Super Super Quality Transfer Speculation & Shit

[Grebbo]

The Newcastle guy Ben Arfa is excellent to be honest, we should have signed him.

Yeah, typical Wenger 1998-2005 signing. I'd much rather him than dross such as Chamakh, Slap head, Ramsey etc.

We don't seem to be signing exciting French players and that is a worry as that's what made us great!

[Özim]

Yeah, typical Wenger 1998-2005 signing. I'd much rather him than dross such as Chamakh, Slap head, Ramsey etc.

We don't seem to be signing exciting French players and that is a worry as that's what made us great!

Totally agree, the players we sign now are run of the mill average joe's and that was my point exactly, none of the exciting players we use to be linked with a la Pires for example...and that's why we'll never really be competitive.

[selassie]

You're assuming Alonso would have chosen us over Real Madrid. Highly unlikely.

Same with Mata and Chelsea.

Is this Vertonghen any good? If so why are Spurs the only club in for him?

I'm not assuming anything, we were in advanced negotiations with both Liverpool & Valencia respectively over Alonso & Mata but haggled on prices and backed away, it's been widely reported, both clubs as good as confirmed this. Chelsea for example swooped in and got Mata because we wouldn't pay an extra 2.5 million.

What's Vertonghen got to do with it?

[selassie]

And I have argued we should have spent the money on Alonso - a tried and tested pro who didn't want the earth and everything on it just to turn up. He's a pro, Hazard may be a pro one day but he wants all the trappings immediately and whichever clubs lands him, more fool them. Can you imagine bringing some trumped up kid in on more money than RvP? How would that help us? Hazard is aptly named. Give me Dempsey and a couple of other solid pros any day. Besides, the minute we spunk £32mill on one player you can guarantee a season long injury.

Fair play on Alonso.

Yeh I accept Hazard is a bit of a handful and 32million is too much of a risk, but it shouldn't distract us from going for elite talent. Players like M'Vila & Kagawa should be firmly on our radar and we should be doing as much as we can to bring them in. Not haggling over small change, we should be paying the going rate. Both of those players will significantly upgrade our First XI IMHO.

Back onto Hazard, IMHO he has the potential to win us Titles, Dempsey doesn't. Dempsey is a good player mind, just not someone who will improve us that much. I mean would he really upgrade our first XI? I think not. He'd be an excellent squad player though, about as good as we could get.

[Cripps_orig]

Arsenal are ready to open the bidding for Montpellier striker Olivier Giroud by offering £6.4m, plus Marouane Chamakh, for the 25-year-old.
Full story: The Metro

Who?

[KSE Comedy Club]

Not sure what the point of this argument is anymore

Looks to me like wenger was ready to stump up the £32m asking price for hazard but obviously wouldnt match his stupidly ridiculous wage demands, so he's turned us down.

I'm sure we'll sign a star or two this summer.

[KSE Comedy Club]

Who?

Don't be silly, you know who he is

[Cripps_orig]

Don't be silly, you know who he is

This Micoud Pub Teamer? Nope

[KSE Comedy Club]

Oh come on, he just helped Montpellier win the ligue 1 title.

25 goals scored or something.

[Grebbo]

I'm not assuming anything, we were in advanced negotiations with both Liverpool & Valencia respectively over Alonso & Mata but haggled on prices and backed away, it's been widely reported, both clubs as good as confirmed this. Chelsea for example swooped in and got Mata because we wouldn't pay an extra 2.5 million.

What's Vertonghen got to do with it?

You're assuming Alonso and Mata wanted to join us. I'm saying they didn't.

Agreeing a fee with the club doesn't mean shit.

Vertonghen was just a general question not relating to me quoting you.