Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

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Originally Posted by Joker

He should have just said that we don't talk about specific transfers publically, and if Bolton want to discuss it openly it's up to them but we won't get involved. That would have been the sensible thing to do, then sort out any issues privately. By responding publically, he's only gone and created a media frenzy that'll simply wind Bolton up even more.

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I suppose the idea was to keep it out of the media and conduct business behind closed doors. But Bolton have decided they want to have a fit in public. The lack of professionalism is all from one side here. If some twat at Bolton starts retweeting shit from the fans then maybe Wenger thinks he needs to say something about that rather than let them press run off with one side of the story, which they'd have no problem doing.

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Originally Posted by Joker

On the contrary, Bolton have suggested they aren't willing to accept anything less than £16M, and yet here we are offering a measly £6M.

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That's the first bid. It's when the second, third or fourth bids come in (if they ever do) and they barely move from them that are taking the piss.

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Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz

so what. a club makes an allegation, he has every right to make a public response. we do enough things in private and given the criticism from spackers like yourself that jump all over the first negative story, then no wonder he commented about it.

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What's the point making a public response when it'll simply exacerbate tensions between the two clubs? He should simply apologise to Bolton for any offence that may have been inadvertently caused, and try to salvage the deal.

The fact this sort of situation has arisen is solely down to the club waiting this long to complete its business in the transfer window. And the reason we've waited until the last week to get transfer done is simple, to try and negotiate the price as low as possible, and again it's going to bite us in the backside.

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Originally Posted by Joker

What's the point making a public response when it'll simply exacerbate tensions between the two clubs? He should simply apologise to Bolton for any offence that may have been inadvertently caused, and try to salvage the deal.

The fact this sort of situation has arisen is solely down to the club waiting this long to complete its business in the transfer window. And the reason we've waited until the last week to get transfer done is simple, to try and negotiate the price as low as possible.

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def a city fan

Our difficult:easy transfer ratio seems to be at least 4:1, ffs.

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Originally Posted by SayNoMore

So who is responsible for this bid of '6 mil'? The board, Wenger or both? Because as far as i see it, its rather insulting to both Bolton, Cahil and the arsenal fans. As echoed before, Cahil is a vital player for them, English, and a good defender. 15 mil give ortake a few is where we should be at. And no we are not in a position to penny pinch, we have already shot ourselves in the foot by leaving it so late. Swiftly please Mr Wenger, stop longing everything out. It seems to take him an eternity, to fix or even notice apparant and glaring problems. Regardless, who is responsible for this weak transfer behaviour??

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Wenger says the £6mill figure is wrong. Gartside was one of the dodgy geezers on that tapping-up documentary a while back. Who do we believe?

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...parker?cc=5739

West Ham United have confirmed they are in talks with Tottenham Hotspur over midfielder Scott Parker.

Parker, 30, has been linked with a move away from Upton Park this summer following West Ham's relegation from the Premier League, but he has so far featured in all of the club's four Championship games this season.

Queens Parker Rangers offered £4 million for Parker's services this month, but West Ham deemed the bid insufficient and subsequently rejected the fee.

Spurs, however, have now opened discussions with the Hammers over a possible deal for the England international ahead of next Wednesday's transfer deadline, with manager Harry Redknapp a known admirer of the player's qualities.

Hammers boss Sam Allardyce said: "I am not in talks (personally) with them but there is some dialogue going on at the moment. That is all I am aware of.''


Not sure if this has been posted already, but oh, what a shame. Another good player going to the filth.

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Originally Posted by Joker

Given their chairman retweeting the comment by an irate fan, I really don't think they want to sell to us now. They'll probably be offering him around the Premiership, and someone like Liverpool will probably end up signing him.

Another fantastic transfer success by Wenger and Gazidis. If we're willing to pay £20M for M'Vila, why not £16M for Cahill? I'm sick and tired of Wenger and his excuses to be honest, he's destroying our club at the minute.

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Now Im no expert and there are times I wish Wenger wouuld do things a little differently as I do the board but I feel that we are not going to sit on the mountain of money we have and that soon enough we are going to start dipping into that cash and splashing it around. . . .painstaking as it may seem we might be witnessing the start of a beautifully excuted hunt and he aint just going to be Cahill involved. . . .

Like I said I am no expert but Im going to push the ketchup over to your side of the table mate cos I reckon it is you who is going to be eating your words before me. . . .

Btw M'Vila is close in value to 20 mil than Cahill is to 17

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Originally Posted by Terry Tuffnutz

def a city fan

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I am NOT a City fan. Just because I don't worship at the altar of Lord Arsene and am willing to expose hypocricy whenever I see it doesn't make me a City supporter.

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