Arsenal Banter Archive July 01 2013

01 Jul 2013 23:40:48
From the Mirror:


Jack Wilshere says his Arsenal bosses must bring in more players as good as Gonzalo Higuain if they are to compete for the title again.

Real Madrid and Argentina striker Higuain is set for a £25million transfer to the Emirates.

While Wilshere is impressed by the Gunners' big summer move, he pointed to the two Manchester clubs as examples of the strength in depth needed to compete at the top of the Premier League.

He said: "You look at the type of players, like Higuain we're bringing in, and you've got to be encouraged.

"I think we need a few more - not to step right into the team but to add to the squad.

"We need our squad to be as deep as United's and City's. They can change their back four completely and still win.

"There's no way United would have won the Premier League trophy with 18 players. "


Sounds encouraging (?).

02 Jul 2013 08:24:24
He was asked about Higuian and responded. asked a out Rooney is responded. Rubbish

Sounds desperate to me

dave

01 Jul 2013 23:00:04
Expensive signings orbit names don't Guarantee success. but boy it's exciting. one in the bag. two more looking likely. that would be two forwards and a keeper. think that rules out Rooney. Midfield next, maybe one out of the blue. km

01 Jul 2013 22:25:01
Sky just stated they expect higuain to sign tomorrow which is interesting, if its sky must be fairly certain otherwise they wouldn't add a time frame.

With the sanogo signing it will hopefully kick start a few and lead to some big names being called up.

i can seriously see some big money spent.

especially by the fact gazdis said we have 70million, has anyone actually thought and why we he openly say how much we have, I reckon we have a lot more than that in the reserves and he knows he's just under playing it. hopefully.

Didn't know the Sky story, someone has just told me Higuain this week.

Where was this on sky? I can't find it.

Bournemouth Gooner

Have you made this up? Because I can't see Sky reporting anything on Higuain at the moment?

01 Jul 2013 21:38:08
Ed who is this hlilovic, never heard of him and how much of the 20 mil euros is he costing + are they that big a miss cheers {Ed027's Note - Don't know, don't know, not really, but time will definitely tell

01 Jul 2013 20:50:25
With the transfer window ticking down, do you get the feeling we have been here before? Yawn.

I don't mean to be pessamstic, but until we put our money where our mouth is I feel all the words spoken by the club continue to be filled with the same empty promises.

Its not all doom and gloom, a number of players have moved on, djourou move to hamburg has initially beem confirmed as being on loan, but will be permenant, and bendtner is off to Frankfurt!

Hopefully somebody can take pitty on us by snapping up chamak, santos, park and gervinho (seriously what were we thinking). With most of the bench earners finally being cleared off the books, I see no excuses in not being able to bring in top quality replacements.

I would love to see us sign all of the players we are linked with, but until a precedent is set, I will continue to remain pessamistc. maybe once one has signed the rest follow.

Yes the clock is ticking its not like we've got 2 months to buy players! Oh wait we have! Chill out!


SM1996

Of course we've been here before. it happens twice a year and it's called the transfer window!

I actually want higuain to sign. because I think he is a player that can change our fortunes.

i don't mind waiting till the last day for the other signings. I would be absolutely gutted if we lost higuain.

01 Jul 2013 20:41:43
Finally a signing has been announced!

Youth signing yaya sanogo

-Homesick-

01 Jul 2013 20:31:38
I'm worried that the only Higuain rumours I'm reading say we're likely to miss out on him now. I was almost certain we'd got him in the bag and now the move isn't looking likely at all. Does anyone know what's happening with this? Although encouragingly I'm reading that we've put in a bid for Lars Bender who I think would be a really good addition to the team!
GunnerGirl

01 Jul 2013 20:03:39
Got to love Kos the Boss for this statement :)

"I never said that. I feel very well at Arsenal.

I am aware it's a great club and I have a four-year contract. I know there's talk about me and Barcelona and Bayern, but people make their own conclusions.

The facts are simple: I have a contract at a club where I am happy. Full stop. We all know how situations change in football but I repeat that I'm not one to make castles in the sky.

