Ollie Watkins

[john e]

If this bid had come in at the beginning of the window it might have been a bit different But There’s no way it’s happening now with a couple of days to go

[TonyD]

When does the transfer window close?

[SamTheMouse]

If this bid had come in at the beginning of the window it might have been a bit different But There’s no way it’s happening now with a couple of days to go

I think he'll go in the summer.

[aj2k77]

When does the transfer window close?

All war chests close, bidding wars cease, prepared bids unravel and sources go silent when the window slams shut on the 3rd of February.

[Steve67]

Is it at 11pm on the 3rd?

[RamboandBruno]

With Arsenal’s bid before the game on Wednesday and it pissing us all off, and then Ollie’s subsequent typical Ollie performance, assist, missed chances and a goal along with a full 90 minutes of him giving it everything it was reassuring that after his goal celebration he slapped the badge on his shirt. I know they all do it but with Ollie I get the feeling he genuinely means it. It was very fitting that we sang his name as we did.

Good shout Bren. Also was really pleased the holte sang his name for a good period after the penalty miss.
Even with Durans unbelievable ability and the chance that he is genuinely going to be world class (not now he’s semi retiring), Ive always thought we are a much better functioning team with Ollie in it. We don’t press the same way when Duran plays and to quote newly unemployed Stevie G, we are always looking for a bit of magic from him.
Ollie never scores that goal against Bayern, but Duran doesn’t get the chance unless Ollie hadn’t ran them a new one first for 60 odd minutes. 
We’ll miss him when’s gone, which really would be madness if it was in the next few days.

[Chip Butty 111]

For Watkins to go 3 things need to align.
1. Arsenal need to go to £70M
2.  Ollie wants to go
3.  We have 2 strikers ready to come in before the window shuts
It's not likely tbh..

[Drummond]

He's not leaving, unless stupid money is offered. As Emery said, every player has a price.

His price before Wednesday may have been £70m+ (who truly knows), but with the Duran deal now in play it will have gone up, by at least £10m. Add to that, Watkins is happy at Villa, on good money, in good form and loved, he's hardly likely to push for a move.

He's not the piece to finish the jigsaw for Arsenal winning the league this season, Liverpool have that sewn up, so he's only going to be a player for them. Champions League chance perhaps, but he has that with us.

We sang his name when he missed a penalty, he wouldn't get that at Arsenal, no way.

And really, unless we had one of the world's very best lined up, why would we consider selling a player who could go on to be our most successful in a long, long time.

[lovejoy]

No 3. is the unlikely bit. I'd be open to this is Duran hadn't left and could demonstrate he wasn't Balotelli #2.

Also Watkins doesn't strike me as  the "throwing a strop" type.

[Sexual Ealing]

We sang his name when he missed a penalty, he wouldn't get that at Arsenal, no way.

And that sums up them, him and us.

[martin o`who??]

I was trawling a few websites yesterday - mostly legal ones - and i was quite surprised at the mixed reaction to their supposed interest in him.

[brontebilly]

Clubs don't tend to make bids, doug Ellis aside, without some encouragement from the player/agent. Very late in the window from Arsenal though, we simply can't let Watkins go.

If they made the bid at the start of January, we might have been happy enough to keep Duran and let Watkins go.

[Sexual Ealing]

I was trawling a few websites yesterday - mostly legal ones - and i was quite surprised at the mixed reaction to their supposed interest in him.

Some of them will have seen our games.

[TonyD]

But does he want to go to Arsenal?
If he does.  Let him go and take the money. 
Bring Barry back from loan😄

[lovejoy]

He's a boyhood Arsenal fan isn't he. I'm not sure how much that means these days.