Transfer targets in January

[Marc Overmars]

Kalou is going to PSG.

[Kaiser]

Let's hope so. Though they've been linked to everyone (18 strikers so far according to Auclair on Football Weekly), Ancelotti must like him and wages wouldn't be an issue for them now.

[Grebbo]

He's left the Ivory Coast training camp in Dubai (or Paris, could be either tbh) for talks. Thought to be with us. £3m fee for an experienced if inconsistent wideman/forward ain't bad. He's on £75k/w but wants £90k/w, hence why Chelsea want to let him go. Guess he'd be a more reliable option to Arshavin/Chamakh etc but this would mean we're not signing Podolski. Also he's cup-tied in the CL and is at the ACoN so the immediate impact is minimal. Also, he's pretty much identical to Gervinho but a slightly better finisher and worse dribbler.

Quality signing.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Hunting around the bargain bin again

The annoying thing is we could probably get podolski now if we offered the right amount.

[Kano]

Hunting around the bargain bin again

The annoying thing is we could probably get podolski now if we offered the right amount.

didn't his agent say he's staying in germany to concentrate on getting into the euro team?

[Marc Overmars]

Agents say all sorts of shit. I'm sure he'd be singing a different tune if we put a fat wad of cash on the table. His contract is up next year I believe, so he's bound to have a lot of interest in the summer if he's still available, ideally we need to make a move before the vultures swoop but for some reason we're always so tentative.

[Niall_Quinn]

We need to make a move for somebody of note soon, before we are completely forgotten as a viable club for the top players. Maybe we have another year before it's, "Arsenal who?" We also need 4th place or the whole slide into anonymity will be accelerated. Failure to sign the players we need this month and in summer will cost us in many ways. The board will have figured this out, of course. I suppose they are more interested in the ongoing discussions about plastering players' shirts with extra logos and fucking up the TV coverage by superimposing advertising on the pitch.

[Dennis Bendtner]

Kalou would be such an irritating signing.

[Syn]

Is Podolski a certain starter for Germany in the Euros? What position? I think he wouldn't want to come here right now because he knows he'd be shifted out wide and get less goals...which would then make him a less viable choice to play upfront for Germany. And he's a big name - His club know they'll get good interest in the summer. They might miss out on a few million (if we were prepared to pay over the odds right now...) but maybe having him scoring nearly a goal a game for another 5 months is worth that marginal loss in transfer fee. Plus Podolski would get a better choice of clubs.

[Dennis Bendtner]

You would imagine so, left of a front three (Mario Gomez central?). I dunno. Germany have had a few new ones performing brilliantly even since 2010. Goatse and that. But Podolski is a tournament specialist, leaving him out would be a bit weird.