Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Cripps_orig]

Full story here:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfer-news-gonzalo-higuain-1999006?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

:pray:
He's been close to a move for weeks

[fakeyank]

He is 2% away from joining us

[Niall_Quinn]

Full story here:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfer-news-gonzalo-higuain-1999006?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

:pray:

Brilliant journalism again. If we sign Higuain it will show we are in the market for big players and we want to be competitive next season. Really good analysis. Previously I thought we were trying to sign him in a bid to get relegated. Looks like I was wrong, Cross' take makes more sense. Clever bloke.

[Injury Time]

:blah: bored now.... How long is the longest were are, were not signing player "x"? zzzzzzZ

[LDG]

:blah: bored now.... How long is the longest were are, were not signing player "x"? zzzzzzZ

Nasri thread was fuckin huge!

[Niall_Quinn]

Higuain will sign any day between now and when the window slams shut - or else he won't. And that concludes my audition to be a big time sports journalist.

[Munchies]

Anyone remember Miguel Angulo from Valencia ? Chased him all summer, finally were set to sign him, he changed his mind :lol:

[Cripps_orig]

Anyone remember Miguel Angulo from Valencia ? Chased him all summer, finally were set to sign him, he changed his mind :lol:

He was a bit shit as well

[Munchies]

He was a bit shit as well

Yep, we weren't that bad then either back then, just went unbeaten iirc :coffee:

[Cripps_orig]

Yep, we weren't that bad then either back then, just went unbeaten iirc :coffee:

Can't believe this time 10 years ago we were in the midst of our 49 game run.

And now we are delighted with finishing 4th.

[Master Splinter]

Remember when we were after a Brazilian known as 'The Beast' to replace Vieira? What happened to him?

[Cripps_orig]

We got him on loan, scored 10 goals playing as our 4th choice striker impressing most of us but Wenger decided to keep Bendtner instead

Sackable offence if there ever was one

[Ralpheroo72]

:tumbleweed:

Sums up our transfer dealings. We can afford anyone, but there isnt any quality anywhere.

[Marc Overmars]

Trabelsi is our biggest transfer legend though.

What a man.

He even made our squad on Pro Evo 5.

[Munchies]

Trabelsi is our biggest transfer legend though.

What a man.

He even made our squad on Pro Evo 5.

They called Lauren as Etame aswell at first, I was like who the fuck is Etame :haha:

[Munchies]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3xM_4zuXws

:haha: on the signings, 2:20

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Arsenal will receive £700k loan fee from Hamburg for Johan Djourou. Hamburg can pay extra £1.7m to make it permanent move next summer (Bild)

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal's hopes of signing Swansea City defender Ashley Williams, 28, are fading as the Welsh club are refusing to lower their £10m asking price.
Full story: The Times (subscription required)


Good news.

Go after Sakho from PSG. Apparently Liverpool are after him. He's quality. Swap with Kos

[Lord Nelson]

Good news.

Go after Sakho from PSG. Apparently Liverpool are after him. He's quality. Swap with Kos

And the bad news?

http://gossip.ladyarse.com/arsenal/2013/06/28/mediaset-ancelotti-wants-to-keep-higuain/

[Ollie the Optimist]

And the bad news?

http://gossip.ladyarse.com/arsenal/2013/06/28/mediaset-ancelotti-wants-to-keep-higuain/


It's coming from Italy that report. They are bitter that an Italian side lost out to an English side. It's most likely bullshit.

[Letters]

All the article says is the manager wants to keep the player.
:shrug:
He probably does. Means nothing if the player wants to leave.

[Ollie the Optimist]

All the article says is the manager wants to keep the player.
:shrug:
He probably does. Means nothing if the player wants to leave.

The same gossip site now has a story saying lots of European outlets are saying the deal is close to being announced. Proves no one knows a thing

[Özim]

All the article says is the manager wants to keep the player.
:shrug:
He probably does. Means nothing if the player wants to leave.
New manager comes in, speaks to player, convinces him he's got a big part to play...doubt the player will be so keen to leave (has he even said he wants to leave?).

Beginning to sound like one of our typical phantom signings.

[Ollie the Optimist]

New manager comes in, speaks to player, convinces him he's got a big part to play...doubt the player will be so keen to leave (has he even said he wants to leave?).

Beginning to sound like one of our typical phantom signings.

Yes he has. Before season ended, he confirmed he wanted to leave

[Özim]

Yes he has. Before season ended, he confirmed he wanted to leave
That was under Mourinho where perhaps he didn't play as much as he wanted, they now have a new manager with new plans who's apparently keen to keep him meaning he'll most likely give him plenty of game time.

He's at one of the world's biggest clubs after all, so if he's getting games he probably won't be too keen to leave.

[Letters]

New manager comes in, speaks to player, convinces him he's got a big part to play...doubt the player will be so keen to leave (has he even said he wants to leave?).

Beginning to sound like one of our typical phantom signings.
Well that's possible and yes, we've been here so many times before that scepticism is understandable.
I'm certainly not getting his name tattooed on my backside 'till the Arsenal press conference.

[Ollie the Optimist]

That was under Mourinho where perhaps he didn't play as much as he wanted, they now have a new manager with new plans who's apparently keen to keep him meaning he'll most likely give him plenty of game time.

He's at one of the world's biggest clubs after all, so if he's getting games he probably won't be too keen to leave.


The only reports that ancellotti wants to keep him are coming from Italy. I wouldn't listen to those at all. His agent is a saying he is close, other papers saying ancellotti is happy to sign the deal off.

[Kano]

look, the club president, who has always run the show at madrid supposedly arranges a transfer fee and allows the player to sort personal terms.

then we are supposed to believe ancelotti, who is used to be being subservient to club owners, comes in and stops it all because he doesn't want it to happen.

the truth is this is now just a built in method for the media to continue to drag out a story that may not even exist.

agents talk shit for their benefit, or to create something out of nothing. like the media.

[Niall_Quinn]

agents talk shit for their benefit, or to create something out of nothing. like the media.

Yep, this will probably have little to do with the clubs and the player any more, it'll be about greedy maggots who want as big a skim as possible. I guess lots of deals get delayed while the vermin agents try and lure the likes of city or the chavs. Doubtful the media has any real inside track on what's happening, they just get used by the leeches - and are pleased to get used because it means they can waste even more ink and pretend to call it news.

Horrible sport (apart from the football bit which is secondary anyway), horrible people. We'll just have to wait until all their palms have been greased. Then the fans will get the real story.

[Xhaka Can’t]

I just want to put it out there that I really couldn't give a fuck.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Itching to adorn the Higuain shirt - will be my 1st purchase for some time.

Come on Arsenal, sort it out already.

[Injury Time]

http://www.arsenal.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=535819#13724287913061&86305::resize_frame|102-130


Mannone will have a medical on Friday afternoon before completing on a move to Sunderland.

Mannone joined Arsenal from Atalanata in 2005 and has since had loan spells at Barnsley and twice at Hull City. He has 12 months left on his Arsenal contract.
:wave:

So one out....yeah I know nobody in, we're little bit recession period :rolleyes: ;)

[Niall_Quinn]

So far the club is quids-in this window then? Which is okay considering plenty of dross has to be shifted. But let's hope they aren't using the Higuain saga to drag everyone to the window close and then claim they tried their best but (for reasons beyond their control) couldn't prevent a fat profit being made again.

