Arsenal Rumours Archive August 19 2011

19 Aug 2011 22:17:18
This was posted by someone the other day...I hope he doesn't mind but all this calling for wenger to be sacked...? Perhaps you need to look elsewhere...

Just returned from completing my uefa a coaching badge, on the course with me was a coach who uses coloney to conduct a few sessions and observe the arsenal coaches, who he spoke with. as fans we began to chat about the state of the club.

It's as simple as this, while this board are in power we will never compete for the top names, wages being the problem and the fact the board see the club purely as a profitable business. tonight's game is massive, it will help determine who we sign, impressive display and big win then expect bids for a top cb, either mata or hazard and possibly benzema, if not then expect dann, Jarvis and bendtner to stay. Our great club is heading downwards I'm afraid, money talks.

Think about what you have suggested for a moment. The board according to you are just in it for money. Okay to summarise, what will earn the board more money? Letting the club decline or winning trophies etc. Really stupid post my friend. The problem is that the board trust Wenger too much.

StEvE

Thank you for reposting this. This is why I am saying thw whole time stop going on about AW being sacked, or that we need to sack him more like - the board calls the shots at the end of the day. If we get rid of Wenger then they'll get someone else in to do exactly the same as him, but they won't be as good, and then we'd be screwed. The board denied a cash injection from Usmanov, they said to us it would be a 5yr quiet sepll after the stadium move and it has now been 6 and counting, and like I have said many times elsewhere the board not only use him as their puppet, they have clearly become endeared to the way he makes them a fortune while achieving what they consider to be 'enough' to appease the fans. It isn't. We want the board to give AW the money to bring in and then pay the players that could bring us trophies. Not the players we have now, and not another manager. Some people think it would change if AW left and it wouldn't. Notable in their absence, the board haven't come out and spoken about the fans needing to back the manager ONCE this summer. Appalling.

On a side note, many people are hearing AW in the press and getting upset- please please please do not listen to what he says in the press - he hates the press, knows they crawl all over him and this amazing club, they hate us, I believe someone called it a witch hunt which I quite liked, and just ignore him. If you know AW you know not to pay attention to him when he says 'we have enough quality'. Have faith inhim, give him your support. As a gooner I'd give quite a lot to be able to hear what Silent Stan and Gazidis have to say about everything - meanwhile they're both sitting there rubbish their hands with glee.

Raz

No Steve if you do the maths, what they get for simply reaching the finals of various cups and the final stages of the champs league, whilst qualifying for champs league the following season, actually brings in more money than if we spent say 50-100m on players, who then needed 6-15m a year each, without guaranteeing a position, the former is more viable as a business option. I don't know if I have explained that well as I have had a drink but this is why the board (note) are happy to spend 0-20m making sure we qual for the champs league than 100m+ in TF fees then 60m+ more in wages with no guarantee (i.e. Liverpool this year) of recuperating costs. It's all about recuperating what you spend with arsenal (hence self sustaining business model). Have you not noticed how every time we sell someone good that money evaporates? The board 'allocate' it is ways that make it seems as though it isn't available, e.g. the sale of someone for 20m will pay most the following wage bill. This means more money from tix sales can be called profit for the men up top and it means that we can't complain that the 16m after tax should have been spent on players.

The OP is claiming that the club is in decline. By your logic we are not in decline we are going to be in the same place every season (minimum 4th) however if we happen to lose to Udinese and end up in the Europa League the board will not want to spend money to get back in the champions league. So the OP thinks the board would be happy if we kept declining and the poster above thinks the board would be happy with 4th every season. I highly doubt it. Especially given the fact that IT IS THE BOARD that want Wenger to spend.

