Arsenal Rumours Archive December 16 2011

 

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16 Dec 2011 19:43:49
soldado on his way to arsenal..watch this space..

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Space being watched, can't see it happening

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Scottish gunner

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16 Dec 2011 17:42:25
I can confirm what the boss said that I had an exceptionally good scan on tuesday and I can now step up my rehab and start jogging!
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Yay!
1732

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To point out this is a copy/paste from Wilshere's Twitter page. Not 1732 pretending to be Jack lol

=Miss Arsenal

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Jack sparrow more like

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16 Dec 2011 17:04:43
i believe arsenal are only looking to sign 1 player in january maybe 2 depending on chamakh and arshavin's situations. it is likely a bid for podolski or reus is being prepared with both valued at a similar amount £14-16mil. either one will be used to cover for gervinho during ACON and another ST could be signed if chamakh or arshavin are sold.
then in the summer arsenal's no.1 target is going to be mario gotze, with arsenal looking to tie up a deal before the euros. then other players will be signed based upon the outs and contract situations.

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I think Reus is going to bayern.

Podolski is still 50/50. Arsene is apparently looking around Europe for options.

It also means Rosicky is likely to leave. Arshavin is staying put.

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Hopefully We Can Replace Him

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AW told SSN that he wasn't pursuing Podolski..... :(

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16 Dec 2011 15:26:03
With David Villas leg break expect Barca to make a bid for Van Persie, with Arsenal reluctant to sell as we sell all our top players to our parent clubs.

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Barca will never in a million years offer us enough money to steal him from us. Never. They said they couldn't afford to give us what we wanted for Fabregas - after they forked out 38m for Alexis Sanchez (utter pisstake), and now 4 months later they suddenly 80m+? I don't think so!
Raz

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Isn't a defender barca's top priority at the moment?

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16 Dec 2011 14:26:16
Arsene Wenger in his press conference seems to have back-tracked and this time did NOT RULE OUT bringing Henry back on loan.

AW: "AT THE MOMENT Thierry is just training with us".

=Miss Arsenal

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I hope we don't bring Henry back.

I love him as much as any Arsenal fan but obviously he isn't the player he was when he left considering he's now in his mid 30s. He can still make contributions on the pitch but personally, I hate to see a team legend playing well past his prime.

Henry had this sort of untouchable mystique about him and I'm worried we'd be let down somewhat by him returning. Also, I feel every match he would play in would be more focused on honoring Arsenal's greatest player ever rather than the match itself.

I hope I don't sound too cynical but that's how I feel about it. After he retires, I hope he comes back in a coaching role.

~~Mad Jens Jr.~~

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He's still now as powerful as he was and would rip the "modern day" prem defence wide open.

He in training has shown himself to be fitter and faster than both AA23 and Gervinho and given AOC/TW14 a run for their money.

You honestly wouldn't want him for 2 months cover for RvP?!?

=Miss Arsenal

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Hes magic a loan deal would be a possitive more for him in the long run to reignite hes love for the prem ship and for playing for the club again would lift the players and help out the reseveres. plus theo needs help with hes finishing.

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Apparently no-one has been able to touch him during training. Even if he isn't as electric as he was, if he played in RVP role (i.e. get himself into a position to be one on one) we can't ask for much more than our record goalscorer..

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16 Dec 2011 10:20:35
Can't vouch for this but according to the daily mail we may be in for Tiote. I'm not really sure why. I also read somewhere that Chelsea are lining up a £25m bid for him.

Also rumoured to be readying a £15m bid for Podolski but we shall see.

Raz

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Doubt it for 25mil how much is song worth 50mil

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Pardew said just yesterday he was issuing a hands off warning to ANYONE for Tiote...

See how the Media works, yet?

=Miss Arsenal

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MissArsenal I don't believe for one second we're in for a second rate DM. I do believe Chelsea are taking a serious look though, having learned that Raul Mereiles in incapable of defending! And I also believe they would pay £25m. This is newcastle we're talking about, their honeymoon start tot he season is over, they're not in the top 4 anymore and they will go back to selling their players when they get offers they can't refuse I am sure.
Raz

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Highly doubt we'll go for Tiote. He is a quality player but we have Song at the defensive midfield position. And if we play a 4-2-3-1, Song is accompanied by a deep lying playmaker like Arteta or Wilshere.

Most importantly, we have Frimpong and Coquelin coming through and they both play similarly to Song (although Coquelin is a bit less defensive and more attackig). Both Pingpong and Coquelin are top quality youth players. We need to do everything possible to keep them at Arsenal long term.

The only reason we'd go for Tiote is if we planned on selling Song which I doubt we'll do. We still probably wouldn't go for Tiote and instead would use Fongprim or Coquelin.

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Might as well get m'villa if we go for tiote

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Raz, do you ever have any real rumours or do you just report what we all read in the papers each day??

James

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16 Dec 2011 09:42:47
Arsenal are set to sign lukas podolski, Podolski has spoken with his agent and is unsure whether to join the gunners, are they are set to loose the champions league spot to north london rivals, Spurs.

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I smell a spud....

Kermit79

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Arsenal will finish in the top 4 but we wont buy poldoski, wenger has said that him self in todays press conference. People on here get way to carried away with unplausable transfer targets, plain ridiculous.

everybody knows how arsenal does its business, i can't remember the last time we got in big name?! arshavin or rosicky but they both have fell expectations.

the only big name mentioned that i see possible is remy, but still 90% certain that will not happen.

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December 2008: AW "We are NOT interested in Arshavin AT ALL"

January 2009: "Arsenal have signed Arshavin".

It is EXTREMELY Possible.

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16 Dec 2011 09:41:25
podolski to sign for arsenal soon for 17 mil and also tiote could be joining

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16 Dec 2011 08:59:47
Apparently we have been in contact with botussia monchengladbach over €17.5 million Marco Rues. Definately good but would it RVP happy!

Islington Gooner

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This make no sense!!

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Classic spud. cant even spell lose

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Nonsense Yodigook

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16 Dec 2011 08:45:46
I would not expect more than two permanent signings in the January window. One being a striker & the other cover for Gervinho.

A loan deal for a left back is a possibility.

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16 Dec 2011 08:03:54
Pablo Mouche from Boca Juniors will sign in January. he's a left-footed all-rounder with a fierce shot. {Ed002's Note - Most unlikely.}

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16 Dec 2011 00:13:59
edd any intrest in Matias Suarez {Ed002's Note - Not that I am aware but I guess there it would not be out of the question.}

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16 Dec 2011 10:16:42
Wenger has denied interest in signing podolski.
I'm pretty sure in the past when Wenger has denied interest in someone one we don't sign them, do not looking good but I may be wrong I welcome examples of us signing a player Wenger had previously ruled out?

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When he said we weren't gonn sign a LB and then Santos joined...

Ben

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Wenger denied any interest in Arteta 3 days before we signed him. Can anyone remember Arsene actually coming out and saying we want to buy someone before putting in a bid?!?

we don't do business in public, never have. Looking foward to see how January turns out.

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Pretty sure he denied intrest in oxlade-chaimberlain before he signed?

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There are many examples- perhaps the question should be, how many times has wenger stated 'we defiantely want to sign this player' ...? Think about it.

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O good so we might still sign him then!

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Arshavin was also denied, then signed.

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Oh dear. Stop looking for silver linings! We aren't signing Podolski so just forget about it!

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