http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18922208
No shit sherlock
http://news.arseblog.com/2012/07/spa...edium=facebook
Looks like the Cazorla rumours have a bit more weight to them.
According to a report in Spanish publication El Confidencial, Arsenal have made a bid for Spanish international winger Santi Cazorla, although they face stiff competition from Tottenham Hotspur who are eyeing the player as a possible replacement for Luka Modric.
Arsene Wenger is understood to be a long-term admirer of the fleet-footed wideman with the boss thought to have lodged a bid for the player last summer while he was still at Villarreal.
Gazumped on that occasion by big-spending-Qatari-owned Malaga, who spent a whopping €21 million, it looks as though the 2007 Spanish Player of the Year will again be on the move with the Andaluscian outfit ready to sell their most high profile stars due to serious financial problems. Last week Villarreal reported Malaga to UEFA claiming that more than €3.5 million of Cazorla’s transfer fee was still owed to them.
Jose Salomon Rondon (also linked with the Gunners this summer) and Nacho Monreal are also set for an exit with reports circling that Malaga have been unable to pay their players in recent months.
Able to play on either wing Cazorla’s acquisition could be seen as pre-emptive cover for the loss of Theo Walcott (should he not sign a new contract) or as a replacement for Andrei Arshavin, whose future at the Emirates still appears uncertain.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
EDIT: Sorry 4-3-3, just seen your post.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Cazorla in surely means Walcott out?
bit of upgrading.Originally Posted by Grimandi's Perm
Likely.
Though we are getting rid of fatshavin too, I presume.
Anyway. Our main problem is getting Koscielny signed up. That'll be the best bit of business this summer
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
I think the Arab/Malaga dispute was more a case of the Arabs having so much money and so little interest that they forgot to pay certain bills rather than couldn't. They are, after all, absolutely fucking minted.
The Malaga players have since withdrawn their dispute about unpaid wages.
Hope we get him. Will cost 20m+ euros which seems very un-Wenger like.
Need to go in big now before Spurs are flush with Modric cash. Spurs can't do shit until he's sold.
walcott as a striker perhaps
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...esiktas-reportBesiktas are considering the possibility of making an offer for Marouane Chamakh, with the striker looking set to leave Arsenal this summer, according to Milliyet.
The Morocco international, 28, joined the Gunners from Bordeaux in 2010 but has been pushed down the pecking order having scored just one goal in 19 competitive appearances last season.
He is expected to move on at some stage before the August 31 deadline and the Inonu outfit are the latest club to be credited with an interest in ending Chamakh's stint in north London.
With Filip Holosko's anticipated departure coupled with the failure of the likes of Hugo Almeida and Mustafa Pektemek in convincing coach Samet Aybaba of their ability to lead the line, Besiktas have been forced to dip into the market for a striker.
However, a potential stumbling block appears to be the Turkish club's insistence on securing Chamakh on loan, while Arsenal are holding out for a permanent transfer that would see them pocket a fee in the region of €5 million (£3.9m).
With RVP dead, might as well give him a run in the team again. We were actually very good as a team then rather than a one man show
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