The Official Santi Cazorla Thread

[AKBapologist]

No, I mean not waiting till the last minute to see what happens in the transfer market, covering our own backside and doing the business early into the transfer window, getting experienced internationals and not the next 'Messi embryo'

Yeah, I'm sure champions league qualification didn't have anything to do with it at all.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

I thought it was common knowledge that Vermaelen was our new captain? Unless RVP does a u-turn of course.

I was going to ask about that, so RvP does do a u-turn, can he really expect to keep the caps armband. . .not yhat he will or anythinh

[Japan Shaking All Over]

Great to see we got our man. . . .next Sahin

[Munchies]

@YoungGunsBlog

Santi Cazorla at the Arsenal training ground this morning to complete move. Met the players. Medical done. Virtually done now.
Arsenal just waiting on Málaga to sign it off. Up to them.

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Regarding the Sahin deal, apparently Wenger wants a clause so we have the option to buy him at the end which is slowing it abit.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Just seen someone on twitter saying that he might not be announced until Monday now.

Maybe waiting on sahin to announce a double signing?

[Marc Overmars]

SSN reckon there could be a slight delay because Malaga are in the process of getting new owners, so there's no official word yet as to who will basically sign on their side of things.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Arsene isn't messing about this summer, he's been bloody ruthless in the market, like the Arsene of old.

Just need to get rid of the rubbish now...any offers for Bendy, Park, Squillaci & Chamakh?

i hope so. but then i go back to the giroud signing and the fact rvp announced he's leaving a few days later. i cant help but feel walcott is not going to sign a new contract so cazorla is his replacement. when was the last time wenger splashed so much on an experienced, established player, in order to increase competition in the squad? it rarely happens. at least post invincibles it hasn't.

i hope walcott stays because it gives us real strength and depth, something we've not had since the invincibles.

on the bright side, in the last 2 years we've signed koscielny (26), squillaci (31), chamakh (28), santos (29), arteta (30) and mertesacker (27). add to that podolski (27), giroud (25) and cazorla (27), and it tells us project youth is well and truly dead. we're heading for a new direction.

[KSE Comedy Club]

http://t.co/Mh6kU6UG

Anyone know if this is real? I can't tell on my iPhone but the neck looks photoshopped.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That looks like a sketch. It does have the Arsenal.com watermark though.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Yeh but it looks like the heads been photoshopped on.

I really cant tell at this resolution.