Arsenal Rumours Archive August 26 2011

26 Aug 2011 21:57:29
Arsenal to buy Kaka for 26 mil. Plus a possible extra 5 mil. This move to be completed on Thursday. Madrid have agreed with the fee. Kaka is currently talking about personal terms. Medical to be on weds.

Transfer window closes on wednesday so wat are you saying?

Completed on thursday?, after the transfer window?

Madrid want 50mil for him only team to show a interest is ac Milan

Transfer window shuts on Wednesday??

Source? buying or loan?

Well thats strange cos the market closes on wednesday.

26m + 5m addons is a robbery

i wouldn't sign him for 15m

Well now this post just about has it right. Chances of Arsenal signing Kaka on Thursday are as strong as our chances of signing him and sadly Hazard by the real deadline - zero.

They would take 17.5 mil anywhere you look

His available for 17

26 Aug 2011 21:50:55
Some French media sources are claiming we have agreed a �35m fee for Hazard

26 Aug 2011 19:47:44
all over the french media that hazard deal very close,should be done tonight,edd have you any news on this? {Ed003's Note - Nope,sorry}

Dream on fellow gooner I wish, we just havent got the pull.

The transfer policy is quite simple sell high buy low = profit

Ive a feeling wer gonna get him thoug..:)

26 Aug 2011 20:33:05
why are looking to waste 30m on hazard..another winger.. we have arshavin,walcott,gervinho,miyaichi,chamberlain

we need

LB - Baines or Cissoko
CB - Cahill or Vertognen
CM - Goetze or Lucho or M'villa
ST - Benzema or higuain or Hulk

Hazard can be Attacking mid/ playmaker not just winger

Hazard is one of the very best young players IN THE WORLD. would be a HUUUUUUUUGE signing.

Because he is awesome

If you think that 30 mill for hazard is a waste then you are deluded

Well maybe because hazard is about 50 times better than all of our wingers put together, miyaichi will be amazing in years to come, but apart from that gervinho and hazard played together at lille so they will be good together, plus he plays the sort of football that suits arsenal perfectly.

Baines is good but too expensive due to being English and the high demand for left backs (really odd there are so few good left backs in the world isn't it?).

Cissokho has dropped off the map. He hasn't matured into the player everyone thought he was going to be when he made a name for himself 2 years ago.

Cahill or Vertonghen is believable. Cahill is more likely even though Vertonghen would be better since he can play so many different positions.

Gotze.....everyone needs to realize this.....getting this guy is about as likely as getting Messi. it isn't going to happen. he loves his club and his country and he won't leave either. he is an incredible talent and would cost a huge sum of money now. even if we forked it over, he wouldn't leave. he'll be at Dortmund for another couple seasons then maybe go to Bayern.

Benzema or Higuain - Madrid won't sell either. what other strikers do they have? Jose Callejon? Wenger is a huge admirer of Benzema but Benzema wants to prove himself at Madrid. regardless, Madrid will not sell either unless they buy another world class striker immediately (won't happen).

Arshavin,walcott,gervinho,miyaichi,chamberlain can not do what eden hazard can. This lad is only 20 and is only going to get better. Its just raw talent, thats like saying why waste money on messi when we already have (your text here)

Would it be logical to assume that if Benzema or Kaka has a flounder of a first half of the season that either player could be bought cheaply through the January window?

Lol hulk is a winger.

Hazard plays in EVERY SINGLE POSITION from the middle and beyond...
One of the best players in the world right now.
ABSOLUTELY SUITS ARSENAL right now..
30 mill is not to much for this talent
A MUST SIGNING
PERIOD.

By the way AOC said that he was initialy a attacking midfielder but wa puton the flang till he matures and toughens up a little.

Newspapers in spain have been saying that arsenal are planing to buy kaka and benzema for 38 mil. Which includes bedneter going out there on a seasons loan

Because we need a playmaker to fill nasri and fabbie void. A thought tho, drop Gervinho back to CAM, he can beat people like no other, and well able to pass the ball (highest assist in ligue one last year). Not a proven goal scorer but in that position he might contribute, 9/10 like Nasri anf Fabregas did. Ramsey is good but im doubtful if he'l ever become the great hope he was billed as

Because we still need goals and apart from walcott none of the above can guarantee them

Hey guys,
I believe Hazard is major talent.
Can play all across the middle.
Will be our main strike force....
Creative. A fericous shot. Quick.

