Fair enough, that's that theory consigned to the circular file!
I've been browsing through some google results, and apparently, Arsenal have to pay Southampton Ā£10k every time he plays for more than 20 minutes.
No idea if it's true, but it might explain his sub appearances on 71 mins
Also lots of reports from last summer onwards saying he wanted a "bumper pay rise" as he's "only" on Ā£65k a week.
No idea what to make of this, but if it were up to me, we wouldn't be paying big money for him.
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