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.arsenal.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=535819#13724287913061&86305::resize_frame|102-130


:wave:

So one out....yeah I know nobody in, we're little bit recession period :rolleyes: ;)

More than one out isn't it? Could somebody please confirm Bendtner has gone? This is our biggest deal of the window, we better not fuck it up. Arshavin has gone too, so that's £80K pw off the books. Dennis "best in the World" Bendtner is £52K pw (LOL), around £7mill. Do these guys get paid for 52 weeks or just during the season? Is the "pw" thing their annual deal spread over 52 weeks (I presume they get paid monthly?)

[Özim]

More than one out isn't it? Could somebody please confirm Bendtner has gone? This is our biggest deal of the window, we better not fuck it up. Arshavin has gone too, so that's £80K pw off the books. Dennis "best in the World" Bendtner is £52K pw (LOL), around £7mill. Do these guys get paid for 52 weeks or just during the season? Is the "pw" thing their annual deal spread over 52 weeks (I presume they get paid monthly?)
Denilson is gone too as well as Squillaci and Eastmond (a guy who people rated highly on here for some reason)

[Niall_Quinn]

Denilson is gone too as well as Squillaci and Eastmond (a guy who people rated highly on here for some reason)

Denilson must have been £30Kpw at least, Squid was 50Kpw (LOOOOOOOL - WTF?), so that's another 4mill, probably more.

[Kano]

footballers get an annual salary, paid monthly but its the media who split into 52 weeks incase we can't grasp the idea of monthly totals.

or more likely because they want the highest figure for the shortest amount of time to 'shock' us into outrage.

[Maestro]

Chamakh, Park, Gay Lion, Gervhino & Park out next please ...another £300k p/w off the books, easy.

If this happens, then it will definitely be one of our best transfer windows in recent memory.

Stan ain't thick, he just has a thick porn moustache is all. He put his foot down and was never going to pay for redundant resources with no return on investment. Wenget's transfer mistakes, plenty of late tbh, were now costing money and none of these were contributing to the team. They were essentially being paid to sit on the bench, reserves, go on loan or in Park's case unknown ...last seen on the border, trying to flog fake arsenal shirts to starving North Koreans

I'll be very happy with this window if all these outs are completed, we've been paying a whole team to do nothing. We missed a trick here, half of GW could have played for Arsenal based on Wenget's recent transfer policy.

[Letters]

footballers get an annual salary, paid monthly but its the media who split into 52 weeks incase we can't grasp the idea of monthly totals.

or more likely because they want the highest figure for the shortest amount of time to 'shock' us into outrage.
It's probably because the monthly or annual totals would waste too much ink.

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Would Honda be worth a punt? He's available on a free.

[Kano]

Would Honda be worth a punt? He's available on a free.
he might give our season a kickstart.

[Globalgunner]

Would Honda be worth a punt? He's available on a free.
He could give our midfield some much needed drive

[GP]

car pun

[Xhaka Can’t]

He wouldn't exhaust our war chest.

[Niall_Quinn]

Doubt he'd be a legend, more a prelude to a bigger signing.

[Lord Nelson]

Doubt he'd be a legend, more a prelude to a bigger signing.
Shut up now......

[Injury Time]

http://www.arsenal.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=535819#13724287913061&86305::resize_frame|102-130


:wave:

So one out....yeah I know nobody in, we're little bit recession period :rolleyes: ;)


More than one out isn't it? Could somebody please confirm Bendtner has gone? This is our biggest deal of the window, we better not fuck it up. Arshavin has gone too, so that's £80K pw off the books. Dennis "best in the World" Bendtner is £52K pw (LOL), around £7mill. Do these guys get paid for 52 weeks or just during the season? Is the "pw" thing their annual deal spread over 52 weeks (I presume they get paid monthly?)
I meant one keeper out...

[Injury Time]

Chamakh, Park, Gay Lion, Gervhino & Park out next please ...another £300k p/w off the books, easy.

If this happens, then it will definitely be one of our best transfer windows in recent memory.

Stan ain't thick, he just has a thick porn moustache is all. He put his foot down and was never going to pay for redundant resources with no return on investment. Wenget's transfer mistakes, plenty of late tbh, were now costing money and none of these were contributing to the team. They were essentially being paid to sit on the bench, reserves, go on loan or in Park's case unknown ...last seen on the border, trying to flog fake arsenal shirts to starving North Koreans

I'll be very happy with this window if all these outs are completed, we've been paying a whole team to do nothing. We missed a trick here, half of GW could have played for Arsenal based on Wenget's recent transfer policy.
No wonder Park is expensive he's being paid twice;)

Gaylion is being loaned out for £700k, with view to buy @£1.2m next year ( so guess that's a discount on his wages?)

[Cripps_orig]

Roma after Julio Cesar.

[Cripps_orig]

And the bad news?

http://gossip.ladyarse.com/arsenal/2013/06/28/mediaset-ancelotti-wants-to-keep-higuain/

:lol:

At least we got Sanogo.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2351197/Arsenal-sign-Julio-Cesar-Marouane-Fellaini-Ashley-Williams.html

Cesar is a Must Get.

So is Fellaini.

Williams - meh.

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2351197/Arsenal-sign-Julio-Cesar-Marouane-Fellaini-Ashley-Williams.html

Cesar is a Must Get.

So is Fellaini.

Williams - meh.
Just pay the money for Fellaini ffs.

Hes brilliant and worth it.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Just pay the money for Fellaini ffs.

Hes brilliant and worth it.

Remember which club you're referring to here.

#hagglers

[GP]

Every club haggles.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

True.

But.....

[GP]

But you like to moan a lot?

Fair enough.

[Cripps_orig]

Remember which club you're referring to here.

#hagglers
Any chance Martinez can do a Wenger and go to his board and ask to lower the asking price for the god of the player?

Unfortunately Martinez is made of sterner stuff

[Cripps_orig]

Barcelona attacker Gerard Deulofeu, 19, is a loan target for a number of English clubs which include Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool and Everton. Brighton's new manager Oscar Garcia is also keen, though Arsenal are regarded as favourites.
Full story: Mundodeportivo


No thanks

[Özil's Panoramic View]

But you like to moan a lot?


Also true.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Any chance Martinez can do a Wenger and go to his board and ask to lower the asking price for the god of the player?

Unfortunately Martinez is made of sterner stuff

Tbf, that was a bit of a just move by Wenger.

The whingeing **** wanted out and I think Wenger must have been fed up with his incessant sulking and injury feigning.

[Niall_Quinn]

Just pay the money for Fellaini ffs.

Hes brilliant and worth it.

£100K a week? £150K within a year of signing on no doubt. He's a decent player, nothing more. Certainly not world class but a decent PL slugger. Plenty more where he came from. Don't pay him, find someone else.

[Xhaka Can’t]

£100K a week? £150K within a year of signing on no doubt. He's a decent player, nothing more. Certainly not world class but a decent PL slugger. Plenty more where he came from. Don't pay him, find someone else.

Fuck off froggy! :angry:

[Niall_Quinn]

Fuck off froggy! :angry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Sergent (if you really want top, top quality)

[Kano]

£100K a week? £150K within a year of signing on no doubt. He's a decent player, nothing more. Certainly not world class but a decent PL slugger. Plenty more where he came from. Don't pay him, find someone else.