Plus he is dubbed to follow Thierry's shoes and switch to striker.

So this boy has some serious meat when it comes to attacking.

Wenger wont limit him to just a winger.
It's Arsene Wenger.

Seriously mate, have you seen Hazard play? He is in a different league too Arshavin I say, SIGN HIM UP NOW a bargain at �25mil if he has another good season with Lille and he will then next season you will see Mans**tster City paying �50mil for him he is that good.

U mad waste 30mil he is a serious player amazing player an attacking midfielder plays anywhere across midfield he will be sick

26 Aug 2011 20:24:58
does anyone know why szczesny does not wear the number 1 shirt ?

Not sure, he properly as an emotional link with that number

I heard its because he didnt want to :s

Fricking love this kid already, acts like Bendtner but backs it up consistently

about some Damn time we got some bollocks in this squad

Frims and Szczes, all swagger Prem team already

PMc

Because we are signing derotzet from the Ukrane

Probably just a sign of respect to Almunia. Arsenal can't sell him because nobody wants him. i heard a 2nd league Spanish club offered a sack of potatoes for him but the bid was rejected because the potatoes had mold on them (we still should have accepted the bid in my opinion).

Szczesny is the clear number 1 but Wenger didn't take the jersey away from Almunia out of respect. Plus Szczesny is only 21. Starting next summer, he'll wear the Arsenal #1 for 15 years so whatever if he doesn't get it until next summer.

~Mad Jens

So added pressure is not put on the young lad. This fella is quality

Surely it's because Almunia has it. Ok fine, Gervinho took 27, but there were takers for Eboue and nobody really expected him to stay. But to take Almunia's number one shirt and give it to Szczesny would be a real kick in the teeth because there is no move on the cards for him. Even though he must already know that nobody is going to displace Wojciech, and is now third/fourth choice after Fabianski and Mannone.

Its Almunia no., When he leaves Sezza will take it

Because arsenal are looking for some french decent keeper

Its because alumia still owns number 1,until he leaves it will stay the same.

Because wenger didn't want to put too much pressure on him given him top goalie number, keeps him more grounded

He chose the number

I agree PMc, Chesney is superb. Long time since i felt as much confidence in an Arsenal goalie, he could be the one Lol
K1ck

Squad numbers dont mean a thing he cound be number 52 and our number 1 keeper for the next 12 years , get a grip

Maybe he just likes the number 13

He is wierd, I saw a video of Djourou giving out award mugs, Szczesny won a couple and just seems a little bizzare.

26 Aug 2011 19:33:11
hi,does anyone know if we are in talks with bolton for cahill?or is it just a reaction bid,so we get off arsene's back? ed? also i keep hearing that we are after hazard and martin..any truth?

midland gooner

Hazard and Cahill are the ones. Its nailed on, just the usual boring drawn out negotiation

26 Aug 2011 19:07:19
I would really like Javi Martinez to sign, very good passer and still young. wouldn't be to expensive either
ScottishGunner

Hes got 60mllion buy out clause, hence real madrid not buyng him

Great shout brummie gooner

26 Aug 2011 18:52:03
Been told that Arsenal will look to sign Gary Cahill for 10 million plus Miquel on loan but has Per Mertesacker as his reserve, Marvin Martin for 12m + add-ons, Lucho Gonzalez on loan with a view for permanent deal if Kaka does not join, Eden Hazard for 27 million is unlikely so Arsenal will probably go back in for Andre Ayew and are still looking to sign a striker and names that have been mentioned are Zarate, Barrios, Lavezzi, Cardozo and ageing hitman Diego Milito.
Top Gooner.

With Marseille being one of our CL group opponents, it seems unlikely to me that they will sell one of their best players to us.

