"Arsene Wenger today claimed that Arsenal's January transfer plans depend on the severity of Nicklas Bendtner's ankle injury."
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"Arsene Wenger today claimed that Arsenal's January transfer plans depend on the severity of Nicklas Bendtner's ankle injury."
Seriously
WUMger at his best there.
When he got interviewed by the BBC the other day they were asking him about and even suggested he would be signing a striker, he was quick to refute this suggesting that's not what he meant, he just meant he has two players injured at the moment.
I'm not convinced he feels the need to sign anyone at this stage.
He's usually like this, I wouldn't read much into it
Are people still listening to what Wenger says about transfers?
After 17 years?
Highest Order WUM
Hope it's to throw media and rivals. If, however, he is contemplating not reinforcing our attack then that's culpable incompetence of the highest order.
Yeah lets relax. I consider Wenger the grand master WUM and my teacher.
:lol:
No, silly! If the press are reporting him as indicating he might sign someone then it's all press nonsense or Wenger lying.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Coca Cola presents GP'
If he press are reporting him as indicating he won't sign anyone it's the Gospel truth and shows how useless Wenger is.
It's the money, that's all there is to it...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
The funny thing is, it probably is about as true as the Gospel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
:patrice:
Wenger might be a lot of things but he's not a bumbling idiot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Never heard of a Spaniard called Rodriguez…a portuguese or brazilian perhaps ;) I'll think we'll go for Benteke personally…he's purposely played poorly after coming bk from injury to get his transfer price down :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dein-machine
Likelier than Costa or Reus or Suarez! Milan is under serious shit footballistically and financially plus Balotelli has been a disruption at every team he has been at.. it is likely that person with his mentality will have problems in any club he is at.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
My statement above does not make it seem like he is realistic.. there is a 5% chance of it happening while Reus, Suarez, Costa are 0%.. no freaking chance! Honestly, Berba is a good short term fix for our team and I hope we seriously try and get him.
I hope wenger is on the WUM re: bendtner or not signing anyone, however, I'm still a bit worried that he thinks we've got enough.
Because we haven't, even with everyone fit, we still need another option for strength.
I just hope he doesn't waste 2-3 weeks of football to decide what to do
Well that's exactly it then. We could have our pick of players in the Championship, doesn't mean it is likely to happen. So purely on the likelihood of events it is no more silly discussing Messi coming here than it is a 30 year old midfielder in League 2. Neither is remotely likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Clearly we use this thread to predominantly discuss targets we would like....and thus make a case for them. Within reason of course. Costa is within reason whether you think it will happen or not because his release clause is 32 million which is a fact. We have that money and more some for a signing. It's also fact that we bid 40 million for a forward less than 6 months ago. How can you then equate Costa coming here to 0% probability. Basically you are saying it is impossible (technically speaking) and it clearly isn't impossible.
Doesn't mean it is likely to happen but look around....there's no transfer anyone can say is likely to happen because we aren't privy to that knowledge. There is not a single player anybody has mentioned in the entire thread that I am convinced we will sign but I can still discuss the merits of each player. Most of debates are football debates anyway rather than financial ones, which is a far more interesting debate to have imo.
My opinion is that this thread is to discuss speculations in papers and print media rather than discuss targets we like. I could be wrong but IMO reading something about the qualities of Messi, Costa, Ronaldo for 5-6 pages makes no sense. I would rather see discussions around players we realistically have a chance of getting. Again, thats my opinion.. I feel like this is a meeting I have with my analysts- lot of beating around the bush i.e. main issues and rarely anyone hitting the nail on the coffin.
Try asking them to hit the nail on the head instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
You might get better results :)
Bendtner out for 2 months
:lol:
Oh yeh....shit!
I guess we won't be able to sell him now. :lol:
At least he'll be gone in the summer, finally.
I'm not going to say you're wrong mate per se as each of us are entitled to want whatever we want from these threads and there has been no shortage of Balotelli talk since he was mentioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
This isn't a thread where people exclusively state targets they like (which isn't precisely what I said). I'd suggest that is why Messi and Cronaldo aren't discussed in any real capacity. I'm sure it isn't just that nobody here likes either of them. Have you read a paper recently? Costa has been linked to us for weeks on end in the papers....even before silly season started with the window opening. In fact that's why he has been discussed more than many others...because we have already been linked with him for weeks before recently. From that point of view he is more relevant than anyone to discuss.
