The shameful Arsenal by £ 35 million Liverpool transfer as embarrassing among the top five sales analyzed

The inability of the Gunners to squeeze every last penny from a sale is certainly one of the key things that separate them Liverpool and Manchester City.

The latter have a talent for young players who have never heard -O maybe I saw their name once in a range of carabao cup-for well above their perceived market value, while the Reds are so good at downloading the players of the team that makes you ask if it is also ethical. Obviously it is, but it is still amazing.

EMSAH for £ 35 million It is not a particularly farm sale, but it would still be a record signature for Bayer Leverkusen. Is it more a “listening, fair play” than a “like the fucking?” – Unlike the sales of Jordon Ibe, Danny Ward and Dominic Solanke in past years.

With the agreement of Quicsah, here are the five most expensive sales of Arsenal, which are absolutely shameful by the champions of the Premier League.

1) Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (£ 35 million)
The slight warning with the EMSAH agreement is that it would correspond to the sale of the Arsenal club record rather than overcoming it, which technically still means that it would be their joint record.

Strangely, that bar was set by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who was sold in Liverpool for £ 35 million in 2017.

Still only 31, the former youth product of Southampton now plays under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in Besiktas in the Super Lig Turkish. Naturally.

The international left in England for 35 Capita Arsenal In search of a more natural role, having been pushed into wing duties during the 2016/17 tail. Airsene Wenger had gone to a back three and somehow discovered an elite back-back in Oxlade-Chamberlain, who played a huge role in the semifinal of the England Cup and in the last victories on Man City and Chelsea-Ma it was not there that he wanted to play.

He starred in A humiliating 4-0 defeat in Liverpool in Anfield The third day of the 2017/18 season, which was his last appearance of Arsenal before joining the Reds promptly for a record of £ 35 million.

While it is weakly embarrassing that this is still like the largest sale in Arsenal, it has not necessarily been bad. The ox was subject to injury and this remained the theme of his Anfield career. Even when in shape, it never seemed like a footballer of £ 35 million. But he was still a very appreciated figure in Liverpool.

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2) Alex Iwobi (£ 28m)
When Arsenal got £ 28 million (potentially rises to £ 34 million) from Everton for Iwobi, the fans were amazed … in a good sense. It was a rare moment of aware business From a club more often known for panic and the distribution of occasions.

There has never been any question about the technical ability of Iwobi, but the lack of conviction and final product often left the fans of Arsenal frustrated. So when the sale passed, it was celebrated as a rare teacher from the club transfer team.

But in a classic arsenal way, Iwobi continued to justify the tax. Things slowly started at Goodison Park, but in the end she developed in a very effective canned midfielder under Frank Lampard, before moving to Fulham for about 22 million pounds.

Returning to London, he did well, contributing to 15 goals in 38 games of the Premier League last season. So maybe it is not exactly the robbery that once seemed.

3) Emile Smith Rowe (£ 27 million)
Once again, Arsenal did quite well to get as much as they did for Smith Rowe. He was clearly unfortunate, often injured and in the last two years of his contract, yet the Gunners have still managed to stalls near £ 30 million.

This was one who pulled the strings of the heart. Arsenal fans loved Smith Rowe, and even his greatest supporters (including me) knew it was the right decision for all the subjects involved. Difficult to see him go, but he started with our blessing and best wishes.

Incidentally, most of the offers in this list are actually decent sales; It is remarkable as the Arsenal record sale remains. So many superstars have honored the Emirates, but when they were sold, they passed the best or the club was too desperate to collect.

Then you have players like Samir Nasri, who simply started in the wrong era. If it were around today, you would look at a transfer of £ 60 million.

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4) Folarin Balogun (£ 25.7 million)
Balogun has constantly impressed at the youth level for Arsenal but never managed to leave his mark on the first team. A 2022 loan to Middlesbrough did very little to increase his credentials, and was promptly sent to Stade Reims for the 2022/23 season.

As we all know, he thrived in France, scoring 21 goals in 37 Ligue 1 games.

With only two appearances in the Premier League to his name, but a stock quite high to take a club record commission, Balogun would have remained and compete with Gabriel Jesus and Eddie Nketiah-Quasi the most discouraging task-he would have gone for great money.

In the end, he left … for modest money. According to reports, Arsenal wanted about £ 40 million, but while Monaco pushed them up to £ 25.7 million. Some reports suggest that the tax could go up to £ 34 million, which still seems a little meh.

Then again, it was only a season of coherent goals, so you can understand the reluctance to go all in. However, the consolidated inability of Arsenal to sell well was on display.

5) Eddie Nketiah (£ 25m)
There are 5 million pounds in additional components related to the performance included in the Nkettiah move to Crystal Palace, so it could end as the second largest sale in Arsenal. As far as we know, it is already. The priority point is: this transfer belongs here.

There is a clear theme that crosses this list: local players. Four of the five arrived through the Hale End Academy and the odd one (Oxlade-Chamberlain) joined Southampton at 17.

Nketiah slowly started at the building And he played the second violin with Jean-Philippe Mateta for most of the 2024/25 season, but when he gave a race on the side, he gradually improved and did well in the last stages.

However, Arsenal did quite well here. Now it is up to Andrea Berta to show that he is better in this sale of Ed Gaspar’s sale. If Jarell Quicseh is worth 34 million pounds, he should tell any club to smell Jakub Kiwior to toss at least £ 50 million. The pole may not be worth so much for you, but clubs throughout Europe constantly use transfer commissions as reference parameters and Arsenal should do the same. There is no reason why they shouldn’t already.

We can’t wait to move from £ 8 million Oleksandr Zincchenko to AC Milan and the termination of the Reiss Nelson contract.

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