Arsenal Transfer Rumours And General Chat

jank

The prority now is to keep the rest of the team!

Frisbee

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Almunia gets #1
Vela gets #12
Ramsey gets #16 :eek:

Just saw these on the Arsenal website myself and was wondering..
Can we take these as definite's?

Just the new jersey is released day after my birthday and want to get Vela on the back but don't want to end up with the wrong bloody number...

Pepe LeFrits

Yeah, I can't recall them ever changing the numbers after announcing them.

BBC reporting the Nasri deal as done also now. If Arsene can keep all the other players and sign a CB, we'll be good to go. Hopefully his comments about not signing a defender were false.

Royale with Cheese

By keeping all the other players do you include Hleb in that list, or is it generally accepted he's out the door?

Pepe LeFrits

Keep him. If he goes he needs to be replaced. Rosicky / Nasri / Walcott / AN Other as our wide midfield options would concern me.

Tusky

15.8m for Nasri. A fair bit more than what was being talked about a few weeks ago. Confirmed by the players himself.

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_3728239,00.html

OPENROAD

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

// Edit - Arsenal.com has photos of Nasri on the website now, so an announcement may be forthcoming.

Link

ShoulderChip

OPENROAD wrote: »

Link

give him a break.

ShaneU

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3728160,00.html

Galvasean

Good news on Nasri.

Interesting having Ramsey #16. Could mean he may get some first team action. What was Walcott when he signed 32?
Wonder what jersey Nasri will get, 8? ... 14? :eek: (remember I'm still annoyed that 6 wasn't permanently retired when Adams retired)

Martin Keown maes it in as #20 greatest Arsenal player.

Mr Alan

Marseille claim the deal isnt done yet.

Galvasean

Mr Alan wrote: »

Marseille claim the deal isnt done yet.

Spoil sports :mad:

Mr Alan

only a matter of time though i'd imagine i wouldnt worry.

Pepe LeFrits

Heh, arsenal.com has taken the Nasri images down.

Frisbee

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Heh, arsenal.com has taken the Nasri images down.

God Damn Frenchies....

I say he'll take #14 or #23 myself...
Whenever he signs....

AnCapaillMor

Looks like the wenger\marseille hatred continues.

Galvasean

Serves us right kidnapping Flamini

leninbenjamin

dunno if anyone has seen this before, but it's a compilation of Vela's contribution when Osasuna played Real warts and all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuBhldqfdmo

he looks a good acquisition. I've seen little of him myself but based on this he's good at holding up the ball, quite strong for a young fecker and has an eye for a pass too, if a little overambitious. he looks comfortable on either wing or upfront too it seems. can see though he's far from the finished product, but I think we'll see a good bit of him next season. he absolutely humiliates Ramos at times.

Pepe LeFrits

leninbenjamin wrote: »

he absolutely humiliates Ramos at times.

Not hard

Galvasean

Vela seems to be pretty good at turning around defenders. Looks a good prospect.

leninbenjamin

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Not hard

true. but it's still funny to watch

Frisbee

I'm really hoping Vela will play a bigger part than Walcott did last year.
With Rosicky most likely injured for a portion of the season, and #hleb maybe on his way I'm hoping he'll get his shot

AnCapaillMor

Heh! i remember seeing a similar video of reyes raping madrid. Looks good but i'll hold my judgement until after the blackburn and bolton games where he'll get kicked up and down the pitch. Thank god the nevilles are no longer together in case they try and do a reyes on him.

AnCapaillMor

Daithi Silva. Good player, but feel he could be the same in the prem.

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sport/football/article-1029010/Every-cloud-Silva-lining-Wenger-goes-ice-cold-Alex.html?ITO=1490

Fuzzy_Dunlop

It kind of undermines the legitimacy of that link that they have a picture of David Villa instead of David Silva:p

Galvasean

I heard on Sky Sports News this morning that Marseilles are signing Ben Arfa, could this mean they will be willing to let Nasri go now?

Pepe LeFrits

Seems obvious enough to me that it is Marseilles who are holding up the Nasri deal, presumably until they get a replacement to placate the fans ie Ben Arfa.

Mr Alan

it would make sense that they get ben arfa, him and Benzema dont get on so Lyon would be willing to sell in order to keep their golden happy i'd say.

Evil_Clown

That seems to be what is holding up the Nasri deal

http://sport.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Football/2008/06/25/Ligue-1-Marseille-sign-Ben-Arfa/

Maybe it will proceed a bit faster now

I wonder will the same situation happen with Hleb once Nasri is signed ?

