Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

I also hear that we sold some of the land around the emirates to Barrat homes yesterday, which boosted the transfer kitty to £60m.

Is that true?

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Originally Posted by Save me Jeebus!

I think we'll wrap up our transfer dealings within the first 2 weeks of July, so the new team is ready to start in Asia.

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Been saying it for 2 months now mate, i think we have already signed/sold most of what we are going to do.

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Originally Posted by Save me Jeebus!

I also hear that we sold some of the land around the emirates to Barrat homes yesterday, which boosted the transfer kitty to £60m.

Is that true?

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who knows mate, that deal did happen as did the new sponsorship but whether that money will be used i dont know. There were rumours that Stan had put in £20mil as well and if he has i would expect Ulisher to match that so we could have a considerable amount to spend, the thing in the way, rigthly or wrongly, is Wengers morals

If that's the case why haven't we announced it?

Other clubs have announced their signings, nothing stops us confirming signings like everyone else.

I reckon all our attempted deals are still being handled and that we're haggling on price as usual. It makes sense to announce signings, firstly to show the fans something is being done and secondly to sell season tickets.

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Originally Posted by ItsMe

If that's the case why haven't we announced it?

Other clubs have announced their signings, nothing stops us confirming signings like everyone else.

I reckon all our attempted deals are still being handled and that we're haggling on price as usual. It makes sense to announce signings, firstly to show the fans something is being done and secondly to sell season tickets.

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Who has announced what??

Utd have just about anounced Jones....nothing on Ashley Young yet.

I know Newcastle signed some cunt from Lille.

But that's about all the big stuff I can think of.....

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Originally Posted by Punchinello Beezo

Been saying it for 2 months now mate, i think we have already signed/sold most of what we are going to do.

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I think we have the deals done in principle, but the signatures etc left to do on July 1st. I really dont think we will hang around as much as we usually do.

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Originally Posted by LDG

Who has announced what??

Utd have just about anounced Jones....nothing on Ashley Young yet.

I know Newcastle signed some cunt from Lille.

But that's about all the big stuff I can think of.....

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Liverpool signed that Henderson fella too.

My point is that the fans are p*ssed off and it makes sense to announce signings ASAP from our point of view.

That's why I don't reckon we have anything finalised at all, moreover the selling clubs often announce sales/agreements.

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Originally Posted by ollie the optimist

ok potentially massive transfer news here. from skysports twitter

@Skysports Arsenal have signed Karim Benzema on a 4 Year deal for £24.5Million

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Where's the article on the website etc if true? Is Skysports twitter actually skysports?

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Originally Posted by Save me Jeebus!

I think we have the deals done in principle, but the signatures etc left to do on July 1st. I really dont think we will hang around as much as we usually do.

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Exactly. We can't officially sign anyone from outside the prem until 1st July. And it would be stupid to do so.

As far as players from The Prem are concerned, there could be any number of reasons why we can't announce signings. For one, if a club is letting a player go, they have to replace them too....and if their replacement comes from outside England, then they're not going to want to let a player go until they're confident they have a signature.

Fucksake.

I actually think that the deals virtually wrapped up are:

Samba
Cahill
Gervinho


All 3 just need to dot the i's and cross the t's.