Arsenal Banter Archive June 03 2014

 

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03 Jun 2014 22:43:20
Wow take a chill pill people, enjoy us buying the players to take us to the top. I can't believe i'm saying this trust wengers judgement. Believe me and arsene are right. I hope. Wait to see who we get, before ending it all, you might just get a nice suprise and cesc talk is getting a little tired, we can't say anything new on it anymore.

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03 Jun 2014 22:58:30
Totally agree Steve,

Nobody is talking about my mate Remy anymore, lol.

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Remy who!

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Not him again, he's giving me indigestion

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04 Jun 2014 00:12:03
Remi Cabella? Are we linked with him again?

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04 Jun 2014 08:13:30
G62,
Have some Remy, eh I mean Rennie.

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03 Jun 2014 22:13:54
I'd rather watch us lose the carling cup final on replay for the rest of my life than see Cesc in a Chelsea shirt

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03 Jun 2014 22:30:50
Me too

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03 Jun 2014 21:25:15
If Cesc goes to Chelsea, that's about it for me as far as seeing this sport as a sport and not a business

I will legit be sick seeing him wear that vile Blue jersey

I'm sorry Wenger, this is ridiculous, you cannot let him go to our competition

For the people who think he isn't needed, you do realize he would start for every club not named Barca and every national team not named Spain right?

But we, all conquering 4th place Arsenal, don't need him

Amazing

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Top notch US, we might need to fill other positions but fabby should be bought without hesitation

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03 Jun 2014 22:29:55
Damn right US Gooner. How many times has Mr Wenger said" if top top quality becomes available the money ia there" no excuses now, time to pull out rhe cheque book!

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03 Jun 2014 22:52:20
He said he would buy him this summer last year.

Well summer has arrived and he's on sale.

Buy him

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04 Jun 2014 00:10:25
He is an acm, remember how everyone was saying that was the one position we didn't need to strengthen when ozil was came? If cesc were to join who would you be happy to take the cut in playing time, jack, ozil, Rambo, Ox or cazorla? It would kill the off the ox's hopes of acm I suspect. wenger would have given his word to all of them about future roles and remember that at the end of the day all of them chose to come to us. Sure barca was cesc's home town team but he did choose to go. Likewise cesc isn't going to be an anchor man like arteta or flamini.

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Absolutely agree with Jensen Hatrick, Fab engineered his own exit from our club, and now all I read on here is how much we want him back.We have probably got one of the best midfields(when fit) in Europe.We need a gk, rb and a STRIKER.

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I love the ox, but I genuinely don't think wenger knows his best position. I think he can play right midfield. the boy can run with the ball at feet has good pace and good physical size thing is can he cross?

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Sorry, can't agree. Would love Cesc back, but it's a matter of prioritizing greatest needs with with finite money. If there's money for Cesc and a top-level world class striker, as well as the other needs like RB, then great. Unfortunately, I don't think there is. As far as I can tell, just about every Gooner would love Cesc back, but a lot of us see greater needs elsewhere. Would you forgo a much-needed striker to add to an already great midfield? I wouldn't; Wenger won't.

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03 Jun 2014 21:08:44
This is a follow on from Goldboy's post.

I'm sure we all love Jack and want him to step up a little bit more, cut out the moaning and get on with his game.

We all try and stick up for him, but let me ask you a question,
We all want Yaya and Hazard and Suarez, but if Jack played for Man City or Liverpool or Chelsea, and he became available, would you be knocking on Wenger's door begging him to sign him up for Arsenal?.

Would you love to see 'Jack wilshere' play for us?.

