Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

Galvasean

FWIW, I'd love it if we signed Mata, not just because we'd win the league with him in our team, but because when I let me beard grow out a bit and style my hair just right I look like him

Hyzepher

i think if Mata is available to Utd then it's likely they'll pay what's necessary to get him. Moyes can be seen to let world class players pass by him given all he has said about the difficulty of getting that calibre of player in January. Utd fans would dessert Moyes if Mata was available and they passed

tayto lover

Ideal scenario if United sign Mata --

United beat Sunderland and later on are drawn against Chelsea.
Mata scores 3 and knocks Chelsea out.
Arsenal then thrash United in the next round before going on to win the Cup.

Bliss.

ronjo

tayto lover wrote: »

Ideal scenario if United sign Mata --

United beat Sunderland and later on are drawn against Chelsea.
Mata scores 3 and knocks Chelsea out.
Arsenal then thrash United in the next round before going on to win the Cup.

Bliss.

Tayto you have your cups mixed up.

United are out of FA cup

tayto lover

ronjo wrote: »

Tayto you have your cups mixed up.

United are out of FA cup

Ah Jaysus my dream has been shattered:mad:

Hyzepher

ideal Scenario

Chelsea sell Mata to Utd for crazy money - giving Moyes no options for the summer
Chelsea have an injury meltdown - Oscar, hazard etc each out for a few months. nothing serious just enough that they are unfit.
Utd continue to be sh?t

Kerry Gooner

ronjo wrote: »

Tayto you have your cups mixed up.

United are out of FA cup

But they could still meet in the champions league, would Mata be eligible then?

keane2097

Kerry Gooner wrote: »

But they could still meet in the champions league, would Mata be eligible then?

No he's played twice I think.

AdamD

They seemed to have jumped the gun a bit in there, and by jumped I mean catapulted over. Be an interesting read if the deal doesn't go ahead..

batistuta9

Gervais getting the winning goal in the coppa italia last night.


he's managed 5 goals & 6 assists now for Roma in 18 apps. Haven't really seen him much bar highlight clips but apparently he's doing good over there.
Could've been useful to have around the way things worked out this season but you can't plan for that

Marty McFly

I always said I though Gervinho could be a good player sadly he wasn't suited to the EPL or Arsenal he was to fragile and seems to have real issues with confidence and always need an arm around him which we couldn't afford to give him to the extent he needed.

gandalf

I wonder will Jose string United along until the final day and pull the plug like he did with us and the proposed Ba transfer to us at the start of the season. It'd be funny if he wasted their time and stopped them getting another player elsewhere

Wolf Club

Marty McFly wrote: »

I always said I though Gervinho could be a good player sadly he wasn't suited to the EPL or Arsenal he was to fragile and seems to have real issues with confidence and always need an arm around him which we couldn't afford to give him to the extent he needed.

Rudi Garcia seems like the only man who can provide that confidence for Gervinho. Seeing him now, it's like he picked up where he left off at Lille and the 2 years at Arsenal never happened.

darego

Devastated if the Mata to united deal goes through. Would have taken Mata over Ozil in the summer

wonga77

I wont believe it till its officially confirmed, it just makes no sense to me, Chelsea fans must be furious

Spanish Johnny

darego wrote: »

Devastated if the Mata to united deal goes through. Would have taken Mata over Ozil in the summer

Always plays very well against us too. Can see him, Rooney and RVP all lining up against us in a couple of weeks time!

DenMan

Danny Welbeck and Phil Jones have booked their place in the England World Cup squad after two terrible penalties under pressure!

wandatowell

Pisses me off that Utd go through a tough period and its so easy for them to go out and splash the cash.

Kinda jealous if I'm honest

wandatowell

BREAKING NEWS: Juan Mata arrested after being caught reversing his way back down the M6...

Came across this on FB.

bad2dabone

we can do likewise now, and we don't have 600m of debt on our heads. United are a monster club, monster revenues, 3rd highest of any club in the world (behind the 2 spanish giants), backed by 25 years of success and a massive history, even though they are ****e now they'll be back.
So we can enjoy them while they're rubbish.
Vs us on the 12th of feb they'll probably have Mata and Rooney and the Skunk lining up. Formidable talents.

extra gravy

John Cross saying that we are making a last ditch attempt to tie up Draxler deal http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-still-hope-julian-draxler-3051830#.UuBM16hFBw0

Re: Mata - he's a great player but I'd take Ozil over him any day.

wandatowell

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!

DenMan

The poor kitchen lady has just handed in a transfer request to leave Man Utd! :pac:

cson

I'd have love us to sign Mata.

Imagine a three of Mata -- Ozil -- Cazorla :pac:

tony1kenobi

We should stick in a 5 million pound bid for Mata.

keano_afc

Wenger at the Barca game. Its Messi, isn't it.

EuropeanSon

darego wrote: »

Devastated if the Mata to united deal goes through. Would have taken Mata over Ozil in the summer

Ah now. You're not serious?

Mata is for me a slight step up from Cazorla. Ozil is a different level entirely.

I wouldn't take Iniesta over Ozil, never mind Mata. Even when Ozil is slightly peripheral, every little involvement is excellent.

Maire2009

I caaaaaame in like a wreeeeecking ball

wandatowell

Thats ****ed up.

Skylinehead

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Ah now. You're not serious?

Mata is for me a slight step up from Cazorla. Ozil is a different level entirely.