I live in the moment, I seek nothing but to play the best I can.

In my mind my goal is to win trophies with Arsenal with whom I'm about to start pre-season training. I've no ulterior motives.

I'm at a healthy club, which plays beautiful football, doesn't lose money every year, sticks to its own budget and plays in the Champions League. Not many players can say the same. "

LEGEND

I think i'm in love. He's a footballer and a poet. How refreshing.
# Mancrush
He better not end up at Bayer after all that. :-) Flybo

If we can add - win trophies then no one should ever want to leave.

SY4

Top man- I like him even more now on reading that.

I have a feeling he is going to be even better this season.

Boom

Vice captain please

Am I the only person that doesn't see this as hugely positive for us. He says that she's living in the moment which means he's not looking forward to his future at arsenal

01 Jul 2013 19:13:10
Was wondering what everyone thought of the Arsenal Top 50 Players list on the official Arsenal. com

http://www.arsenal.com/history/gunners-greatest-50-players

**Anyone missing from the list?
**Anyone on the list that should not be?

Ashley Cole should not be on that list, he's a turncoat and in his place should be Bould surely

The fact he decided to "betray us" doesn't change the fact that he was a great player.
Also, whether he actually betrayed us is still up for debate, he definitely got a bigger package at Chelsea but some rumours are had we offered him 5k more he would have stayed. Something I can believe as we do seem to be very stingy when it comes to wages.
That said, I was still booing him at every opportunity, its great for the atmosphere!
I would definitely have had Fabregas, Van Persie could have been in there, in his best season as lethal as any other striker.
In time I can definitely see Wilshere getting in there, possible even Cazorla if he could sustain the level of performance he has shown in some games.
Great topic!

Stuart Robson isn't on there.
It's all starting to make sense.

And how can you have Anelka Infront of Frank Mclintock?
Flybo

Why does Cole leaving to better his career suddenly mean his contribution is belittled?

The fact that Robin van Persie isn't on the list makes a mockery of your point anyway as he would comfortably be in the top 25 if the people who compiled the list weren't bitter due to his move to Man Utd. Funnily enough which was also a career progressing move.

Strange.

02 Jul 2013 09:00:07
poster above - you have a very short memory if you think RVP is in the top 25 players to have playerd for Arsenal

01 Jul 2013 19:34:41
I do feel in some ways our transfers are being held up by the impending mega money merry go round, this being Cavani, Suarez, Bale, Ronaldo.
Very encouraged by the reported offer for Bender, much prefer him to Fellaini. Cesar looks a certainty, would rather we got Handanovic but Inter took up that option. Cesar is a quality keeper mind you and happy to see his arrival. Does anyone know what his English is like?

The one transfer that would give me a real lift and hope for the future though is Santos to anywhere, no fee required, will even contribute taxi fare

Holmesy

01 Jul 2013 18:31:21
Wenger, Arsenal, please buy quality or else leave the team as it is. We have so many average players, why add to the list, one quality signing is good enough,

MOFAYA

No, one quality signing is not good enough, if we are going to make a serious challenge for silverware we need another quality player in every area, especially a striker.

01 Jul 2013 17:04:16
One of the main reasons arsenal have not signed anyone YET is because most of the players we're trying to get in are big players in their current team and need replacing, now my source tells me that although 2 deals are basically done, they're not set in stone until the replacement has been sorted. RM won't let Higuin go unless they replace him with a big name like Bale/Cavani/Suarez and the Higuin is also dependent Ronaldo staying. So things are in place but nothing is getting finalised until all parties are satisfied

Starting to get annoying when people talk about their sources, truth be known it is their opinion or news gathered from media.

I have no sources or no contacts but from what I have read about our transfer dealings in the past is we to get players on the cheap wait then get outbid. time and time again this has appeared to happen.

So forgive me BIgV but I am sure it is your opinion and not any source you have.


Shaneyd

01 Jul 2013 20:37:40
Well said the last post. People making out they are Wengers best mates. Said before on here that my mate is good friends with Neil Banfield. He doesn't say a word. Meet Jenkinson the other day, he told me they don't tell him anything. The less people that know the better km

01 Jul 2013 16:36:37
N'Koulou's €15mil asking fee, how true is this fellas? Anyone? Let me guess he's going to Newcastle lol!

