His bad attitude didnt develop last season - he has a history of being an ill disciplined toublemaker at both marseille and his countries national team and he merely carried that into last season


He is without doubt the worst offender ever in being caught offside

He is all about the money. Fact. We all seen the interview on bbc football focus where he lays it all out there that he is all about the money. This admission is consistant with his behaviour last summer where only the most gullible of fans believe that he wasnt trying to force his way out of the club

He brings unwanted negativity to the team. Like it or not most of us older Gooners value what it means to represent our club and deem his behaviour last summer as inexcusable and unforgiveable

Anyway the bottom line is this - we plucked a player from marseilles bench, helped him have the best season of his career 07/08 (to which he repayed us by trying to leave) and then watched him last season as he put in the absolute minimal effort possible for any professional in their job. As a buying club would you spend 30m on any player that his a history of attitude problems ? Would you spend 30m on a player that has had one very good season (goalscoring wise) with no proof that he is capable of doing that season in and season out ? In my opinion 22m is an acceptable amount for this player and should be accepted stright away. Some are getting their lines confused between accepting this sale and replacing him but imo the most important thing to do is firstly to offload the virus in our club and then when the cash is in the bank we will worry about getting in a replacement