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From BBC rumours....
Arsenal are ready to break the bank to bring Bayern Munich's Bastian Schweinsteiger to the Emirates Stadium.
Full story: Fanatix
Arsenal are trying to offload Sebastian Squillaci - but they cannot find a taker for the French flop.
Full story: talkSPORT
Lille striker Moussa Sow who has issued a come-and-get-me plea to Arsenal and Real Madrid.
Full story: Inside Futbol
Moussa Sow, ligue 1 top scorer. Makes his own luck in the box and knows how to pull the trigger. Not as creative as RVP but a must get all the same... If he ends up at spurs were fucked.
Could that possibly be true? It would trump by a margin any other deal done this summer. This guy is a brilliant footballer, one of the few who could replace Fabregas. Is he even available? If so, why has nobody else in for him? It's another pipe dream I suppose.Quote:
Arsenal are ready to break the bank to bring Bayern Munich's Bastian Schweinsteiger to the Emirates Stadium.
Full story: Fanatix
Would love Bastian here.What's with us being linked with players named after pigs?Sow can fuck off tbh
Looks like Mancini has greater say over our squad selection than AW does.
http://t.co/I09VRWe
Like we didnt know that was going to happen :coffee:
He's gonna be Citeh player shortly.
@oliverkaytimes: And Man City making serious enquiries about Scott Parker. Mancini very keen, board looking into it. Transfer, not loan. #MCFC #WHUFC
Making quite a collection of flavor of the month England flops there mufc
Schweinsteiger has had a falling out with Oliver Kahn and the Kaiser has sided with Kahn so hoping he leaves Bayern and comes here
This is scandalous. Wednesday's game is potentially the biggest we've played in years, getting a replacement for Nasri could hinge on it. Mancini making his threats about the deal being off if Nasri played, is there not some rule about that? Nasri is still our player, is it fair game to pressure him not to play for the club paying his wages? We could well lose that game now, and in the process the crisis at the club will become full blown. Plus the top players will not come to a non-CL team. We hope Wilshere is back, I suppose, or are City going to offer him a quarter of a million quid a week Wednesday lunchtime? Provided he doesn't play.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
Meh, we lost more games with nasri starting than we did without last season. Really doesn't understand the CAM role. Gervinho is much more of an asset on the wings away tbh and we've missed him already.
Just for all those who claim AW has the power of night and day over the club... Get real.
What type of player is he? 8 goals and 10 assists in 44 games last season doesn't seem stellar to me for what we need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
He's dynamic, will go box to box for the whole 90 minutes, brilliant passer, the engine room of a very good German national side, he's a tough mother too. We've needed a player like this for a long time. Will we get him? If he's on the market I really don't see how. Other clubs will be in for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
So what you;re saying is Mancini is a piece of shit who should shut his fucking mouth in case somebody puts a fist in it?Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
I'm forced to agree with you.
Can he provide the killer pass that breaks down 2 banks of 4?Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
And yes Mancinis a twat.
He does it for Germany, but look we're not getting him. This is just a tease.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
We're deep into unexplored territory as far as I'm concerned. Wouldn't supprise me if he and 5 similar level signings came, or if nothing at all happened. Least likely ATM is a continuation of what's gone before because koscielny type signings are normally sorted weeks before this point.
My working hypothesis is that AW is indeed wanting to bring big names in but needs to see where the club stands re CL qualification. If were not in it would take Man City style wages to get anyone good. If we are in it would be easier.
We didn't get SNEIJDER because it would kill... ...coming back wil be like new signings...
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/latestsport/view/205838
I really do feel for Arsene now.Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
So the waiting was about CL qualification - reckon Arsene's arse wnr when we drew Ude in that case but........battles are there to be won!Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
Will be 100% behind the team come Wednesday (although due to time difference from the warmth of my bed......sorry :console:)
and pray that we get the kind of result that would see us open the possibility of a couple of decent signings coming in to shore things up .......Schweinsteiger, Sow, Hazard, the French CM, Jags, Cahill and the like......all of course would be a stretch.......looks like we are scarificing the first couple of games! TBH honest we were probably looking to get something out of the 'castle and 'pool games tho!
:haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
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He's turned into Veruca Salt over the summer.
