Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

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Originally Posted by Flavs

feelings on us going after Alex and benayoun?

Not just the players but the fact we sem to be going around asking teams who they dont want rather than us just forcing them so sell. God we are shit at transfers

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My feelings on buying Chelsea's deadwood?

Embarrassing.

Shows just how far we have fallen in such a short space of time.

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Originally Posted by Grebbo

Taken from some Brazilian posters on RedCafe:



Sounds about right for Wenger.

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Wow, that's a credible source.

:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Save me Jeebus!

Wow, that's a credible source.

:rolleyes:

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Brazilian's who are football fans? Yeah pretty credible.

Expect Mertesacker to be announced today as a CB signing chaps. All over L'Equipe and Bild.

Stoke are trying to take Romelu Lukaku on loan from Chelsea and Chelsea have offer £8mil and Benayoung to the scouse for Meireiles

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Originally Posted by Dentonboy

Expect Mertesacker to be announced today as a CB signing chaps. All over L'Equipe and Bild.

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We love you denton!

Tim Vickery rates Andre Santos, as an attacking force. :lol:

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

Tim Vickery rates Andre Santos, as an attacking force. :lol:

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I thought i was going to hurt someone when i saw our team sheet for old trafford then heard we were buying a striker.

Arsenal :pal:

As it stands after THAT game:

Out:
Traore - £1.2m. QPR

IN: (Subject to medicals etc this end)
Park - £3m. Monaco
Andre Santos - £6.5m. Fenerbache.
Mertesacker - £9m. Werder Bremen.

Possible Outs:
Bendtner (Stoke, Sporting, Dortmund, Everton)
Almunia (No idea!)
Chamakh (PSG, Bordeaux)

Possible Ins:
Martin
M'Vila
Cahill
Arteta
Jagielka
M. Sissoko
M. Diarra (on a free transfer, but unlikely)
Benayoun
Alex
Malouda
Elia (but almost certainly off to Juventus)

We've got Mertesacker

If we get Mertesacker then we are 100% not getting Cahill, Jags or any other defender

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M. Sissoko

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If that is Moussa i cant see it mate, Toulouse already turned down a £15mil bid from PSG fro him

I don't see any thing about Mertesacker

That is a whisper I heard this morning. I think Arsenal could raise that bid...I think the real target for CM is M'Vila, but Rennes holding very firm and it'll take about €30m to get him by all accounts, which may be just that bit too much.

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Breaking News:
Inter Milan left-back Davide Santon is having a medical at Newcastle United. More on www.skysports.com shortly.

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Certainly didn't expect this

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Originally Posted by hobson's choice

I don't see any thing about Mertesacker

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Have a butcher's at L'Equipe.

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Originally Posted by Dentonboy

That is a whisper I heard this morning. I think Arsenal could raise that bid...I think the real target for CM is M'Vila, but Rennes holding very firm and it'll take about €30m to get him by all accounts, which may be just that bit too much.

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Here's the thing, if we want the lad, we think he's going to be a true class talent, then pay the damn thing.

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10.19 L'Équipe claim that Arsenal have virtually signed £9 million centre-back Per Mertesacker from Werder Bremen, but German daily Bild claim the the deal is far from done.

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We'll do whatever possible to save some fucking money.

how about a punt on hargreaves. i know he has a bad injury record but is a free agent and when fit is a top class performer. i think he would be a decent addition the squad. A ghel with german mentality, cant be a bad thing!

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Originally Posted by hobson's choice

Here's the thing, if we want the lad, we think he's going to be a true class talent, then pay the damn thing.

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Damn right. He wants the move, we want the move, and money in the bank won't win you games.

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Originally Posted by i_killed_kenny

how about a punt on hargreaves. I know he has a bad injury record but is a free agent and when fit is a top class performer. I think he would be a decent addition the squad. A ghel with german mentality, cant be a bad thing!

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fuck off!!!!!!!

£30m for some Aston Mvilla pub teamer? Fuck thatGet Parker who's 47 times better

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Originally Posted by Fats

fuck off!!!!!!!