26 Aug 2011 18:14:11
Wenger for the love of god just go and buy Hazard, M'vila and Vertoghnen or Cahill and then we are good to go.

Btw he said he we are after a striker, why not go and get Diego Milito from Inter the guy is quality and could do a job for us.

Yes Milito would be great. i would also like seedorf i think dixin said it at the end of last season. he would also be great but i have faith in wenger, most of the names being mentioned will definatly improve our squad (partly because we sold our best two players of last season)

If we need a striker he'll by a striker

IN ARSENE WE TRUST

Spot on both of you

26 Aug 2011 17:33:09
It looks like a deal for Hazard is near and that he should be an Arsenal player before the end of the window. I was informed yesterday that Ivan Gazidis would not attend the Champions League draw in Monaco but would be in France trying to recruit new signings. If you want the truth this could be a number of players but in my opinion the most likely one would have to be M'vila as Arsenal were discussing with Lille officials yesterday via the telephone and will either meet them today or tomorrow and hopefully finalise a deal on Monday.
I can also guarantee that no new players will be arriving before Monday as Arsene wants his squad to concentrate on the United game. Also if Arsenal announce a new signing on Monday it could make a likely defeat against United a thing of the past.
Finally the Cahill bid was more than 6 million as it had Bendtner as an add on this is why Wenger is adamant that Bendtner will be leaving but do not be surprised if Hazard is considered the striker that Wenger is talking about although Arsenal are considering another 3 unknown options.
I believe from what my sources have told me Hazard, M'vila, Cahill and unknown Striker will conclude Arsenals spending but expect 2 done before deadline day at least
BOS

Yann M'Vila plays for Rennes, not Lille. Hazard and Sow play for Lille.

You also can have my girlfriend for a night if you are..'the most likely one would have to be M'vila as Arsenal were discussing with Lille officials ' wait, what?

J

I think signing a player before a game could provide even more of a boost. why not sign someone today and then do the rest next week? many of the players that have been interviewed would like signings. put them at ease at a bit so they can further focus on the game.

I hope so. Ill be loving it.

Wenger has hinted he is trying hard to strenghen the squad but he has been saying the same thing for 2 or 3 weeks.And he also said there is a chance there will be no signings.What are fans to believe

No they are saying that gazidis is most likly talking to rennes about m'villa in france becuase arsenal are talking to lille via the phone. Read it first before you post stupid comments BTW i hope this is true

We will not spend 30 million ever and he only way we are going is backward

26 Aug 2011 17:24:50
Elia told Hamburger Morgenpost: "The club told me that they won't let me join Juventus, but that's not a problem for me. I've agreed with the club that we'd open talks if a big club like Arsenal or Chelsea comes knocking.

We dont need any more bloody wingers

26 Aug 2011 16:36:35
Bolton complete the loan signing of Boyata from city....could mean cahill is on his way out...?

26 Aug 2011 16:21:50
arsenal are going to make a shock bid for robben. whether hes going to join or not, thats another story, but arsenal are deffo going to make a bid for him, remember you heard it here first.

He is CL cup tied now so we have no chance of sighning him u moron

We're pretty well covered on the wings. Not what we need. Fantastic player, but too selfish (which can be good sometimes, but with him I think it ruins more scoring chances than it creates). Also, he clearly does not get along with RVP as he and Sneijder seem to never notice he's on the pitch for Holland.

Robben is a self confessed arsenal fan, i remember seeing a pic of him when he was at chelsea in his bedroom covered in arsenal posters

How is that complete bs helpful

26 Aug 2011 15:30:44
Wenger - We're looking for one more striker

Arsenal.com

Rainham gunner

Which comes first bendtner leaving or the replacement coming in, I can see bendtner ending up staying

So can I,

Apparently he is out for 2 months?
Who would take a player that is injured for 2 months, especially Bendtner??

Gooner Bill

Good ol Arsene, we lose 3 midfielders and a defender and its a striker he confirms we need if Bendtner leaves he hardly plays ffs so he wont be missed lol

Cahill, Dann, Parker, Snejider and Higuain maybe even try and maybe get Diarra back was always a shame he left

Wenger said his injury should not stop him moving clubs

Rainham Gunner

Kevin doyle is coming to arsenal.