Pepe LeFrits

heh, just noticed that this thread is over two years old now. Maybe it's time for a fresh one? There's some pretty embarrassing stuff back there :pac:

L'prof

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

heh, just noticed that this thread is over two years old now. Maybe it's time for a fresh one? There's some pretty embarrassing stuff back there :pac:

No point in starting a new one really, I say we keep it all together!

I like the one per season. I say we should have a new one if
A) We actually sign Nasri

or

Adebayor actually leaves

or

C) David Villa joins

or

D) Thierry Henry is not our no.1 legend on our gunner greatest players which will be mental...

or
We could just wait for the Emirates Cup to start

Actually, who do you think our top 5 greatest players will be?

I'd Say:

Wrighty
Henry
Bergkamp
Seaman
Overmars

(I think I might be showing which generation fan I am:D)

Royale with Cheese

I'd put Pires in ahead of Overmars.

Seaneh

Adebayor "80 per cent" Milan according to his agent.

Milan offered 28million, arsenal want 31million, I'd say it will be sorted soon.

OPENROAD

Seaneh wrote: »

Adebayor "80 per cent" Milan according to his agent.

Milan offered 28million, arsenal want 31million, I'd say it will be sorted soon.

Will be a mistake for him if he leaves imo but for that sort of money I would grab it

Im_No_Superman

£31 million is great money but it would really leave ye incredibly short upfront. With Van Persie (class act) very injury prone, Eduardo still recovering from his injury, the only experienced striker if you could even say that is Bendtner. So would ye expect Arsene to go out and buy 2 new strikers and possibly a centre back?

Seaneh

Yup, it's a mistake to join the most decorated club in world football, damned fool he is to join a small club like AC Milan...

OPENROAD

Seaneh wrote: »

Yup, it's a mistake to join the most decorated club in world football, damned fool he is to join a small club like AC Milan...

Where in my post did I describe AC Milan as a small club.

Seaneh

Just don't see how its a mistake to join Milan and become the focal point of the attack of one of the greatest clubs in the world...

And miss out on Champions league for a year? Give us 3 years at the most, we'll see if he made the right choice.

Seaneh

Sure in 3 years he'll have a Seire A title and a CL medal

Pepe LeFrits

Seaneh wrote: »

Yup, it's a mistake to join the most decorated club in world football, damned fool he is to join a small club like AC Milan...

Well, he'll be leaving the manager who made him the player he is and the fans who have supported him through some very barren spells. Will he get the same leeway at Milan? I doubt it.

If he does leave for a fee similar to the ones being bandied about, I won't be too bothered... it'd be almost as good business as Anelka.

leninbenjamin

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

£31 million is great money but it would really leave ye incredibly short upfront. With Van Persie (class act) very injury prone, Eduardo still recovering from his injury, the only experienced striker if you could even say that is Bendtner. So would ye expect Arsene to go out and buy 2 new strikers and possibly a centre back?

you forgot Vela and Walcott. both strikers.

Im_No_Superman

leninbenjamin wrote: »

you forgot Vela and Walcott. both strikers.

Yeah I was going to mention Walcott but Wenger seems to play him more on the wing maybe this will change this season. Vela I did forget about but to rely on those two to get you the goals Ade scored is a huge risk. So who would be your ideal replacement for Ade if he does go. Santa Cruz has been mentioned and I reckon he could do a very good job.

OPENROAD

Im_No_Superman wrote: »

Yeah I was going to mention Walcott but Wenger seems to play him more on the wing maybe this will change this season. Vela I did forget about but to rely on those two to get you the goals Ade scored is a huge risk. So who would be your ideal replacement for Ade if he does go. Santa Cruz has been mentioned and I reckon he could do a very good job.

Wenger does see Walcott as a striker whether he plays him as one this season, I am not too sure, I hope so, as I believe he will be as good as Henry.

Santa Cruz would be a good option imo.

Bounty Hunter

is that £31m or euro and for that kind of money (not that Wenger would be likely to spend so big) why not go for Villa instead of Santa Cruz?

Pepe LeFrits

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

is that £31m or euro and for that kind of money (not that Wenger would be likely to spend so big) why not go for Villa instead of Santa Cruz?

Wrong type of striker, imo.

leninbenjamin

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Wrong type of striker, imo.

Indeed. Arsenal need a striker who's good at holding up the ball to bring in the midfielders to play the passing game. an acquisition like Villa would be nice, but will ultimately be an indulgence. there would still be a need for another strong striker.

jank

I dont want adeboyer to go but 31m is a good offer. I would turn it down though. It sends the wrong signals to the supporters, and other clubs that our best players are for sale.
I think at this rate Cesc will be out the door in 12 months.

I dont know, i think it will be years before Arsenal are at the very top again...
Maybe im too negative.