Luiz Gustavo Thread

[Cripps_orig]

The lack of respect for Sanogo and fellow pubbers is disgusting on here

[selassie]

Kicker Magazine says he is going to Wolfsburg and questions whether we are actually interested in him

I think we're interested in him, Wenger said as much when asked about him over the weekend. What I think we're doing is our "classic" Arsenal dithering/haggling.

He has a number of clubs interested in him, so if we want him we need to be aggressive in our negotiations.

Apparently there is an ESPN article where he (Gustavo) says EPL is a good league and we play good football...whether that means we are his first choice is anybodies guess. We were Higuain's first choice...but dithered and Napoli came in and bought him.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal close in on €20m move for Bayern Munich midfielder Luiz Gustavo

The Gunners will talk to the Brazilian, who is surplus to requirements under Pep Guardiola at the Allianz Arena, in the coming days after having an offer accepted over the weekend

Arsenal have had a €20 million bid accepted by Bayern Munich for midfielder Luiz Gustavo, Goal can reveal. The Brazil international is expected to become the Gunners' club record signing and Arsene Wenger's first senior capture of the summer. Arsenal will step up negotiations with Gustavo's representatives in the coming days as they attempt to thrash out personal terms. The 26-year-old is on international duty this week and Arsenal would need to be given the permission of the Brazil national team to hold direct talks with the player if they are to force through a quick deal. Wenger made his move for Gustavo at the end of last week after Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had admitted that they were willing to listen to offers for him. Gustavo fell behind Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez in the German club's central midfield pecking order last season and told Bayern he wanted to quit in search of regular football. Reports in Germany have suggested that new Bayern boss Pep Guardiola has no plans to utilise Gustavo this season. The Brazilian had been close to joining Wolfsburg but he is believed to be keen to move to a Champions League outfit as he targets a regular starting position ahead of the World Cup in his homeland next year. Goal revealed in February that Arsenal had identified Gustavo as a key midfield target in the summer. Arsenal made an enquiry for Gustavo in the January window but stopped short of making a bid after learning that Bayern were unwilling to sell him in mid-season. The north Londoners have been keen to sign a battle-hardened midfield anchorman since selling Alex Song to Barcelona 12 months ago. Arsenal pulled out of a move for West Ham powerhouse Mohamed Diame in January after failing to be convinced he was better than the options they already had in central midfield, most notably Jack Wilshere, Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey and Abou Diaby. However, Gustavo's combination of authority and versatility has impressed Wenger and his scouts. The Brazilian is capable of slotting in at centre-back and left-back as well as his favoured deep midfield role. The Brazilian, whose Bayern contract runs until 2015, was an intermittent starter for the European champions last season, although he was out for a month at the end of the season.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/596/excl...ich-midfielder

He's coming home

[Ollie the Optimist]

Wow they promised us a big summer and somehow it's managed to be the worst summer of all, is this the ultimate WUM?

have to admit, its quite impressive how the promised such a big summer and are likely to go into the first game of the season having not spent a single quid on players. top wumming

[Niall_Quinn]

I think what is clear in this window is if you want to sign a player then you need to overpay both in transfer fees and wages to get your man.

Can anyone see Arsenal doing that? Me neither. It's absolutely what we need to do but I just don't think we'll bring ourselves to do it.

There isn't much top class talent out there, there's a dozen clubs chasing any decent player.

Makes a lot of sense for other clubs to follow Arsenal around. We do everything to identify the cheap (or as Arsene would say "correctly") priced players. As soon as we express an interest the agent blabs his mouth off. If we insist on making value for money the absolute priority it will always make it ten times harder for us to sign a player. Ten years ago it wouldn't have mattered as much because players would have much rather come to Arsenal than go to mid ranked Italian or Spanish clubs. Now we are no longer top tier and that's going to count against us. We're also chopping down on wages. Selling RvP was an astounding admission we have no ambition as a club and that would have been seen very clearly across the football world. Everything is geared to making it it difficult for ourselves. The last carrot we have is that 4th placed spot that gives us CL football but I wonder if it's as big a draw as some assume? Lots of clubs making it to the CL and the number is set to grow.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Makes a lot of sense for other clubs to follow Arsenal around. We do everything to identify the cheap (or as Arsene would say "correctly") priced players. As soon as we express an interest the agent blabs his mouth off. If we insist on making value for money the absolute priority it will always make it ten times harder for us to sign a player. Ten years ago it wouldn't have mattered as much because players would have much rather come to Arsenal than go to mid ranked Italian or Spanish clubs. Now we are no longer top tier and that's going to count against us. We're also chopping down on wages. Selling RvP was an astounding admission we have no ambition as a club and that would have been seen very clearly across the football world. Everything is geared to making it it difficult for ourselves. The last carrot we have is that 4th placed spot that gives us CL football but I wonder if it's as big a draw as some assume? Lots of clubs making it to the CL and the number is set to grow.

Analogue club in a digital age?

[Master Splinter]

SD club in a HD age.

[Master Splinter]

Mono club in a stereo age.

[Master Splinter]

Betamax club in a HD DVD age.

[LDG]

We still use a modem.