Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Marc Overmars]

Seems like Abramovich was the one to grant Cech a move as a gesture of goodwill.

Always rated him tbf.

[Letters]

Heard something about 11 million, seems a lot for a 33 year old to me, especially one with just a year left and wanting to go, we should get him for next to nothing. If this amount is true, are negotiation team are amateurs.

[Dein-machine]

Heard something about 11 million, seems a lot for a 33 year old to me, especially one with just a year left and wanting to go, we should get him for next to nothing. If this amount is true, are negotiation team are amateurs.

Our negotiation team = Wenger. How dare you call him an amateur in transfer negotiations. He's currently sunning himself on the French Riviera & will pop back into Colney around mid July to see who hasn't already been bought yet from his wishlist. Then he'll try to buy whats left for £10 mill less than their worth or be very clever by adding £1 to their release clause (as it can't possibly offend the selling club), miss the chance to get the new players into pre-season training to gel with the squad, take a lot of stick from journo's & Arsenal fans until he pays over the odds for a crowd pleaser on the last day of the transfer window. There is absolutely nothing amateurish about the way Wenger handles transfers.

[GP]

This is the laziest WUMing since Cripps died.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Clickbait extordinaire, Adrian Durham taking credit for making Wenger change his ways in signing Cech.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...al-belong.html

Heard something about 11 million, seems a lot for a 33 year old to me, especially one with just a year left and wanting to go, we should get him for next to nothing. If this amount is true, are negotiation team are amateurs.

In an era of the petroclubs inflating transfer fees and the likes of Raheem Sterling having a 50 million pound fee slapped to his forehead, you're having a go at our negotiating team for getting a top five goalkeeper in the world for only 11 million from a rival club whose manager absolutely detests us and our manager (because of his inferiority complex). Not to mention we've potentially signed him ahead of giant clubs like Man Utd and PSG were according to reports were interested as well. Laughable Zim.

It's a fantastic bit of business really.

[Letters]

This is the laziest WUMing since Cripps died.

Innit.

Even the WUMs are rubbish on here.

GW

[Özim]

Signing a chav wouldn't have been my first choice. However, Cech is one of the best keepers in the PL, he has vast experience and he's potentially got 5-7 years left at the top. It's an inter-PL transfer among two top clubs. I'm surprised it's as low as £11mill. I suppose it's this low because the chavs are uncharacteristically showing a bit of class towards Cach in return for his outstanding service to the club. An apparently we've been chasing Cech for nearly 3 years, the team has finally got their man. On this occasion they have been persistent and it could be said they have pulled off a bit of a coup. £11mill between British clubs for a top pro? A snip.

I think by the time keepers get to the age of 37 their reflexes are slower and they are more prone to errors, I think we have him for 4 years at best and then he'll start to go downhill.

[Özim]

Clickbait extordinaire, Adrian Durham taking credit for making Wenger change his ways in signing Cech.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...al-belong.html





In an era of the petroclubs inflating transfer fees and the likes of Raheem Sterling having a 50 million pound fee slapped to his forehead, you're having a go at our negotiating team for getting a top five goalkeeper in the world for only 11 million from a rival club whose manager absolutely detests us and our manager (because of his inferiority complex). Not to mention we've potentially signed him ahead of giant clubs like Man Utd and PSG were according to reports were interested as well. Laughable Zim.

It's a fantastic bit of business really.

11 million for a 33 year old isn't fantastic business in my book as for being a top 5 keeper, highly debateable, he's very good but not World Class anymore, before his head injury he was unbelievable but in recent times he's looked positively human. It's true he's a lot better than what we've had or have, but that's not hard as we've had to put up with dogshite keepers for years since David Seaman retired.

He's a good keeper, but hardly the future and thats my point, sure keepers can play on into their late 30's but they are nowhere near as good when they get there, Buffon for example looks a shadow of the keeper he was and is prone to some real clangers.

[Niall_Quinn]

Clickbait extordinaire, Adrian Durham taking credit for making Wenger change his ways in signing Cech.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...al-belong.html

I saw that but couldn't bear to post it up. That's shit even by his rock bottom standards. If you asked Wenger who Adrian Durham is he'd probably say, "LOOK! I don't know who this little bit cunt is!"

[Niall_Quinn]

I think by the time keepers get to the age of 37 their reflexes are slower and they are more prone to errors, I think we have him for 4 years at best and then he'll start to go downhill.

4 years with a stable presence at the back, Kos ahead of him and hopefully a more settled defence in general isn't a bad prospect. 4 years for Ches to get a clue in the care of a steadying influence can't hurt either. The whole "Arsenal spine" thing is vastly overplayed but in terms of adding quality to a critical position this is a good signing. Kos is more than good enough. I think Coquelin is actually underrated because he doesn't have the big media name.

Striker please! If we add some top quality up front then coupled with the undoubted quality we've just added to the back you have to call that a good transfer window. All comes down to this striker. If we are serious then our activities over the next few weeks will be the demonstration.