There were so many different opinions out there, and I have always encouraged them.
But the new season has rolled on, the transfer market has closed, and many things have become clearer now.
Matias Suarez, pre contract agreement with Arsenal was broken, because the player failed a medical, as he later on did with CSKA Moskow. All was revealed and told after transfer day deadline.
Last week Vertonghen also said that he was close to sign for Arsenal, but in the end the Gunners did not present him with the promised salary on his contract, and Spurs beat them to his signature.
Holtby, very much like Suarez, had niggling injuries, that prevented him from moving to Arsenal, but his case is different, as his pre contract still exists….
Most of the guys I said were leaving have gone, either on loan or permanently.
For the rest, there were a few transfers that we got wrong (particularly Gaitan to Manchester United, and Higuain to Juventus that did not happen), but our chain of journalists has come up with many good calls, that we managed to publish before anyone else even mentioned them.
We told you about Ibrahimovich, Lavezzi, Javi Garcia, Javi Martinez, Pogba, Carroll, Jordi Alba, Dybala, Roncaglia, Essien, Song, Hazzard, etc.
Those who followed us and understood the fact that we report what it’s going on, but in the end are not the ones who sign the players, will know, that even on the ones that did not come off, there was intense activity and negotiations taking place.
No, I did not know that Suarez was carrying an important enough injury to fail two medicals at two different clubs, but that explains why the transfer did not go through.
We are not infallible, but we work with reliable sources, we work hard to analyse all the info we get, and then we make the decision whether to publish it or not.