Con?
Put a figure on it?
Iām not worried at all about Saka leaving in the short-medium.
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We should give him the bag as well as Vinaiās job.
Director of football Saka. Seems to be way the sport is going
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By con I mean get a deal that wildly exceeds his current status and ability
Ozil/Aba money, like circa Ā£350k+. Club have recently shown theyāll cave to avoid the bad PR of star players leaving
Canāt see it. You pay a 20 year old that sort of money and there is nowhere to go. Think it will be closer to 150k myself which is still substantial
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What is he currently on though? itās reported Ā£30K?
I think if money wasnāt part of the issue he would have signed by now
I think if Saka landed on Partey level Ā£200k deal no gooners would complain
I think he could ask for more. If he wins POTY and then asks for something like Laca/Jesus kind of money I donāt think you can turn around and say we canāt do that because youāre only 21.
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I would prefer if it was a structural increase. Say his new wages start at 100-150k pw and could rise to 200k pw given some conditions.
I donāt really care about the money, I just donāt want him to lose his motivation. He doesnāt strike me as that kind of kid so hopefully heāll be fine.
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I just donāt think it was discussed properly yet. Nothing out there suggesting there are disagreements on it.
I really donāt think he wants to leave in the next few years. He is still 20, a lifelong Gooner, from an Arsenal family, and Iām pretty sure he still lives at home. He is right where he wants to be right now and has plenty of time to make a move if Arsenal donāt end up matching his ambitions. I can definitely see that happening eventually but more likely around age 25.
But his agent is a notoriously tough negotiator and he has a lot of leverage. So I expect his agent to negotiate hard and to use that leverage to get a very favorable next contract and for those negotiations to take a while.
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Lifelong gooner for a soft spot for Newcastle. 
Yeah, his dad is a big Newcastle fan, isnāt he? So not quite an Arsenal family.
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I think Saka said his family were gooners but that his father was a big Alan Shearer fan or something. 
But yeah, if he joins Newcastle youāll bet heāll say he comes from Newcastle fan family.
Arteta mustāve called Pep in the morning after that report from Adrian Kajumba:
Yeah at City heād be part of the wing rotation, heād probably start around 15-20 games Iād say.
Better off leaving Arsenal in 2-3 years when he has refined his game even more.
most likely he is replacing Zinchenko
Sad but true and a main reason why Arsenal fans need to stop with the accounting nonsense. Itās a remnant of the Wenger years.
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No surprises
He got 58% of the vote
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