Arsenal Rumours Archive July 28 2011

28 Jul 2011 23:41:39
Oh Valencia are ready, although reluctantly to sell their young star for a fee of £17.5 million and it is being reported that Arsenal have offered an amount that Valencia can accept. Valencia are not entirey enthusiastic about the move, but the technical secretary Bralui V zquez has refused to rule out the possibility by saying:

"We have a back-up plan in case Juan leaves. That's not just the case for Juan, though. We have a plan like that for every player. We have to be prepared if something happens."
BOSSARSENAL....

28 Jul 2011 23:30:47
Interested to know peoples opinion on this. Which paper do you find most trust worthy? If any.

My vote goes to ...toilet paper.

None. It's all guess work........ Arsenal tell potential players, to keep quiet until the deal is done. If they do not, the deal is off. Very clever, stops other teams trying to guzump them. Except Man city of course who want to buy everyone and Harry.

The Guardian is usually the most trustworthy. Just stay clear of The Scum, The Daily Fail etc.

Daily mail every time

28 Jul 2011 22:43:59
Am I the only one thinking Cesc would be more likely to stay with Mata signing?

Mata in, Nasri out, Cesc stays - perfect solution

28 Jul 2011 22:26:38
Arseal will buy Juan Mata for 18 million euros.

Arsenal will increase their offer for Jagielka - will it happen? i think yes but if not Samba will come.

Jose Enrique will also come in, he wants champions league and only Arsenal will offer that.

When Fab finally goes Mr AW will buy a late player, Benzema, just like the Henry deal.

This would be a good window for Mr AW and made all Arsenal fans happy...

Lloydy

28 Jul 2011 22:04:40
gary cahill is favourites to join us for 15 mil

28 Jul 2011 22:01:59
Been hearing the Mata story is false. The father (who is his agent) told Marca that we were stepping up our interest and that he was heading to London, but this is all a ruse to get Valencia to give him a new, lucrative contract. The dad doesn't want to go anywhere.

That said, if we smack 'im with a 20m bid, there's a chance we'll get our man. Wenger must decide if he's worth it so we can get on with buying some bloody defenders

Well valencia dont have money. so its quite certain its a move they seek.

28 Jul 2011 20:08:46
JUST ON SSN THE TRANSFER WINDOW
THE GUY HAS CONFIRMED THAT WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH VALENCIA AND JUAN MATA AND THAT WENGER HOPES TO BRING HIM IN BEFORE THE WEEKEND.
ALSO CONFIRMED THAT WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO BACK AND IMPROVE OUR BID FOR JAGIELKA

They have nothing online about it. Are you sure?

This is true it was on the sky channel (not the website). It was the screen were the guy talks about latest transfers

Nothing about it
IDIOT

It was on sky sports news, but it is the normal sky sports sources, so any spanish radio, newspaper , agent .

The guy is telling the truth i saw it aswell the presenters are speaking about it but there nothing of it online , but hes telling the truth.

28 Jul 2011 19:41:33
in response to my recent post "real to offer benzema to gunners for 25 mil"no i am not liein it was in several paper and a lot of web pages i would love this to happen and mata and 1 cb and i will be praying that the new 1 ive heard comes off the hazzard brother joining us, personally i would buy the younger 1 hen go for eden next year wha do u think edy boyJELFY SWANSEA GOONER

28 Jul 2011 19:18:24
5mil for jet haahah dont make me grin hes utter rubbish id have bentdner al day instead of him


jelfy

28 Jul 2011 19:10:17
Just been reading some rumours on various sites about Arsenal being interested in LB Alvaro Pereira, having not heard of him before I dug around on youtube and saw some great talent.. granted all the clips on youtube are going to be his best bits but I would say he was worth looking into, definitely.

He played in Romania, I am from there, and he was one of the best players in the league. But he is more of a left midfielder...he sometimes makes mistakes in defense, but very offensive and with a lot of grit. Would be a good option...

