We need the board to be really strong on this one. Why demand less than Spurs are demanding for Bale or what Athletico Madrid received for Falcao? Also, selling to a Premier League team would be an absolute disaster in terms of challenging the top four next season, why make our rivals stronger at our own detriment?
dont agree selling to another premiership club would be a disaster as Arsenal are not rivals as they have a totaly different agenda, target and expectation to ourselves. I think it's a bit different in those other clubs probably were wise enough not to insert a buy out clause or set figure in which to talk to the player. It's not the first time the club has come up short and been badly advised in these sorts of things, remember they told Suarez to plead guilty in the Evra affair and thought by doing so it would reduce the ban.