Prob that millionaire's divorced wife he's now with, living in London and everythingOriginally Posted by Sterling Archer
Prob that millionaire's divorced wife he's now with, living in London and everything
The Chelsea 1st XI line-up for next season looks a bit daunting thanks to Arsene:
GK - Cech
RB - Ivanovic
LB - Azpilicueta
CD - Cahill
CD - Terry
DM - Matic
CM - Oscar
RM - Willian
LM - Hazard
AM - Fabregas
CF - Costa
Then you've got Courtois, Ramires, Schurrle, Torres, Ba, Salah, etc.
Look a bit light at the back but with a back four who aren't made of glass like our lot, they will reinforce there. Mourinho always manages to get a decent defender or two, unlike Arsene. Maybe they'll even get Ashley Williams in and make him look a world beater while AW ponders over whether £4M for a 29 yo CD might be lacking a little sharpness.
I don't know about you guys but this looks to me like another major coup for Chelsea. Worryingly the names being bandied about who we are allegedly after don't seem to go any way to address the spankings we took at Citeh, Liverpool and at the Bridge. We have a weak spine and the heads go down too quickly. Not sure how 21 year old Bundesliga lightweights, La Liga benchwarming strikers and anything these days from Serie A is looking like a good move while we pass on the chance of bringing back a World Class prodigal. Balotelli? Fuck off.
Didn't they sign that Zouma lad at CB too? He's supposed to be a decent prospect...
Aye. Another player who snubbed United because he wanted Arsenal and ended up at Chelsea. I could be wrong, but there may be a pattern emerging here.
Don't worry though guys, AKB
Well we can't be worrying about what Chelsea and other clubs are doing - 99% of that squad is already there without any help from us anyway, and, if we've decided that we don't need Fabs ourselves, then we can't afford to be signing him just to make sure other clubs can't have him. Wouldn't stop Chelsea going out and buying someone else anyway - all it would mean is that we'd have 30-40m less to go after our own targets...
I wonder if Barca still owe us some money from the Fabregas sale? It was only 3 years ago he left wasn't it? Cant see them completing their 35million payment already. If he is for sale for 29 million, I honestly believe we should buy him, if only to keep out of the hands of Chelsea and Man Utd. He would fit perfectly for Chelsea and we would look like a laughing stock again having let him walk there. I really hope the fact no deal has yet been announced means nothing has been decided yet and our lack of interest is in fact a smoke screen and Cesc holds out a little longer…so we get the 'feel good factor' of a major signing a little later. I really hope that our transfer business is being done now in a discrete manner…and all the journos that think they know everything like Ornstein…are totally off the scent. Signing Balotteli, Remy (and keeping Podolski) would be fine up front in my opinion and they would be around 30million. I think Lars bender would be an excellent signing, along with Cesc and a winger Sanchez…then sort out the defence with Begovic, Caulker, and Aurier and we'd look in good shape.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.” Dennis Bergkamp
"I started clapping myself until I realized that i was sunderland's manager". Peter Reid
"Happy those, who can remain at Highbury." Jane Austen, Emma
As I understand it Barca still owe Arsenal a substantial amount running into millions. I've heard £7M but I think it might be more than that.
Agree we can't worry about what Chelsea or other clubs are up to but BW10 is bang on when he says we would look a laughingstock if we let Cesc go there because he is the last piece of their jigsaw. That line-up is phenomenal - speed, skill, power, strength and the capability of scoring goals all over the park. Look at Arsenal and we know we need another CD, a CDM who will roll his sleeves up and screen the back four without whingeing to the ref the whole time, a CF who is quick and will hit the ground scoring from the off, and a full back who has pace, can actually cross the ball and even better can score a goal or two.