Considering that he's not actually French, despite coming from a French speaking country, this joke is flawed.

01 Jul 2013 16:24:07
These bender rumours are false, don't listen to to what the papers say. Unless you have dtrong sources and connections within the game don't post it. Especially when it was started by the mirror.

CheetahChaz97

Funny that because tv says we had 19.3 mil bid rejected

Danny1985

Wrong - the latest bender rumours were started by German publication Express. Get your facts right.

01 Jul 2013 15:44:38
"I've never played against him but anyone who plays for Real Madrid and Argentina has to be quality. "

-Jack Wilshere.

I wonder who he was talking about. (Not Di Maria, although that would be nice. )

If you look at the interview, ESPN clearly asks about Higuain. Riddle Solved.

You've won this round no-name.

Well played.

01 Jul 2013 15:00:55
Hey all. What's going on with Gonzalo Higuain transfer. It's just getting so ridiculous. Same story last season they going to wait and hang on to 2-3million. Can you Ed's confirm if we really going to sign him or there is going to be more twists please? Gooner

01 Jul 2013 13:42:19
If Arsenal are worried about people hijacking the deals for players such as Higuain. Get the deal done and pay the money for chirst sake.

Couldn't agree more, latest thing I hear is the asking price is £23 million and we are haggling and stalling and offering £19.5 million. Really in the running costs of Arsenal is 3.5 million such a big deal? No wonder we have a bad reputation for negotiating.

Starting to agree as well. If we lose this transfer its because we are becoming TOO penny-wise for our own good.

01 Jul 2013 12:56:10
Got a feeling no players will sign untill after Asia tour who would want to move to a new city/country and then go to aisa a few days later and it wouldn't be good for team building if any new signings asked to stay behind

We need to do our signings as early as possible so the new players can bed in during the pre-season friendlies. This way they will be ready for the start of the campaign. If we wait until 31. 08 as usual, these players won't be fit or hit form until late sept, october.

I would like to see that happen

No we will sign players before the tour. That would be ridiculous if we didn't.

01 Jul 2013 14:13:16
Some players will stay back at training ground with fitness coach Tony Cobbet. Wilshire will be there aswell. Tthe two Spanish players will have time off. All will be back for Champ league qualifier. kn

01 Jul 2013 14:22:47
I would have thought. Afc would want to show off new signings in asia as they might shift a few shirts out there

01 Jul 2013 12:52:25
why would the kosh not want to stay, were about to buy some serious players.

malaga gooner

If he does go its because of the money they offered him.

Because their are much better teams who already have serious players.

Kosh won't leave, he is our first choice cb and will be for seasons to come. I'd say after next season he will be the biggest defender transfer target for all big clubs. With the idea's and intent of early signings it shows that the club has real ambition. I reckon that he is here for the long and can't wait to be the big dog of the Emirates household.

Eyeball

Kos? When did we start calling him The Kosh?

Last night, about 8 o'clock Paul.

Malaga is sean Connery! :p


SM1996

01 Jul 2013 09:36:34
Got to say, would love to get Rooney, however hard it is to see.

Those wanting Jovetic need head examined - people moan at Wenger for not buying proven class, and yet this is just another kid with no real success buit promise at a crazy price.

get rooney, you get 20+ goals a year from a centre forward - tried and tested in europe and domestically. A no brainer if possible.

rob g

01 Jul 2013 00:49:06
Luiz Gustavo as an around cheaper option to Fellaini. Who multiple Evertonians have critised??

Yh gustsavo or paulinhuo will do even Hernanes is quality

Id still have fellani.

luis gustavo and paulinho are red cards waiting to happen, they had no intention to play the ball on quite a few occasions, the ref was biased towards brazil. although I did enjoy spains arrogance of completing the trophy cabinet end.

saying that. this competition has been one of the most bogus ones ever. spain and brazil have no idea what the germans can do.

Fellaini any day.
Ceasar
Williams
Higuain