Di Maria didn't get on the plane for Man Utd's tour seemingly. :lol:
He'll be off soon I'd have thought.
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Di Maria didn't get on the plane for Man Utd's tour seemingly. :lol:
He'll be off soon I'd have thought.
Money well spent.
With van Genius in charge Utd may well pass the chavs and gypos this season as the biggest joke in the history of British football. This obviously incompetent twat has spent £300mill in the last two seasons but still relies on Fellaini as his main man. You have to be a mile out of your depth and still digging to end up in a mess like that. Utd would be scary if they had even a semi-decent manager in charge of all those resources. Hilariously they have van Gaal. Hot on the heels of van Moyes. If they were trying to make Fergie look good then those fat beggars in charge have succeeded beyond the boundaries of belief.
That was one hell of a bust, or serious money laundering ...probably a case of bothQuote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Hardly a surprise, trying to find a place in the team for talented players when the team is built around Fellaini is a pointless challenge. van Idiot will just keep chucking cash until probability goes his way. Then he'll be lauded as the genius they told us he was when he first arrived. A monkey throwing shit at a canvas will eventually emulate Picasso if you feed him enough to keep his bowels active.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maestro
It'll be annoying if he goes for the rumoured £45m. Just don't know how the hell he can command that sort of fee. Then again, PSG bought David Luiz for similar money.
Man Utd are surely clearing the way for an epic signing. I'm guessing Bale for a world record.
Wenger after the friendly:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33666033Quote:
Arsenal director Lord Harris said earlier this week that Wenger has the backing to break the club's transfer record for a top striker.
But after watching his side emphatically brush aside Lyon, the Frenchman played down the need to strengthen the club's attacking options.
"When you score six goals you don't have a desperate need for a striker," Wenger added.
"We scored four goals in the FA Cup final, we create chances and score goals. We are open-minded, everybody is in the market and many clubs have big, big money."
6 goals in a friendly and it's all good, this guy irritates the f*ck out of me, is he really that blinkered or does he just enjoy winding people up.
If he doesn't sign a striker he's a fool, relying on inconsistent, unreliable, injury prone prone bottlers up front won't win you any major trophies, you won't win top prizes without a consistent, reliable goalscorer.
I hate the way it only takes a couple results to convince him everything is fine, this was a game of no significance FFS, it was merely a runout for the players nothing more, the result is meaningless and doesn't reflect on your chances when the real sh*t begins.
Di Maria's family hasn't settled in Manchester hence the reason he wants to leave, he's on hell of a player at his best however.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Fuck it. I'll try not to get wound up by it all this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
If he's right we'll do really well this season and win something major. If he's wrong there will be a shit storm from the fans that have put faith in him. It's on him to make the right decisions. It's make or break.
Just pretend this says Wenger.
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Stopped reading here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Because that's entirely untrue so doesn't bode well for the rest of the article.Quote:
The 26-year-old Germany international's form has been inconsistent since he joined Arsenal from Real Madrid for a club record £42.6m in September 2013.
Anichebe, I'm guessing. He'd gel perfectly with Fellaini and I reckon they could get him for around £40mill, or £3.50 if they pretended to be a different club.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
Bale is Perez's trophy, no chance of him being sold. It'd be more likely to be Ronaldo, I cannot see how he and Benitez is going to last.Quote:
Originally Posted by Syn
In an ideal world Madrid would buy Ibra and let Benzema come to us. They are all about drama and haven't bought any "name" player yet this season. However, I am not sure a whole continent is big enough for Ronnie and Ibra to fit in let alone the same club. Ibra could come to us for a swansong but we cant/wont pay his wages. United would have to offer at least Euro130m to get RM interested in selling Bale.
Unless we'd have lost of course in which case it would have been very significant...Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
No what's significant is 3rd place last season and getting knocked out of the CL by Monaco. All we've changed is the goalkeeper, hardly a major improvement, especially seeing as other clubs above and below us have already spent a fair amount.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Yep, that's what people will remember about this season in 20 years, 3rd place and getting knocked out of the CL.
Nothing else happened last season which will be remembered...
Although I am probably going to be proved wrong......and I am not convinced that the guys wants to leave but I do think there is a smidgen of intent to get our hands on BenzemaQuote:
Originally Posted by Static
I'm certain we'll sign a striker.
