Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Marc Overmars]

FFP.

[selassie]

A couple of interesting points I've seen mentioned about the possibility of Cesc coming back...

1) Barca still owe us money from when they (re-)signed him for us - some people have suggested that they may still owe us as much as half the fee?

2) The infamous 'clause' in his contract - as I understand it, this doesn't entitle us to buy him back for a fixed fee, but it does give us first refusal if they decide to sell. More interestingly though, I've seen it suggested that there's also a sell-on clause in there somewhere that entitles us to 50% of any fee they receive, if they sell him to another club? When you combine that with point 1 (above), it does sound like it would be borderline worthless for them to sell to anyone other that us, as they'd pretty much have to give us their 50% too, to pay off what they still owe us!

I have to say, I didn't really see much sense in bringing him back - much as I love him as a player, it seemed like an unnecessary move, based on sentiment, that wouldn't address any of the problems we've identified, and would eat too much into our budget. However, if those 2 points are true, it does make you wonder how cheap we might be able to get him for?

I personally feel bringing him back will cause selection problems and will eat too much into our budget, he would come on pretty big wages for a start.

Cesc is a great player but we would probably need to move Ozil and sell Cazorla to make any sense of Cesc returning.

I also fear that signing Cesc would give Wenger justification to not buy a starting striker.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Heil has us chasing Greizmaan who's valued at 18 million by us. Usually everything they report is rubbish (think NQ can attest to this) but I hope to god this is true.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...Barcelona.html


Also, I said it in the random thread, but Bender is injured for the WC. Might poo-poo our proposed transfer for him.




As for Cesc, whilst I have no problem with him, signing him will inevitably mean less resources to spend in other more critical areas and for that reason alone I'll pass. Would hate to see him at the Mancs though, linking up with RVP.

[Niall_Quinn]

Toure to the chavs is the latest rumour.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Greizemann is sponsored by Puma and as is big mates with Giroud. He also plays as us on FIFA and does seem to be an Arsenal fan.



Also, this picture is a year old but Aurier seems to also be an Arsenal fan.

[SP][/SP]




Get both Wenger!!

[Fist of Lehmann]

Cesc’s return would cause a selection problem but I’d welcome him back because he’d solve the fluidity problem we seem to have. We’re not moving the ball around the park quick enough like we used to. He’d team up well with Ramsey. Besides his assists, we’d have more fire power from the middle.

Irony is, when he left everyone was going on about how he slowed our game down too much.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Irony is, when he left everyone was going on about how he slowed our game down too much.

Very true which I personally thought was rubbish.

I'd welcome him back here as he is world class but admittedly it would cause a selection problem. I don't see why the amount we would pay for him should prohibit the signing of a forward.....especially if what Invisible is saying is true. There aren't even a whole lot of top forwards available any more after we dilly dallied last summer.

It is far more likely that we will spend a bit of money on a few players this summer with loads of dosh to spare......rather than buying a top midfielder and thinking crap!....we can't afford Falcao now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Irony is, when he left everyone was going on about how he slowed our game down too much.

And they had a very valid point, because look how fast our game is now that he's gone.

[Niall_Quinn]

Greizemann is sponsored by Puma and as is big mates with Giroud. He also plays as us on FIFA and does seem to be an Arsenal fan.



Also, this picture is a year old but Aurier seems to also be an Arsenal fan.

[SP][/SP]




Get both Wenger!!

It's bloody disrespectful to fans of his current club though, isn't it? I wish players would at least pretend.

[Power n Glory]

Irony is, when he left everyone was going on about how he slowed our game down too much.

Yeah, that’s something I’ve never understood and disagreed with. He doesn’t dwindle on the ball or take unnecessary time on it, so that never made sense. One thing opposing players have often said that he’s difficult to mark and stop because he’s always playing one touch and then moving into space his marker has vacated. It’s one touch and then he’s ghosting past you. We miss that. I think we’re a lot slower now to build attacks and get into a rhythm these days. We can really struggle to get the ball out from the half way line and I think he’d solve that issue and we’d be a bit quicker off the mark. But we’d still need more players making runs in behind defenders. We’d get into a tippy tappy pattern during his time because everyone would come short for the ball and refuse to shoot. Kept on overplaying and that’s where the confusion about him ‘slowing us down’ comes from. We have that same problem now he’s gone.