100k, 150k - what's the difference? let's be honest. if you pay for sky or to go through the gates of your club you are being ripped off anyway. why does it matter to us what they are getting paid? 50k (2-3m) is obscene, so why not double it, triple it all the way.

bendtner/arshavin/whatever **** is off the wage list. why does that matter? where's the difference? it makes us feel better or justifies paying some other **** their old money. yet the tribal in us still yells at the pitch/tv as all of that means nothing in a 'justified' 90 minuted of hypocritical escapism.

we'll win something or we won't but at the end of the weekend, when the alarm rings for most fuckers on a monday morning it's back to the grind, whilst this lot can drift about some turf for a few hours and call it work.

[Niall_Quinn]

100k, 150k - what's the difference? let's be honest. if you pay for sky or to go through the gates of your club you are being ripped off anyway. why does it matter to us what they are getting paid? 50k (2-3m) is obscene, so why not double it, triple it all the way.

bendtner/arshavin/whatever **** is off the wage list. why does that matter? where's the difference? it makes us feel better or justifies paying some other **** their old money. yet the tribal in us still yells at the pitch/tv as all of that means nothing in a 'justified' 90 minuted of hypocritical escapism.

we'll win something or we won't but at the end of the weekend, when the alarm rings for most fuckers on a monday morning it's back to the grind, whilst this lot can drift about some turf for a few hours and call it work.

All true. But even in our little rat runs, nobody likes a greedy fucker. And you might say get as much of it while you can. Nothing can be different while that's the attitude though. It has to start and end somewhere, won't be with these fucking footballers, it will have to be with us the plebs. So the only real power we have is not to subscribe to Sky, I hope enough make the choice and these fuckers go hungry. I could tolerate them when they were providing entertainment. Like everything in life, the less you get the more it costs. Football is just a symptom of a wider problem, like when Labour became the Tories. Football reflects what the world has become. Football wages might be a fantasy but let's choose some point somewhere to hold the line so total ****s like Rooney don't end up robbing us for a million a week. A nothing footballer like Fellani (good because he's not as bad as most of the rest) is worth what? Fuck all. Offer him a fiver (in arrears) and at least retain some dignity while he turns us down.

[Letters]

Every club haggles.

Well, not City or Chelsea. They don't need to. That's what makes it so hard to compete.
Also, at times it's sounded like (and I appreciate some of this is probably press talk/bullshit) that we've failed to get a player for the sake of a million or two which, given the sums we're talking about, seems a bit stupid. But none of us really know what goes on behind the scenes.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Ancelotti approves sale of Gonzalo Higuain to Arsenal to fund Bale transfer

http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/63862/ancelotti-approves-sale-of-gonzalo-higuain-to-arsenal-to-fund-bale-transfer111/

Seems the roadblock has been cleared for Higgy to finally come home.

On another note, I can't help bursting into hysterical laughter everytime I see the figures attached to Bale. :haha:

Football. :rose:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

http://www.eyefootball.com/news/14020/Arsenals-move-for-Higuain-in-some-doubt.html

JFC no!

This can't be true, not after what our CEO recently trumpeted.

[Ollie the Optimist]

http://www.eyefootball.com/news/14020/Arsenals-move-for-Higuain-in-some-doubt.html

JFC no!

This can't be true, not after what our CEO recently trumpeted.


No quotes, from a website no one has heard and literally every other media outlet in Europe is saying he has agreed terms. I'd ignore this one

[Özil's Panoramic View]

No quotes, from a website no one has heard and literally every other media outlet in Europe is saying he has agreed terms. I'd ignore this one

We really should.

[Niall_Quinn]

http://www.eyefootball.com/news/14020/Arsenals-move-for-Higuain-in-some-doubt.html

JFC no!

This can't be true, not after what our CEO recently trumpeted.

Attention seeking to grab traffic, whatever you do don't click the link or it gives them what they want.

[Ollie the Optimist]

seeing rumours about mertesacker giving up his number 4 for next season. only one player he would give that up for




viera is coming out of retirement

[Cripps_orig]

seeing rumours about mertesacker giving up his number 4 for next season. only one player he would give that up for




viera is coming out of retirement

He was a decent keeper at Villarreal. Don't think he's retired though. He's only early 30s I think

[Munchies]

He was a decent keeper at Villarreal. Don't think he's retired though. He's only early 30s I think

Didn't he fail his medical ? :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

seeing rumours about mertesacker giving up his number 4 for next season. only one player he would give that up for




viera is coming out of retirement

Cesc is coming home tbf.

[Ollie the Optimist]

i saw an interesting theory today about why we haven't announced any deals or are taking our time. if you were united, and you saw that we had signed, higuain, fellani etc you would see us as a threat so therefore either charge sky high prices for rooney or just dont sell him as they wouldnt want to strengthen us further so we havnt announced any deals because we want to secure rooney first.

its an interesting theory, i think there could be something to it, if i was united wouldnt sell a rival another striker and strenghten them if they had already bought a world class one, so maybe the club is just wanting to do a mass announcement.

[Globalgunner]

Yes that would be Wenger the famous poker player at his insouiciant best again. Never let the opposition know how you're gonna come 4th again.

[Injury Time]

i saw an interesting theory today about why we haven't announced any deals or are taking our time. if you were united, and you saw that we had signed, higuain, fellani etc you would see us as a threat so therefore either charge sky high prices for rooney or just dont sell him as they wouldnt want to strengthen us further so we havnt announced any deals because we want to secure rooney first.

its an interesting theory, i think there could be something to it, if i was united wouldnt sell a rival another striker and strenghten them if they had already bought a world class one, so maybe the club is just wanting to do a mass announcement.
Of course you would make sure everyone knows you are poor first, and struggle to that extra bag of crisps to seal the deal...oh right :ilt:

[Niall_Quinn]

I suppose it's possible (as in not completely impossible) we are playing it smart in a bid to line up three £20mill plus players in a single transfer window. Or there's the alternative possibility (as in not necessarily a 100% certainty) the club is trying to nickel and dime it's way to a single, significant signing but only if they can secure the player for an unreasonably low fee and unrealistically low wages. Going back through the evidence of the last decade I'd say yes, Higuain, Fellaini and Rooney are on the way.

[fakeyank]

i saw an interesting theory today about why we haven't announced any deals or are taking our time. if you were united, and you saw that we had signed, higuain, fellani etc you would see us as a threat so therefore either charge sky high prices for rooney or just dont sell him as they wouldnt want to strengthen us further so we havnt announced any deals because we want to secure rooney first.

its an interesting theory, i think there could be something to it, if i was united wouldnt sell a rival another striker and strenghten them if they had already bought a world class one, so maybe the club is just wanting to do a mass announcement.

:haha:

Ollie :cloud9:

Your Wenget tinted goggles are so cute! :hug:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

:lol:

[LDG]

Wenger smokescreens :bow:

[Lord Nelson]

I suppose it's possible (as in not completely impossible) we are playing it smart in a bid to line up three £20mill plus players in a single transfer window. Or there's the alternative possibility (as in not necessarily a 100% certainty) the club is trying to nickel and dime it's way to a single, significant signing but only if they can secure the player for an unreasonably low fee and unrealistically low wages. Going back through the evidence of the last decade I'd say yes, Higuain, Fellaini and Rooney are on the way.
Have you been on the Cider???

[Xhaka Can’t]

Us not signing anyone could be a blessing in disguise.

[milla]

Us not signing anyone could be a blessing in disguise.

We better off looking for internal solution IMO. Bendtner, Park, Ramsey & co are raring to play next summer. :coffee:

[Niall_Quinn]

Us not signing anyone could be a blessing in disguise.

An impenetrable disguise.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal have made a £20m offer for Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, 27, which will spark a rival bid from Chelsea.
Full story: Sunday Mirror

But 29-year-old Chelsea striker Fernando Torres could partner Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain, 25, in a new-look Arsenal frontline if manager Arsene Wenger gets his way.
Full story: Sunday People


:lol:

[hobson's choice]

:lol:

:haha::haha:

[JonasTC]

You know media have hit absolut rock bottom, when they start making rumours about Torres to Arsenal :D :D

[north bank nutter]

I thought 130 pages of gossip about ZERO transfers was bad over at the online gooner, and yet you lot have surpassed yourselves!

Surely the chat should be about how wenger NEARLY signed higuain, when chelski meet his salary demands and transfer fee.

#pointlessthread

[Master Splinter]

Have we been heavily linked with Biglia yet?

What about Sebastien Frey?

[Xhaka Can’t]

More chance of Glenn Frey tbh.

[GP]

Fray Bentos.

[Globalgunner]

I`ll be having a piece of that.

[Injury Time]

Fray Bentos.
Quote from the 7pm Press Conference:
"ah yes ze little bit decision to sign him was, how you say 'easy as pie', but obviously zis killed Arshavin"

[Munchies]

We were linked to one of these guys:

Spurs complete the signings of Alen Halilovic and Tin Jedvag from Dinamo for €20M

[Japan Shaking All Over]

We were linked to one of these guys:

Spurs complete the signings of Alen Halilovic and Tin Jedvag from Dinamo for €20M

It wouldn't a first for those ***** to use our scouting network.....truth is and if true they are welcome to him.....think we have a few bigger names to hear about first before being forcefully appeased with more of Wumger's 'WHO da Fu#k?' transfer dealing

[Ollie the Optimist]

We were linked to one of these guys:

Spurs complete the signings of Alen Halilovic and Tin Jedvag from Dinamo for €20M


I've also just read that they are costing 20 million and both players won't join spurs until they turn 18. Which for one is jan, and the other is next season I believe.



Money well spent really :coffee:

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal fear being hijacked by richer rivals in their bid to sign Wayne Rooney, 27, from Manchester United and 25-year-old Gonzalo Higuain from Real Madrid.
Full story: Daily Star


Get it sorted quickly then.

[selassie]

Classic Arsenal, takes us absolutely months to complete any transfer deals. I see Arsene has reverted to "type" and is baulking at paying the market rate for certain players too.

This is turning into a "typical" Arsenal transfer window.

[Marc Overmars]

Transfer window officially open from today.

Come on Wenget.

[LDG]

Now we must observe the waiting period.

[Marc Overmars]

Swansea in talks with Lyon for Gomis.

I remember him.

[selassie]

Swansea in talks with Lyon for Gomis.

I remember him.

Didn't they sign that Wilfried Bony guy too? They aren't messing about this season, seem to be spending a fair bit.

[Munchies]

Everyone is spending apart from us, Southampton are paying £13m for Wanyama, and have bid £15m for Naingolann.

Cardiff are being linked with Cardozo for £15m and spent £8m on Ince :haha:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Cardiff are going for Ince?

Oh thank the Lord!

[Munchies]

Cardiff are going for Ince?

Oh thank the Lord!

Yup, £8m bid accepted :haha:

[Cripps_orig]

Didn't Ince do better than Zaha last season?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Shit being better than shit or however you say it...

[Niall_Quinn]

Our non-serious bids for Higuain and Rooney are about to be trumped by serious bids? Shocking news.

[Cripps_orig]

QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar has opened the door to a potential move to Arsenal by admitting he is keen to stay in London.

The Brazil international's future looks set to be resolved in the next few weeks following the end of the Confederations Cup.

Cesar is wanted back in Italy with Roma keen to sign the experienced stopper, but last month Goal revealed Arsenal had opened formal talks with QPR over a €1.2 million deal for the 33-year-old.

And speaking after their 3-0 Confederations Cup final victory over Spain, Cesar told reporters: "Now I have to do things right at my club so I can be considered for the World Cup.

"Did my son say he wants to stay in London? Yes, me too. I love the city and I’m enjoying living there."

QPR manager Harry Redknapp is expecting to lose his first-choice goalkeeper and has already admitted that Cesar's future lies away from Loftus Road.

Cesar was awarded the Golden Glove following Brazil's Confederations Cup triumph, conceding just three goals and making several impressive saves to deny the Spaniards in the final.

"I’m very happy for winning the Golden Glove," he added. "It’s a great award and it’s going to my collection."

He won't be coming

[PGFC]

Or going on a Bender either...


Bayer Leverkusen turn down a £19.7m offer from Arsenal for German international Lars Bender, 24, says the German Express newspaper.

[Lord Nelson]

Or going on a Bender either...

Am I paranoid? OR do we always go for players that are not for sale or ones that are going to turn us down for a better offer?

I got a bad feeling about all of this! :(

[selassie]

Our non-serious bids for Higuain and Rooney are about to be trumped by serious bids? Shocking news.

Yes, we try for the player but ze price is too high!

[PGFC]

Am I paranoid? OR do we always go for players that are not for sale or ones that are going to turn us down for a better offer?

I got a bad feeling about all of this! :(

I think you have every right to be paranoid.










BEHIND YOU!!

[Özim]

Am I paranoid? OR do we always go for players that are not for sale or ones that are going to turn us down for a better offer?

I got a bad feeling about all of this! :(
That way it looks like we're trying to sign players to the fans, the reality is we know we have no chance and thus won't have to spend a penny!

[Ralpheroo72]

We ain't signing anyone of note. Gone are the days when Dein went and got shit done. We ( gazidis) make the right noises, but sign fuck all. I thought we may have had done our business, and were waiting for July 1 to announce it. Usual bullshit prevails, and another year watching others win trophies beckons.

[Cripps_orig]

We aren't signing anyone til after the CL plays offs are decided.

By then we'll be out of the title race

Thanks Wenger.

[Letters]

We aren't signing anyone til after the CL plays offs are decided.

By then we'll be out of the title race

Thanks Wenger.
Yes. That definitely isn't WUMming.

[Cripps_orig]

You can't win the title in August.

You can lose it.

[Letters]

No you can't.

The 2nd leg of the qualifier is after 2 games. We only have 3 league games in August. Stop being silly

Although, of course we need to make our signings before that. We've never not qualified from the qualifiers anyway, that shouldn't be a factor.

[Cripps_orig]

No you can't.

The 2nd leg of the qualifier is after 2 games. We only have 3 league games in August. Stop being silly

Although, of course we need to make our signings before that. We've never not qualified from the qualifiers anyway, that shouldn't be a factor.

It was 2 years ago which was the last time we were in the qualifiers and of course that was when we lost to Liverpool at home playing extremely shit and that defeat at Old Trafford.

Another time we were out of the title race in August.

