The Official Santi Cazorla Thread

[selassie]

I will "literally" wet myself if this happens

You'll be dry for a long time! I dunno..I'm really skeptical about this, I would love it to happen too but we'll find a way to screw up the deal.

One thing I am certain of is we're definitely in for him.

[Syn]

I'd be a little surprised too. I know we need an attacking player but I would've thought - if we were going to make another big (by our standards) signing, it'd be at defensive mid, with oxlade pencilled in to play at acm, podolski and walcott wide. I'm not saying we don't need a cazorla, but from wenger's perspective we need someone who can defend in midfield a bit more.

[Grebbo]

At the moment we don't have a creative central midfielder so it's a priority. Cazorla's preferred position is ACM.

He'd be a great signing but it's going to be Mata all over again IMO.

[Unai Tea]

At the moment we don't have a creative central midfielder so it's a priority. Cazorla's preferred position is ACM.

He'd be a great signing but it's going to be Mata all over again IMO.

I've been wondering about Mata last year. Could we have missed out on Mata because Cazorla was our first option? We dithered a long time with Mata but maybe we were waiting to get Cazorla so never pushed for Mata. By the time the Cazorla thing fell through Chelsea was all over Mata like stink on shit.

No idea if that's right but seems like a possibility.

[GP]

Chelsea just outbid us. Simple as that.

[Grebbo]

I've been wondering about Mata last year. Could we have missed out on Mata because Cazorla was our first option? We dithered a long time with Mata but maybe we were waiting to get Cazorla so never pushed for Mata. By the time the Cazorla thing fell through Chelsea was all over Mata like stink on shit.

No idea if that's right but seems like a possibility.

I was thinking the same thing

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I don't think it's true, with no offence to Santi Cazorla who i like as a player, Mata is a better player than him, it annoys me every time I see Juan Mata in a chelsea shirt....because he's such a good player and should have come to us!

[Marc Overmars]

It was well documented that Mata was available for around 20m because of the release clause he had, however for one reason or another we never stumped up the cash in time. Then his contract was renewed, the release clause trebled and we were priced out.

I think we were too wrapped up in the Cesc and Nasri sagas. If we had just told them to fuck off earlier in the window we might have landed Mata.

Oh well.

[Grebbo]

It was well documented that Mata was available for around 20m because of the release clause he had, however for one reason or another we never stumped up the cash in time. Then his contract was renewed, the release clause trebled and we were priced out.

I think we were too wrapped up in the Cesc and Nasri sagas. If we had just told them to fuck off earlier in the window we might have landed Mata.

Oh well.

Didn't Chelsea buy him for £18m though?