That'd be far too easy. Where would Wumger get his lols?
Yeah, I think they purchased him for 15mill and the last I heard we increased our offer to 18mill which to be fair is quite reasonable given their shady financial situation.
I do kind of see where Malaga are coming from, Cazorla is at his peak and features regularly for the Spanish National team so his true market value is probably 25mill upwards. He's an absolute class player and would be a major coup for us.
Even if Santi goes a bit higher, I agree with that and it may not finish there, every chance we bring in a keeper and I wont be surprised to see the MVila story do the rounds again. As I see us using money we have or at least what we plan to get from Nic and co on Santi and RvPs will go on someone else, reckon we will also be wiser with wages offered
yep. we get 4 class players in for one andy carroll. can kind of see why liverpool are shit cant we?
anyway im still a bit worried about our defence. dont think jenkinson's good enough nor do i necessarily rate either left back we have. but our mentality seems to be to strengthen the midfield which will indirectly aid the defence. just look at barca's midfield; they keep the ball so well which means the defence really don't have to do much. their defence isn't top draw by any standard, it's just their midfield keep the ball so well and cover for them brilliantly. they all work as a unit and i think wengers going for the same approach.. the best form of defence is attack. push the opposition higher up the pitch, constantly put pressure and make sure we keep the ball.
having said that, it was only yesterday wenger said our young defenders are too inexperienced for the premier league and today confirmed squillaci is leaving, so maybe he has plans to sign another defender?
A few people on twitter reckon cazorla will be announced either late tomorrow or on Wednesday.
Also sky sports said we'd signed him on their website, then they removed it.
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Ah well, I can't tell on my tiny iPhone screen!