He is not out for two months wenger said it wasnt a disaster and that he isnt out for two months and that the transfer wont be stopped by his injury

26 Aug 2011 14:44:07
wenger is offering a piece of chewing that once belonged to david hillier for messi, expect a deal to be concluded today.

Is he offering the gewing gum on loan

{Ed022's Note - Barcelona are said to be chewing over the offer...}

This has been blown out of all proportion

{Ed022's Note - Barca are currently waiting for Arsenal to put their money where their mouth is...}

There are numerous sticking points so the deal could just go pop.

Ben

This come back and burst in their face

26 Aug 2011 13:26:18
we are being linked with lucho gonzalez again, this time relating to a 5m bid.

i for one think he would be a good signing. experienced, natural playmaker and good leader. can be a good role model, particularly for ramsey.

26 Aug 2011 12:54:04
6 million for a player in his last year of contract is a fair bid

Arab gooner

No its not, prime example -- �22-�25 for nasri... so lets be honest.. it was not good enough.. simple

{Ed022's Note - Whatever the bid made it clearly wasn't good enough as it hasn't been accepted! Either way, expect another bid...}

Never compare a normal clubs bid to what City or Chelsea pay - they make their own rules.

It would be foolish if we went in with an opening bid of �50M, nothing wrong with starting low

{Ed022's Note - Its like chatting up a lady. You might try a line, you might buy her a drink. Possibly dinner on a first date. You don't throw engagement rings and keys to a house at her... Softly softly approach. Hey, on the plus side at least we don't have 5 days left of the transfer window to woo Cahill and Bolton...}

Clichy �7m last year so using nasri as a example is just stupid he isnt worth more than �10m and we would be silly to pay more than that for a alright player who hasnt played at top level when we can get a player twice as good from overseas that has CL exp for the same money

To the post above, we need a premier league defender who knows what he is doing [Cahill] and maybe cheap CL experienced player [mertesacker] or instead of mertesacker, samba.

With bendtner involved? its them whos being derisory

26 Aug 2011 12:18:44
10mill + miquel on loan will get Cahill. coyle wants players as he knows that he WONT get all the money from a sale

then will come Marvin Martin, the less expensive and a lot less prima donna version of hazard

paul - rochester

Sounds like a good deal..just wish it would be done so cahill could play on sunday, otherwise see it being a cricket score to man utd


{Ed022's Note - There is no way a deal will be done by midnight to make him eligible for Sunday's game. We can barely get a deal together let alone a medical and personal terms.}

I would be happy if that happened
Miquel with much needed first team experiance

Cahill will not happen in time for Sunday's game. I reckon It will be last day saga again on this one. Bolton are trying to hold out for the full 17Mill but They will have to cave in eventually and we will get him for 10-12Mill plus a loanee the other way. Bolton will be foolish to not to accept with him being on the last year. Clubs like Bolton need the odd big money sale here and there to keep going financially.

Looks like wenger isnt gonna give up on hazard and m'vila both would be great signing but on their own we may still lack depth to the squad.

26 Aug 2011 11:53:53
Talk here in Rome is that we are offering Boriello around at interested clubs around Europe, including Arsenal. he seems to have no future at Roma. Also trainer Enrique already under intense fire after elimination of Europa League qualifiers.

26 Aug 2011 11:36:42
How can we have the cheek to bid so low for Cahill yet we derided Barcelona for so long about meeting our valuation for a player...should we not behave better that that?
Its hypocrisy
For goodness sake get the money out and buy the quality players that we all know that we need.


Underground Gooner.

A) Cahill has 1 year left on his contract (and can be arranged for free in Jan) whereas Fabregas was tied down till 2014

b) the 6m fee was upfront (with about 5+m in addons) making the fee about 10m whihc is more than reasonable

Why is it derisory or hypocrisy last year of contract no real european experience and in last year of contract clichy went for the same money more experience you muppett

Look Cahill is a very good defender.

