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Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Great work rate. Was doing well for us before getting injured. Like Sanchez, he really closes the spaces fast...we missed him second half of the season. If he stays injury free, there's no reason he can't get 20goals plus. Agree with Mac, his goal against Utd, paid for most of his transfer fee. He just needs to get himself running again. Against some opponents, Walcott, Sanchez and Welbeck up front would be frightening for defenders I would love us to get Benzema as a number 9...(with Giroud deputising) and a defensive midfielder, if we did that, we'd definitely be in with a shout of the premiership this season. Credit to Wenger for laying the foundations of a very very good squad again...took his time, and I bloody hope he doesn't get to unravel it like last time! Hopefully he's finally learnt that you can't rest on your laurels, and things need freshening up each season. But now we have a solid base. Fingers-crossed we get that bit of luck we need to win the premiership and more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
Unfortunately £140k isn't excessive in practical terms, even though it is an utter disgrace in every other sense. The chavs and gypos pay that for players to sit on their bench. Theo must be close to being our longest serving player now, he's an England International when fit, I guess we either had to pay him that (at minimum) or he'd be off to the first bidder. It's insane but that's now value and loyalty stacks up in the modern game. And if he didn't get it then Mrs Kroenke would be paddling in a new pool or sailing her new boat. It comes down to whether we wanted him to stay or not. Considering it doesn't look like we are signing a striker, hanging on to the ones we've got is important. Hopefully he's ready to start paying his share of the deal rather than coasting to the next contract negotiation.
Theo's on the same wages as Sanchez and Ozil? I need his agent with me when I'm asking for a pay rise!
I'm not all that happy about making him one of our joint highest earners considering he's injury prone and not even a guaranteed starter. But it's better than the alternative of letting him walk out for free next summer.
Is that his 'arsene and karim' selfie?
Epic fail tbh :coffee:
Looks like Leicester are getting Inler. I remember being linked to him for a while.
Leicester seem to be making some decent signings with Okazaki, Aranguiz and Inler.
But then again so do most other clubs. The new TV deal will lead to Sunderland getting Lewandowski and Reus next season.
AS have us down due to offer 65 million Euros for Benzema.
It's on!
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Most of us can;t se wenger singing another striker because of his lack of ambition and relcutance to "kill" his players but i think that this opinion is based on the last 9 years where money was tight and we had to sell our best players every summer. Now that money is there, i think us signing Benzema is a real possiblity, although whether he wants to come here is another matter.
There's a lot of reasons why it's highly unlikely we'll sign Benzema, apparently he wants to stay in Spain, he's Madrid's only out and out striker and Benitez wants him to stay (and has said he will), he's under contract until 2019 and Real Madrid have noone else lined up up front.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Can't see this happening, IMO we're chasing the impossible again and will end up with noone, which would be a very poor show in the transfer window by us when we were nowhere near the title last season and other teams have further strengthened. Once again though the season is almost upon us and we have barely done any business, it's shambolic for it to happen again tbh.
We had to sell our best players because they wanted to leave and forced their way out of the club. There is a difference. Above statements make it seem like the rug was being pulled from under Wenger and decisions were being made without his consent.Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
If the best person in the business you worked in the world over, personally and publicly endorsed you as a fellow professional, I suspect you might be able to get that pay rise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
The reason we had to sell them was because we ha dno money or couldnt match their ambition and players and agents kne wour situation. today is a different story, we can attract Ozil, Cech and Sanchez and our best English players want to stay too. I wasnt saying it wasnt Wenger's fault but money was tight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Rumours are suggesting that wages have been agreed and the only issue is the fee.
Who knows tbh, but u really have to hope it's true
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Originally Posted by Jeebus
Biglia. :cloud9:
With Di Maria going to PSG, there must be a chance of us taking one of their players. Thinking Cavani.
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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Besides, PSG appears to be nothing more than a money laundering operating so any player coming out of there is likely to be at a very high fee. Just a shame we didn't sell them Diaby for £120mill.
Cavani is awful
I'd have my doubts about Cavani too, not that it is ever going to happen. Don't believe the latest round of Benzema hearsay for a moment....
If Akpom is sent on loan then this will increase the chances of a striker.
Wenger said Akpom would stay recently but now there seems to be rumours he will be loaned to Hull.
Apart from Benzema, i dont think any of the other available forwards are much better than what we have.
Yeah, I'm struggling to come up with names at this point. Assuming we're ruling out the usual untouchable players like Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez, etc, then I think there's a shortlist of 2, maybe 3 players out there who would a) give us that lift in quality we're after, and b) would just about be in the upper end of our price range IF by some miracle they happened to become available. Benzema, Lewandowski, and possibly Reus (if we go for a less direct solution) are the names I'd be looking at. With Reus we may be able to force the issue, if we chucked enough money at Dortmund, but he'd be the least obvious, least direct fit if we're after a CF, and that in itself may rule him out. And with the other two, we're effectively just waiting to see if Madrid or Bayern get bored of them!Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
Players like Cavani and Higuain don't do much for me - good finishers, but I don't think their all-round game is good enough? I'm sure they'd get a decent number of goals on an individual level, but I also think they'd make our play a little predictable, and that we'd get less as a team. They seem like lone-ranger types who you'd have to play everything through if you wanted to get your money's worth from them, and that's not really where I think we should be going.