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04 Jun 2014 07:23:32
No not really Dags. I'd be saying what I believe everybody would be saying in that situation. " Why would we want Wilshire he is always injured".
Lets face it we have all read and heard football supporters saying it about players. To reiterate again for some people that just don't get it . Nobody and least of all me is saying Jack is not a great player. But what do some of these people on here call being loyal to him?
Has he been playing for nothing and not getting paid when he has been injured? Or have I missed something here?.
He's a man and let's not forget a rich one too. I think Arsenal have shown their loyalty and the fans that have put the wages in his pocket every week even when he was sitting at home living a millionaires lifestyle with his feet up.
Lets get it right when Jack is injured he doesn't sit at home getting statutory sick pay of £87 per week from Arsenal does he. His monthly sick pay would set most of us up for life and how much sick pay has he and Vermaellen had over the last few years?.
No I think I've been loyal enough by paying to watch football on TV and taking myself and my boys to the Emirates.
In the words of Jim Royal "Loyalty my a*rse " and I'm not apologising LOL.

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04 Jun 2014 10:40:18
Good reply mate and one concurs.

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03 Jun 2014 20:39:41
As much as we don't on paper need Cesc, look at last season we lost Theo, Rambo, Ozil, and Jack through injury at 1 point or another and maybe that cost as 1st, 2nd or 3rd place in the League, strength in depth is what we need and do we really want him playing for a major rival. Also any chance of Puma supplementing wages or transfer fees for major Puma wearing stars i.e Falcao etc

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Yeah Puma will help us sign:

Falcao
Ballotelli
Fabregas

Entice Heskey out of retirement.

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This is evidence that we need to sort out our injury problem, not that we need to continually load up on midfielders. Putting real money and an open mind behind improving training and medical care is what's really needed.

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03 Jun 2014 20:33:18
Not at all Arsenal related, but i'm watching Brazil vs Panama. 24 minutes in its 0-0 and on this showing, Brazil are going to struggle to get out of their group. They look tired and lazy in their own climate. Not to down Panama at all, they've been superb.

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4-0 after 80 minutes.

I think they'll be alright.

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Looked lazy - because they know how to play in their own climate. They knew how much going all out at the start of them game would take out of their legs.

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03 Jun 2014 20:11:47
Go to Arsenal official web site right now. is that Wilfred Boney in the main headline. ? Mmm

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03 Jun 2014 21:12:34
Yep but in a Swansea shirt lol.

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Yeah being clambered all over by Per Mertesacker.

Why this MUST mean we are going to sign him.

Good news! Thanks for the tip off!

I prefer Malagas approach though.

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Calm down Greeny, it was a prialartinium phenomenology! Get with the banta mate

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Sussex, my sarcasm is the banter.

Un knot your own knickers mate.

Everyone's having a good time!

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03 Jun 2014 20:06:35
Dags masterplan.

We don't buy a striker and keep Bendtner.

Discuss.

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Shall we rely on diaby too?

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Have you drank to much of ed's southern comfort?

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. We shoot dags?

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03 Jun 2014 21:42:37
You need a padded cell with very little contact with the outside world.

Discussed.

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Well would he be better than Remy? Probably lol

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03 Jun 2014 22:03:41
Not quite the answers I expected, lol.

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To late Saint looks like some one already got him on the head mate, because there's little doubt after this post his brain is most deffinately shot

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Dags go and get some sleep, your brain is fried.

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End of discussion lol

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03 Jun 2014 19:54:17
In an ideal world, Fabregas either stays at Barcelona or goes abroad to somewhere like PSG. While Arsenal spend £70m on a GK, CB, CDM and ST. Frazier Forster, Fabian Schaar, Lars Bender and Karim Benzema would be my (wet) dream.

However what will probably happen, Fabregas will go to Chelsea or City, making them a major force as they also sign top quality Strikers (Chelsea) and Defenders (City). All while Wenger claims we didn't need him and only signs Remy and Diaby (again). Then what happens? Wilshere picks up another injury (probably ankle), Diaby mysteriously vanishes, and Ramsey is overworked until he is injured. Leaving us with Arteta and Flamini. Another title challenge suddenly becomes a scramble for 4th.

Wenger, don't mess up this window.