BUT he aint a regular international and has no High class European football experience. AND Has one year left on his contract

you telling me he is worth more than TV5 who we paid about 12mill for? and he was captain of his team id rather have 17mill spent on that ajax defender than pay that for Cahill, who we do need though :(

Ranj

Im a Bolton fan and i can tell you now gartslime will sell to liverpool or spurs b4 your lot now due to arsenal taking the p*** you most probably got between 10 and 12 million so it will be scott Dann on the cheap not half the player cahill is

Undergroung gooner ? more like john cross's son

26 Aug 2011 11:07:17
SSN saying we have had a bid of 6 million for Cahill rejected by Bolton

26 Aug 2011 10:57:12
bolton have rejected a 6m bid for gary cahill from arsenal, bit of a stupid offer but expect arsenal to bid in the region of 13m on the last day

also we are now favourites to sign papis demba cisse, has a brilliant goal scoring record in the bundesliga, plays for a mid table team and is the fox in the box striker we would need (13.5m by the way).


colney bandit

13 mill aint enough

Was the same thing not said about Eduardo after Henry left......

Fox in the box striker...Good record.... Skills..

I think that we need a powerhouse striker like a lukaku, drogba, Benzema etc.
(not saying we will get any of these just the type of player)

Cisse is an excellent striker - he's not just a fox in the box- he's more like jimmy floyd hasselbank - powerful runner, powerful shot, with the likes of rvp/gervinho and potentially hazard he'll be prolific; honestly, he's built to play for Arsenal
AG

Stop quoting these s**te websites that talk rubbish. the only reliable place is arsenal.com and ssn

To the above poster "the only reliable place is arsenal.com and ssn",
why are you on here then? just stick to those websites if a little bit of fun annoys you so much.
AG

26 Aug 2011 10:51:34
Arsenal had a 6 million offer for Cahill rejected........6 million?......seriously?....are they trying to make us mad at this point?

As annoying as it is, 6m is closer to his real value than 17m in the last year of his contract. i think it is just an opening bid to negotiate up to 10-12m. anything more than that would be a rip off.

what really annoys me is that we would waste time bidding for someone whose asking price we will never meet. why not spend 10-15m on vertonghen? he is as good and more versatile than cahill and ajax wont demand as much. bafflement.

26 Aug 2011 10:49:17
Honestly we all nerd to forget about hazard he won't be coming

26 Aug 2011 10:41:37
Bolton have rejected an offer form Arsenal for Cahill.

Source: SS / Owen Coyle interview.

26 Aug 2011 10:35:34
anyone else a bit annoyed that vieira helped take a player away from us

I am gutted Vieria was a Legend for us... but money Talks and can you imagine the wage he is on at City for doing next to nothing? He would never get that at Arsenal. Shame, can only really see king Thierry coming back and having a role at the club in the future

Gooner Bill

A little, but at the end of the day he's an employee of City, he's doing his job and has to have their best interest in mind. I'd have been annoyed if he was working for us and advised a player to go elsewhere.

We should have given him a role at Arsenal.

Dont forget Dennis Bergkamp

{Ed022's Note - DB10 is and always will be a legend. Can definitely see him coming back to Arsenal in some capacity...}

Maybe Bergkamp too Gooner Bill.
Anyway Vieira was just doing his job. Arsenal should have had better cop on and brought vieira back themselves.

Rob

Viera played for us for years and was our captain and lead us us to sucess
hes played for manchester city 2 years plying about 10 games and now he is an ambassador for them it shows anyone will do anything for more money

The Viera thing is just another dig from Nasri to deflect the hatred away from him. He should man up and admit he's a football "person" who went just for the money. All these little digs about fans, passion and ambition are to make us think he's not just a greedy little shi...when quite clearly he is. Can't wait for his return to the Emirates...

{Ed022's Note - The word I replaced with "person" sounds like door...}

Yeah a bit of a back stabber the same as Ian Wright did by encouraging SWP to join chelsea some years back saying they had better prospects

{Ed022's Note - Yeah and look how that turned out??}

Unfortunately in this world...money talks and the rest walks. Not much loyalty left in football apart from players like Daniel De Rossi..