I wouldn't take Iniesta over Ozil, never mind Mata. Even when Ozil is slightly peripheral, every little involvement is excellent.

Ah Mata is significantly better than Santi, pains me to say it but it's true. Just look at his stats for last season. I'd have him and Ozil fairly level.

HazDanz

Still have the best midfield in the league.

Mickeroo

tony1kenobi wrote: »

We should stick in a 5 million pound bid for Mata.

No we should outbid united by £1

greendom

Skylinehead wrote: »

Ah Mata is significantly better than Santi, pains me to say it but it's true. Just look at his stats for last season. I'd have him and Ozil fairly level.

Jury's still out for me - last season was Santi's first in the EPL and he's only getting back to form now after his lay-off. Let's see how they've both been getting on at season's end.

Skylinehead

greendom wrote: »

Jury's still out for me - last season was Santi's first in the EPL and he's only getting back to form now after his lay-off. Let's see how they've both been getting on at season's end.

Oh Santi was immense last season. But for me, Mata was the best in the league.

gandalf

This is really out of character for Mourinho I am half expecting Mata to be redirected to PSG at the 11th hour. Or for Jose to infect him with Ebola on the way out the door to OT

HazDanz

gandalf wrote: »

This is really out of character for Mourinho I am half expecting Mata to be redirected to PSG at the 11th hour. Or for Jose to infect him with Ebola on the way out the door to OT

Mourinho knows he's past his best :pac:

Fcuking retarded getting rid of him to united tbh. Sell abroad and leave him out of your way to not come back and bite you down the line.

Spanish Johnny

HazDanz wrote: »

Mourinho knows he's past his best :pac:

Fcuking retarded getting rid of him to united tbh. Sell abroad and leave him out of your way to not come back and bite you down the line.

I can't understand Mourinho allowing this unless there is a potential Rooney deal agreed for the summer yet I am not sure that can be even guaranteed in terms of contract now, etc?

The logic that he has sold Mata to United so he can play two games against Arsenal and City is laughable in the extreme. It's no guarantee, City or us could well finish above them and what about the next 3/4 years when they guy is at his peak. Also surely when a giant is down and struggling you keep them there. Giving them a hand up is silly in the extreme.

ronjo

darego wrote: »

Devastated if the Mata to united deal goes through. Would have taken Mata over Ozil in the summer

Well I guess if he wasnt going to let us take Ba there was no way he would give us Mata

Roddy23

Seen a few rumours Wenger was at Camp Nou last night watching Tello. He's supposed to have had a good match, interesting if true.Can't see Barca selling him tho.

Drexel

Roddy23 wrote: »

Seen a few rumours Wenger was at Camp Nou last night watching Tello. He's supposed to have had a good match, interesting if true.Can't see Barca selling him tho.

Wenger was there and Tello scored a hat trick!

.jacksparrow.

Wenger now saying we're close on some of the contracts for per thomas and sagna but not all of them. I reckon sagna.

CatInABox

News from the conference:

Selection for Friday:
Bendtner back in the squad
Arteta is out
Ramsey is out
Rosicky is out
Not sure on the Ox, will assess today.

He says it doesn't look like they'll sign anyone

He's ready to extend Verm's contract.

I didn't watch it, that's just what's up on twitter.

wandatowell

HazDanz wrote: »

Fcuking retarded getting rid of him to united tbh. Sell abroad and leave him out of your way to not come back and bite you down the line.

Jose trying to mend some bridges after UTD told him to **** off last summer?

Fuzzy_Dunlop

People keep mentioning how Jose is being all clever since they've played United twice already, but aside from the obvious of him improving United next season and further in the future, it also significantly weakens Chelsea's squad for the rest of this season.

HazDanz

Fuzzy_Dunlop wrote: »

People keep mentioning how Jose is being all clever since they've played United twice already, but aside from the obvious of him improving United next season and further in the future, it also significantly weakens Chelsea's squad for the rest of this season.

This is true. I don't care what he is thinking - if one of his holy trininty get badly injured he'll be kicking himself for selling mata.

greendom

HazDanz wrote: »

This is true. I don't care what he is thinking - if one of his holy trininty get badly injured he'll be kicking himself for selling mata.

Wouldn't mind seeing a bit of egg on Mourinho's face. Fingers crossed

GeorgeBailey

The only sense I can see in the move is that Chelsea are actually taking Financial Fair Play seriously and that no non-permiership side would be willing to give them 37m for Mata. I would think 37m would go a long way towards them being able to comply.

Mr.Micro

HazDanz wrote: »

This is true. I don't care what he is thinking - if one of his holy trininty get badly injured he'll be kicking himself for selling mata.

Unless he thinks giving man utd, Juan lifesaver, he will be offered the job in the summer, as manager? He would want CL football of course, as that is what Mata s the most.:D

Spanish Johnny

Mr.Micro wrote: »

Unless he thinks giving man utd, Juan lifesaver, he will be offered the job in the summer, as manager? He would want CL football of course, as that is what Mata s the most.:D

I don't know about that. Surely Mata being at United for the next 4/5 years will be a major factor in:

a) Helping Moyes keep his job as United dramatically improve.
b) A successful Mata would be an issue if Mourinho was going to be his manager again.

Genuinely think Mourinho will come to regret this more than he seems to think it will.

darego

ronjo wrote: »

Well I guess if he wasnt going to let us take Ba there was no way he would give us Mata

Seemingly mou and Chelsea wanted us to put in a cash offer for Ba so I am not so sure about that