Alessia Russo | leaves United for Arsenal
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Not as far as we know.
I'm told there wasn't a pricetag on the advert though - so I remain hopeful
I’m afraid everything owned by Glazers have barcodes tattooed onto it.Not as far as we know.
I'm told there wasn't a pricetag on the advert though - so I remain hopeful
will be interesting to see what happens when they finally sell, i could see new owners viewing some investment into the womens side as some easy goodwill earned for a relatively cheap price
Hope so.
Ffs 
, was genuinely worried when I saw the title.
, was genuinely worried when I saw the title.Got me as well
Arsenal make record bid
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This sucks
Shut the servers down and pull the fax machine out of the telephone line.
I blame @jojojo
She's gone then
World record offer for someone with 5 months left?
Doubt we’ll accept to be honest. Obviously Polly will know best the likelihood of her staying should we get Champions League, if they think she’ll go no matter we might just begrudgingly accept
Ffs.
Don’t like this at all. She’ll only get better in the next few years.
Another reason we need new owners pronto
feck off Arsenal.
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Good. We have a legitimate shot at the title.
I do wonder if this bid had come from a team abroad if it would have been accepted? Either way even the idea of the talks not being absolutely dead don’t sit well with me. The thought of selling a star player to a key rival should be a complete non-starter if you’re looking to send the right message to both the rest of the squad and the fans.
Nowadays the players also have a say, especially with her contract situation. There's obviously interest from her side or things wouldn't get this far
Don't understand why we aren't tying her down to a new contract? I know our investment in the woman's team hasn't been great, but seems a no brainier to me.
James to Chelsea and now this. Can our rivals feck off nicking our players? It wouldn‘t happen in the mens game
Yeah I wonder if this offer had come earlier with more time to find a replacement whether United might have been more open to discussions, you would have to imagine given that Arsenal have bid that her agents have put it out there that she's probably leaving this summer at the latest (at which stage we would get nothing) and they''ve tried to get in ahead of everyone else.
She was offered a new contract last year, obviously we don't know the terms of the offer, but she turned it down. I imagine if we make the Champions League then maybe that might give her more reason to stay but right now you would think it doesn't look good with regards to her staying past this season.
Well if they're not spending monry on the mens team they're not going to do it with the womens!
While I agree, if the mens team had a top striker I would assume they'd want to tie them down to a new deal.
Annoying this
Chelsea women have tried the same thing this week on Arsenal and have done it to direct rivals previously. Not just buying to strengthen themselves, but buying to weaken a rival, and sometimes buying tactically to win a particular trophy. Because the amounts involved are low compared to the men's game - any club with ambition of winning trophies can do it.
Fecking Judas if she leaves.
You'd think they would
This would suck - we need to tie her down for years to come.
Why - if it's about money you can't really blame her, the women don't get paid anywhere near what an average PL player does
The player would need to put pen to paper. That’s the problem.
You would think that we could find an extra bit of cash after losing Ronaldo’s wages, it really wouldn’t take much of a signing on bonus I’d imagine.
Sell her and buy Enzo instead with the money
Did they lose his wages though? I doubt Ronaldo walked off in to the sunset with nothing
Do we know if its us not offering what she's worth? Or her not wanting to stay.
Either way, it's annoying.
That might buy a foot, if you're lucky
Yeah. I’m pretty sure we could have sued him for breach of contract in that interview, so I doubt he got anything out of us.
Regardless, with the top earners in the WSL at about £250-300k, it really should be pocket change, as I don’t see her getting that wage anywhere else.