Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread Summer 2015

Soups123

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Martial to United? Surely we can find someone out there

Come AB it's just a tweet 15ms ago they were signing Austin!

Alfred Borden

Soups123 wrote: »

Come AB it's just a tweet 15ms ago they were signing Austin!

Is Mohamed Bouhafsi not meant to be really reliable?

emergingstar

50m though Jaysus

greendom

Disappointing about the lack of incoming players but all told that was a pretty decent weekend (apart from City) !

Alfred Borden

Higuain scoring again. Surely some sort of deal could be done for 45-50? Dont mind overpaying for top quality.

Skylinehead

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Higuain scoring again. Surely some sort of deal could be done for 45-50? Dont mind overpaying for top quality.

You're underestimating just how mad De Laurentis is. He won't budge on 60.

Alfred Borden

Skylinehead wrote: »

You're underestimating just how mad De Laurentis is. He won't budge on 60.

Even with no champions league football? Damn

efb

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Higuain scoring again. Surely some sort of deal could be done for 45-50? Dont mind overpaying for top quality.

Well its not exactly your money, why would you mind???

Alfred Borden

efb wrote: »

Well its not exactly your money, why would you mind???

True, just dont think the media or anyone like that could knock us as its a massive area of need for us.

cson

efb wrote: »

Well its not exactly your money, why would you mind???

In fairness we're not City or Chelsea so if we blow the lot on one player it means there's less available should we need someone in another area. So it is a valid consideration.

That being said; we are in need so when needs must...

Mr Blobby

cson wrote: »

In fairness we're not City or Chelsea so if we blow the lot on one player it means there's less available should we need someone in another area. So it is a valid consideration.

That being said; we are in need so when needs must...

Don't worry Wenger's been stocking up on his Tesco and Asda vouchers.

Soups123

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Is Mohamed Bouhafsi not meant to be really reliable?

Not sure who he is but it was a very changing United thread over the 15 mins

I'm with you on Higuian although I'd be happy to see the club pay the 50/60m euro he'll get you goals no problem proven time and time again

Soups123

cson wrote: »

In fairness we're not City or Chelsea so if we blow the lot on one player it means there's less available should we need someone in another area. So it is a valid consideration.

That being said; we are in need so when needs must...

Not really we could easily afford two players at those prices if we wanted.

Looking at how misery we've been so far this summer id rather see it spent than just being creamed again by the money men at the club

AdamD

AdamD wrote: »

https://www.reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/3ixkyw/filtered_list_of_europes_highestscoring_forwards/

Makes for grim reading. I honestly think our best bet is to go for a young striker who may have a lot of potential, something we probably should have done about 2 years ago.

Don't like quoting my own posts but seriously read it, there are **** all decent attackers going. Look at who United are being linked with, Martial and Charlie Austin :eek:

I think Arsenal and United goofed it and missed out on some of the high potential players who moved earlier in the window

Soups123

AdamD wrote: »

Don't like quoting my own posts but seriously read it, there are **** all decent attackers going. Look at who United are being linked with, Martial and Charlie Austin :eek:

I think Arsenal and United goofed it and missed out on some of the high potential players who moved earlier in the window

You don't think Higuian is decent?

The Austin thing has been proven to be BS

greendom

Cavani has scored a brace for PSG against Monaco tonight. Doubt he'll be leaving Paris

Alfred Borden

Soups123 wrote: »

Not sure who he is but it was a very changing United thread over the 15 mins

I'm with you on Higuian although I'd be happy to see the club pay the 50/60m euro he'll get you goals no problem proven time and time again

He would improve us so much. 31 goals last year!! Another year of Guroud leading the line fills me with no confidence

liam7831

Gomis would be good

Alfred Borden

Kike Marin tweeting about interest in Higuain.

Please! :pac:

gosplan

I actually think Higuain is the ONLY striker that fits the bill right now.

a: finisher
b: different style to Giroud
c: good enough
d: gettable

Topbike77

Would Muller be possible? He has 5 goals from 3 games in the Bundesliga thus far...

gosplan

Ronan14 wrote: »

Would Muller be possible? He has 5 goals from 3 games in the Bundesliga thus far...

We're probably more likely to sign Gerd now than Tomas.

JustTheOne

Feel like we missed our chance 2 years ago with higuan.

Wouldn't pay the extra money.

keano_afc

We massively f*cked up by not getting Higuain when we had the chance. Bonkers decision not to stump up the cash.

Mr Blobby

keano_afc wrote: »

We massively f*cked up by not getting Higuain when we had the chance. Bonkers decision not to stump up the cash.

It was the right decision at the time. We had a fee agreed with Madrid and at the last minute they wanted an extra 10M or something stupid like that. If we'd gotten Higuain then we'd probably have lost out on Ozil.

gosplan

JustTheOne wrote: »

Feel like we missed our chance 2 years ago with higuan.

Wouldn't pay the extra money.

Given that Utd and Madrid (and PSG in a year) are down to a single striker, it should be blatantly obvious to anyone that should a world class striker stick his head up, he will not be joining us.

Missing our chance with Higuain two years ago should really have taught us not to miss it again because in two years time, Higuain will still be scoring goals and we'll still have Giroud as our main CF.

I am not saying that we were wrong not to get Higuain last time. We chose to activate Suarez's release clause instead - not a bad choice at all.

I am not saying that Giroud will be useless in 2 years' time.

I am simply saying that the chances of finding a better option than Higuain between now and then is very very low.

We are not PSG, Real, Barca or Bayern. We are Arsenal - world class strikers will not join us, we have to make them. Sign Higuain - he and Giroud will look after the spot for a few years.