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Great post Detriot mate, I just hope all those who agree with Arsene now if he doesn't sign Cesc back him to the hilt if it should turn out he goes else where and shines like the star he is for another PL team. I've a feeling Arsene will get sluaghted by almost all in that scenario

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Agree with dream scenario; fear the nightmare.

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03 Jun 2014 19:53:39
OK Dags this is just for you and nobody else is allowed to read it ok. I will now stop apologising.
Jack has started to get on my tits with his constant going to ground at what seems every opportunity.
Whether he has started to become a serial diver I don't know but i'm thinking he could be carrying a psycholical problem and goes over all the time lately as he is terrified of getting anymore injuries. Nobody can argue that he seems to be going to ground more than ever and before anyone says its because he gets challenged more than most on our team I don't buy that.
If the paranoia of getting injured has got to him well then I think its time for him to jog on. Ok Ramsey came through that horrific injury and seems to have put it behind him. Some players have it implanted in their sub conscious and can't shake it off. i'm thinking Jack unfortunately is one of them. Ok people may be saying he is only 22 but Jack is no longer a novice in footballing terms is he.? I can't really say that Jack has been marvellous for us over the last few seasons because in reality where has he been.I know this is not going to be popular but maybe, just maybe if we cashed in it might give us some funds to play with. Putting it into context if Jack was playing for another club in the last few years the chances of him playing a few games against us would be pretty slim as you never knew whether he was fit or not therefore he would hardly be a threat. Personally I would say this. If we have another season of Jack with injuries I think its time to say " Well you know what? You were great when you were fit and ready but we can't keep carrying you "
Dags i'm not sorry mate I've beeen cured. Thanks Dr Dags. LOl
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03 Jun 2014 20:58:42
That's my boy Golds, love it.

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04 Jun 2014 06:54:30
Dags . Read Yooyoo post earlier below mate in reply to my earlier post . That's why I feel the need to apologise sometimes and soften the blow for some people. As they just don't get it . LOL

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03 Jun 2014 19:23:57
Guys and Jenny,

I have some amazing news!

Bacary Sagna will sign for Man City on July 1st.

Cesc Fabregas will sign for Chelsea for £30m.

We are going to sign world class superstar JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BAHEBECK!

So, don't worry about fighting for fourth, we are going to be premiership champions.

In the words of Dags. Oh wait.

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03 Jun 2014 20:00:39
Lol Greeny,
That was as good as one of my posts.

Oh wait, lol.

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03 Jun 2014 20:02:09
Greeny,

I think you are right about Fabregas though mate.

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03 Jun 2014 20:11:27
Heard this kinda talk all summer last year. Because of Tottenham and their money spent. I do believe you'll be fine without Cesc lol

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03 Jun 2014 21:41:03
Me too TJ mate.

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Cesc is as bad as Van Persie if he signs for Chelsea. Even if Chelsea bid, he can just plain refuse to sign for them.
Chelsea fans despise him, he hates Mourinho and he 'loves' Arsenal and Wenger. Surely it can't happen?

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{Ed007's Note - Didn't Ashley Cole, Nasri and RVP all 'love' Arsenal as well? Especially when they were paying their wages.}

03 Jun 2014 18:18:35
Guys, discuss Cesc all you want BUT he is off to Chelsea . FACT.

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03 Jun 2014 19:06:47
You could be right mate.

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03 Jun 2014 19:31:25
No way, I can't see him there.

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Van persie at united.
Fabregas at chavski.
Just need Bergkamp to show up at spurs as a coach for that final kick in the gonads.
Flybo

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Thank you Banbury that's great news mate, because the last FACT you hit us with was that Aaron wouldn't play again in the 13/14 season, one fa cup winning goal later and the rest is history
So I'm expecting Cesc to come home to us any day now :-)

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Love Cesc- would have had him back like a shot. But if he signs for Chelsea he's a fool, and I can't love a fool. Sorry Cesc- it's over.

