Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

[AKBapologist]

Now. Due to the rules regarding homegrown talent. We need to fulfill our quota, and ridding ourselves of clichy and cesc, possibly bender, denilson, means we need to promote at least two/three players to the first team squad. I'm not completely sure of all the rules here....perhaps someone can enlighten us.

If only someone made a thread on GW explaining how the team shaped up in relation to the EPL home grown rules...

[AKBapologist]

Yay?
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/010720...enal-move.html

Still hasn't been confirmed by the club yet.

[Boss]

An influential Arsenal supporters group has backed the club's transfer policy - but has warned there will be demonstrations against the board if top-class signings do not arrive this summer.

Fans are up in arms after Gael Clichy joined Manchester City for £7million, with Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri also rumoured to be on their way.

That has led to fears that Arsene Wenger's side will lose their place at the top table of English football. Fans are already furious after six years without a trophy, combined with a 6.5 per cent rise in ticket prices last season.

Fans group 'Where has our Arsenal gone' organised a protest march about the price rise before the final home game of last season, and they admit they are hugely worried about the current situation.

But they say that the club should sell players who hold the club to ransom - although they have warned more protest marches could be held if the club does not show ambition in the transfer market.

"As supporters of Arsenal we don't want to see our best players leave," explained the group in a statement. "However, if they try and hold the club to ransom with extortionate wage demands or if they don't want to play for the club, we should let them leave - as long as the club is suitably remunerated.

"No player is bigger than the club and as much as they may have kissed the badge in the past, they will never have as much affinity for The Arsenal as we do. So thanks for your service but if you don't want to be here, good luck elsewhere.

"As fans we are having to put up with constant press stories about key players leaving, we're back in pre-season training and no established quality has been brought in to bolster the squad, and there's still complete silence from the club's new majority shareholder with no comment regarding his intentions for the club.

"All these factors are making fans feel very concerned for our prospects in the coming season, and given the large price hikes, morale is [in our opinion] the lowest it's been for around twenty years.

"We are not being roped into the corny 'keep the faith' line because for too many loyal, long-term fans, that faith has been consistently thrown back in our faces. We're just saying watch this space..."

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...antaway-stars?

Letters

[LDG]

If only someone made a thread on GW explaining how the team shaped up in relation to the EPL home grown rules...

Yeah...errmmm....saw that right after I posted

Still....my point stands nonetheless.

[Master Splinter]

up in arms

fears

furious

hugely worried

warned

rumour

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...antaway-stars?

Summer transfer season: serious business

[Grebbo]

Gervinho can go fuck himself.

[Boss]

1307: News from our man Andy Brassell on Twitter: "Jeremie Aliadiere signs 1-yr deal with Lorient, w/option of 3 more." Remember him?

Straight swap for Chamakh IMO

[Master Splinter]

Lorient have replaced Gameiro with Aliadiere .

Arsenal fans think they have it bad.

[IBK]

The thing is that until we know who we are going to be buying this transfer window, then selling off Clichy, Nasri and Cesc will have an unknown effect. There is some exaggeration going on. We have got results in a lot of matches when Nasri, Clichy and Cesc have been out. The other factor of selling to clubs like citeh is less of an issue. OK, so Nasri can play well. But if citeh were to be stopped from buying him because we sold him abroad, citeh would then use their buying power to buy a top player elsewhere. I don't think not selling him to citeh will make that much difference to what we will be up against next year. Given that it is his last year and wants out, if we can get upwards of 20million for him, we have to take it as long as that money will be added to our spending on players we need in the club. In the long run - even just next season, selling Nasri and Cesc for what we can get and buying in some backbone and a couple of other decent players would put us in a much better position for competing next season.

Good take, Coney. Hadn't thought of it that way. At least if we sell him to Citeh we get some spending money. As opposed to keeping an uncommitted player while they purchase equivalent talent anyway.

[Boss]

DONE DEAL: Fabio Coentrao has completed his move from Benfica to Real Madrid. Here's the statement from the Portuguese club:

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, in agreement with the terms of article 248 of the stock market values code, informs that it has reached an agreement in principle with Real Madrid CF for the complete transfer, total sporting and economic rights of the athlete Fabio Coentrao for the value of €30m.

The aforementioned agreement will be formalised as soon as the player concludes the medical examinations he will be undertaking with the consent of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, and a working contract between the player and Real Madrid FC agreed.

Don't think he's worth that.