Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013

Drexel

bad2dabone wrote: »

Would you rather live in Barcelona, sunny, you're hometown, all that good stuff. Play with Messi. Neymar. Xavi. Iniesta. Win your league, be perennial CL contenders.
Or.
Live in Manchester. Rainy. Dull. Grotty. Skanks. Play with Anderson. Buttner. Fletcher. Nani. Under Moyes. In uncertain times. Not be CL contenders really. Not even gonna win the league.

It’s a no brainer.

If Barca do sell him then there has to be some kind of financial problem or something. Unless UTD bid 50million or so they will have lost money on him if we are getting 50%. Just makes no sense at all. Will never happen I think

Israeli Superiority

jonny666 wrote: »

If Barca do sell him then there has to be some kind of financial problem or something. Unless UTD bid 50million or so they will have lost money on him if we are getting 50%. Just makes no sense at all. Will never happen I think

They have a debt of €600 million from poor financial management.

bad2dabone

Israeli Superiority wrote: »

They have a debt of €600 million from poor financial management.

Uniteds debt is of a similar nature, and barca are a hugely valuable club, until someone calls in those debts they're fine.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Joel Campbell got his work permit.

Perhaps a loan spell in the championship or a lower PL side could be good for him.

jester77

lol at this, fan runs along side the Arsenal bus for 5 miles and they eventually bring him on board, he's on the front page of arsenal.com at the moment.

"sign him up, sign him up"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xK_5CpPLhw

wandatowell

Another day with no news. Damn this summer is going slow. I figured with the new Sky money due that teams would be flashing the cash.

I'd be getting worried if other teams were spending but as they aint yet I'm going to remain calm...........ish

Liverpools chief executive confirmed we made a bid for Suarez

wandatowell

bad2dabone wrote: »

Not even gonna win the league.

Dude, you never write UTD off. Their squad is too good not to be challenging for the league.

Minus the Fergie factor fair enough but Moyes is just the man to steady the ship

emergingstar

When the first big transfer happens you will see a domino effect and a good few deals will get done

astonaidan

bad2dabone wrote: »

Would you rather live in Barcelona, sunny, you're hometown, all that good stuff. Play with Messi. Neymar. Xavi. Iniesta. Win your league, be perennial CL contenders.
Or.
Live in Manchester. Rainy. Dull. Grotty. Skanks. Play with Anderson. Buttner. Fletcher. Nani. Under Moyes. In uncertain times. Not be CL contenders really. Not even gonna win the league.

It’s a no brainer.

Is there a reason you left out RVP, Carrick and Rio and thats not including Rooney?
Cause Barca has some crap players in there team you could have listed instead.
You include Moyes but then leave out Tita who tbh is a nothing manager

gosplan

I get tgat sone dob't want him for other reasons but, on footballing terms alone, anyone think the Suarez proven PL ability makes him worth the premium over Higuain?

I mean on one hand you've Silva, Mata, Ageuro, Torres, Fabregas and so on ...

But on the other you've Veron, Crespo, Morientes, Reyes, Forlan, Kanoute ...

I'm not buying into that 'oh it's the toughest league blah blah' but some players just don't settle to England or the league or whatever.

Veron was awesome at Lazio, simply awesome, but he was so unsuited to the high tempo, kick and rush game of England that he's become a synonym for bad signings.

Wouldn't it suck if our big signing of the summer flopped?

jonneymendoza

astonaidan wrote: »

Is there a reason you left out RVP, Carrick and Rio and thats not including Rooney?
Cause Barca has some crap players in there team you could have listed instead.
You include Moyes but then leave out Tita who tbh is a nothing manager

Carrick si decent but is no xavi/iniesta.

Rio is getting old and he is not even uniteds best CB. RVP i will give you that.