To be honest even when Viera was with us he struggled on many occasions to get the pay rise he wanted (and deserved at arsenal) at his peak. He was apparantly one of the people who advised Cashley Cole to ask for more money at AFC. But he understood our board were seriously tight

26 Aug 2011 10:25:57
It has been reported that Arsenal have made a 7 mill offer to Bolton for Gary Cahil and this has been thrown out by the Bolton board and called derisory, any surprise more like an insult, what are the Arsenal board playing at, bid properly and get the player please

26 Aug 2011 10:19:34
As an arsenal fan and I have a lot of time for Owen coyle I think he is a fantastic manager and they have to deal with arsenal f***ing them around with Gary Cahill. Now Bolton have rejected a bid for him from arsenal for £6m which I think is absolutely f***ing disgraceful by arsenal we complain about barcelona but we are so much worse, you see players like Phil jones going for £18m and 19 and Gary cahill in my view, is a lot better yes maybe in the last year of his contract but he will sign another one, I think it is disgraceful what arsenal are offering and it is one of the reasons why I don't think we will sign anyone that is 3x less than Boltons reasonable valuation. I feel sorry for Bolton and Gary Cahill who has probably been hoping for this deal to materialise but if I where him I would be majorly pissed off. I don't like the way arsenal do their business the majority of the time beacuse (in my eyes) the selling club has the player under contract therefore the buying club must respect their valuation whatever it maybe if they want him to join their team they will pay the money. Clearly with Gary and Bolton this is not the case I am absoultely appalled. Eds, please I would love to hear your view and anyone else's view on this?

Thank you

One hugely scared and frustrated Gooner

Couldn't agree more mate 60 mil in the pocket and we offer 6 for one of the best cb's in the country who's ENGLISH And still farerly young but massively experienced in the prem Discracful

Hey calm down we do not know what Arsenal have bid. Owen wants to create a bidding war for his player, there is no other reason to announce that we have bid for the player.

Have you ever bought a car in your life, did you ever pay what they asked fror it withought haggling , if you did you are a mug. Id be surprised if 6 million was the actual bid, but saying that this is part of the bidding process. Why do you feel sorry for Coyle and Bolton, same thing happens about this time of the year. All they have to do is say no if they dont accept the bid.

I feel you are absolutely right that a 6 or 7 million pound bid is disgraceful and that as a club we should try and practice what we preach However I don't believe the full extent of the bid has been outlined and I wouldn't be surprised if the bid included either the sale of a player like Bendtner or the loan of Miquel etc plus add ons. Whilst I appreciate the other seems extraordinarly low I do not believe Wenger would have made such a ridiculous offer, considering the close relationship him and Owen Coyle have and the gratitude he holds for nurturing players such as Wilshere. I reckon a bid for Cahill will soon be accepted by Bolton. Lets see...

I know where you're coming from but will you be moaning if we get him on the cheap? Bring in him and samba in my opinion and splash out about �12M each??

RPL:

3x less than Boltons reasonable valuation.

do you really think �18,000,000 is reasonable??

Mong Out

Im as annoyed as you,the person is wasting time we dont havent and big money on young palyer that cant play in the 1st that needs new faces more than ever. [I do think the youngstars are good signings and im glad we've got em but we need to get proven quality as well which he hasent done]

I think arsenal are just testing the waters, see what they can get away with- frustarting for us, but its just business. I expect arsenal will up their bid.

Wenger ..STOP Wasting time and get at least 3 players in...PAY a decent fee for Cahill..around �12mil. We go to UTD on Sunday with our weakest team ever

Not the same thing as Barcelona at all
a) Cahill has not said "I will only go to Arsenal"
b) We have not been drip feeding the press with stories about how unhappy Cahill is being made to stay at Bolton
c) Cahill does not have 4 years of a recently signed contract still to run - so it's much more like the Nasri case.
d) So who else is competing with us to drive the price up? United and City have done their business and concrete 'Pool interest seems to be a figment of the media's imagination.
e) Remember that Cahill's price is what we pay Bolton PLUS 5 years wages to him
For the sake of missing 1 game (which we are likely to lose anyway) I'd rather we kept sufficient funds for a top mf and strike

Absolutely Spot On. Arsenal need a wholesale change of policy in regard to buying players, I hope Gary Cahill becomes an England legend with Bolton

Total agreement with the original post, Arsenal is utterly hypocritical in the transfer market

We sold Glichy for 7mn and I dont think 6mn is offensive...

