Posted on Wednesday, 19th December 2012 by Tony Merakli
If you believe what the Daily Mail reports then Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will demand to become Arsenal’s highest-paid player if he decides to join them next month.
Huntelaar has been heavily tipped to make the move to The Emirates, with former Holland international turned TV Pundit Erik Meijer, whose agent Arnold Oosterveer represents the 29-year-old, claiming The Gunners are favourites to land him in the winter transfer window.
However, the prolific striker will want a basic minimum wage starting at £100,000-a-week.
Given his age, his representatives and the player himself know this will be his final big contract of his career. And with every agent, they will try to negotiate the best deal for their client as well as to line their own pockets in the same time.
I think Arsenal’s current top earners are Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla, who, I’m guessing, both pocket around £90,000-a-week, and with Arsene Wenger seemingly unwilling to give Theo Walcott the same amount that Huntelaar wants, it is hard to envisage why he’d offer it to the experienced Dutch forward this January.
If the Frenchman does offer £100,000k-a-week to Huntelaar, then it would be seen nothing more than a slap in the face to Walcott.
Guess we’ll have to wait and see what occurs as time progresses.
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Tags: Arsene Wenger, Erik Meijer, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Lukas Podolski, Santi Cazorla, Theo Walcott
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December 19th, 2012 at 6:57 pm
In other news, German newspaper Der Western reports that Huntelaar is going to sign a new contract at Schalke. According to the Dutch press he evades any questions about his future (19 Dec).
I guess we’ll have to wait and suffer games his Agent is playing.
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December 19th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
I think demba ba would be a beta option. Then we also go 4 eriksen and biglia.
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December 19th, 2012 at 7:18 pm
EPL players are better. If he wants 100k/wk then he should finish his career in Germany.. Why run?
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December 19th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
But he is a proven striker like RVP.
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December 19th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Hell with Huntelar,,,we got Theo and do not need him.Give Theo that money, Huntelar cannot stretch the defense and is essentially a poacher. We can do without him
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