StEvE

19 Aug 2011 17:48:13
SSN - Arsenal made a loan bid which got rejected for 30 yr old Lucho Gonzalez This was confirmed by Didier Deschamps. I truly hope Arsenal have more ambition than a loan bid for a 30 yr old to solve our problems

Si-Fan

Not just any 30 year old..thats lucho gonzalez the commander your talking about

Whilst i agree a loan move for a player is not an ideal situation, lucho is a fantastic player and would be a great replacement for a season until a permanent replacement can be found. (he is also over 6ft which is a huge positive)

aj

I think AW only want to get loan move for lucho is bcos of his age - 30.
so he dont has the sale value after this.
it also bcos lucho has said before that he wants to leave.
so arsenal just offer marseille a solution for them.

-hakeem-

Didn't think Lucho was 30

he's a good player, an older (obviosuly a bit worse) version of Fabregas - would be a good singing imo

For me, Lucho would be a perfect signing on a 2-3 year contract. Would take the pressure off of Ramsey as he really isn't ready to be a guaranteed starter and relying on Rosicky for creativity really is not going to work for us.

19 Aug 2011 17:38:38
Arsene has made four new additions to his squad - Carl Jenkinson, Gervinho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Joel Campbell - while Gael Clichy, Cesc Fabregas and Emmanuel Eboue have left the Club.

The critics have said Gael Clichy and Emmanuel Eboue were rubbish and Samir Nasri is greedy so we need new players

Will sign

Jagielka
Dann
mata

Not the Mata that is destined for Liverpool

19 Aug 2011 16:51:00
The criticism of Wenger is ridiculous.

Arsenal do not have the money to compete with City, Chelsea, Utd and Liverpool. I suspect that they are still paying off the costs of the Emirates. That Wenger has kept Arsenal competitive on a comparitively small budget whilst also playing the most attractive football in the country is a remarkable achievement.

How much money has Wenger got to spend? Do you believe the Arsenal board when they say Wenger has X amount to spend? Nina Bracewell-Smith has called for the whole Arsenal board to resign. Wenger is doing a fantastic job managing the team with all the boardroom turmoil.

Even the staunchest Wenger critic will admit that they can't compete with City, Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool for players yet still they want Wenger to splash out big money? What is the sense in this? To be outbid by the other teams and get players that the other 4 have deemed not good enough? Make no mistake, In a bidding war City, Chelsea, Man utd or Liverpool will win 99% of the time.

Look at the players that Wenger is repeatably told by the media and frustrated fans to buy. Parker, Cahill, Samba, Jagielka. Are these players really any better than what he has? 3 players on the fringes of a mediocre England team and a player who's main attribute is been big Are these players really better than Song, Koscielny, Vermaelen etc? There are still people saying that Wenger should buy a keeper, even when he has brought through in Schzesny one of the most promising young keepers in World football.

Very good comment. The hard part to swallow is why we allowed Clichy, Flamini & Nasri's contracts to run down to one year.

I could not of said it better. SO TRUE

Finally Some words of wisdom. Fickle and superficial Arsenal fans need to get a reality check. You don't know what you've got til it's gone......

Nice post Arsene......now go spend some money

Look Mr Wenger instead of writing in to transfer rumour sites bigging up your stubborn ways, you should spend your time more productively and get ya bic out ya backside and start writing cheques with it, for players that 95% of us gooners and near on every pundit you listen to, know we need, or come next year it'll not only be a CL spot we miss out on but all the doe and attraction that comes with it

WHY cant we compete with those listed.. usmanov and kronke have more money than abramavich and co so why is it that we cant spend.. they must want to pocket it all themselves..maybe wenger will walk anyway..?

Erm... Wenger said last year 'we have the funds to compete with Chelsea' since then we have sold Cesc. You would imagine that we have some serious funds to spend

I been saying it for the last three years that the Arsene been takin the flax while the board pat themselves on the back. I belive he will sort it out and bring in players need to mount a challenge for the title. I just don't think it will be the plays we want him to bring for the squad/first team. I be amazed if brought in some establish/big name players. Every club seems to be slow on the transfers.

