Winter Transfer Speculation

[Letters]

Sounds like a typical Arsenal move, an unknown with a so so record, the only unlikely thing is the transfer fee but I'm sure we can wait until we knock them don by 5-10 million.

If this does happen our search for a striker will be over for another 5 years or so, was hoping for someone with a proven goal record, looks like this will never happen, it seems we prefer to take the pot luck approach when it comes to signings.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Teixeira to Liverpool is not too far off by the sounds of it, all depends on how much Liverpool want to overpay by.

Supposedly Sha...I can't be bothered finding how to spell it properly.... want £38m, which we aren't prepared to pay. Supposedly though he'd be happy with about £50k/week, which softens the blow somewhat and no doubt better than his current wage of Goats and Borscht. One thing he supposedly has though is pace to burn, which is more than can be said for anyone else we have. The only other one who has that is Sturridge and he's dead.

[Kano]

Supposedly Sha...I can't be bothered finding how to spell it properly.... want £38m, which we aren't prepared to pay. Supposedly though he'd be happy with about £50k/week, which softens the blow somewhat and no doubt better than his current wage of Goats and Borscht. One thing he supposedly has though is pace to burn, which is more than can be said for anyone else we have. The only other one who has that is Sturridge and he's dead.

Pace and some ball control ideally, as Ibe has one of those but not the other yet. A lot of the league have taken onboard the whole Bielsa/Dortmund/Atleti press and counter attack, so pace is is essential if Klopp wants to make this work. Seems like another make or break summer coming up.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yarmolenko is a winger anyway isn't he?

Ox.

[Özim]

Never knew you looked like a donkey, I only knew you were short.

[Özim]

Yarmolenko is a winger anyway isn't he?

Ox.

Winger/forward so probably plays up front as well.

[Özim]

Problem with signings like this is there's so uninspiring, I know Arsenal is Wenger's pet project but for the fans it would be good to sign some household names, people we can identify with and get excited about.

[Power n Glory]

Problem with signings like this is there's so uninspiring, I know Arsenal is Wenger's pet project but for the fans it would be good to sign some household names, people we can identify with and get excited about.

Not for the prices quoted. Price tag bigger than their talent.

[Marc Overmars]

Is he the Ukranian Messi or is that Kono guy?

[Master Splinter]

Is he the Ukranian Messi or is that Kono guy?

Konoplyanka is the Ukrainian Messi. He's at Sevilla now.

Yarmolenko is an excellent player and has always looked impressive for both club and country. It's actually surprising that he hasn't moved to one of the bigger leagues yet.

If you're dismissing a player of his renown it speaks of your own ignorance rather than his lack of ability or Arsenal's terrible transfer policy.

I'm not saying he's the hottest prospect in Europe or we should be signing him or that there's even a 1% chance this is true. But the incessant, default negativity on anyone who's not a £90m product of hype or a Neymar or Lewandowski is a bit pathetic. It's not even parody anymore.

Players like Kante, Monreal, Zabaleta, Azpilicueta and even Payet probably didn't have a quarter of the recognition Yarmolenko has but have proven to be excellent players in this league. Money is almost completely irrelevant now since Chelsea, Citeh, Real Madrid, Barcelona, QPR and PSG distorted reality. It's about finding the right player to fit your team. Sometimes that player is hidden in plain sight or sometimes you pay £35-85m for them.

Yarmolenko would probably be our second best wide option after Alexis, but it's still that complete, devastating striker we really need to make us a consistently efficient attacking unit. Not that a daily dollop of transfer bollocks from the Star was worthy of this much discussion anyway.