I think we probably got a bit fleeced on the contract but I would think it’s probably made us a fair profit overall if we get 30m.
We’ll never know if he stopped us from signing someone else. All worked out in the end as Arteta bought a striker last summer, even if he didn’t envisage him being a striker at the time.
I don’t even get the question about it when you see how things have turned out.
That’s about 27m profit on the decision and we were able to use the player for the season.
Shit…I thought we had a #HereWeGo
do the math, pal.
60k per year is 3.12m
10-15m transfer fee total could end up 13-18m a year.
that is a cheap backup that probably not even get Eddie’s minutes.
Eddie’s salary is 100k per week, 5.2m per year.
Which one is saving more money?
If we did not extend Eddie, he left for free.
Now we are getting 25-30m from him.
I have no idea what you’re talking about Ron, sorry.
It’s good Friday mate, let it go. 
He was agreeing with you in his ron type of way.
No it’s fine. I’m not adverse to sharing my thoughts.
You’re absolutely right about the context. Eddie was the only senior striker. But he was out of contract. And we as a club were coming to the end of a cycle of bad contracts, especially bad second contracts (Walcott, Ozil, Auba).
My opinion at the time based on everything going on was that it was a bad idea to give second contracts to players unless they were worth it. We had an opportunity to rebuild the attack. I wanted a clean break. No Lacazette, no Eddie. Something new.
Maybe you think that’s not practical, or not advisable but my opinion was that we needed to clean house as much as possible. Signing Eddie to a new contract felt both unambitious and risky given the wages. It is and was a lot of money. Would we have had to spend more than what we spent on Eddie and Jesus to revamp the attack? Almost certainly. But my opinion was it was worth pouring money into the front line. I would have approached the window much differently.
And Eddie has not been good enough. Chalk it up to injuries, style of play, supporting cast, whatever. He’s a success in terms of being an academy graduate but not good enough for this iteration of the team.
So do I think the contract by itself was good? No. He didn’t deliver for us. But do I think it’s a good thing we’re selling him for a profit? Yes. I don’t think it’s contradictory or even that controversial to hold both of those opinions. It’s like if we would have managed to offload Auba to KSA for $80m. In my opinion the contract was a bad contract even if there were reasons for it at the time and it’s a good thing we’re getting money back.
Happy Joshua & nothing
versus
Unhappy Joshua & 1/2 Calafiori
Tricky
Footage of the interior thought process allowing @Joshua to believe it was still a mistake to give Nketiah a new contract:
You adversely affected this thread with your bad grammar.
I kid I kid I kid. Couldn’t help myself.
It didn’t exist in that vacuum. At the time, it was extend Eddie’s deal with some more pay (which did protect some value it looks like).
Additionally, it was cheaper to do this than paying a transfer fee for backup/secondary options in the market at the time.
Good business from the club. Good luck to Eddie.
The Eddie contract was a bad one until it wasn’t. Club was right to asset protect in the end, i was wrong to bitch about him being on £100k
I’ve addressed that. There were reasons why the club did it, I would have handled it differently because I didn’t think it was worth giving him a second contract. Especially in the context of giving out bad second contracts to other players.
I really wish he does well there.
Not sure about Marseille being the best choice… I wanted him to stay in the Prem.
They are a good club, but kinda unstable, changing the team, changing the managers a bit too often. I much more concerned about the environment there than about Eddie’s quality really.
Their fans have a lot of ambition, but the club usually lacks the ability (not the money) to go that high, not a great combination.
Ohh 
Just clocked De Zerbi is there, forgot about that… I hope that helps a bit.
Good luck Eddie, you’ll need it! 
He’ll be back in England at some point. This is a great chance for him to build his profile.
I’m convinced he’ll be back in the EPL in a few years. He could have a Darren Bent type career if he applies himself properly
Before Patrick Vieira left Arsenal he had one year one his contract and seeing as he been itching to leave for about 3 seasons before he actually did Wenger got him to sign a new contract on the proviso that he would leave the next season.
So this way Arsenal got a transfer fee for him this happens with loads of clubs.
So Eddie signing a new contract suited everyone no matter what his wages were, we couldn’t afford to buy a new striker last season so lt was a very astute bit of business. Football is a business as well, so paying Eddie 100k a week for doing fuck all made more financial sense than letting him leave for free
Exactly this…perfectly summed up by @jmb27 . Has done a job in the squad in the last two years and we are now selling and receiving a fee. Critically, we may not have been able to buy some of the players we have bought had we brought in a replacement and lost Eddie on a free. Need to look at the big picture. Hopefully, fee will be as close to our asking price as possible.
Wish Eddie all the best!
Jesus. There’s no reason to write him off like that.