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why? if were after people like benayoun then why not a hargreaves. ( when fit), pay as you play deal.

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Originally Posted by I_Killed_Kenny

how about a punt on hargreaves. i know he has a bad injury record but is a free agent and when fit is a top class performer. i think he would be a decent addition the squad. A ghel with german mentality, cant be a bad thing!

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I'd say add both Hargreaves and M. Diarra to the team on Free Transfers, and give them a year's contract each to give them a shot, can't be worse than promoting youth players, getting thrashed and mentally killing them...

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Originally Posted by gunnerrrrr

Early career
Squillaci began his football career playing for hometown club FC Seynois. While training at La Seyne, he was described by his coach Franck Seva as a "lovely, quiet boy".[6] Squillaci spent a ydecade at the club before moving to professional club Sporting Toulon in 1996 at the age of 16. He was originally a defensive midfielder and spent only one season in the club's youth academy, where he was supervised by former club player Christian Dalger.[5] Squillaci began the 1997–98 season playing on the club's reserve team. Following the firing of Albert Emon mid-season, he was replaced with Dalger. In March 1998, Dalger, subsequently, called up Squillaci to the first team and he made his professional debut on 7 March 1998 in a 1–0 league win over Nice appearing as a substitute for Victor Agali.[7] With Toulon in a relegation battle, Squillaci made substitute appearances in wins over Lille, Le Mans, and Lorient and defeats to Martigues and Red Star Paris.[8][9][10][10][11] Toulon ultimately finished the campaign in 20th place, which resulted in the club's relegation to the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Squillaci finished the season with five appearances in the league and one in the Coupe de France. Toulon, surprisingly, reached the Round of 16 in the latter competition.
[edit]Monaco
Due to not being under a professional contract while playing with Toulon, Squillaci was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer. He was recruited by Monaco and joined the club in 1998. Following his signing, Squillaci was inserted onto the club's reserve team, which was playing in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth level of French football. He spent two years playing on the club's reserve team from 1998 to 2000 amassing over 45 appearances. After failing to establish himself under Claude Puel, Monaco officials announced that Squillaci would be heading to Corsica to join Ligue 2 club AC Ajaccio on loan. In two seasons with the club, Squillaci appeared in over 70 matches and helped the club achieve promotion to Ligue 2.
After Puel's departure and the appointment of new manager Didier Deschamps, Squillaci joined Monaco in 2002. In his first full season as a player for his side. Facing Real Madrid in the quarter finals of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, they progressed despite losing 4–2 in Madrid, due to the 3–1 victory in the return leg, thus advancing through to the semi-finals on the away goals rule where they beat Chelsea.[12][13][14] Their run came to an end when they suffered a 3–0 defeat to Portuguese giants FC Porto in the final.[15][16] Squillaci made 117 appearances for the club over six seasons.
[edit]Olympique Lyonnais
After the departure of Deschamps and a disappointing 11th place finish after years of European qualification, Squillaci opted to play elsewhere. He was linked to several clubs before inking a four-year deal with Olympique Lyonnais with Lyon's Sylvain Monsoreau heading the other way as compensation for Monaco.[17] Squillaci made his debut for Lyon in their opening match of the Ligue 1 season pairing with the Brazilian centre back Cris. Lyon would go on to dominate the season winning the league by an unprecedented 18 points. Squillaci went on to establish himself as the first choice centre back, along with Brazilian international Cris, at Lyon.
[edit]Sevilla
On the 14 July 2008, it was reported that Lyon had reached an agreement with Sevilla FC for the transfer of Squiallaci for a transfer fee of £6m.[18] Squillaci agreed to a three-year deal.[19] Six months after his departure from Sevilla, in January 2011, officials of Squillaci's second club Toulon confirmed that the club was seeking €150,000 in compensation from Spanish club Sevilla. The compensation Toulon is seeking is related to a trainers' fee, in which clubs who trained a player from ages 12–18 are guaranteed 5% of any future transfer fee. Sevilla has agreed to meet with the Toulon, but no agreement has been reached.[20]
[edit]Arsenal
Squillaci joined Arsenal F.C. on a three-year contract in the summer of 2010, taking the number 18 shirt, previously held by ex-Arsenal centre backs Mikaël Silvestre and Pascal Cygan. Following an injury to centre-back Thomas Vermaelen, Squillaci formed a central defensive partnership with fellow new signing, Laurent Koscielny. Squillaci scored his first goal for Arsenal in the Champions League group stage against Partizan Belgrade. His first Premier League goal came in a match against Stoke on 23 February 2011 following a cross from Nicklas Bendtner. During the 2010–11 season, Squillaci made 32 appearances and has scored 2 goals for the Gunners in all competitions.
[edit]International career

