Even with
their reported wage demands, however, the Arsenal stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil are not out of our price range and as the boss suggested recently, it is not the money that will be the deciding factor in whether the pair will sign the new contracts on offer and commit their future to Arsenal.
Meanwhile, the 28 - year - old also had a message for club legend Thierry Henry, who insisted that Ozil and Sanchez were holding the club «hostage» over
their reported wage demands of over # 200,000 - a-week, as noted by ESPN FC.
Not exact matches
Mr Gove's intervention ties in with
reports that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is to
demand a
wage boost for NHS workers.
Reports in the Daily Mirror have confirmed that this latest development is likely to inspire further interest from both Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, who would be willing to meet the England international's growing
wage demands.
Liverpool's potential move for Manchester City's James Milner and the renewal of vice-captain Jordan Henderson's contract are in doubt over the pairs»
wage demands,
reports the Daily Express.
The
report adds that Raiola has already set up a tense relationship with the club over his
wage demands for Pogba and ideas on where he should be played in the side, and this latest claim is undoubtedly not going to go down well with the club.
The news comes on the heels of
reports that Bayern Munich had pulled out of the race for the forward due to his exorbitant
wage demands.
Metro is
reporting that the Gunners are not willing to meet the Chilean striker's
wage demands of around # 250,000 a week and have already started looking for a player to replace the star man.
At the same time we have a
report in The Guardian revealing that Alexis Sanchez has had to use an apparently huge offer to transfer to another club to sharpen the minds of the Arsenal board into accepting his own
wage demands of around # 250,000 a week.
Arsene Wenger did not come out and completely confirm the recent Arsenal transfer rumours about the big
wage demands of the club's two biggest names Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, with both the German and the Chilean currently in talks over new contracts with the club, but he did seem to suggest in an Evening Standard
report that they were likely to be getting more money and being the best paid Arsenal players if they do sign new deals.
We still have the German international to deal with, and there are claims that he may well agree to extend his stay in North London, but there is also
reports that claim we are unwilling to meet his
wage demands, putting the deal in jeopardy.
But while earlier
reports claimed that personal terms had been agreed, the latest news is that no agreement is in place, with reliable German outlet Bild also claiming that Bayern will not meet Sanchez's
wage demands.
Bild just
reported Arsenal offered Sanchez 300 - 330k / week, and Bayern has withdrawn their interest as they can not match Sanchez
wage demand.
Parlour has hinted in an Evening Standard
report that a decent enough pay increase could keep Alexis in north London and whatever the weekly
wage demanded by the striker and his agent, the ex Gunner thinks we should pay it, even if it means smashing the club's
wage structure and giving Sanchez around double the amount he is on right now.
The Daily Star claim the biggest obstacles to the deal are the finances involved; it is
reported Madrid would want a world record # 100 million, and the Portuguese international would
demand a weekly
wage of # 350,000 per week.
Also off topic I've just seen
reports that Mesut Ozil has no intention of leaving Arsenal, he's just bought a house in London and apparently has not
demanded the enormous
wage that Sky Sports
reported he has.
According to
reports, Hernandez can be bought for around # 13 million with his release clause, but the stumbling block is apparently his
wage demands, said to be approaching # 150,000 per week.
At the beginning of the month, the Mirror
reported that, despite having three years remaining on his current contract, the France international was offered a new deal — although his
wage demands saw negotiations over an extension break down.
Now, the
report claims the Hammers are ready to splash a record breaking $ 35m bid to land him, as well as meet his huge
wage demands.
The chance of working under Arsene Wenger is a key issue for Higuain and something he is very keen on doing, it seems it could now just be down to Arsenal matching Real Madrid's valuation and Higuain's
wage demands, which are
reported at # 150,000 a week.
(survey) SAMUEL ETO'O Current club: Barcelona Valued at: Â # 20m (his huge
wage demands would be more of an issue than his basic cost) Who wants him:
Reports have linked the Cameroonian to Milan, Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City, Inter and Man Utd.
Reports in France earlier this week had claimed the midfielder's
wage demands could scupper any move to Turin
The Daily Star
reported that Khedira has lowered his
wage demands in an effort to push through...
However, it is being
reported that the Reds» owners Fenway Sports Group are baulking at the # 65million asking price and the player's # 180,000 - a-week
wage demand.
On the media
reports of Sanchez inordinate illusion of # 400k / w
wage demand at Arsenal before he'll put pen to papers to extend his staying there beyond this summer, Le Prof did not say anything on that alleged Sanchez's huge
wage demand.
Today's Living
Wage Commission
report, spearheaded by Archbishop of York John Sentamu, comes with some depressingly lightweight
demands.
The large group of A-listers, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman and more, signed onto a letter sent to New York's Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo
demanding that he sign a bill to raise the minimum
wage for tipped restaurant workers, the New York Post
reported.
According to a recent Fitch Ratings
report, many of the country's top real estate markets are currently over-priced by double - digit percentages based on local economic fundamentals including population, real housing
demand and
wage growth.