Arsenal looking to buy Pepe Reina.
Seeing as it looks as though the manager has completely washed his hands of him for some reason, do we sell him to a direct rival?
If we're going to sell him to a direct rival then surely it has to be for more than £5M. He has two years left on his contract, not one, and by the time we've paid up our part of those two years, after all, Pepe won't have asked for a transfer, then we're at break even at best.
All the 'real' advantage in this proposed £5M deal feels like it's going to be Arsenal's.
Has Mignolet proven over the whole season to be £9M worth of improvement over Reina? Wouldn't it be better for Mignolet to have a Pepe Reina sized shadow cast over him keeping his mind focused more than a Brad Jones sized one would do.
Reina is only 31. He has a few years ahead yet. Surely it makes more sense to welcome Pepe back. Let the two of them fight it out to get the No 1 shirt (none of this squad numbers malarky for me, lad

) and then review it at the end of the season.
Mignolet wasn't massively impressive. Excellent in parts, a smattering of errors and some inconsistent performances. He shouldn't be the undisputed 'king of keepers' at Anfield.