When you look at who Arsenal are reportedly after, Aurier ticks the boxes at the back, sure. Not sure why we need Lars Bender as he is an attacking midfielder, something we have plenty of already (one of the reasons we decided against Cesc, allegedly). Sven Bender is a consideration, but he's on a long contract and Dortmund won't be selling him any time soon. We've seen enough of Kalou to know he's a lightweight who ducks out of a scrap. Don't we have enough players like that already? Balotelli is a nutjob who will implode with frustration the first game we go 2-0 down after 5 minutes (we know it will happen, AW's in charge) just like Gallas did against Birmingham when Eddie got crocked by some nobody pubber. Do we need a player like that anyway? He's fallen out with every team he's belonged to.
Not sure why we're after the benchwarming kid at RM. AFC's recruitment of young lightweight forwards has never been that great. Remy would be a logical step providing he gets a regular game and gets his scoring boots on. I get the feeling AW would use him as an impact sub which could turn him into the new Nicky B. I know little about Pedro - but isn't he again an attacking MF, something we don't need?
I understand Atletico want Vela and expect Arsenal to get their arse in gear and do some kind of deal so they can offload Costa to Chelsea. I'd like to think AW would actually have the balls to say we'll give you Vela and a wad of cash and we'll take Costa. Sadly Arsenal don't do those deals anymore, we're happy to be the middle man getting royally shafted while everyone else benefits.
Me bitter? Probably. My grapes are definitely sour today. I can only reminisce about the times when they were full and plump and juicy - the days of Pires, Overmars, Henry, Petit, Vieira, Edu, Adams, Campbell, Gilberto, Wiltord, Kanu, Seaman - sigh...
Chelsea have actually quietly gone about acquiring a phenomenally expensive squad. And the insane wages that go with it too.
Matic - £22m, Oscar £25m, Willian £32m, Hazard £32m, (Fabregas £30m), (Costa £32m), (Filipe £17m), Schurrle £18m, Salah £11m, Zouma £12m. And then the likes of Ginkel, Marin, Moses, Ba all bought for about £8m each, and those like Ramires, Lukaku and of course Torres who were bought a few years ago for big money as well.
Helped in no small part to getting enormous fees for Luiz and Mata I'm sure, and if you believe the press possibly Hazard to PSG as well.
But yeah, they're definitely a little horse.
For me, Wenger is a super talented manager, and there is probably no one better in terms of his vision of the game and the way it should be played. He has made so many young players brilliant too…so there is absolutely no question of his talent there…but his biggest failing and something which I fear will never be 'fixed' is his short-sightedness when refusing to consider the teams that are a direct challenge to us…and by that I mean tactics on the pitch and transfers off it. FOR ONCE, I would like him to be a little tactical when it comes to transfers…and say there is no way in hell he'd let Cesc walk to Chelsea. Now, when Fabregas left us for Barcelona, I actually never thought he'd leave them and I was quite happy for him to go because we'd basically built our team around him and he was agitating for a move…so to be honest, I never really wanted him back, I think a lot of fans had had enough of his whinging. I also thought he slowed our game to much with his sideways passes (although he always made a game-changing move in 90 mins…) sometimes his over-passing just killed me. BUT, he does have a lot to offer and maybe surround by different players and not being held in the same regard as he once was would be of benefit to him. He would be coming back to fight for a position not guaranteed one. BUT the most important thing would be he would not be pulling on a chelsea shirt. I am not 100% convinced of Chelsea's interest in Fabregas…they might well be looking at other targets too..and trying to get us to force our hand early…I don't understand why they would sell Mata and bring in Fabregas…very similar players imo.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.” Dennis Bergkamp
"I started clapping myself until I realized that i was sunderland's manager". Peter Reid
"Happy those, who can remain at Highbury." Jane Austen, Emma
Well for me this is a sad day. Fabregas in a Chelsea shirt! FFS!
He's the Arsenal player I've enjoyed watching the most post Invincible's. Never loses the ball and a killer passer. I have no idea why we've let him join Chelsea, he's better than anything we have in midfield other than Ramsey of 13/14. Premiership proven, knows the club, fans love him, knows Arsene. There's just no risk in signing Fabregas and was a good price as well.
Madness IMO.
Maureen and Fabregas. Eugh!
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