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Sorry but he is not off to chelsea do not believe the media hyped up rubbish, he would vever traitor arsenal

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GUNNER 62

My info was a lot closer to reality than the Arsenal web site though wasn't it, be back in 3 weeks, oh no 5 weeks oh dear he has had a relapse, he made the end by the skin of his tooth when many on here were saying he would be back for the NLD

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03 Jun 2014 17:27:38
Gunner62. Re your earlier post mate about Jack.
Now that's one post I totally agree with 100% right too mate. He should be running the pitch not his mouth.
Personally I would like to say. I'm getting a bit tired of reading about how Jack is Arsenal through and through how he is an Arsenal player and so on.
Well! we are Arsenal supporters too. So how long are we going to keep wet nursing him every time he gets injured.? When is enough going to be enough? Yes ok it's unfortunate that the guy has injuries there is no doubting that. Yes he is a very good player when fit too. But! to me his injuries make him unreliable pure and simple.
My cup is normally half full not half empty but i'm waiting to hear that Jack gets injured in this World Cup Campaign .
Form seems to dictate it for him and for us sorry, it seems to be sods law with him.
If Arsenal jogged him on next season would I be sorry? No, not really I have to tell the truth but I would prefer him to go abroad rather that another EPL team.
The fact is we don't seem to get any reliable long term mileage out of him. So let's see what next season brings for him or for us .
You all know me by now I wear my heart on my sleeve and say exactly how I think it is.
Don't be angry!

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I also agree with everything that's been said. We all know he has the potential to be a great player, still young and all that, but he should take some lessons from Ramsey. Hard work, determination always beats talent. He can't really expect to start only cause he's arsenal through and through.
I like him, he is a good player and would be really dissapointed if he was sold, but less twitter and more football please.

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Don't turn on our players, especially ones as talented as Jack.
You was probably one of the people that used to boo Ramsey, weren't you?
Wilshere has been good for us, and still has time to become great. Can't blame a lad for getting injured.

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04 Jun 2014 06:50:22
You see I told you so Dags there is always one that doesn't get the point of a post. YooYoo. I don't think you are getting it mate but let's try and make it clear so you understand what I'm saying. Nobody said Jacks not been good for us have they? What I am saying is along with a few posts from others and to put it in a nutshell, Jack is becoming too injury prone and it doesn't seem to change from one season to the next. But if you are happy to stick by him well good for you mate. Along with a few others I would prefer to bring in a player that can hopefully put in a shift during the season instead of seeing them getting paid a fortune and sitting in the stands . And if we go through next season and Jack has another bout of injuries yes I think we should consider letting him go.Why wouldn't you? Being loyal doesn't win trophies . Are we going to honestly sit there and keep saying "poor Jack great player can't wait till his fit again we need him. " The same with Vermaellen I can't remember the stats exactly but let's put it this way . If he was doing a normal job he would have been off sick for over 2 years out off four coming up to the beginning of this season we have just had.Are you going to tell me that we should keep paying him too. To finalise let me put it into perspective. Would you get paid probably £10.4 million roughly for being off sick on and off for two years? and if you were an employer would you carry on paying the wages? No! me neither. Be real mate!

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'Being loyal doesn't win trophies'
Brilliant, haha.
Take a look back at the FA cup final - Ramsey scored the winning goal, therefore it does.
Wenger stuck by his player and it paid off, massively.

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03 Jun 2014 15:39:59
Hey fellas, fabregas seems to dominate your page as Lapland ours. I just wanted to ask why do you want him? Last season your midfield was arguably the best in the league, especially before injuries attacked. Some of you are saying we don't need him, which I agree with, but others are saying he should be signed so others don't get him. I'm sorry, but that's a bad business strategy, at least at the reported 30 million. Under that logic you need to sign every player in the league that's good. Would you have a different viewpoint of him if he joined another pl side?

I along with most of you think you need a striker. Remy has been mentioned a lot, 70% by dags, but wouldn't that 30 million be better spent on a big time striker? (Idk which striker that would be I'm just saying). I still hold to my word that I think you guys would've had a real special season with Suarez.

