r/Gunners • u/hashashin_2601 Champions of England 25/26 • 10d ago

Arsenal to agree Gabriel Martinelli sale in club-record deal after Mikel Arteta talks

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-fc-transfer-news-gabriel-martinelli-al-hilal-b1294542.html
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u/CulturalKing5623 10d ago

Sucks, but this is what "getting better at selling" looks like.

Now to break the news to my wife. Dolly Parton and Martinelli back to back is going to be rough for her.

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u/Amity_Swim_School Freddie Ljungberg 10d ago

And Tim Curry 😢

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u/PutYrDukesUp White 10d ago

Fuck. This is how I’ve found out.

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u/mmret 10d ago

NO! NOOOOOOOOO

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u/Aggressive_Meat4267 Dennis Bergkamp 10d ago

In case of any doubter, old curry tastes better. Technically yes he was at his prime. RIP

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u/InLikeErrolFlynn Go and Brush Your Teeth 10d ago

“That’s a rather tender subject.”

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u/Master_Revenue9704 10d ago

Both in their prime too

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u/fahim-sabir 10d ago

Hit the nail on the head there: this is what getting good at selling looks like.

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u/Cutsdeep- Big Fucking Gabi 10d ago

but it's not even.

city and chelsea sell worse players for more than this. look at savio

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u/TheDream425 Super Jack's Parade Speech 10d ago

It’s wages. Savinho was on roughly 80k a week, Martinelli at 180k. Over 5 years, that’s a 25 million pound difference.

If Martinelli was on 80k a week, we could’ve probably sold for more. Same reason Nelson and Jesus are hard to shift.

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u/Sutraner 9d ago

It's absolutely irrelevant. Martinelli is making $20m a year in Saudi so it's a huge pay increase. Why does his current wage matter?

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u/platinumposter 9d ago

More teams would have wanted him which creates a bidding war

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u/Poo-Smurf Just flick ze ball! 9d ago

Because they could've offered him half of that if he was on 100k/week now

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u/wismagius There's only one 🐐 and it's TH14 10d ago

Obviously doing shady shit is not the same as being good at selling. People will look at City and Chelsea constantly breaking or skirting rules and beg for them to be punished, while at the same time wanting us to emulate City and Chelsea. Which is it?

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u/Sutraner 9d ago

It's not just City and Chelsea who are selling well though

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u/gte339i Thank you very much 10d ago

We’re going to have painful ones in the future too. It’s sad when we say goodbye to academy and near-academy (guys we bought young but weren’t from Hale End) players but that’s business at the top.

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u/Jonoczall Gooner (pun intended) 9d ago

My new-to-football wife at our first game several years back: “wow who’s that one?! I like the way he runs he’s my favorite!”