Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...rd-Harris.html


Interesting interview in the Mail with Lord Harris of Peckham who's a board member at the club so privy to the inside info.

Apart from the admittedly crigneworthy Wenger love lines, there are few interesting tidbits in there. Basically all but confirms that Wenger wants to buy a world class centre forward but is hamstrung by lack of availability of one. Apparently he has his eyes set on one in particular but he's just waiting for that club in particular to buy a replacement before going in with a bid and apparently the player in question wants to come as well ...................... most likely he's referring to Benzema.

Very forthright about Szecheny and Ospina in this comment, "Since Jens Lehmann or David Seaman, we've not really had a world-class goalie. We made enquiries about Cech last summer but Chelsea couldn't sell him because they didn't know how Courtois was going to settle in" ................. can't imagine either Ches or Ospina being happy about that, or probably Wenger or Gazidis for that matter. It's probably not a good idea to talk about the shortcomings in certain areas publicly.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

So, now it's the money is there but the players aren't available. Propaganda machinery well oiled and in full operation.

Even if remotely true, why can't we go in and try to prize away the player we want from a club. Must we always wait for cast offs who have become surplus to requirements or are seen as means to recoup funds?

[Maestro]

i'm euphoric just euphoric, we've signed Gabriel Babosa from Santos for £30 million!.......nothing can beat this!!!!!!! .....until I woke up in sweats at 5:30am and realise this was just a horrible tease dream I was having.

...so no we still haven't signed anyone.


http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-ze...munich-6125163

flamini gag is funny in that link

[Bergkampwonderland10]

Probably not the smartest move to reveal we have 200million' in the bank! Particularly with Walcott playing games and us trying to find players for decent prices! Don't think Wenger is going to wake up too happy.

[Bergkampwonderland10]

To be honest, if Walcott doesn't sign, I'd replace him with Pedro. A snip at 22million.

[Özim]

Basically all but confirms that Wenger wants to buy a world class centre forward but is hamstrung by lack of availability of one. Apparently he has his eyes set on one in particular but he's just waiting for that club in particular to buy a replacement before going in with a bid and apparently the player in question wants to come as well ...................... most likely he's referring to Benzema.

Which other club would sit and wait for a player to become available and wait for their club to sign a replacement before bidding?

It's absolute nonsense, clubs go after players they want regardless of whether their club has someone else signed up, I'm sure we've got some guy employed just to put this cr*p out so that it makes people believe we're actually doing everything we can but we're hamstrung by players not being available.

More often than not the best transfers are the unexpected one for players who don't appear to be available until you try to sign them.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I get the frustration and agree to an extent, but 'timing' could be key if we assume that one significant signing somewhere on the continent will be the key to a merry go round of transfers.

That said, we really should be going into next season able to challenge for the title in any case.

[Power n Glory]

"We get a list of the players that Wenger wants," Harris noted. "On the list is a centre-forward, but I'm not going to tell you who he is. You've got to get the other team to want to sell him, but I think he wants to come. It basically comes down to whether the other team can find a superstar to replace him, because they don't have to sell."

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...enger-and-more

This is where it gets silly. If we offer the team the right sort of money they'll go out and find a replacement straight away. As suspected, we'll gamble on deadline day and hope chess pieces move in the final hours so we can get our man. If we're a top striker away from winning the league I don't think we should be relying on such a risky strategy especially when we have the money for it.

[AFC Leveller]

Vidal for 26m is great business for Bayern.

Such a quality player.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

So, now it's the money is there but the players aren't available. Propaganda machinery well oiled and in full operation.

I don't think there's anything egregious in that; it's basically what we've all been saying on here already.

The strikers who are notably better than Giroud/Theo e.g. Lewandonski, Aguero, Suarez etc are all simply unattainable.

Given how we've swooped in for proper class like Alexis and Ozil when they've been available, I'm fully confident that if one for some reason became available we would pounce immediately.

The alternative is to go for a talented youngster who has the potential to explode into that category (Lacazeette) but that's a lot more risky.

Even if remotely true, why can't we go in and try to prize away the player we want from a club. Must we always wait for cast offs who have become surplus to requirements or are seen as means to recoup funds?

This is a fair point though.

If Wenger is as actively interested in Benzema as Lord Harris is hinting at here we should be trying to force the issue. We have a lot more leverage and appeal than the club and some fans may think.

Real Madrid is a circus right now - they're owned by a pompous idiot and currently managed by an even bigger idiot. Sergio Ramos wants to leave, Ronaldo is already throwing his toys out of the pram and dislikes Benitez, they've just treated their homegrown long serving goalkeeper like shit, their fans are morons who boo a player if he doesn't score in a few games ....... etc etc

As ridicolous as it would have sounded about 5 years ago but there are plenty of reasons why a player may prefer the stability and normality of being here than the circus that is Madrid, especially one who already has gone through the phase of being lured by the "dream" of playing for Madrid and also a French player to boot. It's not like they would be getting paid any less either here.