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03 Jun 2014 17:11:28
My view on Cesc is this. If his signing was to get in the way of a class striker and a proper defensive midfielder then no, as what you say is correct that it isn't a position we're crying out for like the other two positions that I mentioned. However, if it doesn't get in the way and we're still able to buy replacements for players leaving then why not.
Arteta, Kallstrom, Diaby are players that could move on. Arteta is older and not as good as Cesc and on 70,000-75,000. Kallstrom would be off the wage bill and isn't good enough anyway, and Diaby doesn't play. So there is movement available when it comes to wages, and when it comes to that Wenger gets his kicks out off financial management anyway.
We can't rely on Wilshere to go a season injury free. Nor Ramsey come to that. �zil has all the talent, but I question his desire. Any 70/30 challenges in his favour he pulls out off.

We are a club that always suffer a lot of injuries and games come thick and fast with the C.L. So if we can afford it why not. Let's be able to replace quality with quality.
Striker and D.M first though.
Flybo

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03 Jun 2014 17:14:10
Hey Tj,
I don't think any of us want Fab playing elsewhere, but it's inevitable,but for me, the main reason I want him back at Emirates is because he is class.

We always get a lot of injuries, Podolski 4 months, Ramsey 5 months, Walcott 4 months, big players out for long periods of time (I'm not saying other teams don't get their fair share).

Cesc is versatile. He can play defensive mid, attacking mid, even out wide.

I'm not saying we should buy him instead of the more needed defensive mid (Scheiderlin for me), I want them both.

As Jenny said earlier, we are Arsenal, we have money to spend, so let's spend it.

And you leave my mate Remy alone, lol.

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It depends on wenger, and the possibility to add cesc is always a bonus.

having cesc, Ozil, ramsey in a trio makes even better than we currently are, but that does mean we have to offload a midfielder, or will be offloading a midfielder within a years time.

buying cesc this window would mean, we are preparing to cash in on ramsey for an insane amount, Real Madrid and Barcelona will be coming for him, and no doubt he would want to join them, as big as Arsenal are, they are much bigger.

but I have a feeling he either stays put or ends up at PSG or City.

Man utd would have him as their target but having Mata on their roster means they have other areas they can fix, and Mata and Cesc would play the same role.

I really do not see why chelsea would want him, unless they offload Oscar.

why would we want him at Arsenal? because our midfield does not have a static no 10, Ozil, ramsey, and Cesc would move around making it a unique midfield, we already do that by the way.

the issues we need to fix will not be addressed, and getting a CDM and CF should be priority.

for those who think cesc can play holding midfield are either delusional or are asking for trouble.

like the recent headlines, Cesc to replace Yaya Toure? I mean really?

or Cesc to play CM besdies a CDM at man utd, so that does mean that you have to go with a 3 man midfield with one up top. can you really see Manchester United playing 4.2.3.1? or 4.2.2.2 ( suicide) please don't talk about 4.2.1.3 because that is just absurd this is not sunday league football. Van gaal is not going to have Mata and Cesc and 3 forwards in a game, its called asking for trouble.

IMO he stays at barca for another year, as I see them struggling to find the targets they need.

They may offload Sanchez at best and buy a CB and maybe a RB.

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{Ed002's Note - Barcelona provided Chelsea with a price for Fabregas during a discussion about a Chelsea player they have shown some interest in.}

03 Jun 2014 14:39:24
just a quick post for today.
where do some clubs get their valuations for their players?
from what I see of Luke Shaw, yes, a brilliant young vibrant talented player at the beginning of his career. why on earth a £27million valuation. with a few England caps and no European football experience.and the guy Carvalho at Sporting.£30m for a defensive midfielder, young, playing in a good, but not strong European league.
the transfer system has gone crazy!
when you think about it there seems to be stonkingly mental sums of money going for good but not great players.
then you see the problems Arsene and the Arsenal board has.
Is it the fact the new negotiated television deal which makes premier league clubs wealthier pushing the prices up?
Id just like to go back to a time where everyone was a bit more sensible.
I can totally understand the likes of Ronaldo and yes Bale to a certain extent going for the huge sums.but some of the others just make me cringe.
mad or what.

