Sigh. If the issue is wages then we're going to have to subsidize, no one outside of the top half of the table will pay 100k a week and also give us 30M

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah fuck it if he doesn't want to cut wages he can stay, we need another attacker anyway.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But it won't make a difference if Mikel doesn't trust/play him... he just becomes another asset amortized to 0. An academy asset, even.

[–] nuggsy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

His value would arguable decrease as well

[–] Astrealix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, he started the start of last season quite a bit. It's Nketiah we're talking about here — possibly the only player Arteta is biased towards more is Vieira lol

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think it's fair to say that Eddie only started until Jesus got his fitness back; Jesus was covering for Martinelli (injured?) for a while, and as soon as we had a better option at striker he sat out for the most part. I can't actually tell how Arteta actually feels about Vieira, and that's probably a good thing, since it seems to be a training issue.

For Vieira, it's a moot point since he's gone on loan, but the fact that Arteta trusts Nwaneri to come in over him is pretty damning (despite how much of a beast he looks to be). For Eddie, my opinion is purely financial - his value peaked before last season and with Havertz cemented at 9, it's only decreasing from now.