As supports of this great club, We should stop comparing every player who comes in or we are linked as the 'next so and so' .

Time to get behind our club, Manager and the players because they need us. Arsene stated today he will get us out of current problem.

Come on you Gunners, lets have a good result tomorrow

So True. Lets get in a winger, a cm and a cb and do are talking on the pitch. Prove them wrong Wenger.
IN WENGER WE TRUST.

Why are people so stupid? If the board wanted us to spend we would spend. Conversely the only reason we don't spend big is because the board won't lt AW that's why. Funny how they've not come out and discussed anything with the fans/ made any statements about transfers, nor have they at any point said 'support your manage', funny that.

Raz

I cant understand why Wenger is above critism. It has been 6 years since a trophy and that is unacceptable. All arguments to support it is BS. If Wenger had bought 1 good CB, 1 good GK we would have atleast won 1-2 trophies last year and perhaps the league. The extra revenue, prize money would have offset the price paid for the CB/GK. So it is not money, not the board but Wenger hasnt got the balls anymore to splash money. Maybe the Reyes experiment soured it for him and he is scared to buy expensive players.

Most sensible post have read this summer
Was beginning to think i was the only Arsenal fan living in the real world.(THIS IS NOT FOOTBALL MANAGER WE STILL HAVE A STADIUM TO PAY OFF THEY ARE NOT CHEAP YOU NO)
Stop listening to the anti arsenal media describing the club as "in crisis"(lots of other clubs would love to be in the crisis we are in)
At the beginning of transfer window everyone was calling

Wenger isn't above criticism...But are you seriously suggesting that a manager who has spent nearly nothing in transfer windows while all his "rival clubs" have spent hundreds of millions and still maintained a team capable of challenging for trophies unacceptable. By that account, about every manager in the premiership should be sacked...

Raz. The board don't just go out and buy players. Wenger gives them targets and if you took the time to listen to the IG interview, he also sets the bid price

Mate you are a true football fan, just like me and i wish there were more people like this out there, talking sense like you did

19 Aug 2011 15:40:27
ok i want to see the balance
agree/Believable-if you want wenger to stay like me

disagree/Believable-if you would like wenger to leave
1732

Pity there is no give him until September the 1st option.

1st is too late

Seriously all you ppl who clicked "Disagree" go stuff yourself, you are the reason we are laughed at and won't win anything. The club needs its fans and you are letting the club down asking for Wenger to be sacked. You all should be ashamed of and embarassed with yourselves for calling yourselves "fans" and "gooners". What a bunch of whining pansies.

Trinidad Gooner

Unbelievable that any true arsenal fan could want him to leave. what other manager would you's have that can make a profit to pay off the world class stadium we have whilst also playing fantastic football and still getting us champions league football EVERY year. i get as frustrated as the next person over lack of signings but can i think of anyone that can do better. not in a million years.
Belly

Can't believe any true fan would call for wengers rein to end. He's done more for this club than any other.

Do you really think any promising young player would join AFC without Wenger at the helm....NO.

You heard what Fab said, he is a class act and he knows what he's doing We simply can't afford 90+k a week for players.

Arsenal is a business, and it's run like a business, the business only re invests the resources it had to hand protecting the assets it has.

The Man City, Utd's and Chelski's of the world are not clubs run like a business but hobbies of their owners. AFC is not run this way and i for one am glad

Stop moaning and support your team

LR

19 Aug 2011 15:36:06
New Center Back- Phil Jagielka (recently had meeting with Arsenal rep, long-term target in the transfer windows)

Why not Gary Cahill?- AFC waiting until his contract runs out next summer (why pay 16-18m on a player that will be free) Oh well .. sigh.

Hey at least we signed Joel Campbell. He looks "promising"..(Arsenal love that word, but I hate it right now) but could be new HENRY, geeze so many Clichys, I mean cliches.

