Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Xhaka Can’t]

Rainman.

That was a good film.

Uh oh, fifteen minutes to Judge Wapner.

[Letters]

To get back on track a bit, the chavs have signed Cavani and Liverpool Mignolet, why hasn't our boy Higgy come home yet?

Because they have the infinite money cheat on. Does make it easier to sign players when you don't have to bother negotiating or thinking about whether you can afford players.

[Marc Overmars]

Juve on the verge of signing Tevez.

Should clear our path for Higuain.

[Munchies]

Juve on the verge of signing Tevez.

Should clear our path for Higuain.

Was such a class player, imagine if he had the right attitude on him.

At one point, United had, Berbatov,Rooney,Ronaldo,Tevez up front

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

And yet they all play for the 4th best team in the country. Who would you pick from the three clubs above us (that we haven't already sold to them) to replace any of those players? Fact is, this is a very (very) poor league stuffed full of very poor players and very poor managers. Ferguson was good enough to win the league with a dog shit team and our best player. These "terrible" players we have are only fractionally inferior to the mega-hyped, big fee flops favoured by the big two and a half teams above us.

Torres for Giroud then? Why bother? Rooney? Mr mega hype himself. Valencia? Milner? Name them? They are more about their wages than the entertainment they bring to the pitch. City and the chavs are utter laughing stocks. Billions spent and they still get walked on by Carrick and Co. Of course of you really want to replace those players with top talent (real talent) of the likes we used to have at this club then get a pen with a lot of ink because there will be many, many zeros on the end of those cheques you'll need to write. A billion quid would do it given today's transfer fees and the exorbitant and utterly ridiculous wages the comedy clubs like city have brought to the league.

Arteta is Mr Average? Maybe by yesterday's standard but certainly not in the context of the present day. In fact I think statistically he's top of the pile. Stats can prove anything of course, including this idea we are enjoying a quality league (the best in the world) stocked with quality players. We aren't. That's why the ramshackle crew you are talking about can push on into the CL spot. 4th place, well above average but also far from quality. That's the predicament but not just Arsenal's problem.

I agree with much of what you say, the quality of the premiership is pretty poor.....the idea that United for instance could have come close to winning the title in Spain is one so laughable that it scarcely bears thinking about.
But then the quality throughout Europe isn't brilliant, Spain are better than us simply because of Real Madrid and Barcelona.....and in Germany we have Bayern Munich (I would like to say Borussia Dortmund but they are a good team full of decent individuals.....Lewandowski is certainly no better than any of the strikers we have in the premier league). I think the quality of football players throughout Europe is somewhat sub-standard in terms of depth....there is very little leaway....you have brilliant and you have average. The only other sport currently where this contrast is so marked is Tennis.
The Italian league is a joke, the Bundesliga quality is more of a myth than a fact, Spain's reputation is propogated by it's two main teams and France which has always been the poor relation anyway will go the same way when you have loads of greedy players setting sail for Monaco's tax haven.
Football lives in a bubble financially, and whilst i don't agree with large amounts of what the Arsenal board have done....i think they are very quick to recognise it....although this long-game waiting to be the last club standing is a somewhat redundant approach.
The sport is becoming rotten to the core eating the heart out of itself through greed and the fact that the world organisational body of Football has sold it's soul by giving the World Cup to Qatar so there's little chance of change from the top.

[Niall_Quinn]

how reliable is The Independent?

LOL, good one.

[GP]

[Lord Nelson]

Because they have the infinite money cheat on. Does make it easier to sign players when you don't have to bother negotiating or thinking about whether you can afford players.

Good post Letters! WTF happened to the Financial Fair Play rules? Chelsea are just whores. What happens Abramovich moves on / dies / whatever ?

[Marc Overmars]

Juve have got Tevez for only 10m as well.

I suppose that makes more sense for them than 20m+ on Higuain.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Juve have got Tevez for only 10m as well.

I suppose that makes more sense for them than 20m+ on Higuain.

Wouldn't his wages bring it to about the same level? I'd imagine Tevez would be on insane(r) wages than Higuain. I'd rather have the latter tbh.

In other news, we've confirmed Mignolet.