Wenger NOT keen on paying Draxler price and may miss out in the summer too

Details: Written by George White; Published: Thursday, 30 January 2014 21:43

Well respected BBC journalist David Ornstein has stated on his twitter page that Arsenal are not signing Julian Draxler because Arsene Wenger does not want to pay the reported £37 million transfer fee which Schalke demand.

Tweeted just over an hour ago Ornstein said:

“Arsenal not signing Draxler. Was interest but AW unwilling to meet Schalke asking price. Only #afc deal may be a loan arrival.”

Wenger doesn’t want to pay up

The reported fee has been £37 million, although Schalke chiefs did refute those claims early this evening.

Goal also speculated that we may not be able to agree a deal for Julian Draxler. They insist we are locked in negotiation but, like Ornstein, believe Wenger does not want to pay the asking price for the German.

If Arsenal are serious about winning the Premier League title they should be doing everything possible to bring in Draxler, one of the most talented young footballers in the world, to the Emirates.

We can’t afford to miss out

It simply doesn’t make any sense for us not to sign Draxler, considering a couple of issues.

1. This is our best chances in years and who knows may be our best chance for the next few years as well.

2. Theo Walcott is injured so a winger/forward is a must - which Draxler perfectly fits.

3. If we don’t buy him now and Draxler has a stunning World Cup who is to say that we’ll be able to afford him afterwards.

The last point could easily happen. Draxler is capable of having an amazing tournament and if he does, he’ll have all the best clubs in the world chasing him more vigorously.

Don’t let Draxler and the title slip out of our hands!

If that was to happen then we would miss out on an incredible talent because we don’t want to spend more money than initially believed, something which has come back to bite us before.

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#12 TYBz 2014-01-31 17:15

Wenger stop been a bitch he is a world class player and only u can bring him to arsenal we need him if we even thinking of trying to take the title this is our time to shine before all we were good for was 4th place now look at us stop been a bitch and spend money every good team spends money we really need to win this season and think about our players we keep playing 1 striker every match and to me he needs help in the front we need to sign him and more players so stop been a bitch and spend

#11 TC 2014-01-31 10:36

Wonga make a statement........... ......“What is concrete is that we are in a strong position in the league and we’re exceeding people’s expectations.

“Results are made on the football pitch and not in the transfer window.”

Wonger is starting to backtrack and cover his ass for not bringing any quality in, that might be true about Results are made on the pitch, BUT you have to have the quality to make the results on the pitch, FFS relying on Bendtner is not exactly making a statement is it, He is going to Fook the supporters over again just wait and see, and he will be rewarded with a big fat new contract.

+1 #10 dave clarke 2014-01-31 07:15

wenger s a bottler ,ive had it with this clown he has swallowed the padlock to his wallet

#9 Sajit 2014-01-31 06:57

Cant see how getting him would improve our chances of winning. He is not exactly a finished article is he? 37mil for a future prospect is a bit on the higher side. Wenger knows. On the other hand an established attacker/goal scorer yes go ahead and pay

#8 rabo 2014-01-31 00:22

But we have pidolzki and zanogo

+5 #7 Cadey 2014-01-31 00:16

This makes me so mad. We have just signed a huge deal with Puma. The money is there. We need reinforcements so why won't Wenger spend?
We are handing the title to Man City. Wenger's biggest weakness as a coach is the transfer market. He dithers why our rivals get deals done.

#6 JimWhiteSpaz 2014-01-30 23:05

Watch this space..a lot of people seem to know a lot of tit bits..but only what they are fed on twitter. I'll be tuning into Jim White spazzing out...hope to be pleasantly surprised

#5 smaje 2014-01-30 22:34

draxler and a couple more signings we wont need to in the market for a a couple years.... come on wenger pull your finger out

+3 #4 smaje 2014-01-30 22:30

why am I not surprised!! The man baffles me sometimes..... the world knows he is a big talent and it seems we have been told he is all ours at 37m.. jus pay their asking price... he is worth every penny in todays market.. thought wenger would of learnt by now.. lost out on kompany over 2mil.. they were willing to sell 7mil and wenger didn't want to go over 5mil.. and we ended up with Silvestre lool..

-1 #3 TC 2014-01-30 22:26

Wonger is full of sh!t if we don't buy any more players two things will happen....1 we will win Feck all ...2... he will sign a lucrative contract again, HTF can he justify accepting all this money when we have won sweet FA for 8 years?????

+3 #2 Mark 2014-01-30 22:08

What horse crap from Wenger if this is true, I will wait to make final opinion after tomorrow, but as it's looking now Wenger's stinginess is going to cost us big time (not just for the title, but very possibly a top 4 spot as our injuries are really going to take their toll during the next two month stretch). We apparently have this 100 million war chest, this new Puma deal coming up and Wenger is possibly losing out due to his not wanting to pay for Draxler (just like with Higuain).

+1 #1 Mark 2014-01-30 22:02

If we get him I'll eat my pants

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