Arsenal Rumours Archive June 01 2012

01 Jun 2012 21:29:18
John Guidetti is in talks with arsenal as second choice to french striker around 2-3 mil nearly done deal !

But you don't sign your posts so you have no credibility


Spain Gooner

2-3 million for a player who just scored 20 in 23 apps for Feyenoord? Sounds dubious, Man City certainly don't need the money and he has two more years on his contract.

Also, according to Wikipedia, Feyenoord signed him on a 1 year loan deal with an option of a further 6 months next season. That suggest that the Dutch club have first refusal on his registration for the first half of next season.

Stezza.

Also he is Swedish.

I think he meant he will be secind choice to giroud

But we don't even have Giroud yet. Don't tempt fate or we never will.

Cheesy Lemon

01 Jun 2012 20:56:29
{Ed022's note - Brand new Player Profile on Nick Powell of Crewe Alexandra, linked with pretty much all English teams in recent times. www.player-profiles.co.uk - thanks all.}

01 Jun 2012 19:31:06
so Vertonghen is gone....
1732 {Ed022's Note - It looks like Spurs have finally stopped being stingey and has put in the appropriate money. If Arsenal would have bid, he would have been their's in my opinion.}

I think he chose spurs cos he is garunteed starting place at cb where as if he came to us he'd have to play second fiddle to Kos and verm

But if we wanted him we would of got him
I would think Ed 022 is of the same opinion ?

Spain Gooner {Ed022's Note - If Arsenal really wanted him, then yes they would have got him very easily. But the thing is, I believe that the recent form of Koscielny (to be fair, he's been pretty awesome) put Arsenal off of looking at another CB for now.}

Agreed

Spain Gooner

Yes, but this is a perfect example of the failings of our current tight-fisted (sorry, prudent) transfer policy. What happens when one or both of Vermaelen or Koscielny is injured or suspended? The back up is Mertesacker who has been exposed as woefully short of pace for the Premiership and who is now consequently a bag of nerves and Djourou who is just not very good at football. Any club which wants to mount a serious challenge for honours (or even just qualify for the CL each year, which seems to be the limit of the ambition of the current regime) needs quality back-up in every position. We're missing this all over the park right now and the quibbling over the detail of transfer fees is making things worse.

01 Jun 2012 18:23:36
Any news on Benayoun's future? {Ed022's Note - He will leave Chelsea this summer.}

Ed 022 - you are truly amazingly mystic ;)

Your powers are a true gift, thank you for sharing them

He wants 70k/w for 2yrs. arsenal want him for 1yr. thats the problem

Offer him two years if that is what he wants, just make sure we get him!!!

Cheesy Lemon

01 Jun 2012 14:54:20
Ed, what are the chances Marvin Martin signs for us this summer? Where do you think he is on the pecking order of midfielders we are tracking? {Ed022's Note - I am not entirely sure on Martin at the moment.}

01 Jun 2012 13:04:51
Arsene Wengers shopping list:

Alan Mcgregor(Done Deal, ignore other news)

Mapou Yanga Mbiwa(an approach has been made), Vertonghen was his first choice but ajax are demaning ridicoulus fee)

Yann mvila (done deal, ignore other news)

He wanted one of hazard,kagawa,götze and is still trying to get kagawa even though its a longshot. Matiaz suarez is the first alternative on the list with Alexander Merkel as second choice.

Lizzandro Lopez of lyon(talks have began with his people), the alternatives on the list are Oliver Giroud, Bjorn bergmann sigurdarsson(lillestrom), John Guidetti.

Cheers
HappyGunner

This actually sounds quite plausible. you didn't just make it all up though, did you?

Havent heard the lopez one yet, i like him, wouldnt mind if it were true

bs18

Good and accurate post but I'd wouldn't quite rule out Goetze get the impression Wenger/Arsenal are determined on this signing by previously making our highest ever bid. I know he's extended his contract but you never know.

I swear merkel signed for ac milan not so long ago

How do you know all this?

Mate your talking out your rear

Hazard at chelsea kagawa going to united nd gotze high transfer sum

McGregor?? If this is the summit of our ambition, then we really are in trouble (and you can forget some of the more optimistic/exotic targets being touted on this website). A second rate keeper from a third rate, bankrupt club. Apart from Chesney, Wenger's record on keepers is fairly dismal. He inherited Seaman and since then has bought dross.

U forgot lehman he was a brilliant goalkeeper in his day and when you have 3 keepers in the squad u r gonna only use 1 so 2 are gonna be bad so he's had seamen, lehman, almunia and szchezny as first choice who have all done well when playing reguarly

Yes m'vila will be sick with song and wilshere/arteta

When are my fellow Goons going to wake up? Podolski will be the only signing unless RVP leaves which is more than likely. Diaby and Wilshere will be paraded as new signings and we will once again be scrapping for fourth place. The club is being run by a bunch of clowns. Kroeber is rubbing his hands together as he thinks he can spend no money and still get top four.gazidis clearly cannot negotiate and the flapping penguin obviously needs to adjust his narcotic intake if he thinks we've got a team to challenge. I really hope I am wrong but cynicism has overtaken expectation for too many seasons now. We were lucky to get 3rd this year. We'll struggle for for top 6 next year, especially if RVP leaves, as expected.

01 Jun 2012 09:44:16
Hi Ed, in your opinion who is our most likley next signing going to be at the Emirates? {Ed022's Note - The most likely signing? Well technically speaking Podolski, but excluding him I would say M'Vila, Hoillett and Vertonghen all have a chance.}

What about dempsey? looking at the past, it is likely that we won't get giroud,top scorer in french league, only a matter of time before city offer 25 mil+ if they can't get persie
Dempsey is actually really good in my opinion and would do well at arsenal as we need more direct players(ox will come good but he still needs more experience)

Man City still have

Augero, Teves, Dzeko, Balotelli, Adebayor, and santa cruz, how can they possibly want another striker unless a couple leave!

Santa Cruz might as well not be playing for them, I think arsenal should go for him

City have great strikers but they want better, apparently they want to offload a few..

01 Jun 2012 03:03:43
Chelsea have signed Hulk - £38 million. Bugger.
Drumsofdotl

We never had a chance.. Even though chelsea have all these good players i still think we will be top four Man city chelsea Arsenal man utd.

Haha that makes me laugh!

like as if we were ever going to sign him-

come on, lower your expectations, we're talking about arsenal here- 38mil for 1 player? No chance.

It will be interesting to see how he fits in at Chelsea. I cant say he is my cup of tea, never been over-impressed.

£28 million too much, he was crap against us
going to be a flop

He is a drogba-lite...forceful on the ball but not as great in terms of his movement (IMO) .. 38 million is too much

No he hasn't signed (yet)

Stefan

He should have been signed. but on the other hand if we get van persie to stay and giroud to come in we wouldn't really need him.

Massively Over-priced & Over-rated! Has been completely usless against every English side Porto have faced in the Champs League & Europa League.
Porto have stitched Chelski up delightfully!

He is not incredible.
Tim Taylor

How come Chelsea get to spend so much cash? Marin, Hazard, Hulk, together around 100 mill... And people still give them credit for the trophies they win...

C'est la vie :(

He just has all the hallmarks of Julio Baptista!

Impressed in some respect and then got found wanting when he played for Real and us. So good luck to Chelsea wasting a large amount of money if they do sign him! But Arsenal are better off without someone like him!

H man

Well look at the bright side, Chelsea will have another guy with extremely high wages, lose 38m on a flop vs top English sides. This should set them up nicely for the Fair Play Rules next season.
cheesy lemon

To above poster-

I think there are many(including me) who don't give chesk£ credit at all- just look pre and post abramovich (e.g. 50+ years without a league title, not a coincidence), in terms of what they've won- says all you need to know about a sugar daddy and what has been *bought*. No cred or respect from me.

Saying Hulk is overpriced and seriously comparing him with baptista is a joke.
He is an extremely skillful player in almost all aspects and i am sure he will become a big success in Premier League. Just because you don't like Chelsea, doesn't mean you can't give credit to a player from the Chelsea (i know the deal isn't final yet).

01 Jun 2012 00:33:14
Hi Ed, I know you've commented on peoples' 'Gotze for Bendtner + cash' deal as being unlikely - understandable, Gotze is the next best thing! Better than Hazard by quite a distance imo... never optimistic about Wenger forking out for such obvious talent - BUT, I'd like to know if there's genuine interest in Bendtner from their part?

Still not expecting any movement regarding Gotze, but I can still hope if there's any chance at all of Bendtner going the other way :D

31 May 2012 23:29:43
ed, what are the chances of us going in for Honda or Dzagoev ? ive watched these two players alot and they are 2 quality players. I have heard that Dzagoev is available for free, and Honda would be available for between 5-10 million, what do you reckon ed ?

Mac {Ed002's Note - Dzagoev has interested Chelsea in the past but Arsenal have shown a lot of interest this past year including sending a contingent to watch him play in Moscow back last summer. He will be available on a free transfer at the end of the year, not in the summer. Liverpool were very interested at one time but may have blown their chance of Honda in January 2011 when he was available for about £8M. During the mid-season in Russia, Wolfsburg and Juventus were interested in Honda but the player said he wanted to move to Spain and the 25M euro asking price put them off. Recent enquiries for the player have been from Lazio, PSG, Sevilla and Palermo and Lazio nearly signed him in January. I suspect Lazio remains the likely destination but Liverpool could revive their interest. Talk of a move to Arsenal periodically arises.}