Not bothered, he's another nobody in my book. We need players a level above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
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Not bothered, he's another nobody in my book. We need players a level above.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
Yeah because it means turd burglars like Bendtner will be moved on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
As for Gervinho himself, don't know anything about him really but appears to be a typical Wenger signing. Seems to be able to take a few players on from the youtube highlights I've seen. Not particularly excited about his potential signing but hopefully he can freshen things up a bit up front, where apart from RVP, it went very stale last season.
Right kind of player, someone with pace, power and a love of dribbling as well as a half decent goal/assists record but whether he's the right player I couldn't really comment; it's not particularly exciting at any rate but as a replacement for Bendtner he could work out a little better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
*meh*Quote:
Originally Posted by Joker
We tend to do things quietly, I think it's a little early to say that buying a lazy winger and a teenage defender has sent shockwaves around the world at how awesomely deadly Man U's negotiating team are, it's the quality of signing not the size that matters, Vidic was 8m, unknown and a damn sight better than the well known Lescott at 18m.
Maybe its time we stopped doing things "we tend to do" cos let's face it, things "we tend to do" hasn't worked out well for us. Just for once I would like us to sign a big name player that the knowledge of him just coming in excites the fans. We haven't had that since Sol came in 2001 tbh.
I agree, tired of signing nobodies all the time, we should sign quality established players too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
That is the dream.Quote:
Originally Posted by ItsMe
Just heard/read that Young is undergoing a medical at Man Utd.
So thats Jones and Young now for them added to a squad of champions whilst we have got Jenkinson.
yay
Wenger out asap plskthx
We tend to do fuck all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Vela
Young won't be lazy there that's for sure. It's his big chance at the top, with his dead ball and crossing ability I think United will see the very best of him. Besides I'm not sure if he's lazy anyway, he's not a Valencia/Park grafter type, but then United have plenty of workers and are rightly adding some extra ability in there. They have bought the right player IMO but time will tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Vela
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Originally Posted by GB.
It's funny 'coz it's true.
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Originally Posted by GB.
Young will be awesome at Man U, he's deadly at times and he's what they've been missing, since Ronaldo left they've lacked that really pacey outlet who can cross and rip defences apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Would have loved it if we'd signed him to be honest, a proper winger.
I dunno, he's looked a little lazy to me at times but I guess he is a forward so you gotta give a little bit of leeway, I think he's the right kind of guy for Man U, just not sure he'll be able to step up (maybe more in hope than anything else...) but as you say, time will tell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Looked pretty good against us but that shouldn't be used as a measuring stick. How good is he?Quote:
Sunderland's bid for Ipswich teenager Connor Wickham may come to nothing as the striker is waiting for a move to Liverpool or Arsenal.
Full story: the Metro
Yeah but didn't Ipswich have real problems scoring goals last season....think during the CC semi they were saying how goals were hard to come by for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ach
In short no thanks to this kid.
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Sunderland's bid for Ipswich teenager Connor Wickham may come to nothing as the striker is waiting for a move to Liverpool or Arsenal.
Full story: the Metro
get shone off one Bedtner type and a potential nother comes in off the horizon.......no doubt AW will say he's not ready to play up front and sent him off to do his porridge on the wingQuote:
Originally Posted by Ach
Just to lighten the mood.
As some of you know Im a UEFA qualified coach. I coach the mini soccer age groups (under 11 and under in most cases).
One of my players was signed by Arsenal on a 2 year contract yesterday. He is only 10 but will be playing the age group above. Quality player that has good technical ability, fast and reads the game better than any 10 year old I have ever coached.
So yeah we have already signed someone lol
I know its Ipswich's media team using our name and Liverpools to push Sunderlands bid up, but Connor Wickham, the tractor boys have turned down a £8MIL bid for him already, you may remember him from when we playd them in the cup, big, strong, fast, 18..
Oh and look...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13876117.stm
Might be worth a punt
Sad but true. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by GB.
No thanks, Ipswich struggled to score goals all season....he was part of their strikeforce. Overrated rubbish IMO, the new Emile Heskey.Quote:
Originally Posted by Punchinello Beezo
Seriously hope we don't go after cr*p like this.
Yeh, I agree.
Not interested in any more kids, we need experience first.
SSN say we have been looking at Jagielka again but wengerthinks that everton will likely turn down any offer.
i think the jags rumour is just our use of PR to put some pressure on balckburn to see the Samba deal through.
Starting to think Cahill was never taken seriously
I've never believed we would sign Cahill because of how much he'd cost, City and Spurs would probably go the extra mile for him where as we wouldn't. Samba is the one for us me thinks, if we are to sign a CB.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11670_7001843,00.htmlQuote:
Christopher Samba hopes that Blackburn Rovers will grant him permission to leave the club should an attractive offer come his way.