One things for sure, everyone remembers the fact we've never won the CL and not won the title in over 10 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters
Yep, that's what Spurs fans will use as sticks to beat us with, Arsenal fans will be proud of the fact that thanks to the last 2 seasons we're now the most successful side in FA Cup history, and half of those have been won under Wenger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
News is we upped our bid on Benny......still low balling but what do you expect.....tbf 35 is not that far off.....is there a release clause
There will be a buyout clause but they can get very complicated in Spain; not sure what it is set at in Benzema's case but a lot higher than what they paid for him I would have thought.
This insecurity regarding Ozil is one of the weirdest things ive seen from our fanbase. Believe it or not Ozil HAS been inconsistent, which is why neutrals don't suck him off. If he changes that this season, great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
He's a huge player who, in the eyes of the media, picked the wrong club. They would have loved him at one of their clubs. But he picked Arsenal hence the relentless campaign. In terms of consistency, if you judge him by the very highest standards, he's a had the odd off-day here and there. If you judge him against virtually every other player in the PL then 5 minutes from him has been worth 90 from them - so what do you prefer, their 90 minutes of consistent dross? Where some people have gone wrong is expecting him to win every game single-handedly. Messi, on his best day, could maybe pull that off, nobody else though. So the expectations are already ludicrous. That's where the charges against him stem from, he can quietly control a game but if he hasn't beaten four opponents and rammed it in the net he's been anonymous. It's just the media and a section of the fan base, who wouldn't know football if they were hit in the face by it, that have these weird ideas about performance levels.Quote:
Originally Posted by BOBN
If you like football, you love Ozil.
A pure player. A joy to watch. And he's ours. Aren't we lucky?
To be honest I much prefer David Silva.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Of course you do.Quote:
Originally Posted by BOBN
Think we've been here before, going after a player at a club who don't need to sell, don't have anyone else lined up, on top of that they are loaded so unless he's surplus to their needs he won't be going.Quote:
Originally Posted by Japan Shaking All Over
If we don't have someone else lined up and are relying on signing him we're fools.
There isn't anybody else better than Benzema that we could get - it may well end in tears but isn't this what people wanted for Arsenal, to show 'ambition'?
May as well go for Lewandowski, Cavani, Suarez, Aguero as well. If we're going after a Real 1st teamer when they are already short of out and out strikers why not go for some of the others?
How about Griezman he seems to be able to get 25 odd goals a season, or Lacazette (as has been mentioned before), they seem to have goals in them.
Benzema is good, but I don't think he's in Aguero or Suarez's class, he's below those kind of strikers, his record at Real is very good but not phenomenal. Would be good to have him here, but there's other options who wouldn't represent a downgrade IMO.
I think Benitez is going to play Bale and Ronaldo a closer to each other and probably more centrally, which fits with what he did in the case of Stevie Me and Torres.
Plus, Real Madrid have yet to make their new toy signing yet, which could be Reus, although it's oddly quiet for them this year. I can't imagine they would let a summer pass tamely by after Barcelona won the Treble again though.
Benzema would be signed for his link play which is very, very good. His goalscoring is a little erratic, it's still good but I think it's his link play it would mainly be for but unlike Giroud he isn't slow on the ball.
Benitez seemed to say Benzema wasn't leaving two days ago, so it would appear he is in his plans, so I can't imagine he wants to sell him.Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...o-rafa-benitez
We've done this numerous times so I'm very wary, we seems to go after players clubs aren't interested in selling and categorically say aren't leaving and always fail to sign them in the end (after a long drawn out saga) and have noone else lined up.
I hope, I'm sure isn't discouragingly definitive. It's Real Madrid anyway, things change very quickly there.
We do have an alternative lined up, Aubameyang. And he's not available either.
we should take our bag of money, head to south america and buy the best young striker out there.
Should be a mixture of both, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
I would put Inter and Milan over Arsenal but you would be hard pressed to find 10 teams that are bigger unless you want to name drop Ajax or Nottingham Forrest.
Chesney confirms he is joining Roma on loan. :wave:
United sign Sergio Romero... De Gea. :wave:
Here's to hoping. Romero is a bit crap.
I've a feeling Utd will try to get Lloris.