Clichy has left. And Nasri in talks with Citeh.

[I_Killed_Kenny]

Sturridge would be awesome here I agree, the guy scores for fun. He has that quick reactory predatory instinct that we need in and around the box; and with the amount of chances that we create as well.

hmm a fox in the box? am sure i've heard that before somewhere

[Coney]

With the extra space and protection Man U get Nasri will be ripping it up over there, offer him to Bayern as they'll need a new Ribery at some point but don't send him to Utd.

If we sell him outside the PL, manu will just pay a load of dosh for some other equivalently talented player. Selling to the big buyers in the PL - chavs, manu, citeh - does not have any real effect on what we will be up against as they are going to buy a player of that type/level whether we sell to them or not. If someone wants to offer us silly money for a player with one year left on his contract, then take the money, regardless of who it is.

[Niall_Quinn]

If we sell him outside the PL, manu will just pay a load of dosh for some other equivalently talented player. Selling to the big buyers in the PL - chavs, manu, citeh - does not have any real effect on what we will be up against as they are going to buy a player of that type/level whether we sell to them or not. If someone wants to offer us silly money for a player with one year left on his contract, then take the money, regardless of who it is.

Nasri hits the ground running with his PL experience, an import takes time to settle if he settles at all. Nasri will be awesome for Utd and he'll probably get the playmaker role. I can't think of a better player they could realistically sign given their current requirements, apart from Jack but he's not going there for another couple of years yet.

[Coney]

Nasri hits the ground running with his PL experience, an import takes time to settle if he settles at all. Nasri will be awesome for Utd and he'll probably get the playmaker role. I can't think of a better player they could realistically sign given their current requirements, apart from Jack but he's not going there for another couple of years yet.

I think the bigger factor is how he fits in the team, rather than the 'PL experience' bit.

*Edit - maybe I should say 'settles into the team' rather than 'fits in the team'.

[Darth Vela]

If we sell him outside the PL, manu will just pay a load of dosh for some other equivalently talented player. Selling to the big buyers in the PL - chavs, manu, citeh - does not have any real effect on what we will be up against as they are going to buy a player of that type/level whether we sell to them or not. If someone wants to offer us silly money for a player with one year left on his contract, then take the money, regardless of who it is.

I'm not convinced they'll find a guy with a similar level of talent and experience for that kind of money, I'm not convinced they could find one full stop. I'm not sure how much of that is rational thought and how much of it is 'shit we can't sell anyone who's any good to the Mancs' but I guess there's something to be said for taking the money.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

I cant decide which side I am on this........I hate the thought of seling him to anyone of our rivals in the PL especially ones that are oozing talent already but I am also hearing Coney on this that we should seriously thinking of taking the money and using it.........

Nasri will be good for either the Mancs or Chelsea, not too sure of Citeh.......actually I'm not overly convinced about them fullstop

but whereas Cesc seems to suck things up, Nasri I feel would complain like a whore being asked whether they have change for a tenner........and that would wind me right up! had enough of that with Ade

[Fist of Lehmann]

Speaking to a Man Utd fan he seems to think that they will line up with Rooney up front with either Young or Little Peanus tucked up behind in his hole, Fani/Valencia or Park out wide, with Nasbian in the Scholes position.

On paper it's a strong attacking line-up with players in positions that play to their strengths. That was a crap sentence but the sentiment is sound.

[Ernesto]

Alarmingly, your post makes perfect sense, Conewood

It just goes to show how far we've dropped as "contenders" when Nasri going to Manchester United from Arsenal suddenly doesn't seem so outlandish.

The one morsel of hope (or consolation) I would give to Gooners is that we also experienced this sort of thing in the close season of 2001, where Vieira was being seriously linked with Real Madrid and Manchester United (I recall F***uson making comments which would now be classed as "tapping up" re Vieira) and we hadn't signed anyone. In the end, we kept Vieira and bought 5 players. Obviously, it's a whole different ball game now what with Chelsea and City and their money, but it is just a smidgen of hope, after all.

I used to think that Wenger used to have the best interests of Arsenal at heart, even as late as last season, but now I'm not so sure. I'm guessing the top bracket of managers out there (the Hiddinks, the Guardiolas, the Mourinhos of this world) are looking at Arsenal and thinking "they're not far off being the best, but they just need a little more discipline and need to keep the nucleus of best players together".

This is why it's so frustrating having Wenger in charge.

If we sell him outside the PL, manu will just pay a load of dosh for some other equivalently talented player. Selling to the big buyers in the PL - chavs, manu, citeh - does not have any real effect on what we will be up against as they are going to buy a player of that type/level whether we sell to them or not. If someone wants to offer us silly money for a player with one year left on his contract, then take the money, regardless of who it is.

[Coney]

Conewood

Don't recognise your handle - how do you know I was Conewood? Who are you?

[GP]

Don't recognise your handle

That's what she said.