Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[I am invisible]

Think of how many players we were linked to last season in comparison with who we actually signed. The media generally don't have a clue.

Unfortunately, the media don't need to have a clue - when it comes to football rumours and gossip, Arsenal fans are the softest touch in town, and they know it. We simultaneously seem to be willing to believe the best and worst about our club at any given moment, so they can toss any old crazy shit out there and they know they'll get a win...

[Marc Overmars]

Unfortunately, the media don't need to have a clue - when it comes to football rumours and gossip, Arsenal fans are the softest touch in town, and they know it. We simultaneously seem to be willing to believe the best and worst about our club at any given moment, so they can toss any old crazy shit out there and they know they'll get a win...

It's because we're the most starved of all the top clubs of decent signings!

[I am invisible]

It's because we're the most starved of all the top clubs of decent signings!

Yup. It's a pretty easy formula for them really - chuck out some story that we all desperately want to be true, and then, when nothing happens, get a second story out of the inevitable backlash from the disappointment.

Or just link us with someone really shit from a hated rival - that's always good for days of indignant outrage.

[Özim]

It's because we're the most starved of all the top clubs of decent signings!

Sometimes spending money isn't the answer.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Think of how many players we were linked to last season in comparison with who we actually signed. The media generally don't have a clue.

I think someone looked into the BBC Gossip column specifically and of the ones that weren't already dealing in fact it was about 18% which turned out to have any sort of truth in them.

Unsurprisingly I think it was the Mail and Sun that did the worst.

But as I don't have a source this was all pretty pointless.

[I am invisible]

Seems Sagna is off

Being linked with Aurier, a right back from Toulouse

Can't see Fabianski or Vermaelen staying either, and we were already a CB short to begin with! What are the chances of us signing 3 defenders and a keeper this summer?

[Niall_Quinn]

Can't see Fabianski or Vermaelen staying either, and we were already a CB short to begin with! What are the chances of us signing 3 defenders and a keeper this summer?

17.6%

[Injury Time]

Can't see Fabianski or Vermaelen staying either, and we were already a CB short to begin with! What are the chances of us signing 3 defenders and a keeper this summer?

2%

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

So at the last count the potential departures or signed, sealed but yet to be delivered are;

Emiliano Viviano bonvoyageo
Flappy
Sagna
Vermaelen
Podolski
Bendtner
Giroud

....and that is before we even start to actually reinforce what we now have, buy the fabled centre forward, wide attacker, DCM, or back up centre back. We must have a lot of fuhking money to spend this summer.

[Globalgunner]

Of that lot I would only fight to keep Podolski...the rest are infinitely replaceable. Sagna I love but I can see why he would want to leave.