Could Arsenal have gotten more out of Manchester City for Gael Clichy? – English Premier League
Did Arsenal botch up the Gael Clichy transfer deal with Manchester City? The French left back has already signed for Manchester City but the transfer fee is a relatively low one from Arsenal’s perspective. The current transfer
window atmosphere in the English Premier League is undoubtedly an inflated one. Manchester City’s big money move for Edin Dzeko in the January transfer window followed up by Chelsea’s investment in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Luiz-c10542 has already confirmed that
English clubs are prepared to pay big.
With Manchester United paying over 16 million pounds for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Jones-c29903 earlier on in the month of June, it is not only the strikers that are going for extraordinary money but unproven central defenders too. This certainly begs the
question that Arsenal could have gotten more out of Manchester City, a club with a notorious reputation of paying over the top for players that they want. In Gael Clichy’s case, Arsenal failed spectacularly.
All the attention was on the Cesc Fabregas transfer saga linking him to Barcelona and Samir Nasri’s refusal to sign a new contract because of the midfielder’s ambition to win trophies, the Gunners were caught by surprise to say
the least when Manchester City came calling for him. Despite all the complications at the Emirates stadium, Wenger could have done more in the transfer negotiations. Yes, Gael Clichy didn’t have the best of seasons last year as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 failed to win anything
yet again despite making it to the final of the Carling Cup.
A club which gave 25 million pounds for both http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601
and 28 million pounds for Yaya Toure could have been milked for more. It is not as if Arsenal didn’t need the money. Wenger’s critics are quick to crucify the Frenchman for his lack of efficacy in the transfer market and this is true to a certain extent. Arsene
has been lacklustre in the summer transfer window up till now.
Whilst his club requires a new goalkeeper and a new centre back as well, Wenger’s only deal so far albeit an uncompleted one is for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gervinho-c14755 from Lille in the French Ligue 1. Moreover, Arsenal are and now quite possibly were seen
as a club who sell their players at quite an inflated price. Adebayor’s move to Manchester City in the past along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kolo-c21278 Toure is a sign that Arsenal are (now were) good at negotiating favourable deals for their best players. The Cesc Fabregas transfer
saga is yet another example of the London club holding out for an improved transfer offer from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604.
The transfer deal for Clichy which amount to just 7 million pounds is peanuts for Manchester City. Maybe it is a case of City learning from experience, maybe they were the ones who played hard ball this time but it is definitely
hard to do that when you are in a position where you need the player and the other club doesn’t need to sell. But in this case it seems that Wenger was willing to part ways with Gael Clichy, if that was the case then the Frenchman might just have given a push
to the summer transfer window exodus that waits his football club.
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