{"id":444379,"date":"2011-06-20T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/20\/arsenal-will-have-to-pay-at-least-12m-for-blackburn-rovers-christopher-samba-report\/"},"modified":"2011-06-20T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T13:41:00","slug":"arsenal-will-have-to-pay-at-least-12m-for-blackburn-rovers-christopher-samba-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/arsenal-will-have-to-pay-at-least-12m-for-blackburn-rovers-christopher-samba-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal will have to pay at least \u00a312m for Blackburn Rovers&#8217; Christopher Samba &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>20 Jun 2011 14:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.7277268943\">\n<div readability=\"12.6956521739\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Christopher Samba (getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/115400\/115417_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Christopher Samba (getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> will have to pay \u00a32 million more than they had prepared for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/108\/blackburn-rovers\">Blackburn Rovers&#8217;<\/a> centre-back <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/congo-brazzaville\/10714\/christopher-samba\">Christopher Samba<\/a> after it emerged 15 per cent of his transfer fee will go to his\u00a0former club <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/germany\/158\/hertha-bsc\">Hertha Berlin<\/a>, the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Gunners are interested in the Congolese defender and according to the paper they will have to pay at least \u00a312m to get their man.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It had been widely reported that the Londoners were trying to thrash out a \u00a310m deal with Blackburn but the Lancashire club are likely to want more as they will owe money to Samba&#8217;s former side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Blackburn are reluctant to sell their centre-half so soon after Phil Jones moved to Manchester United, but both Arsenal and Tottenham are keen on the 27-year-old, who recently confirmed that he would consider leaving Ewood Park this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/20\/2540060\/arsenal-will-have-to-pay-at-least-12m-for-blackburn-rovers\" title=\"Arsenal will have to pay at least \u00a312m for Blackburn Rovers' Christopher Samba - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal will have to pay at least \u00a312m for Blackburn Rovers&#8217; Christopher Samba &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 20 Jun 2011 14:41:00 Christopher Samba (getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . Arsenal will have to pay \u00a32 million more than they had prepared for Blackburn Rovers&#8217; centre-back Christopher Samba after it emerged 15 per cent of his transfer fee will go to his\u00a0former club Hertha Berlin , the Daily Mail report. The Gunners are interested in the Congolese defender and according to the paper they will have to pay at least \u00a312m to get their man. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal will have to pay at least \u00a312m for Blackburn Rovers&#039; Christopher Samba - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/20\/arsenal-will-have-to-pay-at-least-12m-for-blackburn-rovers-christopher-samba-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal will have to pay at least \u00a312m for Blackburn Rovers&#039; Christopher Samba - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"20 Jun 2011 14:41:00 Christopher Samba (getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here . 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