28 Jul 2011 18:28:19
Arsenal are in personal contract's with Juan Mata(expect to be done by emitayes cup), Everton are considering Jagielka bid; if that falls through then Cahill WILL be signed and we also want a Lb- Jose Enrique i hope and Benzema would take us to Top of EPL

MKGOONER

Doubt any will happen really

According to SSN no offer has been made for Mata.

My mates up north, reckon enrique is holding out for arsenal, but if no offer comes in hes going to liverpool(he is screaming out for champ lge football)

How good is enrique? ave heard he is good but seen very little of him.

28 Jul 2011 18:08:59
Heard on thr Arsenal grapevine that Martin Skyrtl of Liverpool will be in London for talks. Finchley Gooner

God i hope not, he's almost as terrible as Squillaci

L'pool fan...hope so

Above all, he's f*ck ugly.

He may not be the best but he's better than kocielny and squilacci... don't you think?

No way, jose. Koscielny will make an impact such as TV5, you'll see...

28 Jul 2011 17:45:14
skysports latest is saying no approach has been made for mata. keeping my fingers cross that it's arsenal's request to stop the transfer going public so soon

Has the ed as said many times dont get hopes up too much.believe it when its on arsenal.com only

28 Jul 2011 17:10:03
i also said a week ago that mata was going to sign, but he is not a replacement for fabregas. when fabregas is sold wenger will look to buy hazard

Reports by 365 he aint going anywhere so whose telling the truth. All media crap nothing true until on arsenal.com

28 Jul 2011 17:06:27
My personal view on the best scenario that could possibly happen. Tevez is sold to Madrid we buy Benzema. Fabregas is sold to Barcelona we buy Mata. Nasri signs a extension as he is playing in his favoured position, Then we buy a defender and left back. My choice of left back would be Leighton Baines or Emiliano Izaguire. Centre Back Vertonghen or Jagielka. I would of also liked a cheap sub keeper with some experience to help Schzesney. Any suggestions for cheap keeper.

Schezesney
Sagna -- Vertonghen/Jagielka - Vermalaen - Baines

song Wilshere
Gervinho Nasri Mata

Van Persie and Benzema alternate.

Subs : Walcott, either benzema or Van Persie, Arshavin, Djourou, Gibbs , Frimpong, Sub Keeper.

Strong bench, Strong team. Or does anyone have a alternate formation i would prefer 2 strikers but who would you drop. I do feel Gervinho, Mata and Nasri would be immense,

{Ed022's Note - I amongst many others on here have been saying the Baines, Mata, Jagielka and Benzema foursome would ideally solve all problems currently. However a word of caution is (and these are rough prices) Baines £15m+ Mata £15m+ Jagielka £15m+ and Benzema £20m +. Would see us equal or break the clubs transfer record four times and spend roughly £65m. Can you honestly see that happening with Wenger and the board?}

ED, they may cost £65m, but we should recoup Fabregas £40m, Bentner £10m & Eboue £4m. Total £54m, so the net outlay is £11m. We also have an outside chance of selling Traore & Squilacci as well However, if Wenger is to believed he stated that he wants to make 1 maybe 2 signings, one presumably a CB & the other as a Fabregas replacement, hence the Mata rumours, so I see no way Wenger will make 4 purchases.

{Ed022's Note - Net outlay of £11m...You mean we won't make or be in profit from a transfer window?! Shock horror!}

I am telling you ed we will spend over 70 mill this year i will even put money on it
mark wexford

{Ed022's Note - I hope you win the bet. I would be more than happy for those four signings to be made.. If anything i'd be over the moon! They're the signings I think EVERYONE wants to see. Seeing is believing though...}

Dont forget clichy 7m and jet 1m.. bendy 10m eboue 4m fab 35m and then probably traore if another lb is signed...2m? thats nearly 60m recouped so even if you include gervinho and jenk 11m thats an outlay of roughly15-18m. even wenger could stomach that, surely