{Ed022's Note - Yeah but Clichy is a pile of sh...}

Yes, I completely agree with you. We are the first to moan about Barca's offers for Fabregas, but with 60M in the kitty from 2 world class sales, it is pityful to offer 7/8M for Cahill (whatever it was but it was around that mark). At least 10/12M should have been offered as a starting point. It's like viewing a property for 500k and putting in an offer with vendor for 220k Ridiculous. 2 further points, Bolton bought Cahill for 5M and he is at least 4 times the player he was then, and secondly, if Arsenal think he is only worth 7M, is any centre back good enough for a team challenging for champ league at that price? To offer so low, is almost an insult to the player "we don't think you are anything special right now, but we can make you good". Arsenal are the Ebeneezer Poundland of world football, charge the most, only purchase at bargain basement sale prices. Total joke. If I was the Arsenal manager and Cahill was a possibility, I would pay whatever the cost, and rip your arm off to get him, considering how badly we need him. We always concede the most goals in the top 4, conceded the most at set pieces last season in the Premiership Wenger get off your ass and bring Cahill to Arsenal and give the fans something back for heavens sake Then Hazard, then Benema.

26 Aug 2011 09:15:16
Please stop putting up all these supposed signings, as i have said before there will be no more new additions.Wenger won't spend, it's him not the board . Theres money there so theres no excuses.

If he wont spend why are their bids being put in

{Ed022's Note - If I put an offer of a �100 on a house it doesn't mean I will buy it and I can definitely guarantee it will be rejected.}

Isn't this a rumuor site... If you dont want to read about possible signings, just go to arsenal.com.

Yea don't be so totalitarian, let some of us optimistic gooners dream

He will make signings before the close of the window- stop being so cynical and as others have said, why bother coming here ? Its for rumours...? try this website 'wenger won't spend its not fair.com'

Optomistic? was at the start of the window when all the stories coming out of the club were of spending, and remedying problems. No Longer, stupid bids, dithering, pennypinching when we have money, buying more inexperieinced kids (sorry AOC you were an expensive gamble) - and no I don't beleive Wenger has his hands tied by the board either

26 Aug 2011 10:12:12
SSN have just confirmed Bolton have rejected a bid from us for Cahill

Yes, why does Aw always offer so little,
when he knows other teams like man city & L'pool are after him too.

Cazza56

26 Aug 2011 10:05:54
Harry redknapp is such an person the only thing ive heard him say about the adebayor signing is how much arsenal fans hate him and spurs fans will love him just for that. i mean what the hell goes on inside his head.

He's a sad sad man,ruined pompey wen he spent all there money,got them relagated along with southampton,now he says wat a great player joe cole is lol he also needs to scout his own players and not ours.make me laugh.col

Del boys gone mad

26 Aug 2011 09:50:33
the only reason nasri played well against liverpool was cos he was playin for himself he was doin no work so wen he got on the ball he had lots of energy to go past players

26 Aug 2011 09:48:01
So how are we playing this weekend without a holding midfielder?

Diaby injured and Song and frimpong on reds, wilshere injured.

We have gervinho suspended.

I think the deadline is today if we are to have any players for the game on sunday.

So are we playing squillachi as a holding player? or almunia as a striker?

I dont get wenger....its two days now and no news? only some fail loan attemp and a cheeky bid for cahill? atleast 10 mill..wtf is 6 mill? this is the EPL.