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03 Jun 2014 12:07:01
Another thing on money, probably look a twit when the window closes but.

Man City spent £90 million last season to add 3 players and improve an already great squad.

We have never had £100 million to spend until now, Arsene has spent to our budget.

What is impossible about us spending that money, that's what big clubs do in efforts to stay at the top, were still climbing and £100 million is peanuts, Christ, Bale and Ronaldo cost nearly that alone.

We are not a two bob club, money is there and I will now look a proper twit (yes I know, again) if he doesn't spend it as I'm now going to post this.

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I think if Cesc does go to another prem team this summer it will put massive pressure on Wenger to go out and spend elsewhere.Lets be honest if we got Cesc back, we would all probably accept that our other targets would have to be downgraded, as we are not a subsidized team.So getting Cesc would most likely mean we sign the likes of of a Remy or Bony rather than a Benzema, and a Shenderlin (or Barry?) rather than a Bender or Martinez. However I fear that the first names I have said above are going to be our targets anyway, even if we choose not to re-sign Cesc, and in that case they will instantly become nowhere near good enough. Therefore pressure is on you Mr Wenger. Perhaps I could offer one piece of advice to make your whole summer transfer window a bit easier for yourself this summer. Sign Cesc.

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Jen, you are so right but can you see Arsene spending the funds available to him?.

unfortunately, I think you might have to don your 'Dunce' hat and stand in the corner of the room facing the wall.

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03 Jun 2014 12:04:02
Hi All


Still can't understand why some Arsenal Fans, are saying signing Fabregas will be a mistake? I tell you what will be a mistake, when we see him playing for city, cfc, Manchester United or liverpool and scoring against us, that will be a huge mistake. The felling will be . can't explain, RVP scored ok,,,, but Cesc is a God.

I think he scores so many goals from midfield, except for Lampard/Ramsey (now) he has always scored goals (barca or arsenal), plus the assists are huge.

Also, one more thing, why did AW said last year, Fabregas will stay for 1 more season!

Cmon Fab, sign for Arsenal again.

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I really want him back.
we only let him go for about £25m with the projected add ons making it £35. Barca obviously want to sell now to maximise transfer potential.he might not necessarily be needed now but Arteta and Rosicky can't play forever.
If it is true and there is only one other club he would ever play for (us) then the low bid which Arsenal have supposedly made compared to the others should be accepted provided Cesc forces the move, which I can't see happening personally.
Barca rubbed our noses in it after he transferred to them saying how cheap they got him (and they did) because he only wanted to go to one place.lets see if we can return the favour.
Cazorla to shove an arsenal top on Cesc the next time spain has a public showing or a training session, just like that g.i.m.p Reina did 4 years ago.

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How on earth can you buy him to stop him going to other clubs. That is, with all due respect, ludicrous. If teams bought players to stop them going to rivals, it would be madness. Cesc fabrigas is not the be all and end all of footballers. If any team wanted a striker, they would not buy a midfielder, to stop him coming to us and then forgo the striker or pay again 40 or 50m on top to get the striker. Teams buy players because they need them not to deny rivals. Managers buy players to fit in a team that needs improving. Its not monopoly money.

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03 Jun 2014 15:02:32
Totally agree.

Would rather he played for us than against us.

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03 Jun 2014 11:36:38
I am at a loss as to why we shouldn't buy Fabregas, people say only buy better than what we have, he is better than what we have, full stop.

Our midfield still has Arteta, Flamini, Diaby and Rosicky in it. Bar Diaby staying injury free and becoming the player we have seen glimpses of, he is better than all of them.

