Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

A players transfer fee is as much dictated by their marketing value as it is their performance on the pitch

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When I see such huge sums being thrown around I just can’t equate it to anything logical. It’s just an ‘I want, I buy’ multi billionaire attitude and people get carried away thinking it’s the market value. It’s like if a billionaire offers to pay £1m for some random persons Ford Focus because his own car has broken down at the roadside. News of the sale hits the press and next thing you know every driver out there is now adverting their Ford Focus’s on Autotrader with a £1m price tag. Madness. That’s what’s happened to the transfer market in football. There is no rhyme or reason with most of these price tags.

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Originally Posted by AFC Leveller

If we did get Vital (i dont belive the rumors) then i think i would forgive AW of the dark years of 2005-20014.

A midfield warrior who scores goals, defends, tackles, runs around looking like a nutter and is only 27 as well. He would be a beast of a signing.

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We've got one of them who's 24. But another wouldn't go amiss, slight worries about keeping a decent shape if both of them are box to box mids. But either way I can't see Wenger being interested. Not sure Wenger's particularly desperate to pull off a major signing this summer (not counting Cech). He likes the team we have and I think he'll wait until the end of the window to see if there's anyone top notch that becomes available.

Must say, although fans always want shiny new signings, I'm quite happy with the team right now. Or at least, with Cech in the bag, improving on the team isn't a trivial matter. Most of the main players are just about reaching their peak years and we can expect the improvements that usually come with that. Only real concern would be the lack of a top class goalscorer, but I fancy Sanchez to do a Suarez next season and go a bit mental goalscoring-wise.

I don't think it's about signing players for the sake of it, it's me feeling that we still don't have the squad to challenge for the title.
Arteta and Flamini have no business being in a title challenging squad and they are what we have left to us if we don't sign a defensive/holding midfielder, Coquelin was fantastic for us but how many players have had excellent half seasons and faded into obscurity?, also we can't afford to be over playing the same player. In addition I actually think we need two holding midfielders in certain games, to shut another team out if we want to go to the top teams and win.
Also we don't have a consistent out and out striker, Giroud having a 7 game dry spell is not acceptable and wouldn't do us any good chasing for the title, we need a striker with the instincts to put away chances and not snatch at them.
We are not far off, but if Cech is our only signing we have confirmation that Wenger will always go into a season two or three players short because he doesn't have the balls to make a title challenge and go toe to toe with city and Chelsea.

This summer is a bit different to normal, in that we only really need a sprinkling of class rather than heaps of it. It's a very strong squad and if we can find the upgrades then great, but if not I think we're still in a healthy position with hungry players ready to step up.

Cech + 1 or 2 players of top quality and I'll be extremely happy.

Cech, Lacazette, Vidal.

Would you be happy with that?

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Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm

Cech, Lacazette, Vidal.

Would you be happy with that?

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I think we can establish that Vidal is not happening

If we didn't challenge for the league with those additions, then we never will again under Wenget.

Not keen on signing players from Ligue 1 unless it was PSG or Monaco to be honest

There's no reason we shouldn't go in for Schneiderlin, I'd also have no issue with us taking Dzeko off Man City as long as he wasn't on silly wages

A Chelsea legend is going to be playing for Arsenal next season.

Its going to take a LOT of getting used to.

How must Ospina especially be feeling ?

I hope he stays and the mad Polish one is loaned out.

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Originally Posted by dostoy

A Chelsea legend is going to be playing for Arsenal next season.

Its going to take a LOT of getting used to.

How must Ospina especially be feeling ?

I hope he stays and the mad Polish one is loaned out.

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I hope the opposite, well not loaned out I want Ospina out of the club permanently...just not good enough.