Samba has been strongly linked with a switch to Arsenal this summer, whilst Tottenham Hotspur have also been mentioned as an interested party.
Rovers boss Steve Kean recently stressed his desire to retain the centre-back's services after seeing Phil Jones leave Ewood Park for Manchester United.
But Blackburn owner Anuradha Desai has confirmed that Samba is the subject of growing interest, revealing to L'Equipe: "I know there are discussions with some clubs."
Opportunity
And Congo international Samba has expressed his ambition to compete higher up the table, with Rovers battling for their safety last campaign.
Samba said: "For four-and-a-half years I have been at Blackburn and fought against relegation.
"If a good opportunity presents itself, I want to take it. I hope the club will understand if I want to make the step up and not prevent a deal."
Earlier this year, Samba, 27, signed a contract extension at Blackburn, committing him to the club until 2015.
as an aside whatever happened to that Wolfman that Barca paid silly money for? Chygysnky what it? Think he is at Dynamo now, was he any good?
chygrynskiy apparently and he is at Shaktar, fook it swap Vela, Rosicky, bendtner and Denilson for him and Dougie Costa
Like I've said before, I would have preferred Cahill to Samba, as I think he's a more all round defender who can defend against different styles. Having seen Samba in action, I think he struggles against teams that play it on the ground at a high speed, although he would help us cope with aerial bombardments(which is important), although I think Cahill would also give us that much needed stability from set pieces, and could organise things at the back more effectively.
But as Samba will be cheaper than Cahill, no prizes for guessing who Wenger prefers.
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
This.
Way i look at it is this, we have plenty of these all-round-decent-on-the-ground types so if we're playing someone who is going to get it down and play it, we simply get Koscielny out of storage and lob him into the first team (assuming it's him and Djourou that drop to the bench for Vermalen to partner New CB) but for every other mid-table team that we know are going to lump it into the box, we use Samba.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joker
http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...juventus-fightQuote:
Tottenham are facing a three-way scrap for highly-rated Stuttgart defender Serdar Tasci
Manager Harry Redknapp wants another option at centre-back following Jonathan Woodgate's departure and continuing doubts over Ledley King's future.
Redknapp is also in the race for Arsenal target Chris Samba but Blackburn are not keen on selling the towering defender, as Steve Kean told talkSPORT yesterday.
Reports in Germany claim Spurs have now turned their attention to Tasci and are ready to follow up their interest in the 24-year-old with a bid.
Redknapp, however, will not have a clear run at the Germany international with Juventus and Sevilla are also lining up offers for Tasci, who is valued at around £12million by Stuttgart.
It is understood that the defender wants to leave the Bundesliga this summer and try his hand in another of Europe's top leagues, so his club are keen to cash in.
Supposedly we were ready to match the initial bid for Jones.
It's not only about price, it's also about value. And part of that value is in resale value, Samba's is likely only to decline, at least Cahill might have a bit of mileage in him.
I think Wenger saw Jones as a special talent, he can play CB & DM, Jones is a very good player IMHO and will repay back his fee for United in time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fist of Lehmann
In regards to Samba/Cahill I agree with you. Add the fact that Cahill is English so you can add about 5 million on top of whatever value is realistic for him anyway.
I prefer Cahill to Samba, Cahill is good on the ground and very competent in the air, he's a better all rounder than Samba IMHO. Cahill is not as good as Samba in the air, but he's no slouch either.
For me Cahill is an upgrade on anything we have with the exception of Tommy V.
I think our negotiations for defensive improvements have broken down tbh.
Gervinho is our only target close to signing, with Alverez in personal terms negotiations with us and a bunch of other clubs.
Why did this moron sign a contract extension with Blackburn this year until 2015!! Fucking retard!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Clearly you have intimate contacts at managerial and board level at the Arsenal in order to make that statement. Would you like to give us more information that you might have?Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
He was ready to leave when Fat Sam left, we should have moved in January IMO and got an unsettled player for a cut price. I guess he signed the new deal to ensure Blackburn get a sizeable fee for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
Just a summation of the news, youngguns blog reported the stuff on Alverez, Lille wanted a bigger fee for gervinho but were in contract talks with the player at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coney
Feel free to share ITK stuff if you believe you know any better.
We were very close to signing him in January, somehow the deal broke down, I dunno, probably due to finances or something like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
IMHO If we really want him we could buy him now, we just have to pay the market rate.
We agreed a £6mil fee and then they said they wanetd £10milQuote:
Originally Posted by selassie
I'm surprised we've gone back to do business with them if that was really the case. We probably could have met them halfway, though..I understand why we didn't if that stuff about the fee really was the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Punchinello Beezo
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13882802.stm
Young to united confirmed.
Young was in his last year at Villa wasnt he?
And Villa manage to get £20m for him.
Nasri, a far better player is in his last year and the talk was £8m for him
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Shows that other managers know that Wenger will bend over for them