Mathematically no, of course not but realistically yes

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.goal.com/en/news/article?contentId=4086650

[Munchies]

http://www.goal.com/en/news/article?contentId=4086650

I'd rather not, let them have them :lol:

Arsenal's Jack Wilshere keen on Man Utd striker Wayne Rooney
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/8801171/Transfer-news-Arsenal-s-Jack-Wilshere-keen-on-Man-Utd-striker-Wayne-Rooney

The price for Rooney can't be near £20m can it ? United got him ahead of his best years for £24m, should be ~£10m now

[Cripps_orig]

He's what, 27?

He'll be £20m+

[Marc Overmars]

Swansea have now joined the race for Tom Ince. :lol:

[Ollie the Optimist]

He's what, 27?

He'll be £20m+


Depends if they owe us money and how much for buying judas.

Could cost 20+ but in real cash only cost 10 etc

[Munchies]

Nicklas Bendtner is set to complete a move from Arsenal to Eintracht Frankfurt this week, the fee is believed to be £4.5m.

:wave:

[fakeyank]

Nicklas Bendtner is set to complete a move from Arsenal to Eintracht Frankfurt this week, the fee is believed to be £4.5m.

:wave:

Sucks to lose 4.5 million quid in our first major transfer of the summer but good riddance! :dance: :wave:

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Sucks to lose 4.5 million quid in our first major transfer of the summer but good riddance! :dance: :wave:


Biggest steal since Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme....

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

In financial terms he is a Toxic Asset

I always used to think he was a reasonable squad player, but despite some crucial goals for us he generally stinks up the place....not only is he a terrible finisher he's also lazy

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I'll miss Bendtner. One of our best defenders.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruD2hult4P4

:bow:

[Marc Overmars]

Project youths biggest flop?

[Munchies]

Such a big game ^ and we played Bendnter up front.

Wenger :pal:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Nicklas Bendtner is set to complete a move from Arsenal to Eintracht Frankfurt this week, the fee is believed to be £4.5m.

:wave:

I thought we'd have to give them a lot more than that.

Good business.

[Lord Nelson]

[QUOTE=Munchies;293642]Nicklas Bendtner is set to complete a move from Arsenal to Eintracht Frankfurt this week, the fee is believed to be £4.5m.

:wave:[/QUOTE
And we have just replaced him with another dud! Yaya Sanogo! Who the f u c k is that ! Going to follow in the footsteps of bendtner, Chamcrap, Park, Jeffers, etc etc. we have just started to unload the dead wood and we buy an injury prone bit part player. Wenger, you really take the fucking biscuit.

[Xhaka Can’t]

In financial terms he is a Toxic Asset

I always used to think he was a reasonable squad player, but despite some crucial goals for us he generally stinks up the place....not only is he a terrible finisher he's also lazy

He's also fat.
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/juventus-tell-nicklas-bendtner-youre-too-fat-to-play-8106295.html

[Niall_Quinn]

Yaya Somebloke has been signed. Speculation over, business done. At least we got it out of the way early.

[selassie]

i saw an interesting theory today about why we haven't announced any deals or are taking our time. if you were united, and you saw that we had signed, higuain, fellani etc you would see us as a threat so therefore either charge sky high prices for rooney or just dont sell him as they wouldnt want to strengthen us further so we havnt announced any deals because we want to secure rooney first.

its an interesting theory, i think there could be something to it, if i was united wouldnt sell a rival another striker and strenghten them if they had already bought a world class one, so maybe the club is just wanting to do a mass announcement.

Yes Ollie, meanwhile back on Planet Earth ;) Arsene advises Grimandi to continue searching Ligue One for up and coming stars that vill not cost ze club more than 10million pounds.

[Özim]

In financial terms he is a Toxic Asset

I always used to think he was a reasonable squad player, but despite some crucial goals for us he generally stinks up the place....not only is he a terrible finisher he's also lazy
Project youth, what a disaster that was. We don't make any money on these guys either, think of how much money we've wasted on wages for these guys, it's way more than we ever get back for them in transfer fees.

[Letters]

Yes Ollie, meanwhile back on Planet Earth ;) Arsene advises Grimandi to continue searching Ligue One for up and coming stars that vill not cost ze club more than 10million pence
Just corrected your little typo there

[Marc Overmars]

Paulinho has confirmed he's off to Sperz.

[LDG]

Paulinho has confirmed he's off to Sperz.

An established international? :faint:

Fuck that.

So glad we got the only, genuine top top super super quality, one legged footballer out there.

[Munchies]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXm9OVidja8

:haha:

Forgot that we had this BS summer tour thing

[Cripps_orig]

Paulinho has confirmed he's off to Sperz.

Ffs

What a horrific July this is for us

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXm9OVidja8

:haha:

Forgot that we had this BS summer tour thing
I genuinely didn't know that was Kagawa.

I guessed Ryo.

They all look the same ffs. Trick question.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal defender Johan Djourou has signed for Hamburg on a season-long loan deal.

The 26-year-old started just two games in the Capital One Cup for Arsene Wenger's side last term before being sent out on loan to Hannover in January.

After making 16 appearances, the Bundesliga club were keen to make the defender's move permanent but the Switzerland international has instead opted to join divisional rivals Hamburg, who have an option to buy Djourou at the end of next season.

"I'm very happy now that everything is sorted. HSV are a big club, with a lot of quality and great fans," the centre-back told the German club's official website.

"I am convinced that this is the right step for my career.

"In London I would have earned much more money but that has not been decisive. I want to play as much as possible and develop myself and I see in Hamburg the optimum requirements."

Hamburg's director of sport, Oliver Kreuzer, added: "Johan was a priority as the defence is a very important part of our team. He has leadership qualities but is also fast, good in the air and very good on the ball."

Why not just sell him?

[JonasTC]

"In London I would have earned much more money but that has not been decisive. I want to play as much as possible and develop myself and I see in Hamburg the optimum requirements."

Somethings seems off here, if its on loan, doesnt he get paid the same? :s And if he agreed to make less in HSV, why not just let him go or sell him cheap?? im confussed

[PGFC]

Even if nothing else happens bar this, July will have been a success...


Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner could finally end his long stay at Arsenal this week, with Eintracht Frankfurt ready to sign the 25-year-old.

[Marc Overmars]

"In London I would have earned much more money but that has not been decisive. I want to play as much as possible and develop myself and I see in Hamburg the optimum requirements."

Somethings seems off here, if its on loan, doesnt he get paid the same? :s And if he agreed to make less in HSV, why not just let him go or sell him cheap?? im confussed

He's got another 2 years to run on his deal thanks to an extension we gave him last year (:doh:), so it's cheaper for Hamburg this way.

[Marc Overmars]

QPR have sold Samba back to Anzhi. :doh:

[Kano]

:lol:

it was the chairman. 'arry knew nuffin abaat it.

[Marc Overmars]

Everton are in talks with Wigan for Coney and Alcaraz. :faint:

[LDG]

Everton are in talks with Wigan for Coney and Alcaraz. :faint:

A 150 yr old and a Prison.

Still better than the one-legged Sanogo tbf.

[Syn]

Interesting that we made a £18m bid for Bender. Less interesting that we were told to fuck off.

Think we only want to add one top forward and a top class DM, with maybe a couple of extra squad fillers. And I have a feeling our first choice is Rooney with the way the Higuain situation is panning out. Rooney's having 'crunch talks' with Man Utd. If there's a hope in hell Man Utd will sell to us (and they'd surely rather that than Chelsea or Man City) we'll give it a go.

