Quote Originally Posted by GB. View Post
I can't understand the instant dismissal of an experienced tactically aware international defender who is an automatic choice in the German national team. This is IMHO the type of signing we have been crying out for! My only complaint is that this should have been done pretty much as soon as the transfer window opened.
It's pretty obvious. If someone takes the position that EVERYTHING Wenger and Arsenal does is wrong, they can't then admit that any signing we make is any good. Even if it does mean dismissing a regular in the German national side and thinking a better signing would have been someone who plays for a team of mid-table cloggers, hardly gets a sniff of a (much poorer, relative to Germany) England set up and hasn't had any interest from any decent sides in England or Europe.

But yes, we should have had this all sorted out in June.