Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

[Cripps_orig]

CESC FABREGAS is desperate to seal his £37million switch to Barcelona before Arsenal return to pre-season training on Tuesday.

And the Gunners have already lined up 16-year-old Hector Bellerin - another product of the Barca academy - to start Arsene Wenger's latest rebuilding project.
Right-back Bellerin has come to London because he has been promised a fast track to the first team.

KIT OF ALRIGHT ... Bellerin's Arsenal shirt



Bellerin, speaking to Spanish TV programme Punto Pelota, said: "I was at home and my father called me to say Arsenal had been on the phone.

"We decided to go there to see how things are. I hadn't made up my mind because I'd been at Barcelona all my life so it was very difficult.
"But after evaluating things I decided to join Arsenal. When you want to be a professional you have to look to make your way. And I believe the right path for me was to choose Arsenal.

KID STAR ... Hector



"We met Mr Wenger and it went so well. It was all too much for me but I paid full attention to everything he said. When there is a team that guarantees you can play in the first team and above all in the Premier League, then it is very difficult to say no.

"Mr Wenger was explaining to me how the club was and the project they had prepared for me and above all he wanted to get to know me."
Meanwhile, Barcelona are said to have waited until July 1 before finalising a deal for Fabregas because they wanted to enter the huge fee they will cough up into next year's financial results.
The previous financial year ended on June 30 for Barca and most of their transfer budget for that year - £40m - will be spent on the Chilean winger Alexis Sanchez in a deal with Udinese that could reach £35m.
Barcelona expect they will have to make an original payment of £32m for Fab which could rise to £37m.


Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz1Qx6D2fXR

Another Barca cunt coming here

[Bergkampwonderland10]

It's all very frustrating this waiting game isn't it?
It seems obvious we need a new defence and there are plenty of players to buy - so why wait til other clubs start moving in the transfer market. Surely it's best to get players in ready for a good pre-season? Plus we have a CL qualifier to play. I think Wenger is losing the plot slightly. And Gazidis seems to have an inability to close-out a deal effectively.
Why not just cough-up for Cahill? I don't understand. He's 25 and would probably do well for us for at least 4 years. We should be closing that deal out before Tottenham, Chelsea and Man City start-up in the market.
Ajax have a top notch keeper in Sketelenberg(sp?) and he's 28 and more than decent enough to be our number 1 - will give Chesney some real competition at least. Fabianski can be 3rd choice. They also have a good CB in Vertonghen - the two of them would prob cost 18million max and let's be honest we've signed a couple of good players from Ajax in the past. Left-back also seems to be an issue if we can't get Clichy to sign on. I am resigned to the fact that Cesc will be leaving and I don't really care about Nasri anymore though we shouldn't sell him cheaply.

[Boss]

Tbf at least they're being honest before they start playing for us...

Bellerín: "You never close the door. Barça is a great team. I hope to win titles in years to come, and well, one day, return to this club."

younggunsblog.co.uk

[Master Splinter]

I remember one year it was that Adams was about to move to Tottenham.

Was it the Daily Mail? They're worse than The Sun and Star.

[AKBapologist]

L'Equipe claim that Arsenal have failed to reach an agreement with Samir Nasri over a contract extension

And I think time will tell on RVP, we've offered to renew his contract with 2 years to go on his current one, same with nasri last season...

*sigh*

[AKBapologist]

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...ete-7m-move-to

[Niall_Quinn]

Fabregas and Alonso in the middle, what a pair that would be.

Wenger wouldn't spend the extra £2m I'm afraid.

[Cripps_orig]

Alonsos better tbh

Should have got him from Sociedad, definitely should have got him from Liverpool

Wenger

Should be sacked just for that

[Niall_Quinn]

I've already accused Cesc and Nasri of being fairweather players, who were primarily responsible for our shit end to the season. I put all 3 of them in the same category tbh, although in terms of overall contribution to Arsenal, Nasri definitely comes last because he's only ever performed well for 3 months.

I'm sorry Joker but sometimes you are so far wide of the mark, IMO. RvP doesn't get injured deliberately, and how many times have his injuries come from playing meaningless internationals? It's uber-fucking frustrating. But there isn't a better striker in England at the moment, his record when he does get on the pitch testifies to that fact. Lose Cesc, Nasri and RvP all in a single year? We'd be doomed, relying on abject shit like Chamakh and some total unknown called Gervinho who's never kicked a ball in the PL. Fucked, that's what we'd be.

[Niall_Quinn]

Alonsos better tbh

Should have got him from Sociedad, definitely should have got him from Liverpool

Wenger

Should be sacked just for that

Agreed. Wenger should have been sacked for not signing Alonso. I almost ate my fucking keyboard in rage when I heard the incompetent and arrogant fool had penny pinched us out of that deal too. There are so many things Wenger should have been sacked for by now. But our biggest problem is, the board things he's doing a good job and too many of the fans are prepared to settle for mediocrity and pretend it is success. If Arsenal was a high street shop then fine, it's run okay it will probably survive and turn a profit selling boring shoes or something like that. But it's a fucking football club, being run like a high street shop. As long as the tills are ringing the board and the manager couldn't give a fuck about anything else. Losers, the lot of them.