Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[selassie]

Good stuff. Looks like he won't Kostas very much .................

[I am invisible]

If we or the Chavs don't act on Khedira I wouldn't mind a little bet on Utd getting him.
I think I read that RM were willing to drop their asking price for him by £8 mill. If he has agreed to drop his wage demands then I think it would be a great move for us. Just to add quality & strength to our midfield.

I was about to say, I'm shocked that Man U haven't been linked with his so far?! Their need for a central midfielder seems far more pressing than ours or Chelsea's right now...

[Marc Overmars]

Still waiting for Man Utd's big move to set things off. Have a feeling they're going to snare a biggun.

Agree with that, they seem to be under a lot of pressure to make a big signing, their chief exec is public enemy number one at the moment.

Wouldn't be shocked if Di Maria ended up there.

[Niall_Quinn]

Supposedly it will cost them £100mill over 5 years to snag Di Maria and I really hope they do it. Rooney and his ridiculous wages, coupled with paying a stupid amount to Shaw (some say £200k), van Cash is on big money, Mata. Bring Di Maria in on £200k+ and they are still 5 players short but they have hyper-inflated the wage bill without having CL football to back it up. One more top 4 failure and they'll take another step down and that'll be them done until the the next big cycle. In van Gaal they have precisely the right man to fuck it all up spectacularly. This guy is already letting his team take the heat while he makes excuses. Between the wages and the "genius" they are teetering on the brink. A couple of big signings could have the exact opposite effect they are looking to achieve.

[Dein-machine]

Some of us on GW ( including me ) have dismissed certain players going to Man Utd due to lack of C.L. football. I'm wondering if we have any deals already agreed in principle but pending our qualification - if we get knocked out by Besiktas we are no longer any more favorable than Utd & they seem willinng to play O.T.T wages.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

It's not a question of whether he is able to play as a DM, it's more about whether he would want to play as one. Apparently he didn't like being told to sit in front of the defence for Real, so I'm not sure he'd want to move to us only to be asked the same thing. Khedira is similar to Ramsey, Yaya Toure and Rooney in that he likes to get around the pitch and get involved in everything. Those types of players usually don't like getting boxed into specific, 'tactical' roles even if they have the abilities to excel in them.

I might be wrong, l would have put Gerrard in that same category but he made the switch. But then again, he only plays his current role because he hasn't got the legs to play box to box anymore.

Why is it? Why on earth are we negotiating with a player unwilling to play anywhere but in midfield as a box to box midfielder in whatever starting position that is. Is he just going to dictate to Wenger where he is played?

It would be pretty naive to expect to displace Ozil or Ramsey, so I would would tend to wonder where he expects to play precisely if he wants to be first team.

I suspect his precise more salient issue right now is getting into their 1st team all together. If he was actually annoyed about his manager doing his job and telling him where to play, then his focus should have switched by now....

[Niall_Quinn]

Why is it? Why on earth are we negotiating with a player unwilling to play anywhere but in midfield as a box to box midfielder in whatever starting position that is. Is he just going to dictate to Wenger where he is played?

It would be pretty naive to expect to displace Ozil or Ramsey, so I would would tend to wonder where he expects to play precisely if he wants to be first team.

I suspect his precise more salient issue right now is getting into their 1st team all together. If he was actually annoyed about his manager doing his job and telling him where to play, then his focus should have switched by now....

I think he just wants a huge wad of cash tbf, that seems to be his main ambition.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I would tend to agree.... haven't really seen the usual taking exception to the suggestions of greed from him or his camp either although perhaps it is German not to??

[Penguin]

I'm not even sure if we were ever actually in for Khedira...

Wenger showed last year that being captain (TV5) does not guarantee starting 11.....If we brought in a better player to play where he does then he would have to sit out......it could be case of him bring the club can't and BFG the on pitch one!

Vermaelen was a nailed on starter when we made him captain, Wenger wouldn't have made him captain if he knew he wasn't going to play. I doubt Wenger would make Arteta captain if he was planning on signing a replacement player two weeks later. It looks more likely now that we'll either sign nobody, or we'll sign a long term project like Rabiot who wont be an immediate starter but will be gradually phased in.

I'm baffled at why Wenger didn't make Mertesacker or Koscielny captain as surely those two are the only guaranteed starters in our squad.

[Dicks and chicks]

I'm not even sure if we were ever actually in for Khedira...


Vermaelen was a nailed on starter when we made him captain, Wenger wouldn't have made him captain if he knew he wasn't going to play. I doubt Wenger would make Arteta captain if he was planning on signing a replacement player two weeks later. It looks more likely now that we'll either sign nobody, or we'll sign a long term project like Rabiot who wont be an immediate starter but will be gradually phased in.

I'm baffled at why Wenger didn't make Mertesacker or Koscielny captain as surely those two are the only guaranteed starters in our squad.

Sangogo deserved the captaincy , he's more immune than mert or kos