Arsenal Rumours Archive April 11 2012

11 Apr 2012 17:15:19
Im really hoping we score a couple of early goals today and put the wolves game to bed! Van persie to score in this one and £10 on it being a penalty.

On a side-note: The assistant manager position is a very interesting one. Could someone here who follows the managerial/coaching side of football perhaps give a list of some candidates other than keown/bould/adams and other ex arsenal players.

thanks

Adams ruled himself out, it will be bould or if not him almost certainly someone from within.... wenger doesnt want anyone with ideas in the position, hence pat rice being there his whole tenure.

Too good man:)

Nice return on your bet mate?!?

D

FORTUNE TELLER! And what a penalty!

Oleg Maputo

Spot on next game im betting on whatever you are

H yes 260quid back of the net!!!! bought a few beers after it went in so I did!

Very good well done.
RD

Bergkamp looks all set to come back he's been at Ajax...!
Its a really long shot but Villas Boas? Wenger could teach him sonething

11 Apr 2012 16:53:35
Just want a view fron Ed, what is the most we are going to pAy for a player and in total, how much will we spend? {Ed002's Note - Sorry - I really don't know.}

Man if eds knew that they would be rich as rich

Have a look at the history of Arsenal's transfer dealings under Arsene Wenger to have an Idea of how much we will spend, and where he is likely to look.

One thing's for sure, Arsene Wenger very very rarely buys players who play champions league football.

Mate what a stupid question. Obviously it depends on who the player is and every player has a different value.
89'gooner

And if you can answer that can you also tell me the lottery numbers for this friday ed

Arsenal offered last summer 40 mill around 35 mill pounds for Gotze. Will Wenger do a similar one? I doubt it. Will be same old in summer again.

He might have offered something, but it was never going to be accepted which was probably more a token gesture to the fans, than a sign of intent for our club.

11 Apr 2012 12:42:35
Just a pice of info i'd like to share. I'm sure some here follow Gingers4Limpar on twitter and you know this already (btw Gingers4Limpar isn't one of those accounts that claim to be in the know, they just report on Arsenal). Well The Times had an interview with RVP and he says:
-he likes the idea of staying, he is settled

-impressed with Arsenal's recent form

-apparently there are fewer clubs with the financial power to buy RVP than he thought, so the suitor list is not one he likes

-he is very impressed with the behind the scenes work, and squad strengthening that has been going on recently.

Apparently Robin got to help choose an attacking player who will be brought in (someone who plays the CAM position). No clue who it may be, probably someone Dutch or from the Eredivisie?

Row Z

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And btw the article is on The Times website but it is behind a payblock, so either go out and buy the paper, or subscribe to the website.

Row Z

Where did you get the last bit from? Great if true.

If he got to choose a player and it was a Dutch one don't be surprised if its Ibrahim affely (spelling sorry) when he was leaving psv apparently robin was really bugging him up!

S'a big if though
D

Maybe Rodney Sneijder

Are you referring to Matt Hughes' article in the Times this morning? If so, that is not what it says.....

Chris

Van persie would want players like sneijder or robben to join us, top quality EXPENSIVE players. Its not gonna happen is it..so why would he be asked to choose someone.

So instead of saying 'That is not what it says..." Chris. How about actually saying what it DOES say?

=M.A.

Yes I am. Everything but the last piece of info is from that article (the last piece on him choosing player is from somewhere else) but I just highlighted the main points from Hughes' article.

=M.A. - Matt Hughes says that a Man City move is looking unlikely and RVP may consider seeing out the last year of his contract or may sign an extension but he has not made his mind up and will not do so until the end of the season. So looking more positive for Arsenal, but we will have to wait and see, There is absolutely nothing about being impressed by behind the scenes work or choosing players - I have no idea where that has come from...!

Chris

Wow... I sounded harsh there, Chris! I apologise. It just sort of irks me sometimes when people dismiss something but don't actually correct the person lol

Fair play for you clearing that up, thank you!

=Miss Arsenal.

Chris have you read anything I've posted. The choosing player is from somewhere else, the fact that he is impressed with squad strengthening is within the article. I suppose you just read the one on GMF. Shame on you

RowZ

11 Apr 2012 11:34:13
why do we still play walcott instead of ox its stupid and yossi instead of gervinho ,gerv has quality pace and links up wiv rvp brilliantly why not. need cdm cos song just dosent play in that posistion when he plays and leaves the back four open
yann mvilla = 20 mill
plz wenger

I agree with what you are saying and I prefer the players you have mentioned but it is not as easy as that. As a manager you have to pick the best team at your disposal to give the best chance of beating your opponants. For example against Citeh Yossi's workrate was outstanding and the other players fed of this and Walcott as much as it wasn't his best game he nullified cli$hy who is a big attacking threat.

