On the day that Van Gaal is given a £150 mill Jan kitty, Wenger is promising to work "night & day" to spend the £20 mill we have - great to see the stadium move has put us in the big league as promised.
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On the day that Van Gaal is given a £150 mill Jan kitty, Wenger is promising to work "night & day" to spend the £20 mill we have - great to see the stadium move has put us in the big league as promised.
Announced by who? The headline says £20m but Wenger doesn't say anything about. Come on dude, it's one paper making plucking a figure from thin air. You know how this works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I know how it works, for sure. They pluck a figure every season. I'm not saying the £20mill is the real figure, I'm saying it's worrying the media guesstimate has gone down. I'd expect them to be saying Wenger has a £120mill kitty or something in that region, as they usually go with whatever makes the biggest headline. £20mill sounds very reserved for the media. Makes me wonder if the real budget is £17.50.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Wenger has said he's looking to bring in one or two players. In this article and others. We know he won't bring in an attacking first team player so that figure comes from the going rate for a DM since we've just found out Arteta is out for 3 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Which raises another, horrifying, issue. If it has taken Arteta to get injured for him to seriously talk about signings does it mean he thinks this squad would be good enough if Arteta had stayed fit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Of course. Just last week he said we wouldn't need new signings if everyone was fit. It's not a shock. We went into the season with no backup CB and we'd have no back up striker if Giroud didn't do us a favour and get injured.
Wenget says we are looking at defenders and didn't deny when asked about Winston Reid.
He neither denied or confirmed and he will do something if it is possible. Unfortunately it is not possible in January. Also Diaby can play there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I can conjure images of Wenger hiding in the bushes at opposition training grounds looking at defenders. He looks and then he goes home, job done.
Utd after Clyne - our fucking player! The nerve.
Yeah
Oh you'd better believe it, why not - He made him his captain!, a player that shouldn't be anywhere near an Arsenal shirt. Don't be so silly people say, a man being paid £8mill a year can't make the player needing replacing above anyone else, your captain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Oh you'd better believe it again, we had to sell our last captain because he couldn't get a game ahead of a retired international who can't run or jump.
Trust me - only possible at the Arse.
Where the fuck is Diaby? I thought he was ready to play a month ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
He's been ready to play about 186 times over the past 8 years.
An ITK secret footballer, believed to be Dave kitson, has said on Twitter that we have agreed
A deal to sign Morgan schniederlin at the end of the season.
:coffee:
I saw that too and it better be bullshit or else it means we are going through the rest of this season with no reinforcements in defensive midfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Diaby is as you know two weeks from being like a new signing, he had little bit setback that delayed him for 8 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
Media reporting West Ham want £8mill+ for Reid, a player with 6 months left on his contract.
Sounds crazy but they know they can play that game when we have an obvious need for a CB.
It's fair enough these days. If they sold him and thought they may lose out two league places, it's probably more than £8 million with how mental it is now.
:dQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30864921
The Gunners have been linked with a number of central defenders in the January transfer window, including West Ham's Winston Reid and Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels, but Wenger says it is difficult to sign quality players.
"Why have we not signed a defender? We haven't found one. We are not the only ones working on the case," he said.
"It is not a supermarket where you go in and buy a defender. It is a market that is very restricted. The players who can strengthen the best 10 teams in Europe, you don't find many and it is the same for everybody.
"We are a big attraction, of course we are. If it was easy we would do it.
"We have made enquiries but then you have the second handicap - who wants to sell their best player, especially a central defender, in the middle of the season? They say, 'come back in June or July'."
:haha:
Sounds like the DM is off the table.
If he was on the table he'd fall of and break his leg haha lol
#FrenchCunt #£8million
It's exactly like a SUPERMARKET.....you go in to buy a leg of lamb.....and you come out with a loaf of bread instead.
It's like a supermarket except in football you have agents running up to you saying please buy my player, a bit like assisted shopping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Lidl bit cheapskate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
on if this result changes his plans for the transfer window…
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-arc...a-and-coquelinQuote:
We are still looking, yes.
:haha:
on if he’s made any progress in the window…
Unfortunately no, but if you have a good idea, you can text me somewhere to the club!
:haha:
Gabriel Paulista has said he's in talks with us.
Any good Maccy?
Wenget please capitalise on the feel good factor and go out there, buy good experience in CB and DM positions
aaaggghhhhrrrr!!!!!!
Do you expect him to kill Diaby? I think people quickly forget about Diaby and instead telephone suggestions to the club which is little bit disrespectful to the player.
i really don't do myself any favours, completely forgot we have Abou ..who can as well also play thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...ay-sky-sources
Dont know how good he is.. any GWers who has seen him regularly?
Know precisely nothing about him, if that helps.
We've made Campbell available for loan. :faint:
Guessing he'll be flogged in the summer.
Great name though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
A loan with an £8mill option to buy. Would have thought Campbell's energy and willingness would be a good thing to have in certain situations but maybe it's not us getting rid of him, maybe he sees no future and wants to go. Weird business nonetheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
£8m good price for someone who doesn't play.
anyway less than 2 weeks to go and now Coq is playing well and we won at City with a new found discipline..... anyone think we wont actually strengthen now as everything will seem rosy until Kos breaks down 3rd Feb.
Wenger is a lucky manager though, Coq wouldn't be here if we didn't run out of midfielders and Flamini would be playing instead and he is toilet. Welbeck wouldn't have been signed either had Giroud not got injured and I think Welbeck is a good player. Seems very reactionary.
Sounds like we'll land a CB but are waiting until the summer for the DM.