Arsenal Rumours Archive April 10 2013

10 Apr 2013 18:24:53
Begovic
Valdes
Ruffier
Howdes
Rami
Chico
N'kolou
Gundogan
Capoue
Wanyama
Alexis Sanchez
Di Maria
Gotze
Ericsson
Isco
Jovetic
Lewandowski
Dzeko
Higuain

Just a few names on wengers list. arsenal are in advanced talks with fiorentina over a deal for jovetic. This is definitely going to be a good summer as the cash is there and wenger has been told to spend it.

Br4dley

We probably won't get one of the names on that list unfortunately

I have seen these kind of quotes and hopes for the last 3 years now so I am not at all excited for the summer for once. Realisticly if you have followed Arsenal for a while you wouldn't have such high hopes. We have a warchest to spend bla bla bla.

/The Swede

Things have changed at the club there will be some major signings and no big departures

Br4dley

A few of the names? ha, now that's quite funny, Wenger certainly never has more than 4 or 5 targets at anytime, otherwise he would have been able to replace Cesc, Nasri, RVP, and Song without panic buying as he has done. If a manager wants a player he'll stick by them, not draw up a bloody dossier of maybes and ifs.

Money was never available before and that is why wenger was never able to replace them, things have changed now, there will be money and it will be spent.
Keep faith

Br4dley

How was there not money available before? every season we seem to have positive transfer profit. If the money hadn't been there, how on earth can they run a club who pay below par players astronomical wages. Get rid of the players who do not deserve to be there, if it means releasing them on a free then so be it. Selling players, property and what ever else for millions, then saying there's no surplus is bullsh*t. Arsenal may not have the millions provided by the oligarchs, however, they are not stupid and could easily buy 2 or 3 £30 mill + players over the past few seasons if they really wanted.

Your right they could of but they were being carful as they had just built a new stadium, and expect all of the deadwood to go this summer.

Br4dley

Bradley me boy, what you have been smoking today?

We all wish you were true but the last 4 years have made all of us cynical.

Its good to see that some of us have enthusiasm. Sadly most of ours myself included. has been crushed by years and years of well. nothing.

So keep up your spirit and inspire us with your aura. like messi does apparently.

Ash, I haven't been smoking anything, I'm just confident and from what I have been told we are in for some good players.

Br4dley

Most of the players you mentioned are not different or better than the ones we've got so I don't see how that is going to help us. our midfield is good as long as jack stays fit. our attack too is ok but will be deadly if we could get lewandowski or higuain. among all the defenders you mentioned I think only one will be good for us; 'Nkoulou. we don't need a goalkeeper. szecz is good and we have fabianski. but if we could go for a keeper then let pray QPR drops so we could get Ceazar at a chip price.

Bradley I agree. I too think 4 or 5 signings to come, with 1 marque signing. I been a gooner long b4 wenger was ere. somethins clcked an £££ will be spent. good times ahead

MK Gunna

Well that certainly shows how much you know due to the fact that every single one of those players would improve our squad. Also in my opinion howdes and rami are much better that djourou and squillaci. Fabianski will also be leaving as the reason he has upped his game is because he is trying to attract decent clubs to buy him therefor I do not think that Julio Caesar is the answer to our GK problems.

Br4dley

For me its
Begovic
Rami
Wanyama
Capoue
Higuain
and to be greedy I take Di Maria {Ed027's Note - Someone like Di Maria would just make up for the past summers's

Arsenal were under financial restraints due to debts incurred from constructing a modern stadium.

Bradley

You seem to suggest that Wenger has been told there is money and he MUST spend it.

So was there money before and AW refused?

Is there suddenly cash available to due stadium and prudence? ( I believe this one )

The board control the availability of cash and no doubt both the board and AW have reached the conclusion that investment is needed. The board have also confirmed that there will be significant funds available. They have said this before so I imagine them saying that this time AW, you really do have funds and the wages are not part of the funding available. Let us worry about that and let Dickie go his business. You sweat talk your targets.

Thoughts?

SY4

Aw has a strict wage stucture that is why some players have left nasri/vp along list. so the likes of dzeko ain't going to take 100k paycut and aw is not going to start paying 180k+ a week

Interesting you put this list actually because I have heard that there are a few players on wengers wishlist that you have just named there, I haven't heard that they are interested in all of them but I will say the players we are looking at are Begovic, Valdes, Rami, Capoue, Wanyama, Alexis Sanchez, Gotze, Ericsson, Isco, Lewandowski and another goalkeeping target is Mingolet, but wengers number 1 on his wishlist is apparently Jovetic, as Lewandowski looks united bound and Gotze looking increasingly likely that he will be staying with Dortmund and I would imagine sanchez will stay with Barca for at least a few more years and interestingly enough ericsson shockingly looks like he's heading in the direction of Liverpool.

10 Apr 2013 15:56:12
After watching the Dortmund game last night was amazed at the levels of effort put into the last minutes of the game by the players. That level of commitment is exactly what I want to see from Arsenal players even if we don't end up winning games from that position I would be happy with the determination to change a result. Gundongan, Lewandowski, Reus and Goetze are all class. It would be a dream to have any of them at our club they are real quality. What a manager Jurgen Klopp is he looks like a mad scientist on the touch line but you can tell how much it means to him and that kind of manager transfers that level of passion onto his players.

Malaga are saying it was racism that caused them to loose but I don't think they can complain they had one offside goal to and in a way it was fair for both goals to count in the end.

Been reading the pages recently and there has been a lot of negativity surrounding Giroud which I for one don't understand I have supported him when he hasn't been good but I still believe he will turn into a quality squad player who has shown he can score and set other players up. He isn't the finished article we need up front but he is still a good addition to the squad. I feel he gets a unfair amount of stick for his first season in the league.

If I could pick players to come in out of our realistic options. I would choose Begovic or Ruffier. Wanyama or Capoue. A good right back to go with Jenkinson who I rate. A centre back to replace Djourou and Squillaci ( Not Sure Who). A striker in the form of Lewandowski (Dreaming) (again not sure who) and some kind of winger/creative force to go with what we have. Obviously this is asking a lot but I think if people were found in those positions we would have a side that could push for trophies again and wouldn't undermine the work we have done with our youngsters.

Agreed. I'd rather have less players come if the ones that do come in are genuine class players who are significantly better than we already have. Our squad is actually quite large but we don't have enough really top players (Jack and Cazorla are perhaps the only two).

To include Jack Wilshere in the same sentence is an insult to Cazorla.

10 Apr 2013 08:31:29
Hey just read we are front runners to sign begovic is it true or we still looking at ruffier as first preference cheers mate

Ft280t

Yeah read that two. Think it could happen?

Lucas