Seems that the club's first choice signings are Rooney and Bender. Second choice are Higuain and Fellaini. If we were only to get two, I'd prefer Higuain and Bender.

[LDG]

Interesting that we made a £18m bid for Bender. Less interesting that we were told to fuck off.

Think we only want to add one top forward and a top class DM, with maybe a couple of extra squad fillers. And I have a feeling our first choice is Rooney with the way the Higuain situation is panning out. Rooney's having 'crunch talks' with Man Utd. If there's a hope in hell Man Utd will sell to us (and they'd surely rather that than Chelsea or Man City) we'll give it a go.

Seems that the club's first choice signings are Rooney and Bender. Second choice are Higuain and Fellaini. If we were only to get two, I'd prefer Higuain and Bender.

Same, bruv. Same.

[Marc Overmars]

I think a top striker and midfielder is all we need really.

Any 2 of those 4 names Sin mentioned would be fine by me.

[PGFC]

Kolo's gone to Liverhoof then?

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Kolo's gone to Liverhoof then?

Woo?

[Grebbo]

No way will we sign Bender, although he'd be great fro shirt sales. His club have just sold two players for big money so they don't need the cash.

Typical Wumger bid just like our bid for Goetze last summer and just like our bid for Rooney this summer.

[Ralpheroo72]

Skysports understands that Chelsea have moved for cavani. FFP rules on vacation, along with gazidis.

[PGFC]

Woo?


Kolo Toure your 1st Ivorian.

[Syn]

Garbage human being. Sad to see him go from quality loyal player into the village bicycle.

[selassie]

No way will we sign Bender, although he'd be great fro shirt sales. His club have just sold two players for big money so they don't need the cash.

Typical Wumger bid just like our bid for Goetze last summer and just like our bid for Rooney this summer.

Yep, I'm with you Grebbo.

Rooney & Bender are two unrealistic targets IMHO, Rooney for the obvious reasons and Bender because they don't want to sell him. It's not like we're going to come back and offer 30million for Bender....not that's he's worth it anyway.

If we don't go for Higuain and Fellaini then I can't see us making any signings that will upgrade the team.

[Grebbo]

Skysports understands that Chelsea have moved for cavani. FFP rules on vacation, along with gazidis.

PSG have now supposedly bid £50m

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Kolo Toure your 1st Ivorian.

Ohhh the car salesman...

[Globalgunner]

Arsenal Financial Corporation, biggest scam merchants in all football. They are like Thai streetwalkers. Ifyou look really really closely you will find they aren't even female. All we do is pretend we really really want to go big time and then return to w.nkng because Jlo and Beyonce turned us down.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

There is nothing in the Rooney thing, there never has and there never will be.....when we baulk at playing anyone 100k a week why would we sign Rooney who is currently on about 250k a week at United. Wenger likes the player (although i don't really know why) and because of a comment he made in May we are forever linked with him....he will stay with United because Chelsea aren't stupid enough to buy him.
From what i can tell, the Higuain hold up is happening because we are trying to get him for the lowest possible price....i'm sure we can afford to pay 25million but we'd rather pay closer to the 19million we have already offered for him....but frankly it's rather pointless because in this climate a decent side (like say Man City who need a striker) could decide just to stump up Real Madrid's asking price and blow us out of the water.
I also get the impression Real Madrid are looking to buy before they sell so they may sign up Steven Jovetic before they agree to sell Higuain to us.
Same with Fellaini, we are trying to get them to lower the 23million asking price (which is ridiculous as that's his minium release fee clause and they'd have no choice but to agree to let him speak to us) and presumably his representative has told us he wants his client on 100k a week (which again i don't think particurlarly outrageous but our board and our transfer negotiation team seem out of step with reality)
As for Djourou it's abundantly clear why he's been signed on loan, a player with over two years left on his contract won't and doesn't need to accept a permenant contract from Hamburg when his parent club can still pay his current wage.
Still though just with Denilson, Squillaci and Arshavin we cleared almost 10million a year off the wage bill so i don't really understand why we are being so tight fisted.....if the board really were as greedy as we all seem to think they are it would make more sense to bring the players in and get revenues from marketing.

[Globalgunner]

It's all ridiculous. We will walk away from buying a quality player for the sake of 2m but will gladly pay average players 2m more per year than they ever deserve. Every additional position in the premier league table is worth more than 2m alone.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

QPR have sold Samba back to Anzhi. :doh:

:haha:

Samba out.....McClaren in

[Japan Shaking All Over]

There is nothing in the Rooney thing, there never has and there never will be.....when we baulk at playing anyone 100k a week why would we sign Rooney who is currently on about 250k a week at United. Wenger likes the player (although i don't really know why) and because of a comment he made in May we are forever linked with him....he will stay with United because Chelsea aren't stupid enough to buy him.
From what i can tell, the Higuain hold up is happening because we are trying to get him for the lowest possible price....i'm sure we can afford to pay 25million but we'd rather pay closer to the 19million we have already offered for him....but frankly it's rather pointless because in this climate a decent side (like say Man City who need a striker) could decide just to stump up Real Madrid's asking price and blow us out of the water.
I also get the impression Real Madrid are looking to buy before they sell so they may sign up Steven Jovetic before they agree to sell Higuain to us.
Same with Fellaini, we are trying to get them to lower the 23million asking price (which is ridiculous as that's his minium release fee clause and they'd have no choice but to agree to let him speak to us) and presumably his representative has told us he wants his client on 100k a week (which again i don't think particurlarly outrageous but our board and our transfer negotiation team seem out of step with reality)
As for Djourou it's abundantly clear why he's been signed on loan, a player with over two years left on his contract won't and doesn't need to accept a permenant contract from Hamburg when his parent club can still pay his current wage.
Still though just with Denilson, Squillaci and Arshavin we cleared almost 10million a year off the wage bill so i don't really understand why we are being so tight fisted.....if the board really were as greedy as we all seem to think they are it would make more sense to bring the players in and get revenues from marketing.

I think we all agree it is going to have to take a major alignment of the stars before we pay anything close to what Rooney is on now butI just can't see him moving to Europe.....he is too much of a GHEL for that...now, he may or may not fit in at Chelski, I really don't know but something tells me that weoffer him the best chance to be themain man again and that is something Rooney's ego needs.....I am not adverse tobringing him in however first choice is Higs but if we were tobring in both of those with the idea Rooney sits behind main striker and one of Felliani or Bender.....I would be......rubbing my eyes, ears and other parts in disbelief

[PGFC]

Arsenal are considering whether to make an offer for Manchester City and England midfielder Gareth Barry. The 32-year-old has a year left on his £100,000-per-week deal, and the Gunners would not be prepared to match those terms.

Considering?? "shall we?" "No." :good:

[Master Splinter]

Time for Barry to come home.

And Maccy to combust.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Barry. :haha:

Surely this has to be the most horrific piece of journalism ever.

[Master Splinter]

This has to be the most horrific piece of journalism ever, surely.

Wait until it's filtered through Goal.com to ensure this statement is irrefutable.

And don't call me Surly.

[Master Splinter]

The 15-year-old, who has the option of becoming a sprinter

The new Theo?

