Transfer targets in January

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Originally Posted by Ach

Ryo and Park are hardly options.

Bought for marketing reasons only. Both are extremely shite and shouldnt be anywhere near the pitch. And also Wenger said he wont bring in any CM not just Gourcuff. We desperately need some creativity

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I don’t think anyone has seen enough of Park or Ryo to make a firm judgement. The one goal that Park did score was taken very well and when I saw him at the Emirates and he had a crack on goal, he looked like the type of striker that could worry defenders. He at least knows how to shoot. Ryo also looked very quick and when he came on for a sub as well. But, it’s way too early to say if they’re good or bad players. I’m curious to see what they can offer and January would be the right time to introduce them.

From what I’ve seen of them on Youtube as well, they look like players with pace, energy and suit our style of play. Not sure why Wenger hasn’t introduced them but I doubt it has anything to do their quality. I just think he has a strict pecking order and it’s why Arshavin and Chamakh keep getting games ahead of everyone else. Ox was lucky enough to start a few games and make an early impression. But he hasn’t started a game in months. People would be saying the same thing about the Ox if hadn’t have gotten off to a bright start.

And people say city style spending has caused no inflation what so ever and has had nothing to do with our ability above average players for reasonable prices...

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Originally Posted by AKBapologist

And people say city style spending has caused no inflation what so ever and has had nothing to do with our ability above average players for reasonable prices...

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Didn’t cost an arm and a leg to bring in players like Merts, Arteta, Santos, Park, Gervinho.....stay away from players that are on the big boys hit list and we can still find a few gems.

All everyone has asked for is more signings like these and past signings. More like Vermaelen, Sagna, Eduardo and Hleb. They’re all around the £10m mark. Nasri and Arshavin were players that slipped under the big boys radars and we got them for cut down fees compared to what we’d have paid if City or Chelsea were involved. I compare those two signings to how we got Rosicky. It’s still possible to get good players at a reasonable price. Just stay away from the guys involved in bidding wars. That’s always been our strategy since Wenger arrived.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

Didn’t cost an arm and a leg to bring in players like Merts, Arteta, Santos, Park, Gervinho.....stay away from players that are on the big boys hit list and we can still find a few gems.

All everyone has asked for is more signings like these and past signings. More like Vermaelen, Sagna, Eduardo and Hleb. They’re all around the £10m mark. Nasri and Arshavin were players that slipped under the big boys radars and we got them for cut down fees compared to what we’d have paid if City or Chelsea were involved. I compare those two signings to how we got Rosicky. It’s still possible to get good players at a reasonable price. Just stay away from the guys involved in bidding wars. That’s always been our strategy since Wenger arrived.

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Exactly, this is why the argument that "Oh, City have distorted the market" doesn't wash. We could easily have brought in more players like Sagna, Vermaelen etc, and we'd have been a lot more competitive for it.

Oh now suddenly AW transfers stratergy has been spot on?

The player above is exactly the type of player AW would have had no problem signing 10 years ago.

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Barcelona starlet Isaac Cuenca could start a Premier league bidding war as he stalls on a new contract, with Arsenal and Chelsea reported to be monitoring the situation.
The 20-year-old is one of the recent graduates from Barca's famed La Masia academy but his current deal ends in the summer and he is free to speak to other clubs in the New Year.
The attacker has scored two La Liga goals in five appearances this season and hit a brace in the 9-0 win over L'Hospitalet in the Copa del Rey before Christmas.
Cuenca has been earmarked as a possible replacement for David Villa, who is out with a broken leg, but his refusal to sign a new deal has surprised the club.
The former Reus man is believed to be unhappy with the wages the Catalan club have offered him, something that would not be a problem for Chelsea.
Arsenal are also said to be aware of the Spain Under-21 star's situation as they have a history of signing Barca youngsters, the most notable being Cesc Fabregas, as well as Hector Bellerin and Jon Toral more recently.

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http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...contract-rebel

Stop going after Barca players

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Originally Posted by AKBapologist

Oh now suddenly AW transfers stratergy has been spot on?

The player above is exactly the type of player AW would have had no problem signing 10 years ago.

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Where did you get that from and what are you reading? Most people on here said years ago that we'd welcome more experienced players like Sagna and Veramaelen over inexperienced players that are 3-4 years away from being ready. These are the type of players we'd have no problem signing and as seen on deadline day, we snapped up 4 players so quickly, they looked like panic buys. The fees weren't huge either.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

Where did you get that from and what are you reading? Most people on here said years ago that we'd welcome more experienced players like Sagna and Veramaelen over inexperienced players that are 3-4 years away from being ready. These are the type of players we'd have no problem signing and as seen on deadline day, we snapped up 4 players so quickly, they looked like panic buys. The fees weren't huge either.

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Vinger always makes it sound like signing players is the hardest job in the world. Yet when his reputation and possibly job was on the line, he pulled off some great coups.

The big risk is if we genuinely want to sign top quality then we have to do it in January and possibly pay over the odds.

The reason is that we're not favourites to finish fourth and if we don't then you can kiss goodbye to signing any top quality in the summer. You can also kiss goodbye to RVP.

This is the second most important transfer window of Wenger's career. Last summer being the most important.

Ideally we'll have new players in before the Man Utd game but it'll be like it was in the summer. Any buying will be done in the last week/day of January and by then we'll be out of the race for top 4