It would be so good if ryo and campbell were the real deal

hernandezes rather than bebes

There's no proof the bloke who met Jags was an AFC rep; none whatsoever.

19 Aug 2011 15:23:29
Let's get off Wengers back. We have a big game tomorrow and need to be 100% behind everybody at Arsenal

Another clean sheet and a single goal by Van Persie would be god enough........come on you reds

TA London

Thats more like it. its hard to like many of my fellow 'so-called' fans at the moment with their armchair management. Get the best out of the team and the manager by getting behind them and giving some proper support.

Yep. So many armchair managers that spend thousand each year supporting the team.

And the banner with We want Vertonghen

19 Aug 2011 14:08:05
Looking at our signings so far,I know that Gervinho looks good at the moment,but do you think that the Board are just taking the money and hoping that Wenger will work a miracle with the boys that he has now,or has Wenger got a few surprise signings lined up?

I pretty sure Wenger has a couple signings lined up but ony if we get to CL

Don't blame the board, this is AW going back to his preference of buying and developing youth rather than established players. AW has the say, he is the one who felt it more important to spend £12m on a 17yo attacker than an experienced cb

19 Aug 2011 13:37:10
Derek Derango twitter is fake

It's common sense Use ya noodles

Kaka wages-£195k
Benzema wages-£200k

Come on guys get real Wouldn't give nasri £140k, and he's fully integrated into the team and league

Goonerman

Benzema is on 100k a week mate. Very affordable but won't happen.

Everyone knows its fake but u thinking Benzema is on those wages is even more hilarious

19 Aug 2011 13:19:27
DONT PEOPLE GET IT
wenger is not to blame the bored is stingy
wenger has done a great job and will do a great job all im saying is be carefull what you wish for look at liverpool they wanted benitez out and got hogdson look what happened then
1732
IN WENGER WE TRUST

And now they have got Dalglish and are spending loads of money. Have you seen the squad for tomorrow - it is a joke, barely enough players to fill the bench. It is a disgrace that this has been allowed to happen. The club knew all summer that Fabregas and Nasri would be off, so why did they do nothing about it. We now have no back up players like Denilson or Eboue to bring in and we have a team of injury prone players - Gibbs, Rosicky, Djourou, Walcott, RVP, Diaby. The team needs a complete overhaul and a new Manager would be best to do it.

I think you'll find the BOARD are telling him to spend

As far as i am concerend there are two more weeks of the TW and they might have known fab was going but not nasri and also they did not know that those players would get in liverpool paid outrageous prices for average players we might lose tommorow but we will be sure to bounce back
1732

At the end of the day IF THE BOARD WANTED THINGS TO HAPPEN IT WOULD HAPPEN- Wenger is not to blame. There is no reason why, with inflation, hiked tix prices and the changing of times, coupled with our huge profits, self-sustaining business model, rich owners and that 5 years low tf activity period over, we cannot compete on the TF fee or wage front. The board simply do not want to. if they did, we'd have signed Benzema 2 months ago. Our board is pathetic yet people want Wenger out, idiots.

Raz

In Wenger you trust.
Wenger makes the transfer decision not the board. Wenger is responsible

Have you considered the fact that maybe the board want Wenger to go. At the end of last season Gazidis stated that the fans would decide his fate - and guess what, no transfer dealings, star players leaving and the fans are starting to turn. If the board wanted to back Wenger, I am sure that they would have got in some star players by now.

You'll regret it when he goes, mark my words. The majority of Arsenal fans appear to have no common sense when it comes to your current situation. You're all calling for the head of the man who keeps you in the position you have become accustomed to...cut off the head and the body will die. As a small minority have said on here over recent weeks, "be carefull what you wish for".

Raz, keep talking sense, fella.

Well if Wenger had his own way Cesc and Nasri would both still be at the club so what do you make of that?

