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Have you had a stroke?Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
Agreed but this is a direct quote from the agent on twitter ...yes i know twitter is a load of old shit but if the guy is a bonafide agent it may have some legs.......Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Reports claiming we have offered 45 M euros for Higuain.
£37m for Grealish IMO.
Re-sign Van Pussy and bench the fucker
That sounds utterly insane about Higuain, we didn't want to sign him two years ago when we could have got him for 25-30 million but prepared to pay 45million (I'm reading pounds not Euros) for him now.
45 million Euro's he's good but not that good.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
RVC close to signing for Fenerbahce.
What a waste.
but eeez got dat medul
Would he even be remembered by their fans in 10-15 years? Doubt it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
As said, hated by Arsenal fans, forgotten by Utd. That's his legacy. Fergie really fucked him over. :haha:
Not to reign on this parade, but I don't think he cares. I didn't begrudge him leaving at the time but I did the way in which he did so.
Anyway that's too much money for Higuain and I'm not sure why Real would seriously entertain selling Benzema.
Really? Understandable why he wanted out. But you don't think in retirement years he won't regret not having that icon status where he can return to a stadium like Henry and Wright to crowd showing complete gratitude? That little boy inside him knows what I'm talking about. When he moved to Utd, I don't think he pictured one medal and then out. He doesn't strike me as a player just about the money.
He finally got his medal but he must be wondering what if he stayed at Arsenal. We finally look like we're building something and he just missed out.
Anything over £30m for Higuain is overpriced, but if he's the final cog in the team that could win us the league it's worth overpaying. I'm not convinced that Higuain is that final cog, but he's definitely a much better goal scorer than Giroud or Welbeck. £45m for Higuain or start the season with what he already have?
He wont regret anything unless we win the league or the Champions league. If we do it will make it that little bit sweeter thinking about all the RVPs and Nasris that have stabbed us in the back. Not that winning any of those trophies would need any more 'sweetness' :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
We will not be buying Benzema.
Madrid would not sell him, he would not want to go and of course Giroud is French and Wenger would not have two players for the same position from the same country especially if they were both internationals.
I cannot believe we would pay all that money for Higuain.
I hope we are buying Aubameyang and Carvalho, that would be amazing but it is just a dream.
Second that!. Those two would make it a good summer. Real hope for the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
Higuain has been shit for a couple of seasons now hasn't he? Or has it been three seasons?
53 goals in 102 appearances for Napoli, not worth the money De Laurentis (I wonder if he's related to Dino De Laurentis?) wants but far better stats than any of our strikers.
Is he? Whenever I've seen him play he's looked decidedly ordinary. Is he significantly better than Giroud or Walcott? Say in the Suarez or Aguero bracket - players who would make a real difference? Can't see it. The fee attached to him appears to be insane, even by football standards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
I don’t think his brain works like that. It’s not about passports. We had Giroud but he also bought Sanogo and if that kid have turned into the new Anelka as he hoped, he’d have kept his position in the squad. The problem with buying two players in their peak is that you can’t play both at the same time and rotation isn’t always good for building confidence and Wenger is all about building confidence in players and he does so by assuring players game time. I don’t think he wants the team selection headache and he won’t keep an unhappy player that isn’t playing. Best way around that problem for Wenger is to have a developing player as cover and an experienced first teamer.Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
He can be worse than inzaghi interms of offside and missing chances but overall he is a goal scorer and i think he would take us up a level. His record for Real is 107 in 190 and 35 in 69 for Napoli, so around a goal every other game. While im a fan of Giroud and like what he brings to the team, i do feel with him leading the line that we wont win the title, he just doesnt have enough goals in him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Excellent. Now come on Ox, you're next!Quote:
West Brom striker Saido Berahino has parted company with Aidy Ward, the controversial football agent behind Raheem Sterling’s transfer fiasco with Liverpool.
The 21-year-old joined Sterling in going with Ward when the agent set up on his own last season after leaving Impact Sports Management.
But Berahino, who was called up to the England squad last November, is said to have become disillusioned with Ward following Sterling’s attempts to leave Anfield.
So any of our forwards boasts a scoring record of a goal every other game?.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
No I agree he's not in the Suarez or Aguero bracket and I think it would be stupid money to pay, but in terms of goals he is a vast improvement on anything we have up front. That's not saying we should pay that kind of money for him, that's just stating we don't have a striker with a one goal in two game average
Can't see Wenget going for a striker in the mould of Higuain, he's too one dimensional.