[LDG]

Apparently Fankfurt have pulled out of the deal to sign Bendtner :haha:

[Niall_Quinn]

Apparently Fankfurt have pulled out of the deal to sign Bendtner :haha:

This kills our transfer window no matter what else happens. This was the one we absolutely had to get done. Bendtner, he's like an incurable pox.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Fuck me, this club looks increasingly like its run by complete muppets, including the manager.

[Niall_Quinn]

You'd think they couldn't insult the fans any more than they have already done over the last few years. But Gareth Barry? Just imagine we really did have money to spend and we spent it on that useless bastard. Ultimate WUM?

[KSE Comedy Club]

Yeh that's a fucking joke of a rumour!!

Fucking Gareth Barry :doh:

[Marc Overmars]

I remember we were interested in Barry about 5 years ago.

Thank fuck that didn't happen.

[Grebbo]

Apparently Fankfurt have pulled out of the deal to sign Bendtner :haha:

:haha:

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4994374/Gareth-Barry-has-become-a-target-for-Arsenal.html


Arsenal would not match those wages and do not necessarily see the 32-year-old as a regular starter.


So we won't pay him what he's getting at City plus he won't be a regular starter.

I can see how appealing this move would be.

[PGFC]

Barry < Benayoun lite.

[Marc Overmars]

Apparently we had a bid for Clement Grenier rejected.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/8803612/Transfer-news-Arsenal-fail-with-bid-for-Lyon-s-Clement-Grenier

[LDG]

Apparently we had a bid for Clement Grenier rejected.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/8803612/Transfer-news-Arsenal-fail-with-bid-for-Lyon-s-Clement-Grenier

We keep getting rejected.

We're like the average looking kid at school trying to pull the hotties. Wenfer is left at home masturbating about what could have been....

[Özim]

Apparently we had a bid for Clement Grenier rejected.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11670/8803612/Transfer-news-Arsenal-fail-with-bid-for-Lyon-s-Clement-Grenier
12 months left on his contract, makes sense, we want him on the cheap.

[Globalgunner]

Gareth Barry as bad as he is is still 50% better in all areas of football than Ramsey is now or ever will be. This is Ramsey who played nigh on 90% of our games last season. This club is like an excerpt from Jungle Book. A troop of chimpanzees led by fkin Orangutans.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Confirmed transfer!!!!


Mannone to Sunderland :coffee:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Confirmed transfer!!!!


Mannone to Sunderland :coffee:

Ffs Ollie, why so many exclamation marks?

Almost wet my knickers for a second there.

[Munchies]

http://www.101greatgoals.com/wp-content/gallery/gimages/boqsv_0caaa-b-3.jpg

Hopefully this means Cesar is coming in ...

[Ollie the Optimist]

Want forget mannone performance v Fulham away, but apart from that he was just ok. Good luck to him but he was deadwood and the club are doing well in getting rid of a lot of deadwood so far

[LDG]

http://www.101greatgoals.com/wp-content/gallery/gimages/boqsv_0caaa-b-3.jpg



http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsv5t8uGTL1qeo9kno1_500.gif

[Lord Nelson]

Yeh that's a fucking joke of a rumour!!

Fucking Gareth Barry :doh:

And it gets worse...typical

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/412206/Arsenal-stall-in-negotiations-for-25m-Real-Madrid-forward-Gonzalo-Higuain?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-sport-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Sport+Feed%29

[Ollie the Optimist]

And it gets worse...typical

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/412206/Arsenal-stall-in-negotiations-for-25m-Real-Madrid-forward-Gonzalo-Higuain?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-sport-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Sport+Feed%29


You do realise their source for that article is goal.com who are just full of bullshit


Move on

[Syn]

Ollie :haha:

Want to comment on the farce that was Essex not having good enough bowlers to classify their game a first class match? Get back on the field you 12th man.

[Munchies]

And it gets worse...typical

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/412206/Arsenal-stall-in-negotiations-for-25m-Real-Madrid-forward-Gonzalo-Higuain?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-sport-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Sport+Feed%29


They suggest that Arsene Wenger, who has already brought in Yaya Sanogo on a free, is drawing up a contingency plan should the higuain deal fall through.

:haha:

[JonasTC]

So apperently the Bendtner to Frankfurt deal is off, because bendtner wants to much money :s Idiot doesnt understand if your job is to score goals and you havent scored in over a year, you cant ask for more money....... :banghead:

[Ollie the Optimist]

sky bet have just cut suarez to join us from 20/1 to 7/2 and apparently william hill have suspended betting

that one has come out of nowhere, i know its bookies, but if someone has placed a large neough bet to change the odds taht much, who knows.

wouldnt want him anyway, too much trouble of the pitch for me, would score lots of goals, but would end up being banned for a large section of the season too

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

I wonder how long it will be until "Sky Sources" claim you are interested in Suarez, as an alternative to Higuain/Rooney.

It makes so little sense, if his excuse of hating the British press is to be believed anyway. In any case, you'd have to double your existing transfer record at the least, plus whatever huge wages he'd ask for.

[Ollie the Optimist]

I wonder how long it will be until "Sky Sources" claim you are interested in Suarez, as an alternative to Higuain/Rooney.

It makes so little sense, if his excuse of hating the British press is to be believed anyway.

it would explain stalling on higuain if we have decided to go for him but i dont believe it for a second. someone with too much money has just bet, i dont think anything to it, but for odds to be slashed that much and suspended elsewhere, hmmm who knows.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

it would explain stalling on higuain if we have decided to go for him but i dont believe it for a second. someone with too much money has just bet, i dont think anything to it, but for odds to be slashed that much and suspended elsewhere, hmmm who knows.

It could also mean SkyBet slash the odds, a day or two later SSN cite "Sky Sources", people lay money on it based on what SSN say which in turn shortens the odds and makes it seem more likely. Then a few days later another outlet say, The Times, claims Madrid will ramp up their interest, shortening the odds on SkyBet and the cycle starts again.

Or am I reading too much into it?

[LDG]

I'd just ignore it.

Fairytale bullshit.

[Ollie the Optimist]

It could also mean SkyBet slash the odds, a day or two later SSN cite "Sky Sources", people lay money on it based on what SSN say which in turn shortens the odds and makes it seem more likely. Then a few days later another outlet say, The Times, claims Madrid will ramp up their interest, shortening the odds on SkyBet and the cycle starts again.

Or am I reading too much into it?

probably however the only thing that is slightly different to sky sources, is accroding to william hill, they suspeneded betting on it because of large bets in the barcelona area this morning, so although sky slashed odds, its not just them. but yes, its more likely to be what you say.

it was just because it came so out of the blue, no one has linked him to us whatsoever, so was just a shock to read it really

[Ollie the Optimist]

William Hill say they have suspended bets on Suarez to Arsenal after a run of bets placed in the Barcelona area this morning. #lfc
"We would not be surprised if Suarez is off to the Emirates before the start of next season," says William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams

who knows

[Munchies]

Suarez joining us ? LOL

[Injury Time]

Suarez joining us ? LOL
Hasn't he got a long suspension to serve? He'd join us just as our season finished (about week 4)

[LDG]

who knows

William Hill quite clearly don't want anyone to have a punt do they.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Sad news.

Biglia is to join Lazio.

[Kano]

who knows
twitter

[Marc Overmars]

It won't happen of course but I'd love Suarez here.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Rico?

[Özil's Panoramic View]

So can't wait for this shit transfer window to slam shut.

