If only someone made a thread on GW explaining how the team shaped up in relation to the EPL home grown rules...Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
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If only someone made a thread on GW explaining how the team shaped up in relation to the EPL home grown rules...Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Yay?
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/010720...enal-move.html
Still hasn't been confirmed by the club yet.
http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...antaway-stars?Quote:
An influential Arsenal supporters group has backed the club's transfer policy - but has warned there will be demonstrations against the board if top-class signings do not arrive this summer.
Fans are up in arms after Gael Clichy joined Manchester City for £7million, with Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri also rumoured to be on their way.
That has led to fears that Arsene Wenger's side will lose their place at the top table of English football. Fans are already furious after six years without a trophy, combined with a 6.5 per cent rise in ticket prices last season.
Fans group 'Where has our Arsenal gone' organised a protest march about the price rise before the final home game of last season, and they admit they are hugely worried about the current situation.
But they say that the club should sell players who hold the club to ransom - although they have warned more protest marches could be held if the club does not show ambition in the transfer market.
"As supporters of Arsenal we don't want to see our best players leave," explained the group in a statement. "However, if they try and hold the club to ransom with extortionate wage demands or if they don't want to play for the club, we should let them leave - as long as the club is suitably remunerated.
"No player is bigger than the club and as much as they may have kissed the badge in the past, they will never have as much affinity for The Arsenal as we do. So thanks for your service but if you don't want to be here, good luck elsewhere.
"As fans we are having to put up with constant press stories about key players leaving, we're back in pre-season training and no established quality has been brought in to bolster the squad, and there's still complete silence from the club's new majority shareholder with no comment regarding his intentions for the club.
"All these factors are making fans feel very concerned for our prospects in the coming season, and given the large price hikes, morale is [in our opinion] the lowest it's been for around twenty years.
"We are not being roped into the corny 'keep the faith' line because for too many loyal, long-term fans, that faith has been consistently thrown back in our faces. We're just saying watch this space..."
Letters :bow: :bow:
Yeah...errmmm....saw that right after I posted :dQuote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
Still....my point stands nonetheless.
Summer transfer season: serious business :bow:Quote:
Originally Posted by Boss
Gervinho can go fuck himself.
Straight swap for Chamakh IMOQuote:
1307: News from our man Andy Brassell on Twitter: "Jeremie Aliadiere signs 1-yr deal with Lorient, w/option of 3 more." Remember him?
Lorient have replaced Gameiro with Aliadiere :lol:.
Arsenal fans think they have it bad.
:ilt:
Good take, Coney. Hadn't thought of it that way. At least if we sell him to Citeh we get some spending money. As opposed to keeping an uncommitted player while they purchase equivalent talent anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coney
Don't think he's worth that.Quote:
DONE DEAL: Fabio Coentrao has completed his move from Benfica to Real Madrid. Here's the statement from the Portuguese club:
Sport Lisboa e Benfica, in agreement with the terms of article 248 of the stock market values code, informs that it has reached an agreement in principle with Real Madrid CF for the complete transfer, total sporting and economic rights of the athlete Fabio Coentrao for the value of €30m.
The aforementioned agreement will be formalised as soon as the player concludes the medical examinations he will be undertaking with the consent of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, and a working contract between the player and Real Madrid FC agreed.
As one of the best left-backs in the world and in this day and age of inflated tranfer fees, it's not that much money really.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boss
This made me laugh...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14029622.stm
Apart from wanting at least 40+M for him (on some reports they had put a 50M price tag on him) it also needs someone to match his wage demands of 200,000 a week. Now if we could have done a sneaky bid with a sensible wage, I'd have thought of taking him as although he is hideously ugly, he is very dangerous near the goal and the kind of thing we have needed for years. But 200k on top of the huge price - who is going to pay that kind of money?
Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG and Citeh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coney
As in the handful of clubs who will have a monopoly in the sporting arena of football if FIFA don't act. Which they won't.
Who was it that wanted a European Super League? Well there it is. Billionaire businessmen/governments/gangsters deciding who rules the roost rather than the talent of football players and managers.