So we let Cesc go else where then replace Arteta and others with who exactly, Gareth Barry? Really.

We need quality in our midfield and Cesc is QUALITY. £30 million pounds worth of it. Bender has a buy out clause of £23 million, a striker at what £35 million. Maybe Draxler as previously talked about.

Aurier spoken of at £8 million if indeed Jenks isn't going to be the one and a CB who doesn't have to cost the earth.

There may be players moving on so some money coming in. Who knows what Arsene is thinking but it better be along those lines or I'm personally going to kick his butt!

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03 Jun 2014 15:04:36
Good post but why didn't you mention Remy?

Jeez, you people, lol x.

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03 Jun 2014 10:52:15
look at it this way. who are liverpool chelsea city and utd all chasing or rumoured to be chasing. cesc.

that just goes to show what a player he is compared to the other names being rumoured for liverpool or spurs.

yes we need first team starters in certain positions and bench/depth players in other positions.

but can u honestly, hand on heart tell me that our midfield would be worse of to have fabregas.

wilshere walcott never go without injury, poldi ozil are not 90 min players, arteta rosicky are aging, diaby. well let's not go there, leaving rambo and aoc. now do I need to remind you how those two were over worked and ended up injured.

need I remind u chelsea played 70 games in 11/12 season when they won the fa and cl. lots of game time for everyone.

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03 Jun 2014 11:21:26
would you prefer khedira or fabregas to sign for arsenal poll

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{Ed033's Note - above poll now on the Arsenal Voting polls page

03 Jun 2014 09:31:08
On today's poll, I think Jack should keep quite full stop! He just needs to concentrate on his game and leave the media stuff to others.
We all know he can talk himself into the headlines he's really good at it, be nice if he could play himself into them on a regular basis instead for a change

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03 Jun 2014 13:28:35
Gunner62. Now that's one post I totally agree with 100% right too mate. He should be running the pitch not his mouth.
Personally I would like to say. I'm getting a bit tired of reading about how Jack is Arsenal through and through how he is an Arsenal player and so on. Well! we are Arsenal supporters too. So how long are we going to keep wet nursing him every time he gets injured.? When is it going to be enough? Yes ok it's unfortunate that the guy has injuries there is no doubting that. Yes he is a very good player when fit too. But! to me his injuries make him unreliable pure and simple. My cup is normally half full not half empty but i'm waiting to hear that Jack gets injured in this World Cup Campaign . Form seems to dictate it for him and for us sorry, it seems to be sods law with him. If Arsenal jogged him on next season would I be sorry? No,not really I have to tell the truth but I would prefer him to go abroad rather that another EPL team. The fact is we don't seem to get any reliable long term mileage out of him. So let's see what next season brings him or for us . You all know me by now I wear my heart on my sleeve and say exactly how I think it is. Don't be angry!

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03 Jun 2014 17:27:12
Now that's what you call a couple of fine posts.

Message to Golds.
Will you stop apologising mate.
This site is all about opinions, whether people agree with you or not, is irrelevant.
If people agree, cool, if not, we discuss and we banter it.

I would never apologise for expressing my opinion and neither should you or anybody on this page.

Now say sorry for apologising, lol.

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03 Jun 2014 01:56:28
Ed,
Do we have a sell-on clause for Cesc?

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{Ed013's Note - I understand it to only be a first option clause}

03 Jun 2014 09:29:33
I believe that we have a 50% sell on clause. Whether this is 50% of the whole fee, which I find unlikely or 50% of any profit on the fee Barcelona paid, I am unsure.

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{Ed002's Note - No.}

03 Jun 2014 06:30:21
Hi eds,
So, Jan Aage Fjortoft has suggested we should be in for Khedira, as he thinks Sami would be perfect for us. I tend to agree. Can we maybe have a poll on who Gooners would prefer, Sami or Cesc? I'd love both, but realistically, Khedira is the player we need and I'd much prefer to see us constantly linked with him. Cesc is class, undoubtedly, but we already have quality in that area of the park. We need to use our brains over our hearts, get the dm bruiser with passing range we need, and let Cesc go, as much as it will hurt to see him in blue.