Sure the shit footie will be even more depressing through out the season, but we all pick our poison.

[Özim]

Yeah me too, with Suarez, Rooney, Jovetic, Fellaini, Bender, Barry, Cesar, Winnebago all signed up we should be quite a force.

[Munchies]

Yeah me too, with Suarez, Rooney, Jovetic, Fellaini, Bender, Barry, Cesar, Winnebago all signed up we should be quite a force.

That Warchest was spent on Sanogo sadly

But I hope we actually sign a few from that list, its becoming a case of being linked with one forever, and baulking at the price and losing steam over the deal eg Jovetic.

[Grebbo]

Suarez

:haha:

We've done our business for the summer, roll on January

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Suarez

:haha:

We've done our business for the summer, roll on January

Is that when our new manager comes home?

[Niall_Quinn]

A bit premature to write off this transfer window just yet. Plenty more potential targets in Ligue 2. That Tahiti team had a couple of players who have potential too.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Sad news.

Biglia is to join Lazio.

MS :rose:

was the only thing keeping him going!

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

we need to get back to the days we were hated. we were the most successful then.

the filthy, dirty foreigners.

suarez, your time has come.

[Munchies]

Yep, It's been exactly 12 years ago since we got Sol from the Spud's, those fuckers went mad :lol:, those days are gone however :/ .

Another Higuain article, saying we should be getting him soon :coffee:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2355055/Gonzalo-Higuains-father-reveals-Real-Madrid-given-Arsenal-permission-speak-striker.html

[Munchies]

http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/m1/1597898-se-termino-la-novela-al-final-gonzalo-higuain-jugara-en-arsenal

This is saying he's arriving in London tomorrow :lol:

[LDG]

Seems Arseblog has specifically targeted Ollie in this morning's blog:


Finally for today, a word on ‘betting suspended’ stories which have become standard this summer. Twitter will become abuzz with the news that a bookie has suspended betting on a certain player joining a certain club, which leads rise to speculation that a deal is on the brink of completion.

The website associated with said bookie, be it their own portal, or a large sports website which may or may not have its own TV channel, then publishes a story saying betting has been suspended, adding another layer of ‘credibility’ to things. If that organisation does have a TV channel, it becomes a story on there too, with the bookie highlighted as the main source, but the issue is people think the story is about the player and transfer.

It’s not. It’s about the betting. These stories are cheap, and sadly effective, viral marketing. Nothing more. Nothing less. They prey on people’s desire, their need, to believe things they want to believe. I saw someone ask on Twitter last night, why would a bookie lie to us?

Why indeed. Save your money.



http://arseblog.com/2013/07/mannone-leaves-coq-off-bendtners-frankfurt-move-in-doubt/

[Kano]

or, just consider that we are never going to blow pretty much every penny in our supposed trove of golden transfer funds on one player.

if anyone for a second bought into suarez was on his way to us they deserve a kick in their stupid fucking ****.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal and Manchester City could compete to sign forward Stevan Jovetic after Fiorentina hinted they were open to selling the 23-year-old for the right price.
Full story: Daily Star


Back on Jovetic I see.

[Letters]

Daily Star :lol:

[Özim]

Yeah, everyone knows you don't get stars during the day!

[LDG]

OMFG

[Özim]

ROFL

[Munchies]

OMFG

http://1-media-cdn.foolz.us/ffuuka/board/vr/image/1363/81/1363811768744.jpg

[Joker]

LOLLERSKATES

[Niall_Quinn]

Suarez is on the way!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:dance::patrice::cloud9::ladynana::drool::dancingm an::partytime::cheer::cheers::woohoo:

[I_Killed_Kenny]

Paper bollocks but i put his name forward as a viable target for our striker and supposedly he could go for about 15mil, fucking bargain if you ask me!

"Fiorentina are close to signing German international Mario Gomez, 27, from Bayern Munich. The Italian club are currently offering £10m for the striker, although the Bavarians are reportedly holding out for £15m." gazeto del sportio or whatever its called

[cricketsi]

Paper bollocks but i put his name forward as a viable target for our striker and supposedly he could go for about 15mil, fucking bargain if you ask me!

"Fiorentina are close to signing German international Mario Gomez, 27, from Bayern Munich. The Italian club are currently offering £10m for the striker, although the Bavarians are reportedly holding out for £15m." gazeto del sportio or whatever its called

The German Giroud? Stick with the one we have.

[I_Killed_Kenny]

the german giroud? 25 goals in 58 internationals, 75 in 115 for bayern, 84 in 164 for stuttgart. if he is a german giroud then we wouldnt be after a "world class striker"

[Kano]

he's better than giroud, no doubt. but wenger won't go for another big striker. he'll want a ball playing guy next.

[cricketsi]

the german giroud? 25 goals in 58 internationals, 75 in 115 for bayern, 84 in 164 for stuttgart. if he is a german giroud then we wouldnt be after a "world class striker"

German Giroud in that he blows hot and cold. One match seems ultra clinical, then another needs a dozen chances to even get a shot on target. I think his style of play is similar, and I don't see him as likely to be much of an improvement on Giroud for us. Just my opinion.

[I_Killed_Kenny]

German Giroud in that he blows hot and cold. One match seems ultra clinical, then another needs a dozen chances to even get a shot on target. I think his style of play is similar, and I don't see him as likely to be much of an improvement on Giroud for us. Just my opinion.

Fair enough but wouldnt mind him missing some if he still had those stats at the end of the season. all strikers will miss and all strikers will blow hot and cold. he will blow hot more than cold i would say though.
rooney is a streak striker too in that aspect but is still generally quality.
but as Terry said, it will probably be a ball player rather than target/box striker that comes.

[Marc Overmars]

Giroud has never seemed ultra clinical.

[cricketsi]

Giroud has never seemed ultra clinical.

Well, there is that... still, that's why we're signing Higuain. Probably. Maybe.

[Özim]

Higuain had a poor season by his standards last season, watched a bit of Madrid and he spurned his fair share of chances...maybe a confidence thing.

[Marc Overmars]

City front runners to sign Negredo apparently.

Is that **** ever going to move? Been linked with a move over here for years now.

[JonasTC]

Higuain had a poor season by his standards last season, watched a bit of Madrid and he spurned his fair share of chances...maybe a confidence thing.

Only messi and falcao had a higher shot to goals ratio last season.

[Marc Overmars]

West Brom to sign Anelka. :lol:

[Özim]

Only messi and falcao had a higher shot to goals ratio last season.
Again though it doesn't tell the whole story as you don't know where players get their chances, he's largely a goalpoacher.

I'm only going by what I've seen in la liga and the CL.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Again though it doesn't tell the whole story as you don't know where players get their chances, he's largely a goalpoacher.

I'm only going by what I've seen in la liga and the CL.


Are you really already moaning about signing a proven goal scorer? Fucking hell

[Özil's Panoramic View]

:haha:

Ollie, mind the heart.

[Munchies]

City front runners to sign Negredo apparently.

Is that **** ever going to move? Been linked with a move over here for years now.

Suprised they haven't gone for Higuain if I'm honest :lol:

[Özil's Panoramic View]

At what time today does Higgy's flight arrive at Heathrow?

Hope we have someone on the lookout for that **** Levy at said airport, lest he be there disguised as a cabby with a "Senor Higuain" hand written sign ready to kidnap our boy.