Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Arsenal have been told they will have to smash their transfer record to land Borussia Dortmund playmaker Mario Gotze.
The Gunners were hoping to agree a £25m fee now and tie up the deal when the transfer window re-opens in January – but the Bundesliga champions have told them they will not accept anything less than £30m.
Arsene Wenger, keen to add quality to his midfield following the summer departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, is desperate to land one of the hottest talents in Europe and has made his move now in a bid to head off interest from Manchester United, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.
The potential signing of Gotze and other quality additions to the squad could be seen as a real statement of intent and Wenger hopes it could also persuade skipper Robin van Persie to commit his long-term future to the club.
Van Persie, who has been in formidable form this year, has 18 months left on his current contract and is expected to leave next summer if they fail to qualify for the Champions League next season.

http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-ne...-dortmund-star

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Arsenal have been told that Borussia Dortmund playmaker Mario Gotze will not be sold for less than £30m. The Gunners had hoped to tie up a deal for the Germany international for £25m in advance of the transfer window opening.
Full story: talkSPORT

Arsenal are also chasing £25m-rated Internacional and Brazil star Leandro Damiao.
Full story: Daily Mirror

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...rs/default.stm

[Japan Shaking All Over]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...rs/default.stm

Would not mind Sow, Gotze Yes please, Gonzales could be worth a punt too.

We would have to shed to add all the recent rumours, especially as Hazards name has popped up

Cham and Andy out - Sow and Mario in - would mean we spent more so wpuld there be anything left. Sow Iwould take bit the ANC is a bitch!

DM we are sorted woth Frims and Coq

Is Theo showing signs that we may not need Harzard or at least pay the amount that would be required? That is an ongoing debate

[Master Splinter]

We are not spending £30 million on a player.

We will not be getting these big names in a world where Real Madrid, Barcelona, Citeh, Chelsea, PSG and Generic Recently Minted Team are after them too.

Speculate on Sow though. That sounds reasonable.

[Flavs]

I'm still not convinced there is any point in us buying in the January window. I think we could clear the decks some more but i cant see us buying anyone

[bignev]

I'm still not convinced there is any point in us buying in the January window. I think we could clear the decks some more but i cant see us buying anyone

There's definitely a point to us buying! We need another striker (at least) to score some goals!

Whether we will is an entirely different matter.......

[Kano]

I'm still not convinced there is any point in us buying in the January window. I think we could clear the decks some more but i cant see us buying anyone

you believe in park and cham that much?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'm still not convinced there is any point in us buying in the January window. I think we could clear the decks some more but i cant see us buying anyone

If getting fourth is under threat, we'll buy.

[Flavs]

you believe in park and cham that much?

Well yes and no, i hear people on here saying they want us to go out and spend X on a world class striker and so on, cos there is loads of them out there that would a) Play for Arsenal and b) sit on the bench week in week out.

I appreciate RvP is a little injury prone or at least used to be but there isn't a striker out there that is that much better than Park or Chamakh that would come and sit on the bench until/if/when Robin gets injured.

With the growth of Walcott and Koscielny and form of the new guys plus Ramsey's brilliant season so far the only place i could possible see us reinforcing is the left wing, but again we wont buy a starter as we have Gervinho ripping shit up out there. Also how much would Wenger spend when he has Miyachi and the Ox waiting in the wings?

Also as we now have a pretty much nailed on first XI (bar the Mertcielny issue) we can either buy more kids with potential or spend a massive amount replacing a first teamer, cant see either happening

[bignev]

Well yes and no, i hear people on here saying they want us to go out and spend X on a world class striker and so on, cos there is loads of them out there that would a) Play for Arsenal and b) sit on the bench week in week out.

I appreciate RvP is a little injury prone or at least used to be but there isn't a striker out there that is that much better than Park or Chamakh that would come and sit on the bench until/if/when Robin gets injured.

With the growth of Walcott and Koscielny and form of the new guys plus Ramsey's brilliant season so far the only place i could possible see us reinforcing is the left wing, but again we wont buy a starter as we have Gervinho ripping shit up out there. Also how much would Wenger spend when he has Miyachi and the Ox waiting in the wings?

Also as we now have a pretty much nailed on first XI (bar the Mertcielny issue) we can either buy more kids with potential or spend a massive amount replacing a first teamer, cant see either happening

Ideally the new striker wouldn't just sit on the bench. We would be rotating strikers frequently. Would give us options off the bench as well.

At the moment if RVP is playing and we're not scoring then we have no different options to come on.