And I"m not convinced guys like Lacazette and Aubameyang either. Again, good players, but do they sit in that world-class bracket that we're looking for that will take us to another level? Would their form from the French and German leagues translate to the EPL, or would their numbers be a little more average over here? They'd beef up our numbers, and that would be useful, but I'm not sure that it's worth north of £35m to us? Iw we were talking in the 20 mils, then maybe, but not for the prices I've seen mentioned...
On the plus side, it's a nice position to be in (just needing the cherry on top to really complete the squad) - I'm actually quite happy with how we're shaping up at the moment, and don't think we need to be rushed or panicked into doing anything...
Cavani has outscored Benzema for 5 seasons or so now. Check the comparison stats below.
Cavani
Played / Goals
53/31 – Season 14/15
43/25
43/28
48/33
47/33
Benzema
46/22 – Season 14/15
52/24
50/20
52/32
48/26
I haven’t seen enough of both players over the years but from what I’ve seen they have both had funny patches in form. But Cavani has been played out of position since arriving at PSG, low on confidence but still outscores Benzema. With the arrival of Di Maria, I don’t know if that means he’s off or if they’ll get rid of Ibra. I just don’t get the Benzema fanfare over Cavani. Unless people have been watching him play a lot, the numbers aren’t that much better than Giroud’s. Not saying Giroud’s the better player but I think with Cavani and Benzma, we’re taking a gamble on both players performing better than what they’re doing now and getting more out them. I don’t think Benzema is going anywhere this year and for the price tag paraded by the media, I don’t think he’s worth the money. Cavani only sprang to mind because of the Di Maria move and Wenger has this whole ‘chess game’ transfer strategy going on.
Benzema is a better player, he plays for the team and can play upfront on his own, which suits us. Cavani is probably a better goalscorer but i dont think he is what we need and his price tag would probably be around 60m transfer fee alone.
I have watched benzema since he was at Lyon and he is a beast of a player, technically superior to anyone in our squad.
That's the price tag we're going to be paying for Benzema. Cavani works and plays for the team as well, can play up front on his own....similar age.....Quote:
Originally Posted by AFC Leveller
I haven't watched either at great length, but have you watched Cavani as much as Benzema?
Cavani is all about goals, he is/was prolific and still has age on his side to get back to his best but Benzema is the kinda player we need, he is much more mobile, can move outwide or come deep depending on the game and would add much more to our team. I watched cavani for PSG and for me, he isnt what we need.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Bear in mind, Cavani plays out on the wing for PSG for most games and still gets pretty high numbers. But I’ll take your word for it. From what I’ve seen of Benzema, I’m not so sure he’s the obvious candidate. The goal tally isn’t fantastic and he often goes missing for France. We shall see.
Also, we need goals up front. If Cavani is all about goals.....
Cavani doesn't play in the same team as a greedy cock called Ronaldo. Benzema would probably get a lot more goals, as would Bale, etc, if they didn't have to play second fiddle to that greedy cockhead.
If that were true he'd be a lot better for France.
Benzema is very overrated, whenever I've seen him he seems to miss a lot of chances, the point about Ronaldo is nonsense, he's in a Real team who score a hatful the fact he doesn't bag more than he does reflects badly on him, especially as he's their only out and out striker
Good player yes, but not a top top striker and not worth the 40 milllion being talked about, much better than what we have of course. Messi scoring a load doesn't stop his teammates scoring loads as well.
Cavani is more of a natural finisher than Benzema IMO and in a team as creative as us would score loads, but I doubt very much PSG would sell.
I'd take a chance on Lacazette, yes he's relatively unproven but then so was Suarez before Liverpool signed him. Wouldn't be against Benzema of course as he would improve us for sure, I still think it's a very unlikely signing and media BS, he's not available, Real don't have a replacement and he doesn't want to leave Spain.
In the last 2/3 years I haven't seen a top player choke more in big games than Cavani has... honestly.
Benzema may not but much better, but in his favour the Spanish league is a lot better than the French. When Benzema played in France, like with Hazard, it was pretty clear he didn't belong there any more.
If Cavani plays wide for PSG that is a big factor though and can't be ignored as can't the fact Real are all about Conaldo. I'd prefer Benzema but neither are worth 60 million to us. If we have to bide our time before eventually getting a world class forward, I'd rather Wenger signed 1 more top player so that we strengthen in another area.
Messi is more of a team player than Conaldo and Barca play as more of a team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Benitez has reaffirmed that Benzema will stay with them, just don't see this one happening. Disappointingly think that's it for the summer, one solitary signing.
I don't see how signing one goalkeeper is going to close the gap completely, we're still lacking in certain areas which left us way behind last season.
But Benzema's goal record for France isn't good either and it makes me wonder if he'd really pull his socks up playing for us. He's only ever scored over 30 goals twice in his career. I just wonder if he's too comfortable at Real Madrid. Cavani may be someone Wenger can fix and get his confidence back once playing through the middle and being out of Ibrahimovic's shadow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Both players have faults although I prefer Benzema stylistically but something tells me he could be a massive flop for us. Playing with CRonaldo is a factor but that also makes me wonder if he's too used to someone stepping up for the big games. Again, his International record isn't good. 76 games and only 26 goals or something like that.
I'm thinking more on the psychological side and who Wenger can really pull something from.
I think an idea might be to wait till January, and see how someone like Saido Mane does, from what I've seen of him I think he'd have all the attributes to make a real difference for us, but want to see him score more goals for Southampton
Rafa: "I think Benzema is going to stay with us, I am very happy with him and have no reason to think he will go..."Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
It's a reaffirmation of sorts, but it still sounds like there's some doubt there - I wouldn't rule it out just yet...