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3 nice suggestions tbh. Would take any of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
Suarez is gone, and Falcao and Ibrahimovic are too expensive. All the other established strikers in the world are pretty shit. We need to take a punt on somebody like these who have the potential to become top top top.
El Shaarawy could play in different positions too, which would be ideal.
So could Jay Rodriguez tbf........
Time for Rossi. :pray:
Or indeed, just buy Rossi.
Who'd be out for the three seasons as soon as he stepped into England.
I would take Balotelli if it was just on footballing ability but he annoys the fuck out of me. I wouldn't want to watch him in an Arsenal shirt week in week out.
Anyone seen Luis Muriel ? Been mentioned a fair bit
Heard his name mentioned, don't really know anything about him - any good?Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
I'd say no to Balotelli, personally - good player, but seems like a step back to that kind of sulky, self-obsessed individual that we've worked so hard to eradicate from the squad. Great to watch when they're on form and in the mood, but they just never seem to handle any kind of set-back or adversity well...
Borussia Dortmund have confirmed Germany international Marco Reus does have a release clause in his contract.
Dortmund executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has acknowledged there is a clause in Reus' contract, with reports putting the figure in the region of €35million (£29.4m).
http://www1.skysports.com/football/n...n-his-contract
Sign him up!
Must get of all must gets.
Moyes will probably offer them Kagawa in exchange plus some money on top, but if we bid the clause, its down to him choosing Wenger/Ozil/BFG/Pods/Rosicky or Moyes ...
Imagine Reus and Lewandowski in Jan :popcorn:
Moyes doesn't need him, he has Anderson and Jones...Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
:lol:
It would be hard to move Reus from Dortmund. Dortmund is his boyhood club (he is still a fan), unless we offer him a lot of money etc he won't come here. I could see Ozil/BFG/Pods/Rosicky factor would influence him but not that much IMO. As for ManU? small chance IMO. If he would care about his football career, he would stay away from Citeh, Chelsea, Monaco, PSG etc. :coffee:
Reckon Dortmund won't get the release clause for him. Will go for £15-20m rather than £30m.
£15 mil is what they paid to Mönchengladbach. They will get at least £30 million IMO, Reus is as good if not better than Gotze. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Put old man Tomas in charge of the negotiations :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Reus
That's pocket money for a player of his ability, we would be crazy not to try and make a push for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Munchies
He's a brilliant player IMO, could play out wide or even as a Central Striker in our system.
Yeah, he could play anywhere up front in our system, brilliant player. We will stick with Bendtner and Mr Postman though. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Have we not got enough creative attacking midfielders :coffee:
Save the money for a top striker.
We iz signing Benzema and Llorrente I as seen it in the papers.
He is a striker :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
I always quite fancied Rossi....probably because I see a little of Bergkamp in him. Seems to be over his injuries too...Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Reus is a sensational player, although I don't actually see Wenger signing him.
He's exactly the same as Ozil, Cazorla, Rosicky, Wilshere, Ramsey and all our other attacking midfield midgets.Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
So he isn't :good:Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
Cant see us buying Reus, if Wenger wanted a really fast right-footed inside forward with a good shot on left wing, he would have put Walcott over there years ago.
Think Reus would be an amazing option for us. We've talked a lot this season about needing some runners and this guy is as good as they come for that.
Did you watch his pre Dortmund career? The only reason he is on the left/right flank for Dortmund is to accommodate Lewandowski. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Master Splinter
Are you sure he was a striker? He's scoring more goals for Dortmund, than he did before, but cant find any information about it, so its an honest question.Quote:
Originally Posted by milla
But his rolemodel being Rosicky, us having a bunch of awesome germans and he has a fairly cheap buy-out clause (compaired to todays standards), i would say we should go all in for him
It would appear a strange move given he could have had Remy who is starting to look a very smart move for Newcastle. Reus/Remy are infinitely more productive than Gervais.
It hasn't escaped me that he is doing well at Roma, but it shouldn't have escaped our attention that the Italian league is different to our own....and one in which Erik Lamela was exceptional in and is now struggling....
Our prime targets in the summer were a forward and a DCM so I would be surprised if the target is now a left winger (and let's face it, that is where he is most likely to play) especially as it might mean Cazorla and Podolski, previously first team players last season are now subs.
Well, there's a very good reason he didn't go for Remy.
Reus would definitely be a left sided attacker for us - haven't seen too much of his pre-Dortmund days, but from what I've seen since he looks tailor-made for that role (and is one of the few forwards around who seems to 'get' that that's where most of the more traditional striking now happens in a modern 433 system, that plays around a big target man or false 9).
Hmmm... if the chance was there to sign him, I'm honestly not sure what I'd do? On the one hand it would be a bit of a luxury move (once everyone's fit), and not really one that we really need in terms of numbers (not to mention it would be incredibly hard on whoever makes way for him, and someone would have to make way)? But on the other, we're fast moving towards a place where the only things that will really improve us are upgrades and luxury buys, and, if he's that much better than what we currently have in his area, then we really do need to consider it. For me, a lot of it will hinge on who we get as a second striker - if we're lucky enough to get someone like Suarez who can literally do any job across all 3 forward positions to a world-class standard, then it's probably not necessary, but if we end up going for someone who is purely a CF, and outright competition for Giroud (as seems more likely), then I wouldn't mind seeing us go for a second player at the same time, and add a bit more punch to the wide areas as well as the middle - probably being greedy there, but, you know... f--k it! We're worth it...
Because we had Bendtner?Quote:
Originally Posted by GayPete
Depends what Rosicky does too. His contract runs out in the summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
True - even if he does stay on (and I hope he does), I suppose you have to be thinking that he's 33 now, and maybe won't feature quite so regularly from this point onwards?Quote:
Originally Posted by She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Dunno. He's the hardest work in the team bar Ramsey and still has an engine on him. The fact he missed so many years out injured means he hasn't 'used up' his footballing years yet, as to speak. He has plenty more to offer. He could be our very own Giggs.
I hope he decides to stay on, he's a reliable player to have around. His body seems to be holding up well despite all the injuries.
Me too.
That said, we'll all be cursing Wenget when Super Tom signs a new deal, and then gets injured for a year.
The hindsight of GW is a force to be reckoned with.
I'd absolutely offer him a new deal, and Sagna and Arteta (when it comes to it) too - all 3 are experienced assets that are worth keeping at the club. But, all the same, it still doesn't change the fact that we'll need to start thinking about life beyond them at some point, and probably sooner rather than later. If the opportunity comes along to bring in a long-term, world-class successor (or even a world-class option in another area that allows us to shuffle the pack) then I think we need to be considering it...