Karim Benzema

[Niall_Quinn]

My brother in Spain said he is negotiating personal terms, and once done he'll be flying in for a medical possibly tomorrow

Got to be true tbf, I mean my brother is a piss head, on holiday in Spain ....so has to be true

The most reliable sauce so far, by quite a distance.

[GP]

Guys, we aren't signing Benzema, you need a reality check.

[Maestro]

Judging from the posts on here, I don't think a single person is taking this seriously. I mean we have Rodney Marsh's mate and my piss head brother as our reliable soy sauces

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

If there was actually a decent striker available we wouldn't be wetting our draws over this flabby average striker anyway

If the only options availiable are benzema or cavani you can understand the temptation to leave your cheque book in your jacket pocket.

[Penguin]

When the 3rd option is sticking with Giroud and Welbeck it's time to get the cheque book back out!

[Özim]

When the 3rd option is sticking with Giroud and Welbeck it's time to get the cheque book back out!

Totally agree, whilst those players stock isn't as high it might have once been, they are several levels about the shite we have playing for us so going for them is a no brainer.

Right now our strikeforce is fairly average, signing Bambi on ice last summer wasn't particularly frowned upon and yet we're turning our noses up at players 10 times superior.

[Power n Glory]

If there was actually a decent striker available we wouldn't be wetting our draws over this flabby average striker anyway

If the only options availiable are benzema or cavani you can understand the temptation to leave your cheque book in your jacket pocket.

I could understand the temptation if we were willing to try something new. If we were trying Sanchez, Walcott or even Welbeck up top with Giroud as a bench option, I could understand. But we're going with Giroud again as first choice.

[dostoy]

Wenger has said recently he is not after Benzema.

Why would he pay 16 million for Welbeck last season and then effectively end his Arsenal career by paying huge money for Benzema ?

There are other reasons why he will not go for Benzema, can anybody really see him doing it ?

I doubt Cavani will be for sale if PSG get rid of Zlatan.

I doubt Wenger will sign anybody else this summer.

His job should be in doubt but his job remains rock solid to put it mildly.

[selassie]

Wenger has said recently he is not after Benzema.

Why would he pay 16 million for Welbeck last season and then effectively end his Arsenal career by paying huge money for Benzema ?

There are other reasons why he will not go for Benzema, can anybody really see him doing it ?

I doubt Cavani will be for sale if PSG get rid of Zlatan.

I doubt Wenger will sign anybody else this summer.

His job should be in doubt but his job remains rock solid to put it mildly.

Yeah I agree with this. I think Wenger would only pursue Benzema if he fell in his lap so to speak and for a "fair price" in Wenger's eyes.

Wenger seems to really like Welbeck, he was more or less first choice when fit last season. I think Wenger sees Welbeck as unfinished business so will work on him as a "project".

I also don't think we will go for any strikers, Wenger clearly sees Giroud, Welbeck & Walcott as enough.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

I could understand the temptation if we were willing to try something new. If we were trying Sanchez, Walcott or even Welbeck up top with Giroud as a bench option, I could understand. But we're going with Giroud again as first choice.

Well jury is out on that, I think Giroud is being played because Sanchez is not fully match fit. Though not playing Walcott in either game is frankly baffling.

If MC Hammer gets fit, then hopefully we will start to use quick wide players more but that might mean dropping precious Ramsey