Who's fault is at blame when we cant pay players 200k a week
1732

I agree and that was my point about the Board. Wenger has been magnificent for Arsenal, but this pre-season the Board have not backed him and finally the big name players have had enough and want to move on to win things. Until the Board finally release the purse strings, Wenger will have to continue bringing in youth and he has done brilliantly to make sure we continue to challenge at the top, but we always falter as our squad is just not strong enough beyond the first team.

Cesc went with wengers blessing, don't blame the board

"Cesc went with wengers blessing, don't blame the board"

Get over it What else was Wenger meant to do? Keep him at the club when he blatantly didn't want to be there any longer. The entire Arsenal forum on here is full of know-it-all supposed "fans" calling for the best manager in the club's history to be sacked. Seriously, stop believing you know what goes on in the boardroom, you're all an embarrassment to your team. It's pathetic.

Alternatively, force him out and enjoy your slide down the table - that's what you'll get, mark my words

Cesc only went with wengers blessing because they are very close. Wenger did everything and i mean everything in his power to block the transfer. Everyone could see cesc's head wasnt at arsenal and neither was his heart so wenger did what was BEST for the CLUB as a whole, and let cesc go home. I agree the nasri contract was a farse letting him get down to 1 year. But nasri is odviously greedy seeing as he wont sign new contract. The board may say we have millions and that may be true but without david dein doing the negotiations then we'll never and i mean NEVER see the millions being spent. Silent stan is useless. If there was one transfer this season id love to have it wouldnt be benz, tevez or kaka, it would be david dein. Everyone has to agree that with dein and wenger we did buy the players we needed. Take dein away and wenger doesnt have the power to kick off at the board. Do you think the board gives a frick about our history? To them its just a business and atm they are lapping up the profits while wenger is having to cover up for them saying we dont need new players. Wenger knows we do and wenger knows who we need to get but with out dein then they wont happen. So this has nothing to do with wenger not wanting to spend, but that the fatcats that sit in the board counting the profits are scared to take a risk on a 20 mil player in his prime as after 3 years once hes done a job for us theres no sell value. Why do you think we buy teenagers? Wait till they are at prime and sell for massive profit? Because the board want it that way.
Sorry for ranting but i for one support arsene and always will

In arsene I trust

Surely an honour in the New Year. Services to the English Language.

19 Aug 2011 12:50:49
Derek Derango who works for the BBC has said a phone call went to Madrid re the availability of Benzema and Kaka. Also Arsenal faxed a bid to lille for Hazard

Derek Derango twitter is a fake. I have never heard of this guy and on google, the only results of derek derango is this twitter page and forums talking about the same news you're source says.

Don't believe it

Think derek duvale whatever his name is ,is not real

It's a fake account. derek derango doesn't exist. The picture was taken from the Lincoln star; the picture was of John Mabry.

Faxed? Ed i don't know anything about how transfers work, but do people still really fax? or is it just Mr. wenger being an old man? maybe its why we havnt signed anyone, nobody is checking there fax machines {Ed002's Note - Faxes are still used.}

He is real. He's a chameleon

Slick Mick

19 Aug 2011 12:36:52
I hope diego is being considered at 8/9mil.....wud be a typical wenger signing rather than spend 25mil on a similar player.

Would be a great edition as some say he had a bad season last year i would love to see a good one

19 Aug 2011 12:29:15
gary cahill to go for 14 1/2 m

I dont think we will sign cahill.Wenger prefers squillaci

19 Aug 2011 12:21:48
bbc via twitter:arsenal delaying sale of samir nasri ,trying to negotiate deal,arsenal wanted nigel de jong but was refused.

19 Aug 2011 12:04:08
hey maybe we should hold a poster to bring back david dein as well

Or better still, a poster saying Wenger out. Our squad for tomorrow's game against a contender for 4th place, is frankly embarrassing. If we win tomorrow no doubt the message to the fans will be that we have a strong enough squad to cope this season, and if lose we will be told that it is down to injuries and suspensions. The board should act now and let a new man spend some of the money that we have just received. By the time that we are knocked out of the CL next week, time will be running out to get new players and to be honest who would want to join a sinking ship.

English as a third language possibly?

19 Aug 2011 11:18:48
Ins:
Mertesacker £6m
Hazard £26m
Zarate £10m

Outs:
Fabregas £34m
Nasri £24m
Clichy £7m
Emmanuel-Thomas £1m
Vela (loan)
Eboue £3m
Bendtner £9m

Wouldn't be too sad if this happened.

While these transfers would make me and a lot of others happy, I still don't think it would be enough to allow us to seriously challenge for anything yet. Our team last year was seriously lacking in depth. We need 4-5 signings I'd say (CB, LB, CM/AM, ST). Considering how slowly we work in the market, I wouldn't be shocked if we couldn't manage a single signing before September 1st.

Really... Our squad was to thin last year so your happy to lose 7 players with premiership experience for 3 premier league unknowns. What if they take 6 - 12 months to bed in.

19 Aug 2011 11:15:12
Earlier i reported about us signing:

Dann
Diego
Gignac
Valbuena
Matip

I apologise, i got my Brazilian CM's mixed up.

It's not Diego we have agreed terms with, it's Hernanes of Lazio. However I think we should sign Diego as he would only cost 9 million.

Whilst writing this i got a call to say Hernanes has just got on a flight to London to agree personal terms. Exciting player. Hernanes video below

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQJrsHPZCAk

Was your call a video you watched of him on youtube?

Well you were wrong about Valbuena. Deschamps just said he talked to Wenger and Valbuena will stay.

19 Aug 2011 11:12:43
Wow, David Dein saying the fans should pipe down because AW could walk. Sorry mate but shut up - try telling your son to stop persuading our players to leave.

No you shush wenger knows what he i doing

I didn't say he didn;t you idiot. I have full faith in Wenger. I don't trust a word Dein says though - he may have been a transfer legend but he put bugger all into the club then walked away with a fortune while his son engineers our players away from the club, somehow I don;t think I care what he has to say. I listen to Wenger and nobody else so nice one idiot.

19 Aug 2011 10:41:19
I am a long time gooner who now lives in Portsmouth and can't get to matches as much as I want but still buy my kit and wear it with pride.
Just wanna drop a few things on here, will no doubt get abuse but this is my thinking and hope people respect it.
1/ Aw is a god and has given me some of the greatest moments of my life but feel he is losing the love of all goners everywhere. Whether his hands are tied or just does not want to spend money, he needs to come out and say exactly what is going on. He looked foolish the other day in the press conference saying no one is leaving when we all knew Cesc was going and Nasri is almost a done deal. Tell us what your plans are, say if we are in talks with players or worse say we are not and we wont be signing anone.
2/ We all know where we are weak: GK, CD, LB, DM & ST
GK - We missed a trick not signing Skeeltenburg who went for just over 6.5 million
CD – We need someone like Cahill, Jags or Per. All 3 are better than Johan and Seb a and would add more competition to TV & Kos
LB- No brainer, we need cover. Gibbs too injury prone and Traore is just not up too it. Sign Baines or Verthogen (?)
DM – Song is a liability and EF is too young, this is the one area I just don't know who we need but know we cant rely on Ramsey & Jack being available every game and Song staying on the pitch.
ST – RVP needs help, he is great but can't do it all on his own. Karim would be great but cant see it, Mata could do a job but highly unlikely. My choice and only my choice… Antonio Cassano. Proven goal scorer but slightly flakey but what a talent.

This is my opinion so don't bite my head off or rip me to pieces. I want Arsenal to up there with the best but fell deep in my heart this could be a truly disappointing year.

Like always ……. IN AW WE TRUST

Paul

Would say Song is actually quite good, so I disagree with you on that point. And GK, Szczesny is brilliant.

LB, CB, and ST yes, and I think you missed out on the most important position--centre attacking mid. If we signed a CB, CAM, and ST I'd be a very happy gooner

I agree with you in some aspects like Sketelenburg and it was a shame we couldn't bid for him. I also agree with all those positions you've highlighted but I feel you have forgotten that we also need an attacking midfielder to replace Fabregas and Nasri. Hamsik maybe? or Joao Moutinho? However, I disagree with you about the striker Cassano is an enigma who cannot be relied upon.

I dont think we need a dm weve got song and frimpong and coquelin if needed
and i trusst shezza everytime i see him he is better two cleansheets in a row when was the last time that happend

Good post, keep the faith

You are right, did miss AM and feel we should get Hazard regardless of how much. I do think Song is good but he is liable to explode at any time, if he could control his temper he will be awesome but i just think he is not controlled enough and sometimes go rampaging forward leaving a defenders a littel exposed.


Paul

In AW we trust?behave pal,the myopic fool has lost it WENGER OUT

Totally agree with you Paul mate, i myself am a lifelong Gunner, we should stand behind Wenger now more than ever Who could do half the things he has done for us with the wonderful style he has the team playing?

Whoever says WENGER OUT is a sht and doesnt know his ar$e from his elbow when it comes to football.. seriously, enough with the Wrnger abuse we are all gonna be sad once he leaves.. the last of a dying breed. In Arsene we Trust

Trinidad Gooner

Never thought i would agree with Gary Neville but he was right when he said we should be careful what we wish for. Its ok saying you want AW out but who replaces him who could do a better job with the resources that he has been given and still manages to play great football? My first season going to Arsenal was 70/71 little did i know that it would be 18 years later before i saw my beloved with the title again. Football goes in cycles and we will start winning trophies again so lets just wait until the transfer window closes before asking for AW's head

Good post buddy. Like the other posts, i disagree with the Song comment. I think although he doesn't have a hugely obvious effect on the game the way Viera did in that role, he is class in a very modest way.

I'm frustrated at Wenger, but don't want him out just yet.

19 Aug 2011 10:31:02
Ok so today all I am hearing is that we are being linked with Willian from Shakhtar and that Lansbury might be going to Blackburn.

Anyone got any better news than that? Or more news on Willian?

My I also ask that the fans who are going to the game PLEASE make a banner or two with some names on We have no method of communicating with AW except that really - it would be worth it, all we need is one camera on it and you never know what might happen.

Some of us, myself included, are fearing the worst for this TF window - keep the faith all, I doubt Ed022 would say we'll all be happy bunnies if there wasn't something in the works.

Raz

We are not linked with him now we where what is happening is that he wants to move to us he is good though

Wenger said he will give Lansbury a chance, with so many injuries / suspensions letting Lansbury go now will be suicide

19 Aug 2011 09:15:28
After a fans meeting with the everton chairman this week they were told that they have no money and are also under pressure from there bank and may have to sell at least 2 or 3 of there best players.We should try to buy baines/jagielka and arteta.I think 10/16and 10million=36million will do it.

19 Aug 2011 08:50:42
First time poster on here. Does anyone know if Dann played last night for Birmingham as he would be cup tied for us if he did and we sign him for the group stages

He was not in the squad

He didnt. or in the subs bench {Ed001's Note - official word is that he picked up a knock.}

Dann was not included in the squad to play last night, possibly a good sign

Dann doesnt play last night.. not even on the subs.

He wasn't even on the bench.

Dann isnt fully match fit as he is still feeling his injury he picked up last season. but think that he will be signing tho not til end of window.

19 Aug 2011 06:57:53
Keep hearing rumours that Nasri is 'very close' to a move, yet nothing

So as far as i am concerned, he is still our player and therefore can slot into midfield for Saturday's game against Liverpool

TA London

Logically yes, but wont happen. Arsenal wouldn't trust him or risk an injury.

What nonsense Nasri will never play for us again, simple.

He'll be gone today. 100% {Ed001's Note - all it is waiting on is the terms of payment to be agreed, everything else has already been done. City can't understand why Arsenal were so easy to deal with over Clichy but are being so difficult over Nasri. My personal opinion is that it shows a lack of available cash to spend to get in replacements.}

I think he has upset the board and that is why they are being awkward, just let the money grabbing get go, he will never be welcomed back here again.

Looks like he is in the squad for tomorrows match.............

19 Aug 2011 04:19:48
2 CB to be signed tomorrow, Jagielka and Scott Dann, will be signed at the most by this weekend. AW suprise signing is none other than Diego Forlan, who should be signed by next week.

You heard it first here.

Peru.

How do you know this? As good as it could be.

We heard it here first because nobody else was daft enough to lie through their teeth this badly

Weve been hearing rumours like that since the start of the transfer season. Why should we believe this rumour?

I think Inter are about to sign Forlan.

We will only sign one CB, my guess is that it will be Jagielka, as for some reason unknown to me Wenger rates him. I would far prefer the taller, younger & better Cahill. Forlan will not be signed.

It's probably a crock, but I would be realllly happy with Diego Forlan.

AW very slow in the transfer market.. what he waiting for????

It's not that AW is slow it's the players he is going for won't commit until nxt wk after our champions league qualifier, so don't expect any big signings until we are in the champions league

19 Aug 2011 00:09:26
Arsenal interested in portrugese striker / midfielder
Danny

SaNjAy

18 Aug 2011 23:22:19
Trusted source Wenger is planning to sign no one over the next two weeks. He feels our defence is sufficient ( until gibbs inevitabily is ruled out for a few months). As for midfield he will not sign anyone to replace cesc or nasri he will feel wilshere and ramsey are sufficient. Meaning rather than challenging for the title arsenl will be lucky if they get 4th or even europa league.
What do you think ed plz enlighten me with some breaking news on the transfer news.

I bet not even you trust your own s**t. what sort of a person comes on here about a trusted source then goes on to say hope you enlighten me with breaking news?

As much as this is a very believeable idea I truly don't believe Arsene is stupid enough not to buy established players when he knows very well his head is on the chopping block (waiting for potential execution) this season. But who knows we have to see in 2 weeks.

What a Pleb Reading your rumour gave me something to chuckle at...."enlighten me with breaking news"
Maybe you need to leave the 'sauce' alone
LMFAO

Load of crap.Wenger will sign 1 or 2 to make up the numbers.But chances are he'll wait until after we qualify for champions league.
Jim Bean

You are spot on ..He was lucky when he come in he found a great defense and midfield ....Players seem to fade under his management ,look at Arshavin and chammakh ....the opposit of Alex Ferguson

I don't believe you have any sources but I woulnt be surprised if Wenger didnt sign anyone

Sign nobody and he's a goner, even the most blinkered AKB fans will see through him then. Claims its all waiting to see if we are in the CL are nonsense, if we wanted to be sure of qualifying we should have bought long before the qualifiers

18 Aug 2011 22:58:27
Been told by arsenal coaching source Wenger is happy with players already at arsenal and has basically expelled rumours about transfers by insisting to players that they will finally have a chance to prove themselves this season without the added pressures of trying to impress against so called worldclass players because they all have the technical abiliaty to be as good as said players
This sounds more Wenger than any rumour I have heard and is from reliable source
So in short don't get your hopes up for a big money signing it just won't happen
In Arsene we trust

In wenger we trust bollocks if he don't sign no one i and thousands of others will be outside the stadium demanding his resignation

If he does not buy the terraces will revolt
dearest seats and pies and he expects us to wait another 6 yrs - jog on mr wenger

I already want him out, can't believe hes survived this long, when (not if) we get beat on saturday the remaining AKBs are going to turn on him