Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[selassie]

Some are saying that the last year of his contract is optional, which would mean he could leave this summer and stay true to his stance of always seeing out his contracts.

I'll say one thing, if Wenger walks in the summer, whoever comes in will have a helluva job rebuilding the squad.

We have a lot of deadwood on big wages, can't shift them because nobody wants to touch them.

Wenger should sort out the mess and then walk.

[Dennis Bendtner]

How does an 'optional' contract work?

[Niall_Quinn]

Arsenal confirmed his contract is not optional. I don't think managers get optional contracts anyway, only players do. Sign, take money, break contract. They should call it a standard contract really.

[Cripps_orig]

Tottenham, Manchester City and Arsenal have been alerted after Real Madrid confirmed they will sell Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain, 25.
Full story: Daily Mail

Turkish side Galatasaray are thought to be preparing a £12m offer for Arsenal forwards Lukas Podolski, 27, or Gervinho, 25.
Full story: Daily Express

Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas, 25, is refusing to comment on reports linking him to a possible return to Arsenal.
Full story: Metro

Would love Higuain here.

Keep Podolski

Cesc can fuck off

[Cripps_orig]

ARSENAL are tracking £10million-rated Lyon star Max Gonalons.
Boss Arsene Wenger has been sending scouts to watch the French international defensive midfielder.
Gonalons, 24, who has three years left on his deal, is once again set to be watched by Arsenal in Lyon’s trip to Nancy on Sunday.
Wenger is desperate to bag a holding midfielder this summer after losing Abou Diaby for the rest of the year with a knee ligament injury.
Gonalons, a Lyon player all his career, boasts a reputation for being extremely consistent.
Wenger has £70m to spend this summer and is also looking to buy a striker, goalkeeper and central defender.
The Gunners remain hopeful of landing Fiorentina hitman Stevan Jovetic.
The clubs started talks last week. They have yet to agree a fee but it seems likely they will strike a deal, with Montenegro star Jovetic, 23, desperate to move to the Emirates.
While Wenger plots to bring in some big guns, midfielder Craig Eastmond, 22, looks likely to join Swansea or Norwich on a season-long loan.
The former Millwall star has made just 10 appearances for the Gunners and is not in Wenger’s first-team plans for next term.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz2SBRxAks7

£70m

[-Xs-]

Would love to see Cesc back here but it will never happen. He will probably end up in Italy if he goes anywhere.

[Munchies]

Grimandi has been scouting that Gonalon fella, seems to be what we need ,captain of a team and a CDM

[Niall_Quinn]

£70m

This £70mill is all well and good but it assumes we have £80mill worth of players to sell (that people actually want). Can't see it.

[Cripps_orig]

http://www.goal.com/en/news/article?contentId=3950071

For that much, we should sell

[Xhaka Can’t]

Looks like Stan has hacked Cripps' account.