I imagine he will be our first signing. A deal is reportedly meant to be sealed this week but not heard anything new today yet.Originally Posted by selassie
I imagine he will be our first signing. A deal is reportedly meant to be sealed this week but not heard anything new today yet.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 20-06-2011 at 12:08 PM.
I don't think they like us, that seems to be another problem in buying from the Prem, nobody will give us decent deals cos we're a bunch of foreign arseholes that need to be gotten the better of by the native British, witness Hughes blocking the Schwarzer move. Only choice is pay over the odds or walk away, we've been choosing the wrong one for a while now imo but hopefully will be willing to spend a little more and maybe swallow a bit of pride.
Hughes would have been a fool to accept peanuts for his first team goalkeeper. He wouldn't have been able to sign anyone else with the money we put up. No point in doing such deals. If there is no benefit in selling the player, then why go ahead with it?
Has nothing to do with us being foreign either. Tottenham paid silly money for Bent, Villa paid a lot for Bent, Man U have to pay a heft price for Young, did the same for Berbatov. These days you have to weigh up the value of the player with how much he's worth to the club.
I just edited my post, I agree with you, well apart from the not liking us bit....nobody gives anybody in PL decent deals if transfer are taking place. You either pay the going rate or look for something else.
Last edited by selassie; 20-06-2011 at 12:43 PM.
Yeah, there are a lot of factors but I think our 'relationship' with other clubs in the Prem is something that often gets overlooked, you really think Shawcross would cost us and Man U the exact same amount (assuming we'd actually try and buy him)? Not saying it's a massive factor but something worth taking into consideration, most people are more willing to do business with those they like and respect rather than those they hate and demean, I get the feeling with most northern chairmen and managers we're more in the second category than the first.
In terms of Hughes, Fulham were willing to sell as they rated Stockdale and we offered a decent price for a guy that close to 40, whether Hughes blocked it purely down to footballing reasons or whether his spats with Wenger had any effect is pretty subjective, you can't prove the way someone thinks but imo his bias informed his decision.
This, although he has what we need he is no what we want. I cam't see AW sigining a player that goes in hard
Who?ADEL TAARABT has sensationally claimed he is a top transfer target for Arsenal and Chelsea.
But QPR star Taarabt admits his big-money move is stalling as the London rivals mull over his £10million price tag.
The Moroccan is hot property after his dazzling form helped fire Rangers to promotion to the Premier League.
And he said: "QPR are demanding £10million for me and for now clubs aren't moving too much.
"I've had contact with Arsenal and Chelsea but it's a bit of a mess.
"Arsenal haven't sold Fabregas yet and Chelsea don't have a manager but I'd like to stay in London. It's the best city in the world."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz1Pp0qWVJd
Didnt he flop at the Spuds? No thanks
It would be funny if we sign the player that has exactly what we need and all those that slated Wenger for being too true to his morals/ethics or whatever start crying over it.
Barton, that is, not Taarabt, another small French attacking midfielder probably isn't what we need.
There are plenty of players that have exactly what we need and are available so Barton can GTFO tbh
One year left on his contract. Swap for Clichy. We get the better end of the deal tbhALAN PARDEW is refusing to give up hope of keeping Spanish full-back Jose Enrique at Newcastle.
Enrique, 25, is yet to respond to a new contract offer as he enters the final year of his existing deal amid speculation that he will quit St James' Park this summer.
Arsenal are the latest club to be linked with Enrique, joining Liverpool in the hunt for a player who was one of the Magpies' most dependable performers last season.
But boss Pardew is desperate to hold on to him with Kevin Nolan having quit for West Ham and Joey Barton's future uncertain.
He said: "I'm still hopeful that Enrique — who was a big, big, big, big player for us last year — stays at the club and we can entice him to stay.
"We are not confident we can keep him, but we are not scared of losing him. It's somewhere in between, really.
"When you have only got a year left on a player of his ability, of course you are vulnerable, and I think it's nervous times for us."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz1Pp1Fp9BD
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