Ollie Watkins

[Chris Smith]

No idea why people are adamant he is not going, you do not know what is in the contract and what the player wants. So let’s stop this , he isn’t going anywhere.

He isn’t going anywhere.

How long have you been his agent?

He's not going anywhere this window mate.

How can you be so sure?

Because from a financial and a player retention point of view the club need to be competing in Europe next season and that is not going to happen if we have no strikers for the rest of this one.

[garyellis]

Not a snowballs chance in hell he goes this window. Move on.

[Rigadon]

Nobody 'bidding' for Isak despite all the noise.

[lovejoy]

The timing of the bid was strange. Surely Arsenal would have had more chance if they had bid earlier while we were still debating the Duran bid. They must realise we are not going to sell our two strikers in the last days of the transfer window.

[Rigadon]

The timing of the bid was strange. Surely Arsenal would have had more chance if they had bid earlier while we were still debating the Duran bid. They must realise we are not going to sell our two strikers in the last days of the transfer window.

And yet....they have put the bid in.

[Monty]

The timing of the bid was strange. Surely Arsenal would have had more chance if they had bid earlier while we were still debating the Duran bid. They must realise we are not going to sell our two strikers in the last days of the transfer window.

And yet....they have put the bid in.

Wasn't it last week?

[Olneythelonely]

No idea why people are adamant he is not going, you do not know what is in the contract and what the player wants. So let’s stop this , he isn’t going anywhere.

He isn’t going anywhere.

How long have you been his agent?

As Sexual Ealing pointed out, I’m his mom.

He’s staying until the Summer. At least.

[paul_e]

The timing of the bid was strange. Surely Arsenal would have had more chance if they had bid earlier while we were still debating the Duran bid. They must realise we are not going to sell our two strikers in the last days of the transfer window.

And yet....they have put the bid in.

Wasn't it last week?

Monday apparently.

[London Villan]

How many games has Ollie played 90 minutes this season? Must be only a handful.

[Dave]

Telegraph reporting that Arsenal's bid for Watkins was £45m, not £60m.

Jokers.

[darren woolley]

I would not sell him we need him.

[Rigadon]

I can't help but think they wouldn't be trying to it on unless they thought Watkins wanted to go there.  Would they really try and offer such a (relatively) low amount of money if they weren't sure he'd be up for the move?  Make a silly bid, leak to the press that you've done so, let everyone then get used to the idea of the player leaving, then increase the bid so that it feels like 'everyone wins'. 

With somebody like Watkins, who appears professional enough to crack on if it doesn't happen, it's probably not all that important.

[rob_bridge]

I can't help but think they wouldn't be trying to it on unless they thought Watkins wanted to go there.  Would they really try and offer such a (relatively) low amount of money if they weren't sure he'd be up for the move?  Make a silly bid, leak to the press that you've done so, let everyone then get used to the idea of the player leaving, then increase the bid so that it feels like 'everyone wins'. 

With somebody like Watkins, who appears professional enough to crack on if it doesn't happen, it's probably not all that important.

He's no Peter Odinwinge.

He won't go this window unless the Duran stuff is bullshit

[LeeS]

With somebody like Watkins, who appears professional enough to crack on if it doesn't happen, it's probably not all that important.

This for me. I’m not worried. We cannot in any feasible situation sell both players at the same time. And I do t believe Ollie will be phased by this. If anything it will boost him. He’s a confidence player.

I take the point that every player has a price but if you take that logic too far we could sell the entire team in one go. It has limits.

[ozzjim]

He'll obviously be interested. As would any of us if the Villa came calling. We may need to appease him with an acceptance that it could be revisited in the summer.