Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

[Niall_Quinn]

Lots saying he's an absolute bargain for €3m. Willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. If he's a FK specialist, all the better, no-one in the club right now can take a proper direct FK.

The marketing aspect is great (we'll make the fee back and more with shirt sales and a tour of South Korea), and he's SK's captain so some experience there.

Also, he probably has the stereotypical brilliant work ethic, is supposed to be a good dribbler and decent technically. Those are the base ingredients that immediately make him superior to Chamakh. If that's present, Wenger can probably improve his goal-ratio.

Sure he's 26, like Chamakh was when he came, but we can't judge the two as the same when they're clearly not.

Chamakh is shit.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

You really talk some sh*t sometimes, I'm not even a f*cking footballer so why would I be better than him?

So do you moaning over a guy that not even been cofirmed that he is coming here.

[Joker]

Wenger claims he only signs players of "super quality", then why the fuck are we after this player????!!?!?!?!! He defends himself when questioned about signing players like Jenkinson and Chamberlain, claiming they will be super quality in a few years time when they develop and mature. But what about this guy, who's already 26 years old? If he's super quality, why is he still playing in France, and even then not for one of the top teams? His goal record is extremely mediocre, and can we rely on him against the top teams in Europe and the EPL when RVP suffers his seasonal injury? I don't think so.

[Özim]

So do you moaning over a guy that not even been cofirmed that he is coming here.

Not really, I already said "if this is true" earlier.

If you actually read the posts you would have seen that. I'll react based on reports, this sounds feasible as he's cheap, plays for a French team and is a nobody.

Wenger's 3 most important criteria.

[Kaiser]

12 in 33 last season for relegated Monaco. Nippy, looks to get in behind defences, smart movement. Leads line. Says DarrenCanalPlus on Twitter. Normally an £8-12mstriker but Monaco's relegation meant the asking price dropped considerably (JamieDalton82).

Meh, if he signs, I'm not gonna write him off immediately because of where he's played before, the country he's from or his age etc. Give him a chance at least.

[Joker]

Why don't you wait till the window shuts before ranting on who we have or have not signed.

I'm talking about our signings up to this point, and with respect to these players they are not going to make the sort of impact we expect. Jenkinson looks promising, and we've heard good things about Chamberlain and Campbell, but they're most likely going to be seen in the cup competitions and not regularly in the EPL. We needed established quality, not rookies who will take time to develop into first team regulars.

Given the way the summer's going, I doubt we'll end up signing the players everyone wants, like Cahill, Hazard, M'Vila etc. Young will arrive, and we may end up signing another no mark from the French league and that will be it.

[GunnerFan4Life]

Read that Wenger told bolton to keep Cahill if our bid is shit. This WILL come back to haunt us if we don't sign a centre back, have a shit season only because of his stubborness when we have FUCK LOADS OF MONEY FOR ONCE.

[Kaiser]

Chamakh is shit.

Exactly, this guy surely couldn't be worse.

[Joker]

Read that Wenger told bolton to keep Cahill if our bid is shit. This WILL come back to haunt us if we don't sign a centre back, have a shit season only because of his stubborness when we have FUCK LOADS OF MONEY FOR ONCE.

Absolutely pathetic from Wenger. He's willing to spunk £15M on Chamberlain, yet he isn't prepared to pay £2M more for an established defender who would improve our defence immensely.

Fuck off Arsene, you and the board are ruining this club.

[Unai Tea]

My Maths is very good thanks:

Monaco 103 apps - 26 goals

That's almost exactly 1 in 4.

Thanks for the lesson though

I know all I need to know, 1 in 4 in France, noone really wanted him even at his age and he's cheap.....it's a Wenger buy alright, the type that always goes pear shaped like Silvestre, Chamakh and Squillaci.

You're right, if including all cup appearances, 1 in 4 for Monaco. And as I said, around 1 in 3 overall for his career.

I'm glad you know all you need to know. Probs better off just fucking away off for a few years and returning when Wenger is gone. You already seem to know the outcome anyway. Do you do lotteries as well?