This would be ideal, but probably too expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Japan Shaking All Over
Sow, Martin and Dann it is then :good:. That could be done for around £30m. And still £30m left over for Marco Polo. It's happening tbh.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...-blues?cc=4716Quote:
Chelsea's latest signing, Juan Mata, says that he has joined the Blues because their sporting ambition was better than that of Arsenal or Tottenham.
Mata, 23, is set to complete his move to Stamford Bridge from Valencia for £26 million and revealed that some of the other clubs who were interested in signing him ''did not compare" to Roman Abramovich's men.
" I want to come to England to win trophies- and that's why I accepted Chelsea's offer",'' he said. "It was also a question of sporting achievement, not money. Arsenal and Tottenham were both interested in me but they did not compare with the Blues. I want the Premier League title and this is possible at Chelsea."
Mata also revealed Chelsea striker Fernando Torres played a part in his decision.
"Fernando Torres helped influence my decision but speaking directly with Villas-Boas was the decisive factor", he added. "He explained how his style will be based on 4-3-3 and how important I will be to his plans.
"Frank Lampard is a monster of a footballer to play alongside and the prospect of that is incredible."
Can't imagine him using the phrase 'monster of a footballer' but guess he was never going to come to us... :shrug:
'monster of a footballer'
pmsl!!
PR man makes up a load of shit shocker :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Boss
Sooo, a week to go, are we signing anyone?
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Anthony Polo
Phil Jones, Stewart downing, Juan Mata and Santi CazorlaQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
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Independent running an article saying M'Vila, Hazard and Martin want to see if we qualify for the CL proper before signing.
Like we'd spend that much money.
Yo Momma!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
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Originally Posted by Boss
It's Andy Polo.
I've heard it both ways, tbh. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaiser
We can't blame City too much for the delay tbh, it's the fault of (primarily) Nascunt and his agents, and Arsenal for not sorting this out more quickly, knowing that we had a UCL qualifier coming up and needed a full settled squad.
http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport...ml?CMP=OTC-RSSQuote:
Werder Bremen defender Per Mertesacker has turned down a possible move to Arsenal by saying that he wants to stay in Germany this summer.
Mertesacker, 26, has just one year left on his current deal and has been on Arsene Wenger's radar for several summers. The giant Germany international is seen by many to be the solution to Arsenal's defensive woes but, despite talks on a new contract for the defender stalling, Mertesacker insists that he is not ready to leave the Bundesliga yet.
"I am a player of Werder Bremen and I like playing in the green-white of the club,'' he told Sportinformationsdienst. ''I love being skipper of the club and I proceed on the assumption that I will at least see out the campaign in the colours of Werder Bremen."
Even though they are in the midst of an injury crisis, reports suggest Wenger is looking to move on defender Sebastian Squillaci, who has not played for the Gunners this season, which will open up a space for a new arrival.
Hope Squillaci gtfos.
Also WTF's happened to Almunia?
Thank fuck we're not getting Mertersacker, the guy's shit.
We sent him to the glue factory. If we are getting rid of Squillachi anyway why not just keep Bartley here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boss
oh well, glad we missed you then you bellend
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11670_7119059,00.html
Our lack of challenging for silverware in recent seasons is coming back to bite us in the arse. It's all well and good being financially prudent, but players don't examine the balance sheet when deciding whether to join a club, they look at the ambition of the club and whether they can win trophies. Of course the wage is very important for them, but let's not delude ourselves into thinking that our rigid wage structure (which I don't agree with and believe should be more flexible) is the only factor influencing players not joining us and players wanting to leave us. We can all believe the convenient lie that Nascunt was purely motivated by money. Yes, money was a factor and he is a greedy cunt, but the fact is City are much more likely to win trophies than us, and that is a strong selling point in their favour.
Totally agree - wenger needs to become a free market fundamentalist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joker
one way or other. . . .this so called waiting period, which Wenger has lead us to believe is about finding the right quality and which we may have been lead ourselves to believe was based on being tight and unambitious is to end at the fibal whistle Wednesday.
Players will not come unless the chance to play in the CL is real, diesnt matter about Europe cos we will be in the Europa Cup, it s the lights of the CL that attracts
Qualify and we could see a different set of players at Utd, fail and we could be staring down the barrel of a gun, having shot ourselves already in the foot by finishing the season last year like a bunch of chumps.
If we are lucky Parker, Bellemy and perhaps Jags could join but none of the touted Euro talent
God this transfer window has been so utterly depressing
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