Yes we have more direct and creative players but you use them in the right games and Wnger got it spot on against Citeh. Tonight for example maybe one for the Ox as I can see Wolves sitting back and going for set piece goals so a greater attacking threat maybe needed.

In Wenger we Trust.

Perhaps because Ox has only played a few games and is being nurtured...

And perhaps because gervinho was injured. Yossi is also better defensively and at retaining possession.

Given that we won the match - what exactly is yor problem?

Billybob

Because he is still young and developing-

think about it, wenger sees him in training everyday, knows a hell of a lot more about football than you or any of us fans do and he signed him and paid a lot of money for him, esp for his age- ofc wenger knows he is good!

So we have to guess that he is developing him and doesn't want to over play or over expose him, whatever- but there is a reason. If AOC was in his 20's, developed, etc then fine, we could then question wengers selection...but that isn't the case.

Simply walcott may make some school boy mistakes (misplacing an easy pass) but he is statistically one of the best players in the epl.. all left back are scared of him. also big games require complete concentrations, as stated by Wenger and hence justifying picking benni over gerv in big games. the ox has prodigious talent but has not played enough games at the highest level (against your untds and chelsea's) to vindicate his selection when walcott is fit and available

A lot of people are overly critical of Walcott. Yes he can be more consistent but the threat of his pace has an impact on the opponents play which creates space elsewhere so even if not on 100% top form he can have an impact on the game merely by his prescence.

11 Apr 2012 08:35:00
I know Almunia is probably going to leave due to his contract expiring at the end of this season but Eds what are the chances of Fabianski and/or Mannone leaving at the end of this season?

Sydney Gooner {Ed002's Note - I really don't know.}

Almunia 'probably going to leave' ! Thats an understatement. He is definitely leaving because his absurd £50,000 per week contract is finally up. Mannone is poor & assuming we are able to get rid of him, he will be gone. I also believe that Fabianski will leave as he has already stated he is not happy playing second fiddle to Szczesny. I believe we will try & sign a young British up & coming number two & possibly use Martinez as 3rd choice, if he is ready.

Mannone contract might be up as well but he should have been shunted out ages ago, clearly not good enough.

fabianski will probably leave, he can't play second fiddle at both club and international level to the same person.

11 Apr 2012 08:59:43
Just read that Theo Walcott is stalling on the 80k per week being offered... Apparently he wants 100k!

Is he worth that? What are the chances of him leaving? Heard he is a massive Liverpool fan... Maybe he'll go there....

Who would we sign to replace him?


Personally I don't want him to go.....

Would not pay more then 80k for him if he wants more needs to improve and score 15 plus next season
spanner

Well first off why would he leave to mid-table dross like Liverpool? Secondly, no he's not worth 100k. Thirdly we could easily fetch a ridiculous price for him, even around the £30m range depending on who is buying. For £30m the possibilities are endless.

Row Z

His not worth 100k

Its a quandery, but overall I would give him the contract as it will help in keeping RVP at the club, as he seems to rate him. If we were to sell him, we would have to spend to acquire a quality replacement. Assuming we give him a 4 year deal, he will still only be 27 at the end & we could still achieve a sizeable transfer fee. This summer we desperately need to keep our top players, sell our dross & sign 3 or quality players.

I would negotiate it like this 80,000 per wk (4.16 mill per year) plus position and goal scoring bonuses taking him up to the over 5 mill that he wants.
KJ

There are so many other right footed wingers who wouldn't want so much money and are better.

Swap him for andy johnson (city)
spanner

I think we should give him a basic weekly salary of £80,000-£85,000 (cos that is the going rate for an established England international like him) and give him bonuses for the goals and assists he makes. If he doesn't accept those terms we should definitely sell him for the £25 Million-£30 Million we would most likely receive.

Sydney Gooner

Decent player on his day, but not worth more then 80k. If he doesnt want to stay at arsenal then sell him and start the Ox. Then we can just look for a cheaper right winger to have as back up. Or use Gervinho as back up to Ox and have Podolski and Ryo on the left

Marty

He should be getting a pay cut. So inconsistent

As an earlier poster said, we need to keep our top players of which Walcott is one and he still will improve. His pace and finishing ability will always mean we can find a buyer if he doesn't become more consistent.

Dont need him and certainly dont need to sign someone to replace him, we have the ready and waiting

bs18