Cazorla, 29, was voted Arsenal player of the year last season, is believed to have extended his deal until 2017.Quote:
“He has 18 months left on his contract at Arsenal, and Atletico have contacted Cazorla’s entourage,” Ballague said.
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Cazorla, 29, was voted Arsenal player of the year last season, is believed to have extended his deal until 2017.Quote:
“He has 18 months left on his contract at Arsenal, and Atletico have contacted Cazorla’s entourage,” Ballague said.
Hope this is true. Means we have woken up and are starting to deal with these situation properly.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
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Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Simeone :pal:
Athletico :pal:
Wenger :bow:
Yeah we need some cash thrown in on any deal so that we can pay 80 mil for Pogba :haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Feo will have 12 months left on his deal in the summer
From arseblog:
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Last time this happened, Walcott was in a rather unique position in that big-names like Robin van Persie and Samir Nasri – in the same contractual position – had been sold and, after also losing Cesc Fabregas, the club just could not afford to let him go. Not simply for footballing reasons, but because of what it would have said about the ability to hang on to players of real importance to the team.
It meant that Theo and his people had a very, very strong bargaining position, and were able to use the fear the club felt to play it out until beyond January, at which point he signed a deal which made him the highest paid player at the club. None of which, by the way, is to be critical of that brinksmanship, because that’s the way it works in football and they took full advantage of the situation.
Now though, it’s quite different. Theo, while still a very marketable commodity, and a player who provides a goal threat, doesn’t have anywhere near the same importance to the first team or the club’s image as a whole. Quite what his intentions are regarding a new deal are anyone’s guess, but my suspicion is the club won’t be quite as willing to accommodate another drawn-out saga as they were back throughout the summer of 2012 and into January 2013 when the deal was completed.
Things have changed considerably, and if there’s an obviously reluctance on the manager’s part to use a player you have to wonder if that would be reflected in our decision when it comes to a new deal. I think we probably want him to stay, but on terms dictated much more by us than him and his advisers. It’s definitely a situation to keep an eye on, and if we get to the summer without agreement, we might see him move on.
He's a useful player and it would be daft to sell him. I don't really understand why Wenger has frozen him out.
I agree though he's not really in a position to bargain this time.
Don't think he's frozen him out, he;s just struggling to accommodate 9,763,881 attacking midfielders.
He's always injured, makes him not very valuable in my book, he's not a massive talent anyway, if we lost him it would be no big deal, he's been overrated from the day he arrived.
Well we have significantly more leverage now than we did back then. He's delusional if he thinks he'll be capable of starting for a better team than ours right now. Possibly a Liverpool but we're a much more attractive team than them right now as the Alexis deal should attest to.
It's up to him to force his way in to the first team because judging by the increasing ruthlessness Wenger's shown this season (Ches, Chambers, BFG etc getting dropped for poor form), no one is safe. His goals return is very impressive but similar to Podolski, his all round game isn't up to par ...... which is something that he needs to work on. He's basically the complete opposite of a Welbeck.
I want him to say personally because I like him and what he offers but I won't be shedding many tears if he leaves either. The ball's in his court. Try and fight his way into a team that's on the up and should always be a top four team or take an easier path with guaranteed first team football at a lower league club like Southampton or Newcastle.
He had 6 seasons in a row where he played the majority of games. He had one quite nasty injury but it's too early to throw the towel in with him just yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Couple of years ago, the last full season he played before his injury, he got 21 goals in 43 games.
On the same terms, I'd renew his contract. His 2-0 sign to spurs fans is the stuff of legends. He is making some wonderful runs cutting in from the right and I have not seen many players in our team make those runs. I'd rather have him playing for us than another team.
I've never really rated the guy, his record is average 290 games for us and 72 goals, he's had one season where he got 21 goals in his other seasons he's been nowhere near that (next best was 13 which is just not good enough).Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
I don't see anything outstanding about him, he's been with us almost 10 years now, plenty of time to prove yourself and he really hasn't and he is often injured.
He's easy to contain, if he runs at you hack him down and he'll go off injured and be out for 3 months, all he has is pace basically, there's no finesse about him. IMO he's one of those players we need to improve on if we're to ever get back to the top.
Theo will be good squad fodder to tick the "English/Homegrown" quota for City, Chelsea and Utd. Liverpool and the rest would buy and play him.
If we package him nicely we could get a decent amount and spend in areas of greater need. Theo has his quality of pace, and good finishing at times, but basically not a very good "football player" You don't get much in 90 minutes from the lad and have to accept/compensate for his weaknesses....poor first touch, poor control and average passing IMHO, typical English player.
Decent coming off the bench for some impact, shock and awe for tired defenders and great against the poorer or less prepared teams. Not fussed if he stays, not fussed if he goes.
Be prepared to go through the same with Theo's replacement, Danny Welbeck, if Theo leaves.
Theo's wasted his career with us. He should have been developed as a striker and it he may have to look at Sturridge as an example of a player that had to move before getting played in his correct position.
Funny enough, Welbeck was probably looking at that Sturridge move and thinking he'd get his opportunity up front with us instead of Utd. It's looking like he's made a mistake.
