@Arsenal I would like to know how many EPL Left wingers are better than Trossard?
Martinelli should be the one going for €20M.
We don't even have the right prospects to replace him yet we are letting him go.
What wrong with this club, are you drunk?
🎙️Ian Wright on Arsenal accepting a deal with Besiktas for Leandro Trossard
🗣️ “Leandro has been a fantastic servant to Arsenal. He stepped up in big moments, never complained when he wasn’t starting every week, and gave everything for the badge.
Sometimes football is about timing, and this feels like the right time for both the club and the player to move on.
If the reported fee is around £17-20 million, I’d say Arsenal could probably have pushed for a little more because quality, experienced players like Trossard don’t come around often.
But with his contract situation and his age, it’s still sensible business. He leaves with his head held high and with the respect of every Arsenal supporter.”
This is the same mistake we made with Partey and Zubimendi, selling our best player in a position for a total stranger.
We barely escaped Zubi disaster class during the run-in. Now we are letting Trossard who is arguably our best forward go.
@Arsenal what are you doing?
Arsenal bought Leandro Trossard from Brighton in January 2023 for an initial £20 million, with add-ons taking the headline figure to £27 million. He signed a four and a half year deal running to the summer of 2027.
Three and a half years later, Besiktas have agreed €20 million, roughly £17 million, to take him off Arsenal's hands with one year left on that contract.
Let's talk about what this actually means for lay men and for a club financially, because the number looks underwhelming until you understand how football accounting works.
When a club signs a player, the transfer fee is not recorded as an immediate expense. It is spread evenly across the length of the contract, a process called amortization. I have written about this before.
Arsenal paid £20 million guaranteed and spread that over 4.5 years. By July 2026, approximately 3.5 years have elapsed, meaning roughly 78% of that cost has already been written off the books. The remaining book value sitting on Arsenal's balance sheet is somewhere around £4.4 to £6 million depending on which fee figure you use.
So when Besiktas pay £17 million for a player whose book value is roughly £5 million, Arsenal are booking a profit of somewhere between £11 and £12 million on a player entering the final year of his deal.
That is actually quite smart business. A 32 year old with one year left on his contract and a player who, whatever his contributions, was never going to be a first team starter.
Getting £17 million for him rather than watching him walk away for nothing next summer is exactly the kind of decision that keeps clubs on the right side of PSR.
I think Arsenal have done well. What do you think?
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