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{Ed025's Note - request submitted mate..

Khedira is slow and I think Madrid will want around £40m, so while agree a defensive mid is priority, I think we can get someone more suited for half the price.

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I prefer bender over khedira any day but I don't think any of them are for sale. Khedira will be much cheaper than 40 I reckon.

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03 Jun 2014 08:57:49
Fair call MgM. Still think he'd be handy. I share the opinion a lot have on here, Cesc is quality, and would be happy to get him back, but we'd still need a dm and I'd kinda prefer we cover our needs 1st, before going for luxury signings.

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I wouldn't suggest signing Khedira. I would like to see us break the back for Pogba. In any event we need a tall athletic, defensive midfield player.

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I'd take Javi Martinez over Khedira any day.

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Think I'm correct that khedira only has 1 year left on his Madrid contract. Would cost somewhere between 10-20mill.
Take into consideration he's just off the back of a major injury. The same injury as Diaby!
Khedira is worth swerving in my opinion.

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03 Jun 2014 00:28:08
Hi Eds, first time poster. As we all know that Puma are our new kit sponsors. Is it possible that until our new sponsors have taken over from Nike, any new signing won't be unveiled?
Also, can you please confirm the official date from which Puma will take over from Nike as our kit sponsors?

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{Ed025's Note - puma will take over on 1st of july nv, it will not affect any new signings mate, as the transfer window actually opens on that day..

03 Jun 2014 03:22:31
How in the world did the vote on bentner not get 100% he will be missed.

Nah seriously was people being funny or are ther some gooners that are going to miss him

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Maybe it was himself and his buddies XD

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03 Jun 2014 08:00:47
I'm missing Bendtner.

I keep throwing things at him but my aim ain't what it use to be.

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03 Jun 2014 00:41:10
Wow, so City want Cesc now too. Seriously? Do they just want our 2010 squad or something? Cesc, Sagna, Nasri, Kolo, Clichy, they wanted Van Persie.
Obviously, I'm biased, but I genuinely reckon I'd be a bit embarrassed if I was a proper supporter of their club, not a bandwagonner. I mean, of course, they've won the league twice, but, they're a rich man's fantasy football team, not a club.
I'd be really annoyed if we signed, or even tried to sign, Drogba, Terry, Lampard and Cech. One or two, I could handle, but a whole bunch would be really uncomfortable for me.
This probably sounds like sour grapes, and it probably is. I know these are probably all things people on here have discussed before, but.
The other thing is, an actual club develops players. The only players I can think of that are from City youth are Richards, who they haven't wanted for a few years, and Sturridge, who they couldn't be bothered waiting for to develop.
I say all this without any intent to insult their genuine fans, although I probably have, and I'd be interested to hear what real citizens, as well as gooners, think.

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03 Jun 2014 07:56:29
Let them have our 2010 Squad. They didn't win anything lol

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02 Jun 2014 23:46:17
LOL

Oh come on, why would t be a disaster if we don't sign Cesc? I am lost on this.

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I don't think anyone said it would be a disaster and if they did I missed it and there mad.

To be honest I don't think we will sign him. Would I like us to sign him heel yeah its better to have him the someone like Kallstrom who sits injured on the bench like Diaby.

Strength in depth for me as long as we cover backup rb and cf I will be almost happy.

Think we need a dm str and when I say str I mean a striker, not a cf to hold play up. Not that we will pay for 1 but hey I'm not the boss AW is.

but if we get atleast some cover in positions I would be happy it would give us some depth.

Also would like to see Jenks get a shot, Yes I know blah blah, well we all said the same about gibbs when clichy went and look how that turned out.

I've seen him play and he reminds me a bit like Dixon. Just give him a few games before you tear my head off

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You missed it then

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