Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Özim]

Usmanov would. Kroenke doesn't give a shit.

Time for Usmanov to come home.

Kroenke is still wondering why we don't pick up the ball and run with it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think it's also a case of Aguero becoming their go to man, he was better than Tevez thus Tevez had to take a back seat and wasn't as integral as he was before.

I guess we'll find out, I wouldn't it past them to sign both having collected 35+ million for Higuain.

If they did get both, they can't do it without selling other players. Di Maria, maybe Oezil, Modric etc. There doesn't seem to be any link from Suarez and Marketing yet so I'm not giving it much thought.

[Niall_Quinn]

Have we at least sold Bendtner yet? That would be something.

[Özim]

If they did get both, they can't do it without selling other players. Di Maria, maybe Oezil, Modric etc. There doesn't seem to be any link from Suarez and Marketing yet so I'm not giving it much thought.

Modrid would be the obvious choice, I reckon there's a few clubs who would want him Man U being one when they fail to sign Cesc.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's the obvious choice if you forget they already signed Isco. And Man Utd signing a Liverpool player, Liverpool's best player.

No.

[Niall_Quinn]

If they did get both, they can't do it without selling other players. Di Maria, maybe Oezil, Modric etc. There doesn't seem to be any link from Suarez and Marketing yet so I'm not giving it much thought.

Somebody somewhere in some newspaper was talking about Oezil being a makeweight in the Bale deal.

[Cripps_orig]

It's the obvious choice if you forget they already signed Isco. And Man Utd signing a Liverpool player, Liverpool's best player.

No.

i think he was talking about Modric.

Although Modrid can be Madrid or Modric.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

i think he was talking about Modric.

Although Modrid can be Madrid or Modric.

Yeah could be Modric, probably.

[Özim]

i think he was talking about Modric.

Although Modrid can be Madrid or Modric.

Yeah I meant Modric!

[Cripps_orig]

Gervinho close to €8m Roma move

The Serie A club are in advanced negotiations with the Gunners over a permanent deal for the Cote d'Ivoire international and could conclude talks in a meeting on Wednesday

Roma are closing in on the €8 million signing of Gervinho following a breakthrough in talks with Arsenal.

A delegation from the Serie A club met with senior Gunners officials in London on Tuesday and will hold a further meeting on Wednesday to resolve the Cote d'Ivoire international's proposed move to the Italian capital.

Negotiations are understood to be progressing smoothly and both clubs are confident of reaching an agreement imminently.

Roma had already offered €8m for Gervinho and discussions with Arsenal are now centred on the structure of the deal.

The Italian club are willing to match the player's £50,000-a-week (€58,000) Gunners salary.

The north Londoners are willing to let Gervinho go this summer as they clear the decks for a number of marquee signings, with Luis Suarez and Marouane Fellaini on top of their hit list, while the club have also expressed serious interest in Cesc Fabregas and Wayne Rooney.

Olympique de Marseille have also declared their interest in taking the wide forward on a season-long loan but Arsenal would prefer a sale.

Gervinho did not fly out with Arsene Wenger's squad for their pre-season tour of Asia, which the club claim was due to sickness, although this conveniently allowed the player to stay behind to hold talks with his principal suitors.

New Roma boss Rudi Garcia coached Gervinho for two seasons at Lille before the attacker joined Arsenal in 2011, and he remains an admirer of the 26-year-old.

Marseille offer the prospect of a return to the French league for the attacker, should Roma not close the deal with Arsenal.