Alfred Borden

Higuain is better than Benzema anyways imo

Skylinehead

Alfred Borden wrote: »

Higuain is better than Benzema anyways imo

Higuain is the better goalscorer, but Benzema offers far more as a whole.

Jaafa

Higuain is a well established bottler though. Do we really want to reintroduce that back into this team?

Mr Blobby

Higuain... meh
He'd either do really well or flop big time. Napoli would only sell if we made a very large bid and ihe really isn't worth it.

Bobby Baccala

Not sure why anybody would turn their nose up at higuain he's way better than anyone we have up front. As for the price tag, not sure why that bothers people either, not coming out of any of our pockets and the club is well able to afford him.

The same people that are weary of us splashing out on him are the same people giving out that Wenger is penny pinching.

12gauge dave

Van persie was worth another shot for a lowsey 3.8million if you ask me. This season and next season left in him as a top striker

gosplan

Mr Blobby wrote: »

Higuain... meh
He'd either do really well or flop big time. Napoli would only sell if we made a very large bid and ihe really isn't worth it.

Tbh, it'll never be 'worth' it. We either overpay or get players below what we want.

Besides, the money is not worth anything sitting in the accounts.

speedboatchase

Apparently Martial has agreed personal terms with Utd. Yes the transfer fee is mental and yes he's very raw, but looks like they found a striker, just like they found a DM earlier with Schneiderlin. Meanwhile, our search for a single outfield player this summer goes on...

speedboatchase

speedboatchase wrote: »

Apparently Martial has agreed personal terms with Utd. Yes the transfer fee is mental and yes he's very raw, but looks like they found a striker, just like they found a DM earlier with Schneiderlin. Meanwhile, our search for a single outfield player this summer goes on...

It's great for them to be spending crazy money, I guess. Don't think any man u fans are excited about the move. Will he be better for them than Hernandez/RVP/Falcao? Its a major punt.

Tomorrow night, it will all be over. Can't wait.

Giggsy11

speedboatchase wrote: »

Apparently Martial has agreed personal terms with Utd. Yes the transfer fee is mental and yes he's very raw, but looks like they found a striker, just like they found a DM earlier with Schneiderlin. Meanwhile, our search for a single outfield player this summer goes on...

Found a striker that no ManUtd fan is happy with. He won't improve us(at least going by the people who watched him) and Monaco wants more than 70M for him. Madness.

Giggsy11

Basil3 wrote: »

It's great for them to be spending crazy money, I guess. Don't think any man u fans are excited about the move. Will he be better for them than Hernandez/RVP/Falcao? Its a major punt.

Tomorrow night, it will all be over. Can't wait.

Training dummy would have been better than Falcao at United, re RVP he was very average last season and IMO we won't miss him. He wouldn't have done any better in this team and has no pace at all. So good we offloaded both of them.

Selling Hernandez would be a big mistake though.

speedboatchase

Basil3 wrote: »

Tomorrow night, it will all be over. Can't wait.

To be honest, today is the day, unless we want Charlie Austin. The French, Spanish, Italian and German markets close at midnight tonight (six hours earlier in Germany). So any major European club signing we want to make would likely require the selling club to sign a replacement within the next few hours.

Zero new transfer links for us this morning though. We're done, and have been for a long time. Two more seasons of this.

speedboatchase

speedboatchase wrote: »

To be honest, today is the day, unless we want Charlie Austin. The French, Spanish, Italian and German markets close at midnight tonight (six hours earlier in Germany). So any major European club signing we want to make would likely require the selling club to sign a replacement within the next few hours.

Zero new transfer links for us this morning though. We're done, and have been for a long time. Two more seasons of this.

I admire your positivity.

Marty McFly

I keep hoping this place is going to kick into a frenzy with transfer news but nope all we get is tumbleweed.

We're not even really being linked to anyone. Hopefully we can pull another Ozil off.

Mickeroo

We should test Napoli's resolve with a £15m bid for Higuain, I know they said they wanted £70m but you can never trust club owner valuations :pac:

emergingstar

We would wanting to be hearing something by this eve if anything is gonna happen

wonga77

I wonder are our scouts interested in anyone outside the major names? Swansea look to have got a great bargain in Ayew and he came on a free transfer.
I asked this a while back but whatever happened to Michu, one season wonder?

DenMan

wonga77 wrote: »

I wonder are our scouts interested in anyone outside the major names? Swansea look to have got a great bargain in Ayew and he came on a free transfer.
I asked this a while back but whatever happened to Michu, one season wonder?

He spent last season on loan at Napoli and only made three starts I read. Swansea won't be taking him back Monk said.

keano_afc

Basil3 wrote: »

I admire your positivity.

Are you confident we'll do the business in the next 24 hours to improve the team from last season and challenge for the league?

greendom

speedboatchase wrote: »

Apparently Martial has agreed personal terms with Utd. Yes the transfer fee is mental and yes he's very raw, but looks like they found a striker, just like they found a DM earlier with Schneiderlin. Meanwhile, our search for a single outfield player this summer goes on...

and last year they bought Di Maria and Falcao - that worked out well too.

We found a DM in January that cost us nothing

Marty McFly

wonga77 wrote: »

I wonder are our scouts interested in anyone outside the major names? Swansea look to have got a great bargain in Ayew and he came on a free transfer.
I asked this a while back but whatever happened to Michu, one season wonder?

I've always liked Ayew and was suprised he didn't go to a bigger club. He stood out as a player years ago when we played Marseille in the Champions league.

I think if we can't find a CF at least buy a winger with goals in him Reus would do nicely .

Quazzie

How much a year do we spend on scouting?

keano_afc

Quazzie wrote: »

How much a year do we spend on scouting?

Probably the same amount we spend on the 24 hour transfer team.

Alfred Borden

talks of Joe Dodoo? Id rather have given Akpom a chance.