All the teams the finished ahead of us in the league, PSG, Munich and the top two teams from Spain.
In other news, nick "I'm 100% leaving" bentdner reports for duty this pre season.
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg612/sca...=640&ysize=640
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by AKBapologist
Would be more useful for Dennis Bendtner to do that on the pitch rather than trying to control the ball and ruin our every attack.
No Cesc, RVP, Nasri or Arshavin in first training pics released on arse.com.
Bender and Denilson were though.
Also Ryo Miyaichi.
Ryo :bow:
Happy to see Ryo.....wonder whats going to happen to him this year
AWOL posse a bit sad......but being senior members and all that......proabably were spared the early stretches, right?
(shit LDG, thought no one was about? was waiting around for NQ's opinion on Fox's Viennese sandwich biscuits!!? (see general chat) - I for one love the raspberry jam part - best be off myself actually)
I shit 'em - that's what!Quote:
was waiting around for NQ's opinion on Fox's Viennese sandwich biscuits!!
Some of the players who had International commitments aren't due back in training 'till Thursday I believe.
Just had a peek at those pics. What in the name of all things sane is Eboue wearing!Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Seeing him like that thinks we should just hold on to him for a laugh.
The big guns are due back on Thursday because they played internationals last month. Wonder if Cesc and Nasri turn up?
Surprised Denilson had the cheek to show his face after his heartfelt exit story. Cunt.
`Arsenal insider` on twitter said Cesc was there, to welcome all the players back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
http://www.football365.com/news/21554/7021179/?Quote:
According to The Daily Mirror's John Cross, the journalist considered to be closest to Arsenal, Diaby is 'available for transfer' but is unlikely to be sold this summer because 'he is injured and is likely to miss the start of the season and Arsenal will struggle to shift the £60,000-a-week midfielder in that condition'.
Presuming that figure is roughly correct and that Arsenal would expect to receive £10m for the French international, his latest setback thus adds up to a £15m setback. Food for thought, surely, for those Arsenal supporters contemplating a 6.5% increase in the price of their season tickets.
It remains unclear, meanwhile, just when and how Diaby's latest injury was inflicted given that the Gunners only returned to training on Monday and, after a month on the sidelines, he briefly returned to fitness for their final match of last season.
rofl.
Have we signed anyone yet?
:partytime::jumpnana::popcorn:
I'd be surprised if that oaf wasn't injured.
He is damaged goods like most of our squaddies, looks like we might have to pay someone to take them off our hands.
what a fucking joke. Every bit of this story. 10mil. 60k a week. injured in close season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boss
christ almighty.
Wenger hand picked these guys claiming they were the "best ever group he's ever had", he decided to make sure they were paid large amounts (for odd reasons nobody understands) and now we can't get rid of any of these f*ckers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
We've got a squad of players we'd like to get rid of but nobody wants, the only players people are interested in are our top players (the ones we'd ideally prefer to keep).
I'd say the Wenger magic has well and truly worn off, once upon a time even our shite players would be snapped up by big clubs.
I blame Wenger and his medical team. If we sold Diaby to another club, he will probably be fully fit for the rest of his career LOL. :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
As Cesc missed the internationals he was due to return today with the rest of those who didn't play.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexander
Question is, did he return injured?
Still waiting :scarf:
What for?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
I knew you were waiting!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grebbo
DunnoQuote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
Ryo: Huh? I don't speak Korean!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ironing
Laugh at my bra again and you get another smack mo'fo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
I'm hoping ryo stays with the squad, he could be used as a super sub and the carling cup, good player, theo with a brain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...ty-switch.html?
Nasri gone now. Would the last player to leave the stadium please turn the lights out.
Arsenal, once great, now a shambles.
good ridance to the money grabbing whore. him and ade can sit on the bench and talk about how great it is to be cunts to the club they owe everything tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Ralpheroo72
At least we won't have to hear that crap song about him anymore.
Adding an 'e' to his name because there isn't enough syllables.
Pathetic.