Squillaci has been a regular France international since 2004, making his debut in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[21] He currently has 21 caps for France.

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Going out of your a tadge too much to prove a point there arent we?
bet you didnt even read all that. . . .cos I know I didnt

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Originally Posted by I_Killed_Kenny

how about a punt on hargreaves. i know he has a bad injury record but is a free agent and when fit is a top class performer. i think he would be a decent addition the squad. A ghel with german mentality, cant be a bad thing!

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Very good player and better than anyone we have even when injured which isn't saying much cos I'm better than anyone we have although Hargreaves is genuine quality and I'm not.

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Originally Posted by Dentonboy

I'd say add both Hargreaves and M. Diarra to the team on Free Transfers, and give them a year's contract each to give them a shot, can't be worse than promoting youth players, getting thrashed and mentally killing them...

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both have experience, both have leadership qualities. isnt that what we really lack. come jan and song fecks off to the ACN are we going to rely on pongman, a 19 year old when the games will be coming thick and fast. especially if we are still in europe. we need players of hargreaves and diarra type experience

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Originally Posted by Dentonboy

I'd say add both Hargreaves and M. Diarra to the team on Free Transfers, and give them a year's contract each to give them a shot, can't be worse than promoting youth players, getting thrashed and mentally killing them...

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Yeah I'd go with this.

I don't think people realise that we have no squad at all - we've sold or loaned a fuck load of players.

A couple of freebies with experience will be great even if it's just to make up the numbers and Carling Cup games.

Happy with mertesacker. He's german. Typical germans.No chance of him having a holocaust.

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Originally Posted by Syn

Happy with mertesacker. He's german. Typical germans.No chance of him having a holocaust.

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:haha:

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Originally Posted by Syn

Happy with mertesacker. He's german. Typical germans.No chance of him having a holocaust.

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:lol::lol::lol:

said it before, merts will get killed by the pace of the prem but at this moment in time anything will do! so - yay for zee german!

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Originally Posted by Syn

Happy with mertesacker. He's german. Typical germans.No chance of him having a holocaust.

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the best you can do for ur self is to change your name,we call that insulting.:censored:

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Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz

Pity the cut off is 11 o'clock tonight...

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The time is in gmt and it's tomorrow night.

@4-3-3, he's mocking the unfortunate choice of phrase by that fake Irishman Tony Cascarino on SSN, saying "Traore is having a holocaust at LB".

Nasri : " AFC's ambitions have changed. But it's not AW. It's the policy of the club, the board. They don't have same resources anymore."

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Originally Posted by AKBapologist

Nasri : " AFC's ambitions have changed. But it's not AW. It's the policy of the club, the board. They don't have same resources anymore."

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That's so close to being insightful. Sadly, an insightful person might have suggested the fact that the playing field has changed thanks to the limitless resources of Chelsea and Man City and this has meant we've been left behind. If everyone else takes a step forward, you have taken a step backward, relatively.

Hope Mertesacker happens. Germans. :bow:

:gp:

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Hope Mertesacker happens. Germans. :bow:

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@younggungblogs: German press say Mertesacker would cost €9m. Certainly the cheapest option, but the best? I'm not convinced.