Barca have more class players though

bad2dabone

astonaidan wrote: »

Is there a reason you left out RVP, Carrick and Rio and thats not including Rooney?
Cause Barca has some crap players in there team you could have listed instead.
You include Moyes but then leave out Tita who tbh is a nothing manager

yep, i deliberately included uniteds weakest players to convince myself that cesc wont go there

The only thing that convinces me that we could be on the cusp of signing a big name or two is the enthusiasm within the dressing room. There seems to be a real confidence and buzz about the players this year. You got that lack of optimism the last few years but you see players believing they can challenge for the leagues again then there must be something in the waters

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Deleted User wrote: »

The only thing that convinces me that we could be on the cusp of signing a big name or two is the enthusiasm within the dressing room. There seems to be a real confidence and buzz about the players this year. You got that lack of optimism the last few years but you see players believing they can challenge for the leagues again then there must be something in the waters

I like Artetas comments putting a little bit of pressure on the club to carry through with the spending.

Gringo180

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

I like Artetas comments putting a little bit of pressure on the club to carry through with the spending.

I must say I have really taking to Arteta in the short time he has been at the club, he is a real leader, passionate about the club and wears his heart on his sleeve, its a trait that has been severely lacking throughout the club the last few seasons.

Radharc na Sleibhte

Theres a fair bit of activity in the market across Europe.
England is surprisingly quiet.
Poor Sky sources are having to come up with all sorts of stories!

Considering the alleged closeness between the Arsenal and Liverpool boards, does anyone think we might be in cahoots against Madrid? Us to get Higuain at a keen price, them to offload Suarez for as much as possible?
No, me neither:D

Such tortureous fun being a gooner aint it.
Even when the glass is 3/4s full........

Radharc na Sleibhte

jester77 wrote: »

lol at this, fan runs along side the Arsenal bus for 5 miles and they eventually bring him on board, he's on the front page of arsenal.com at the moment.

"sign him up, sign him up"

Next time Im in London, i know what to do!
Better bring my runners!

liamygunner29

i will get sick if cesc joins utd. i dont think i could handle it, too much.

Radharc na Sleibhte

Cesc to United and
Arsenal win league

They can have him.

I really cant see him going there though, i actually really cant.

dvemail

http://le-grove.co.uk/2013/07/16/arsenal-for-suarez-screws-madrid-cesc-to-united-is-excellent-news-for-arsenal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arsenal-for-suarez-screws-madrid-cesc-to-united-is-excellent-news-for-arsenal

Makes some good points on the Cesc saga. I would be surprised if he did leave this summer though.

Drexel

dvemail wrote: »

http://le-grove.co.uk/2013/07/16/arsenal-for-suarez-screws-madrid-cesc-to-united-is-excellent-news-for-arsenal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arsenal-for-suarez-screws-madrid-cesc-to-united-is-excellent-news-for-arsenal

Makes some good points on the Cesc saga. I would be surprised if he did leave this summer though.

Reading that made me smile and im hoping what he says comes true! What a position we would be in then!

liamygunner29

dvemail wrote: »

http://le-grove.co.uk/2013/07/16/arsenal-for-suarez-screws-madrid-cesc-to-united-is-excellent-news-for-arsenal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arsenal-for-suarez-screws-madrid-cesc-to-united-is-excellent-news-for-arsenal

Makes some good points on the Cesc saga. I would be surprised if he did leave this summer though.

I like the man and his nice stories

Gringo180

dvemail wrote: »

http://le-grove.co.uk/2013/07/16/arsenal-for-suarez-screws-madrid-cesc-to-united-is-excellent-news-for-arsenal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arsenal-for-suarez-screws-madrid-cesc-to-united-is-excellent-news-for-arsenal

Makes some good points on the Cesc saga. I would be surprised if he did leave this summer though.

Thats a great read cheers for that, I totally agree with him on the goalkeeping selection, I would have Fab over Chesney all day long as he has seemed to have matured quite a bit after his spell on the sidelines.

Gringo180

Gringo180 wrote: »

Thats a great read cheers for that, I totally agree with him on the goalkeeping selection, I would have Fab over Chesney all day long as he has seemed to have matured quite a bit after his spell on the sidelines.

Good that we have a situation where Fab is at least pushing Ches and maybe we should look at the situation more this year before deciding whether to release of persist with Fab. Fact is Ches was probably fortunate to get his number 1 shirt back

TheBza

Szczesny all day for me, had a bit of a nightmare last season but his passion on and off the field for our club is exceptional. When he's on form he's a beast.

Gringo180

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liamygunner29

ah

bad2dabone

So rooney. Just do it arsene.

emergingstar

bad2dabone wrote: »

So rooney. Just do it arsene.

No thanks

bad2dabone

emergingstar wrote: »

No thanks

I'm getting desperate.

Was just on wikipedia to see how long we have til the start of the season, starting to get a little restless now.

Came across something pretty funny too. The list of our players with the most appearances looks like this:
1. Walcott
2. Sagna
3. Rosicky
4 .Diaby
5. Bendtner

Pretty depressing for 3 of the top 5 to be a couple of sicknotes and another player who has barely played in a couple of years. Arshavin actually would've been 7th highest.

HazDanz

Deleted User wrote: »

Was just on wikipedia to see how long we have til the start of the season, starting to get a little restless now.

Came across something pretty funny too. The list of our players with the most appearances looks like this:
1. Walcott
2. Sagna
3. Rosicky
4 .Diaby
5. Bendtner

Pretty depressing for 3 of the top 5 to be a couple of sicknotes and another player who has barely played in a couple of years. Arshavin actually would've been 7th highest.

You always know how to pick us up don't you Button? :P

Well we could always go with "our year" instead, but I think that one's taken :P

mike65

Arsenals No 1 fan says buy Rooney & Suarez!

Piers Morgan @piersmorgan 3h

Suarez and Rooney are both available and want to leave their clubs - if #Arsenal want to win trophies, break the bank and sign them both.

Pepe LeFrits

Wouldn't break the bank but two strikers wouldn't be a priority for me.

emergingstar

I really really really want higauin over everyone else

Pepe LeFrits

Higuain, Bender and Bernard/Fabregas and I'll be a happy camper.

bad2dabone

Higuain, Bender or similar and a backup cb. delish.

HazDanz

emergingstar wrote: »

I really really really want higauin over everyone else

That transfer has been such a drawn out tease it would leave a bad taste in our mouths if it doesn't materialise.

batistuta9

HazDanz wrote: »

That transfer has been such a drawn out tease it would leave a bad taste in our mouths if it doesn't materialise.

If Saurez is signed instead i wouldn't care tbh, probably even say the same if it was Rooney too

I think a small part of it is that arsenal haven't been able to sign a player like this in years and people just want it to happen, another is they don't like the other two on a personal level even if both of them are probably better than Higuain, if you were being honest

extra gravy

If we do sign Suarez. I will be both excited and disgusted at the same time

cson

Is it Lars or Sven we're after? Either way, sign him up AW.

Solely just for the opportunities to post pics/memes of the below.

wandatowell

Hmmmmmmmm higuain all day long

gnfnrhead

Suarez, Higuain, Rooney. In that order, but I'd be happy with any of them.

batistuta9

Higuain was on about joining a club where he really felt wanted, arsenal are making a good job of showing him that anyway :pac::pac::pac:

FearDark

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Suarez, Higuain, Rooney. In that order, but I'd be happy with any of them.

We'll probably end up signing another Francis Jeffers.

12gauge dave

the only transfer that realistically has a decent chance in hell is still higuain if you ask me. do you think were gonna spend 40mill on suarez or you think rooney will play for us? or fabregas will leave the only club he truly loves?

gnfnrhead

12gauge dave wrote: »

the only transfer that realistically has a decent chance in hell is still higuain if you ask me. do you think were gonna spend 40mill on suarez or you think rooney will play for us? or fabregas will leave the only club he truly loves?

Apparently, with all the add on's the Suarez bid was close to £40m. If we up the offer it will be over £40m.

emergingstar

I don't think higauin is better than Rooney or Suarez

I just personally hate the other 2

But I'm a football fan which means I'm fickle as ****

So If we sign either and they start banging in the goals I would be won over very easy

bad2dabone

Cazorla to athletico rumours. Laughable.
He seems very happy at the Arsenal.