If we want Costa, we can have him. He has a clause that is within our budget. Messi does not. Will we sign him? Almost definitely not. Can we sign him? Yes we can.
If we want Balotelli, we can have him. Will we sign him? Almost definitely not. Can we sign him? Yes we can.
That is a slightly curious analogy given that we are actually discussing the merits of a solution rather than the scope of the problem in itself. You've made your meetings sound less productive than Goonersweb's transfer speculation thread. That is some feat.
Mario Mandzukic are being mentioned in the media, if Lewandowski goes to Bayern. Not sure if he's an upgrade, but it would mean that we have 2 similiar strikers so we can rotate and our team doesnt get hurt if one of them gets injuried.
Lewandowski to Bayern Munich in the summer all but confirmed now.
:faint:
They might as well have confirmed it a year ago. :lol:
I'd take Mandzukic without a second thought. He was the main striker used by an all conquering team last season though, so there's zero chance of this happening in January (obviously), and probably a 10% chance of this happening in summer seeing as everyone is currently talking about percentages.
Gutted Lewandowski has signed for Bayern. I certainly think we may have had a chance if we'd thrown about 20-25m at Dortmund on Jan 1st. His friendship with Szczesny and possible thrill at playing for the EPL leaders with Ozil, Cazorla etc supplying him could have been irresistible. He'll never receive the hero worshiping at Bayern he would have gotten at Arsenal.
Anyway everyone's denying the Berbatov deal now and I can't help but feel we would have signed him by now if we wanted him. Perhaps Wenger has other plans.
Like the sound of Manduzicl but its all pie in the sky surely, fuelled by the Lewdo story???
Manduzicl. :bow:
Sanogo has been training with the first team for a few days now, should be ready for the Villa game next week. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Singh
We also have Nikky B who can play thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr Singh
Jackson Martinez wants to come to us reportedly.
Worth a bid I reckon
http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/04/jackso...nners-4249227/
Just to add to Jeebus comment.
Have no idea what interview they are quoting from, so could just be media bs. But would they really fake something like that?
He has EUR30 million release clause in his contract, a bit risky for someone from Portugese league. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Dno if its risky, most hyped players comming out of Porto have kept doing well at other european clubs... Especially Columbians :D
Good, see youve heard of him as well.....Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost of Xmas Past
Sounds like it. Was just reading an article about the move saying how Lewandowski might not even start many games because Pep really likes Mandzukic and also experiments with the false 9. The German league has been made weaker by Bayern. They said their were fears that the league would become like the Spanish league. Klopp said he was more worried about it becoming like the Scottish league.Quote:
Originally Posted by Japan Shaking All Over
He does seem pretty desperate to join doesn't he? Can't say I've ever really followed him though, so my opinion's not worth much here - looks impressive in the few clips I've seen, but then doesn't everyone? I will say that he looks like he gets a good variety of goals (very strong in the air!) and improvises well in tight spots, and he certainly has the athletic build to handle the lone striker role - good at holding the ball up, although I'm not too sure about his passing and laying-off? Would need to see him actually playing to know what his all-round output is like across 90 minutes, and whether he's right for us? Anyone actually watched him play enough to have an informed opinion?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
I'd echoes those thoughts mate.....
Not a big fan of Mandzukic myself, although he seems popular amongst many. He's not one to leave things to chance and seems to anticipate and judge the flight of the ball well but I don't think there's any thing special about him. I thought we wanted a forward that could come up with a little bit of magic now and then? Mandzukic definitely isn't that guy but I don't know what sort of fee we are talking to be fair....
Martinez could be a real live wire over here and certainly has more finesse.
I know we don't give a monkeys about them and all that.....but Manure absolutely cannot be allowed to sign Vidal from Juve. Not that I see it happening mind.....
Remarkable player. In fact, Marchisio, Pogba and Vidal are an impressive triumvirate over there.
The problem with Juventus, is they dont have the money to keep their players if the big clubs are comming in, even we can "out-salary" all their players. The president said a couple of weeks ago that they couldnt afford to offer Pogba more 70k/week, so he was probably going to move on sooner or later in his career.
So even tho' United are super shit right now and Juventus are winning their league, they could just double Vidals wages and he would probably not say no.