I think one of TV5 or Djourou could play DCM. I would expect Rambo to be there though

Mong Out

JD will play DM and Koss and TV5 in the middle Rambo and Thomas as MC with Persie, Walcott and Ryo up front :)

{Ed022's Note - Apparently AOC has been "ripping it up in training.." according to a friend of mine who works down there. Don't be surprised if he makes his debut either as sub or from the start...}

Yeah I heard Djourou was a DM all through his earlier years, up until first team or reserves, so maybe he'll play DM. I reckon perhaps Dj and Ramsey at DM with Rosicky clearing up in the middle/CAM role.
Raz

26 Aug 2011 01:39:47
Kaka the only player to be brought in on deadline day Think arshavin 2009 when we were crying out for defensive options - he more or less saved our season. Have faith. In wenger we trust

26 Aug 2011 00:32:39
about one year ago there was an article about Hazard on arsenal.com (if you remember). i can't imagine Wenger lost interest in him over that period of time. I do really expect that one to happen.

Don't think the issue is that Wenger doesn't have an interest. The problem is that Lille are not in a position to have to sell as Hazard seems happy to stay and has several years to run on his contract. They could easily hold onto him for at least this year and if he does well in Ligue 1 again and in his first CL experience, they could demand a huge fee next summer. I'd absolutely love it if we pulled this one off but for those reasons I'm not too optimistic.

He did the same for nasri

Indeed. The interest for Hazard has been there for over more than 1,5 year. He became player of the year in ligue 1 France, so I think they still are interested. But does Arsene really need him, with the incoming transfers of Chamberlain and Campell and Ryo?

26 Aug 2011 00:17:15
according to this, Eden hazard has agreed to sign with Arsenal

www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/lille/lille-hazard-d-accord-avec-arsenal-735447.shtml

Wow i just read it also. i woke up my wife to translate it i cant believe it. now lets see its official

It dont say a deal is done it says:

As we let you hear before, Arsenal has a proposal of thirty million euros for the Belgian international striker Eden Hazard (20), whose contract expires in June 2015, but without success. A new proposal of thirty-five million is in the pipes.
Reportedly, the Red Devil has already set in agreement with the Gunners on the conditions of a future lease. Anxiety is palpable on the side of the club president Michel Seydoux.

No it doesnt, my computer translated the page as this.

Arsenal sent in vain an offer of thirty million euros for the striker Eden Hazard Lille has already agreed with the Gunners. A new proposal of thirty-five million is approaching.

As we let you hear before, Arsenal has a proposal of thirty million euros for the Belgian international striker Eden Hazard (20), whose contract expires in June 2015, but without success. A new proposal of thirty-five million is in the pipes.
Reportedly, the Red Devil has already set in agreement with the Gunners on the conditions of a future lease. Anxiety is palpable on the side of the club president Michel Seydoux.
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so i guess we havent agreed. sorry

Well my French is not brilliant but accordding to that report (and what i understood of it) Is that Arsenal made a bid of 30 million euros for Eden Hazard who is under contract untill june 2015 but lille are looking fo aronund the 35 million Euro mark before they will sell him.

If that is true then im really surprised that AW made a bid so high as that for him (doubt it was that high) as this is not AW style to come in so high and i very much doubt he would pay 35 mill euros on 1 player.

In my dream world i would love for this to happen i've admired Hazards att style for a long time. In the real world, I really dont see it happening.

Go Asene prove me wrong

Gavsta

Haha forget what i posted it seems someone who knows peoper french and not just bits has beaten me to it and can read the whole thing thx for translation

Gavsta

Google translate does not translate it well...
according to this article it with a human translator it says that both sides will possibly agree on 35M euros , while hazard has agreed already term wise

Might be true but either way he will do what fabregas and nasri have done and use you as a stepping stone, the kid dreams of playing for real madrid.

Lille said no more players will be sold, not a reliable site

Metro r not very reliable so I wouldnt hold your breath

It seems arsenal have improved their offer from 30mil euros, which was rejected to 35million euros...

OP here;

does this mean that we're negotiating a signing for the FUTURE ? as in when his contract expires ?
i'm hoping the 35mill euro will clinch the deal for Hazard

Club saying they won't sell means nothing.

25 Aug 2011 23:00:37
Diego Forlan-ST
Per Mertersacker-CB
Filipe-LB
Daniele De Rossi-CM/CDM

About 40 Million problems sorted