Not too keen on this one personally. Good player, but probably not as defensively minded as we need.
Not too keen on this one personally. Good player, but probably not as defensively minded as we need.
Yes please.
If you buy players like Sanchez and Khedira you will win trophies. It's as simple as that.
These are top class, experienced players who settle for nothing less than trophies.
If Wenger plans to turn Sanchez into a striker then there's no reason why he couldn't turn Khedira into one of the best DM's in the league.
Then we'll have a German Spine!
Hopefully Merts, Ozil and Poldi have done Wenget's work for him.
If we snapped this guy up we’d do some serious damage! Still a lot of time left in the window.
I've also voiced some minor concerns that he maybe gets about the pitch a little more than we'd like to see from a defensive midfielder, but he has all the attributes needed to do the job to a very high standard, so I really don't think it would be a huge problem to rein him in a bit? To my mind, it would probably represent less of a transition than converting a winger to a striker (something we consider doing on a fairly regular basis), and we've already done something similar recently with Arteta, who had far less top-level experience in the DM role than Khedira's had...
Not sure I'm buying the stories about Chelsea's interest in Khedira - all seems a bit obvious and lazy?
Regarding his wages, I suppose there's always the option of bunging him a fat signing on fee, and dropping his wages down to a less contentious level?
Last edited by I am invisible; 12-07-2014 at 11:54 AM.
They have Matic and Ramires who play DCM as well as other midfielders like Fabregas, Oscar, Mikel, Willian, Schurle etc so i really dont see how they need him. Plus he wouldnt leave Real Madrid to warm the bench and the fact that we can offer him first team football should swing it.Originally Posted by I am invisible
If we get him, it will be the greatest transfer window in the history of Arsenal!
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
Ok, crazy theory alert, but does anyone think we might be looking at bringing in a couple of central midfielders, and not just one (possibly over the next year, but possibly this summer, if the options are there)? Arteta is 32 and down to the last year of his contract now, and I'm pretty sure Flamini was only signed on a two year contract, so he'll be down to his last year too (and we all know how much the Flamster loves a free transfer and a signing on fee)? Has anyone heard anything about talks for new deals for either of them? Rosicky will be 34 in October, Wilshere still has lingering fitness issues after that long lay off, and I'm not sure you can even include Diaby in this discussion with a straight face. Looks like we have a lot of options at first glance, but that could very quickly become very few options, so I do g think the idea is actually that far-fetched...
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