Eden Hazard has agreed personal terms ahead of a €35m switch to Arsenal - Mercato 365
I am really nonplussed over all this. Its been obvious that Fabregas was going from the end of last season. Nasri says that he made it clear to AW that he wanted out in June. Why have we left it this late to make signings that AW said were needed months ago? I understand that the manager may have wanted to see who else was leaving, but why do we seem to be putting business before football when we're swimming in cash?
BTW I met a guy on holiday who did the financing for the stadium. He says that none of these transfer funds can be used to pay off the stadium debt more quickly, as paying off the bonds will incur a large early payment fee. The company that holds the debt also receives matchday revenue, from which the loan repayments are made.
I just cannot understand why Arsenal is dithering over transfers.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
A must get.Both the Gunners and Liverpool have signalled their interest in the Portuguese 19-year-old, whose versatility in both attack and defence has had prospective scouts salivating.
Likened to Patrick Vieira with his tough and uncompromising approach, Danilo shone during the recent U20 World Cup in Colombia where Portugal made the final - only to lose 3-2 to Brazil.
Parma paid Benfica just €150,000 (£133,000) to secure Danilo, who emigrated to Portugal from Guinea-Bissau.
Fittingly, the name Arsenal resonates with the young starlet - who played for a high-performance youth development team called Arsenal 72.
Gunners manager Arsene Wenger may look to use Danilo in a central role alongside Emmanuel Frimpong, and the pair could form a formidable partnership if given the chance.
The only downside to Danilo's game is that he lacks appropriate first-team experience and has yet to make his full Serie A debut for Parma.
The Crociati decided to loan him out to Aris Saloniki last season as a trial, but after making five appearances for the Greek side and scoring twice Parma were more than happy to bring him back to the Stadio Ennio Tardini.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/footbal...#ixzz1W85ID4pP
The King Is Back.
The English Pique.
Without the derp.
No point in crowing about the price, he is Boltons biggest asset and Engish, there is no working around the premium, they know we have money to burn as well and a heap of expectation to buy. Either we pay what they want or we move on, we need to bring in some players and time is running out.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 26-08-2011 at 10:33 AM.
No surprise, given that everyone knows we have around 50M to spend.09.06: Twitter has an interesting RT from Bolton chairman Phil Gartside. A fan had written: ''#arsenal are you taking the p*** £6m for Garry Cahill f*** right off!!! #BWFC #wengerisabellend''. In response to a Mirror story today that suggests the Gunners are being a little cheeky with their offer.
The King Is Back.