We need to improve but we're never bothered if a player who is an asset to us, slips away.....
I've always found the passive aggressive dislike for him disconcerting....
Get him to sign and let's move forward.
Trouble is we've had so many players who've blown hot and cold I don't think we can even see who's an asset and who is disposable anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
For me, Theo should be kept. No brainer. I don't think Welbeck is a superior player in the slightest.
I'd hardly call him an asset, he's spent half his career on the treatment table, has had one decent season in almost 10 years for us and has limited talent. We need to improve on players like this if we're going to move forward, a good squad player would at least stay fit for a reasonable percentage of the season.
Wellbeck isn't superior I agree, but we all knew he was average when we signed him, we're lumbered with him for a fair few years now as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Realistically where would Walcott go?
No, he hasn't. Stop spouting bullshit 'facts' to back up your silly little biases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
He's a crock, he seems to get injured regularly. He wasn't called Theo Walnut for nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
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Originally Posted by Özim
22
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28
35
32
The number of league games he played in the 6 seasons before last season when he got that nasty injury.
Close to 75% of our league games.
I wonder why Arseblog started this shit? As far as I know neither Walcott nor his agent have been fussing. They might do in the coming months by why are we pre-empting it?
Walcott and Welbeck are both good players - by PL standards. PL standards are very, very low. There are hardly any genuinely good players in this league. We hold up mediocre shit like Kompany and Rooney as world beaters. By that standard Walcott is one of the best players in the league so we need to hang on to him if we can, just like we need to hang on to Wilshere and Ramsey. It's been a long time since our squad wasn't stuffed up with shit. The deadwood has been brushed out, the squad is in decent shape. We need to add a couple more players, not dump the ones we have.
Walcott will get his chance. We're not into round 2 of the Arsenal injury bonanza yet. Let's not get complacent just because we don't have 20 players in the treatment room. That'll come soon enough.
Used to like reading his blog, but it has become very stale now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Start: I was dreaming last night that *insert weird arsenal fantasy here*
Middle: But anyway, we have a game on this week, and I wonder whether *insert fumblings about players*
End: Till tomorrow
Fuckin yawn-athon.
Maybe he's looking for something to write about? In all honesty, as people slowly realise there isn't much worth talking about with Arsenal anymore, it becomes very difficult to write a daily blog...let along make it interesting.
I stopped reading his blog a few years back. I think he was bought by the board to run their propaganda and I got sick of his writing about bacon and Arsenal. I do see that he brings up a few good points here and there but he is not funny or interesting anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
I will NEVER get sick of reading about bacon.
Mmm...bacon.
It is Haram! :sick:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
So's your face :pQuote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
It took you over 4 hours to come back with that? :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
I've been out <_<
So has your face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
(see how fast that was?)
That's not always a good thing (according to MrsL)Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I never quite got his issue with Walcott. If you read between the lines he speaks as if he knows something we don't and naturally, were that the case, he couldn't just come out and say, but in any case I feel like he has been harsh on him in the past.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
The PL's standards may be low but it is still quite easily in the top 2 leagues in the world. I feel a bandwagon of 'Kompany is actually crap' has emerged of late. I don't expect you to commend any City player, loathe are you to credit anything remotely connected with their club, but a lot of other people have got on his back just because it has been highlighted that he has made a mistake in his professional career on occasion. I'm still of the opinion we should have signed him years ago, such is his ability and professionalism and he hasn't made nearly enough cock ups to make me renege on that.
Walcott isn't a world class player, but you only need to listen to Messi's thoughts on him to understand what an 'ASSET' he is. We aren't talking ex pro, viagra pedelling, partial to an incredible statement Pele, crediting his long lost African brother in El Hadj Diouf kind of praise either. It's praise for one of the all time greats, in his prime still playing.
We lost Podolski the best finisher at the club already. No need to lose the second best too.... Chambers' end product isn't nearly consistent enough for us to augur this high and mighty attitude about losing exceptional players.
Kompany has been poor for a long while now.
And he's been genuinely atrocious this season. Even the moronic pundits who stick to their uninformed, pre-ordained scripts for seasons on end have had to rip them up and admit he's been a liability such has been his awfulness.
It's just like Hart. He had one good season in the Premier League and that was enough to propel him to virtually the best in the world status in their eyes. Since then, they've been extremely dodgy but are still apparently 'world class'.
True. I struggle to write a post a day.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Well I'm not going to hang around for you to catch me at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Sturridge has much better technique than Theo. Not even close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Welbeck is more the opposite of Sturridge.
Ive been dreaming of this day for years :cloud9:Quote:
Manchester City are reportedly lining up a deal to sign Jack Wilshere from Arsenal at the end of the season.
City, who have a long history of signing stars from Arsenal, are already planning for next season.
And amid fears about homegrown players, reports say they are lining up a deal to sign Wilshere from Arsenal.
The 23-year-old has been dogged by injury problems in the last few years but has no shortage of admirers, with Liverpool also linked.
Wilshere is thought to be worth about £25million.
Nice knowing you "judas" :wave:
I'm not comparing their ability. Very different players but all three fancy themselves as strikers. That's what I'm comparing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermind84