Arsenal Rumours Archive May 25 2011

25 May 2011 23:41:53
"I work at Heathrow and whilst sitting in McDonalds Benzema and Diaby walked past and went into the Duty Free section.

Maybe Benzema had been over to see Wenger"

Please please, tell us! What did they buy? Lagavulin Single Malt or just perfume? Maybe the pair was boarding a plane to Grimsv tn, Iceland?!

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There is no Mcdonalds in Heathrow Airport, so clearly a lie.

25 May 2011 22:46:43
New in! Wenger has arranged a meeting with Karim Benzema and his agent! were did u hear this?

25 May 2011 22:45:24
"I work at Heathrow and whilst sitting in McDonalds Benzema and Diaby walked past and went into the Duty Free section.

Maybe Benzema had been over to see Wenger"

Please please, tell us! What did they buy? Lagavulin Single Malt or just perfume? Maybe the pair was boarding a plane to Grimsv tn, Iceland?!

25 May 2011 22:25:57
arsenal to sign Nugent from pompy free transfer seen him at london colney yesterday and today, its been confirmed by Simon Webb (Fa Pro Zone)

25 May 2011 19:09:36
Wenger is interested in bosnian centre back Emir Spahic after almots signing him last year

25 May 2011 17:53:30
Buffon has a cluase in his contract to do with Juventus relegation so he can leave for free!

25 May 2011 17:27:35
higuain will be a arsenal player on june the 1st forget these benzema rumours! !

25 May 2011 16:12:00
Arsenal will buy a new spine to their team beginning at the back. Two central defenders will be signed, cahill and samba and a left back may be bought to replace clichy however I think wenger has faith in gibbs who I personally don't think is ready yet.
We won't lose nasri. He will sign a new contract soon but fab is on his way. I don't think that is necassarily a bad thing. He is obviously quality but his attitude has been crap this season and if he is here next year he will become a hindrance.
I read on here the other day that we may get scheeinsteiger for nick b plus cash. I think he would fit into our team perfectly and at over 6foot our mid field is crying out for someone like him. More likely w'e will get parker but would love de rossi or schweinsteiger.
If we could land benzema he would be excellent with van persie and being fed by a mid field of wilshere, schweinsteiger and nasri with song sitting behind would be awsome.

25 May 2011 15:27:47
I work at Heathrow and whilst sitting in McDonalds Benzema and Diaby walked past and went into the Duty Free section.

Maybe Benzema had been over to see Wenger

25 May 2011 13:27:05
Lastly clichy, he will go to inter or bayern for peanuts and I believe arsene will look at Baines (HG) or van der wiel.

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VDW is am RB!

Mong out!

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He is a very versatille player though and has played left back in the past for both club and country.

25 May 2011 12:50:26
Time to shed some light on the Benzema Situation. .

I did some digging and found multiple newspaper sources directly linking the player to us:

'Signing [Karim Benzema] does not seem impossible, " says Wenger in the Sun and the Mirror. "He's a player that I like." Benzema only has a year left on his contract at Real Madrid and could leave for as little as £7m.'

'Arsene Wenger is a known admirer of the 23-year-old, and while he was unsurprisingly not prepared to part with the £35million it took for Real to lure him from Lyon, he may be tempted at a knock-down price.'

However i have to say many of the sources suggesting this move are not the most reliable of newspaper *cough*The Sun/The Metro *cough*.

Despite this there has been links to Benzema in the past and there is truth in the facts that Arsene Wenger admires the player in a press conference. He has said
"Signing him does not seem impossible. He's a player that I like. He's a player who's at the top level in the world."

In my opinion Benzema would be an ideal signing for Arsenal this summer due to are lack-luster attacking play in the second half of this season and with Nasri potentially on his way out this would only damage our attacking finesse more.

Benzema would bring strength and finishing ability to our front line and would leave the gunners with two in-form strikers who can potentially score 20 goals per season each. I also believe from watching his style of play he would fit in nicely with the squad and of course with Van Persie. The added bonus of course would be i f Nasri stays and we obtanied the French duo that tear apart other international squads, on a regular basis, on the internationl scene.

So to answer my original question and shed some light on this rumour seems impossible at this time however some real intrest has been shown in the Madrid star. We can only sit a wait, nervously, as Wenger, as usual, is holding his cards close to his chest.

Any opinions on the Ed? {Ed001's Note - I am trying to remember Wenger ever talking up a player that he then went on to sign. My memory is not the best, but I just can't seem to think of an instance from the past. But he has shown willing to pay over the odds for a player he really wants, Arshavin for instance. It is a difficult one to call, but a lot will come down to if Wenger feels Benzema would be a regular starter or not, as Benzema is asking for first team assurances.}

25 May 2011 12:03:19
Sorry to say but nasri will b leaving and coming in in his place will be ashley young

25 May 2011 10:21:32
Barcelona are training at Arsenal training ground. The relationship has been better lately between the two clubs.

Wenger seems keen on Benzema. Perhaps he is going to sell cesc and use that money to bring benzema.

Benzema and Nasri link brilliantly on the international stage.

Alvarez has been confirmed on US fox soccer as a player Arsenal FC (London) have signed - possibly a Denilson cover? He will not start but bench player for sure.

If Bolton Lower their valuation of Cahill, he could be an arsenal player soon.

But the Benzema to arsenal will be one big merry go round.

First Real or chelsea or Man City need to land Aguero
second Wherever Aguero lands eg. Chelsea then Drogba needs to move to Real.

Only then will they be open to a sale point.

Apparently its not mourinho who wants him out according to the papers, its madrid management. Basically he does not sell the shirts as much as Higuain, Ronaldo, Ramos, Xabi, Oezil, Di Maria, and may not do so with Benzema on the bench.

25 May 2011 09:48:47
RPL:

Lastly clichy, he will go to inter or bayern for peanuts and I believe arsene will look at Baines (HG) or van der wiel.

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VDW is am RB!

Mong out!

25 May 2011 09:46:05
"mourinhio wants benzema but the real madrid president wants to get rid of him. if benzema stays expext higuain to leave united and arsenal could be possible destinations"

Actually Mourinho wants Higuain and wants to get rid of Benzema and the board want Benzema and would part with Higuain.

Either at Arsenal would be a good piece of business.

D-Dot

25 May 2011 08:59:57
ed do you think arsenal will sign cahill? {Ed002's Note - A chance they will.}