Either he'll buy someone versatile to play across the front 3 or he'll look for someone like Giroud to be a target man and a link between midfield and attack.
Giroud did last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
His overall goal scoring record is still no where near that, that's my point. Giroud is a patchy player and not a consistent goal scorer, scoring every game for seven or eight games is fine if you then don't go another seven or eight without scoring.
I don't necessarily think we should sign Higuain but we need an improvement on Giroud.
His overall record is fine, it's not one in 2 but it's not that far off. It's something like 0.4 per game.
I don't think he's a 'worldie', but he's better than he's given credit for on here at least.
I think part of the problem with Giroud is that he lacks the confidence and belief to be the best. Journos close to him say he takes criticism to heart and it effects him.
And what is that? What should he be given more credit for exactly?Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Scratch that. No point in answering that. We don't need another Giroud debate. If we're trying to improve the squad, that's an area we can certainly improve on.
I'm not disagreeing with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
I'm talking about a striker than significantly enhances what we already have and moves us up level with the dopers in terms of firepower. There are plenty of strikers around who will stick the ball in the net, we're looking for one that changes vital games at crucial moments. That's the Aguero and Suarez (and Henry and Wright before them) factor. Is Higuain anywhere near that bracket? From what I've seen of him no, he's just as likely to miss a sitter as stick it in the net. There's nothing to say he can translate his 2 in 1 ratio from the Italian leagues to the PL. If he was a top talent you;d back him to do it. But I wouldn't call him a top talent by any stretch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
You know what I'm talking about. There's a world between those few players who are on a different level from the rest. Aguero frightens opponents. The Higuains and Girouds and the Darren Bents still score goals but they don't possess the fear factor or have defenders wondering what they'll do next. Cavani and Falcao are in the same bracket, big fees but they don't have that extra special ingredient. I'm of two minds whether Costa is up there with the best. He bangs in the goals too, but he's more of a bludgeon than a scalpel. Still effective but not the sort of player you'd specially pay to watch.
In fact there are very few top striker around at the moment. I say we should be prepared to spend big if we want one of them, but I'd hate to see us spend a silly amount on a second tier player like Higuain. We already have Giroud and Walcott, both proficient second tier players. It'll probably cost us £60mill to do better than what we have.
Unless an obvious option pops up, we may hold off from signing a striker until we're late in the window. This maybe an internal inhouse job. Sanchez may get converted into a striker. Walcott may get his chance or Wenger may just want to take another look at Giroud.
I think thats a good point. Apart from the top tier strikers who are more or less impossible to get, there arent any other strikers available that could improve us much, although i think Higuain will be a good singing for us if it does happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Not sure I agree I think what we need is purely someone who can put the ball in the net, I think we have enough players in the side to influence games given that there is someone up front who can stick it away.
If that were true, we'd have been ok with Podolski up front. We need a special striker up front that won't get lost in the game. Welbeck is another example of a striker that just can't get a sniff on goal because he just can't get accustomed with the rhythm of our game. It's not just about the finishing, it's about the off the ball movement too.
we're better off spending on an upcoming real talented forward, than spunking £40m on higuain. if we keep our powder dry in the striker department then i would prefer we start theo upfront, at least he has real pace and will work his socks off to prove his career has not been a bust.
We've got plenty of people who can put the ball in the net, we only scored 2 fewer goals than Chelsea last year.
What we are missing is what NQ was saying, an Aguero or Suarez - someone who puts the fear of God into defenders.
They don't grow on trees, if we don't get one it's not for the lack of trying, it's because there are probably only a handful in the world, most will stay put and those who do move will probably go to a team with bigger resources than us.
The finishing aspect is obviously important but finishing alone wont get you anywhere. If finishing was all thta mattered then the likes of Ings, Podolski, Defoe etc would be worth millions. Sometimes, esp in the big games, Giroud is completly shut out by the oppo's defenders, he cant get half of yard of space and stinks the place up until he is subbed off. The likes of Suarez, Aguero etc can get away from defenders and need half a yard to score, thats what makes them so special.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
Yep. When thinking of what's available out there, it doesn't look good. We'd either have to buy a winger to convert into a striker or look at our options inhouse. Only Walcott and Sanchez strike me as players that have it in them to really menace a defence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters