Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013

Donnielighto

NiallSparky wrote: »

Be crazy not to I reckon.

doesnt seem to be wanted by saf anyway

gnfnrhead

Donnielighto wrote: »

would ye take nani if united are letting him go?

Would I? Yes.

Will we? Probably not. He'd easily cost close to £20m and probably quite a bit of wage too.

Kirby

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Would I? Yes.

Will we? Probably not. He'd easily cost close to £20m and probably quite a bit of wage too.

Paying 20 million for a player who isn't wanted? That would be fairly atrocious negotiating. I don't think even Liverpool would get roasted that badly....and that's saying something. I reckon you could get him for less.....if he was going. But I have a sneaking suspicion that he wont be sold. Everybody just assumes hes a goner but I'm not so sure.

meriwether

Who should we start up front on Sunday?

I note that Lescott was brought on last Sunday for City and put up front.

(I jest, I jest, no more Lescott).

I'd go for Podolski.

gosplan

NiallSparky wrote: »

Be crazy not to I reckon.

Nani's a little twerp. However if he were our twerp, I'm pretty sure I could overlook it.

The only worry I'd have is that Utd to Arsenal would be a step down for him and his heart might not be in it.

Then again, he might work extra hard to prove a point ... but he doesn't seem like that type (though I admittedly know nothing about his application levels).

I'd go for it so long as we weren't reliant on him succeeding. We saw form a year or so of poor Arshavin performances that when Arsenal pay a bit for a player, we tend to put all our eggs in that basket.

Contrast that with Utd btw who could have gone an entire season without playing Anderson, Nani or Kagawa and still probably gotten the same points total.

extra gravy

Jovetic rumours hotting up. Would still prefer Lewandowski

greendom

extra gravy wrote: »

Jovetic rumours hotting up. Would still prefer Lewandowski

If there's was any chance of us getting the Pole, it was blown out of the water by his performance on Wednesday.

Crann na Beatha

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greendom

Phoenix wrote: »

Do ye wana take Torres off us?well pay ye:pac:

What did you lot do to that player ? It seems like he went from 27 to 47 overnight

tayto lover

Donnielighto wrote: »

would ye take nani if united are letting him go?

Can't stand the little twerp since his ball juggling days at OT when they were beating us. He really wanted to rub it in.
Had it been a few years earlier he would have been carried off at our place the next time we played them. We are too soft now.

Crann na Beatha

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greendom

Phoenix wrote: »

actually he was pretty much the same as we bought him!

Great scouting !

GavRedKing

greendom wrote: »

Great scouting !

You never heard of Roman Abramovich and his ego signings have you? :pac:

Crann na Beatha

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jester77

extra gravy wrote: »

Jovetic rumours hotting up. Would still prefer Lewandowski

Not so sure if Lewandowski would be much better than Giroud with the way we play.

Frisbee

I honestly think I've seen Jovetic play *maybe* twice. So YouTube Dance Song mega scouting aside I'm not really familiar with him.

Is he ok/good/great? Would his signing be similair to bringing in another player of Santi's calibre?

Awesomeness

I would hate nani.
1 One we have Poldi, Theo, Santi , Gervinho and Rosicky the OX that can all play wide.
2 if we are going for a wide player I think we could do much better than him
3 I quite like the fact we dont have any little sh!ts in our team and if we were to change that he would need a hell of a lot more talent than him

WoollyRedHat

Wenger and Arsenal's scouting department should embrace a fan scouting policy, were every so often a handpicked group of fans will be sorted together to scout out a player they collectively agree on and would report back to the team with first hand observations. The benefits would be, for the fans, involvement in the club and a nice holiday to boot, and for the scouting department, some extra help.

It would be a revolutionary approach to signing new players.

tayto lover

Again what we really need urgently is a big strong midfielder like Fellaini.
That should be our priority in the summer.
Then a good striker.

ronjo

tayto lover wrote: »

Again what we really need urgently is a big strong midfielder like Fellaini.
That should be our priority in the summer.
Then a good striker.

He would be my first choice based on spending up to 25m on a player.

cson

gnfnrhead wrote: »

Today, well yesterday (Thursday), is nine years to the day since we won the league at WHL.


We had a game a few years ago, against Liverpool I think, in which Adebayor got sent off. I remember thinking it was harsh but the crowd became very hostile and booed the hell out of any opposition player who even touched the ball afterwards. I think they spent most of the remaining time in their own half despite the man advantage due to the crowd rattling them.

Would love a hostile environment at the Emirates every week but so long as ticket prices remain so high, we wont be getting a hardcore group there every week that would make it work. The athmosphere of some Turkish matches (minus the violence and flares and whatnot) would make the majority of opponents terrifed of coming to the Emirates. As it is, its a nice day out for them unless we're on form and hammer them.

Shame we wont be getting anything close to that.

The 2-1 vs Barcelona had an absolutely cracking atmosphere too iirc.

Tbh forget the Turkish stadiums; if you want a rocking atmosphere all we need to do is copy what happens in Parkhead of a European/Rangers night.

Part of the reason I'd half like to see Liverpool back in the CL is that the atmosphere in Anfield on CL nights was something else.

Donnielighto wrote: »

would ye take nani if united are letting him go?

Yes.

Anyone who firstly improves the team and secondly improves the squad is a good signing for me. Nani is somewhat Walcottian in his form; he tends to get his goals and assists in bursts, but overall I think he'd ad something. You line him up against who's place he'd be taking and for me its Gervinho and for me he'd be a big improvement on the giant foreheaded one.

Just on this; in the summer transfer thread, Rene Adler was mentioned as being linked with us. By all accounts from the folks in there he's world class. He'd be a step up from Szczsney. I'd advocate signing someone like that because it immediately improves the team and gives Woj a target to aim for, to become better, because lets be honest, he's shown elements of complacency this season.

Its the same reason I think we should have signed Vertonghen last season. Sure it would have been a massive headache having 4 decent centre backs but it creates competition for places, challenges players to improve (Koscielny has been fantastic in this regard) and avoids us ever having to contemplate playing Squillaci there!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Frisbee wrote: »

I honestly think I've seen Jovetic play *maybe* twice. So YouTube Dance Song mega scouting aside I'm not really familiar with him.

Is he ok/good/great? Would his signing be similair to bringing in another player of Santi's calibre?

I haven't watched him much either but anyone I've come across that has is full of praise for him. Two examples from a random thread on reddit about him (Fiorentina and Juve fan's respecitvely)

He's very, very good. Bullish, creative, and technical. Can play to the left of a front three or in a more withdrawn role but I always think he is at his finest through the middle. He's had many injury problems, but he's always come back quite strong from them. He's like a right-footed and more industrious and physical version of Van Persie in 2010 before Van Persie exploded into the monster he is now.
He's brilliant already and is capable of becoming anything he wants in the game.
I would have thought this was a long-shot at the start of January, but Fiorentina have already bought Giuseppe Rossi - though he's still a few months away from fitness - so maybe it is a little more likely. They have actually still performed quite well without Jovetic this season. I really hope it doesn't happen. Fiorentina are probably the most enjoyable side in Serie A at the moment.

He is extremely good. He has almost everything - explosiveness, speed, technical prowess, can score outside the box, he creates chances, the whole package. And he's only 23, so he can still improve. In my opinion, for what it's worth, he probably won't go to Arsenal, since already there has been talk of him joining the absolute top clubs, like Madrid. If Arsenal manage to sign him it will be quite the coup. He's almost certainly better than anyone currently on their roster in terms of individual skill.
What you can't get from YouTube videos of him, the intangibles I guess you'd call them, is qualities like his extreme initiative. He takes the ball from the midfield, moves it around in front of the box, looks for a good pass or a shot, he's a constant threat. That combined with his skillset make him a very effective second striker-type player.

Main issue seems to be potential injuries. Also I guess he's not the most prlific in terms of goalscoring this season.

TheCoolWay

Jovvy would present us with an Arshavin replacement / striker all in one!

emergingstar

Am I the only one who wants to see gervinho up front on Sunday?

Quazzie

emergingstar wrote: »

Am I the only one who wants to see gervinho up front on Sunday?

Probably not. I'm sure he'd like to see it himself.

12gauge dave

Summer signings Id be happy with at this stage

1.adler-gk from hamburg-top draw reliable and mature keeper

2.benteke-proven in premier league and is strong and direct and id prefer him to giroud to be honest

3.fellani-would be expensive and hard to buy from everton but would do wonders to our midfield would replace arteta though you'd have to think

A cb maybe aswell but if we got those three it would make a hige diference id feel and not impossible signings either all could be got for about 60 mill youd like to think

emergingstar

12gauge dave wrote: »

Summer signings Id be happy with at this stage

1.adler-gk from hamburg-top draw reliable and mature keeper

2.benteke-proven in premier league and is strong and direct and id prefer him to giroud to be honest

3.fellani-would be expensive and hard to buy from everton but would do wonders to our midfield would replace arteta though you'd have to think

A cb maybe aswell but if we got those three it would make a hige diference id feel and not impossible signings either all could be got for about 60 mill youd like to think

Been realistic if we got alder, gonalons, jovetic, Williams

It would be a super summer

gosplan

60 million?

4 signings we actually want?

Stop doing it to yourselves lads.

We will get a good striker, a backup goalkeeper and maybe maybe a midfielder.

If Sagna leaves, add a mid level experienced full back to that list. That's it.

I'd wager that the striker is the only one that will come close to exciting anyone.

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tayto lover

12gauge dave wrote: »

Summer signings Id be happy with at this stage

1.adler-gk from hamburg-top draw reliable and mature keeper

2.benteke-proven in premier league and is strong and direct and id prefer him to giroud to be honest

3.fellani-would be expensive and hard to buy from everton but would do wonders to our midfield would replace arteta though you'd have to think

A cb maybe aswell but if we got those three it would make a hige diference id feel and not impossible signings either all could be got for about 60 mill youd like to think

Not sure about Benteke yet. He needs to prove it over more than one season, just look at Odemwingie last season and he disappeared this year.

Mickeroo

tayto lover wrote: »

Not sure about Benteke yet. He needs to prove it over more than one season, just look at Odemwingie last season and he disappeared this year.

True but Benteke is still pretty young whereas Odemwingie is in his thirties. I could see someone like Benteke being a good addition to the squad but not the kind of player thats going to vastly improve the team. They'd wantto still sign the likes of Jovetic too.

If we started the season with Giroud, Benteke and Jovetic all in the squad at the start of next season we'd be in very good shape up front.

tayto lover

Mickeroo wrote: »

True but Benteke is still pretty young whereas Odemwingie is in his thirties. I could see someone like Benteke being a good addition to the squad but not the kind of player thats going to vastly improve the team. They'd wantto still sign the likes of Jovetic too.

If we started the season with Giroud, Benteke and Jovetic all in the squad at the start of next season we'd be in very good shape up front.

Maybe and I hope we do sign some class striker but I firmly believe we need a big midfield boss like Fellaini or Toure above anything else.

dvemail

Dean H ‏@DeanLDN22 Protected account 1h

Arsenal are currently in negotiations for a striker and a goalkeeper. Confirmed.



Wonder who the keeper is?

Mickeroo

tayto lover wrote: »

Maybe and I hope we do sign some class striker but I firmly believe we need a big midfield boss like Fellaini or Toure above anything else.

Agreed, Feeillani should be our number one target imo.

gosplan

dvemail wrote: »

Dean H ‏@DeanLDN22 Protected account 1h

Arsenal are currently in negotiations for a striker and a goalkeeper. Confirmed.



Wonder who the keeper is?

OK, I was going to wait till they put it on the official site but it's me!

wonga77

its very easy to name the attacking players but on the flipside i honestly cant think of an established cb (something we also need) that I would like, someone affordable, and not a backup but a first choice player

Amirani

wonga77 wrote: »

its very easy to name the attacking players but on the flipside i honestly cant think of an established cb (something we also need) that I would like, someone affordable, and not a backup but a first choice player

I think Adil Rami would be a great target to go after.

Marty McFly

gosplan wrote: »

60 million?

4 signings we actually want?

Stop doing it to yourselves lads.

We will get a good striker, a backup goalkeeper and maybe maybe a midfielder.

If Sagna leaves, add a mid level experienced full back to that list. That's it.

I'd wager that the striker is the only one that will come close to exciting anyone.

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I think if we signed a cf, goalkeeper and a midfielder most of us would be delighted

Although I do think we will sign a cb Wenger has to know 3 is not enough, unless he takes Djourou back but I don't think either of them want that.

Mr Blobby

wonga77 wrote: »

its very easy to name the attacking players but on the flipside i honestly cant think of an established cb (something we also need) that I would like, someone affordable, and not a backup but a first choice player

How about...

We offer Sagna + 10Million to PSG for Sakho ... He's the perfect player at CB.

Strong
Quick
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Mohawk Hairstyle

.... Now I must go and solve world hunger :cool:

Fuzzy_Dunlop

gosplan wrote: »

60 million?

4 signings we actually want?

Stop doing it to yourselves lads.

We will get a good striker, a backup goalkeeper and maybe maybe a midfielder.

If Sagna leaves, add a mid level experienced full back to that list. That's it.

I'd wager that the striker is the only one that will come close to exciting anyone.

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This is unfortunately the truth

WoollyRedHat

Is Rosicky available?

Gringo180

Hopefully the goalkeeper were rumoured to be in for is Julio Cesar.

Anybody rate Arturo Vidal, hes just the type of player we need to shore up the gap between defense and midfield would love it if we signed him.

We're going to have to strengthen properly over the summer whatever happens before the end of the season. City and United are well ahead of us and Chelsea have too many good players to stay where they've been this season.

HazDanz

Wigan are giving Spurs a game.

GavRedKing

HazDanz wrote: »

Wigan are giving Spurs a game.

Until 5pm I think our thread and this thread will be full of "Wigan" fans. :pac:

HazDanz

GavRedKing wrote: »

Until 5pm I think our thread and this thread will be full of "Wigan" fans. :pac:

I would love Wigan to stay up as well so it could be a double plus.

Wolf Club

Gringo180 wrote: »

Anybody rate Arturo Vidal, hes just the type of player we need to shore up the gap between defense and midfield would love it if we signed him.

Would he be bothered leaving Juventus to join us though? With Llorente on the way, I think they'll be one of the strongest teams in Europe next year.

GavRedKing

HazDanz wrote: »

I would love Wigan to stay up as well so it could be a double plus.

If they start by nicking points from Spurs then so be it.

C'mon you Latics. :pac:

HazDanz

2-1 to the Lactics. Great effort so far second half.

DenMan

HazDanz wrote: »

2-1 to the Lactics. Great effort so far second half.

Great stuff! Hope it stays that way! Wouldn't want to be a Villa fan though!

HazDanz

DenMan wrote: »

Great stuff! Hope it stays that way! Wouldn't want to be a Villa fan though!

Well Spurs look out of ideas and Wigan are closing down hard so it's looking good.