We all need to stop dreaming, Wenger ain't gonna splash the cash history proves it. Probably 1 CB coming in now, Fabregas/Nasri will be forced to stay with both moving on next year to give Wilshire and Ramsey another year to bed in slowly.
Money they may lose for Nasri would be made up for by sale of Fabregas for £30m +

28 Jul 2011 16:45:55
ed i have a feeling were going to spend as much as 70 million on players this season even if nasri and cesc stay.
i think we will sign up to 4 more class players.
this is not a rumour more of a feeling..
what do you think ed
mark wexford

{Ed022's Note - I disagree on spending £70m even if Nasri and Cesc stay. Although I have been reliably informed by Dublin Gooner that Cesc will be leaving. If Cesc does go then I would suggest Wenger will try to appease the fans with a big signing.)

Well if Dublingooner said it it must be true.... NOT

{Ed022's Note - I hope for the amount of abuse he will get his way that he's right!}

Exactly Dublingooner will start believing himself soon.

I am very optimistic we will spend big money this year and i was 1 of the 1s who was calling for wenger and the boards heads 4 weeks ago, they no we have to spend to give us a chance of being able to compete next year if we fall behind it will be very hard for us to compete in the future.
mark wexford

28 Jul 2011 16:34:49
Regarding Juan Mata are you pretty confident he'll sign for us, also whats our chances out of 10 of completing deals for Mata, Baines, Cahill, Samba

According to bbc , no offer for Mata

{Ed022's Note - Oooooh. Will he? Won't he? The tension is unbearable....}

According to Valencia's technical director Braulio V zquez, no offer has been made and he thinks that Mata will stay. But this was reported today from an interview done on Tuesday.

28 Jul 2011 16:00:46
Forget Thiago Alcentara. It's not going to happen.

However, I would love for Arsene to take Javier Mascherano plus cash for Cesc. Another DM is badly needed as Song will be missing time for the ACN. Mascherano would be a huge lift to our squad.

Regardless, Cesc needs to be sold already. This ceaseless, "will he or won't he" speculation every summer is a huge, annoying distraction.

Matt from the States.

{Ed022's Note - Song will probably not be going to the ACN as Cameroon don't look like qualifying...}

So you sell your best player because you dont want speculation? grow up and try and look beyond the media.

Sell Cesc because it's pointless to hold onto players that want to be elsewhere. I want players who are thrilled to pull on the Arsenal shirt, not ones who do so begrudgingly.

Emmanuel Frimpong looks like he is going to be a good backup to cover DM.

28 Jul 2011 15:34:37
i work at London coloney in the arsenal youth development centre and have seen mata's representives here valencia say that they would like to keep mata but admit it will be hard to keep hold of him if an offer has come in at the right price
arsenal have agreed an undisclosed fee with valencia
for mata he is now in contract talks with arsenal he will recieve £90 000 a week in a long term contract


harry

Why make things up? like they would tell staff he has signed and his wages idiot

Yeah course Harry, you'd give up confidential information about who your employer is looking to sign. Dream on, worst rumour ever

Looks like you are going to get the sack Arsenal work behind closed doors and would not let any employee leak that kind of information

{Ed022's Note - Especially as I have forwarded your IP address to the Arsenal Youth Development Centre where they will be able to track and find out the original posters address and set the disciplinary procedures in motion...}

Dodgy IMO, as you can't even spell London Colney right.

If you work in youth development how on earth do you know about wages....fantasy mate.....sky sports state hes father and grandfather who who also have the same name are over in londion at the moment....13.5m....not 25m....lets hope so.

I genuinely do work close by, and you are talking rubbish, if you do work there, i will see you outside in 20 minutes, i am wearing the Arsenal Jersey.....

{Ed022's Note - Is this a fight or a blind date?}

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
I'd say theres a few arsenal shirts around that area tho :)

Rob

{Ed022's Note - True, thats like saying I will meet you inside the stadium on match day. Im the one wearing a red home shirt. Also, I have a head.}

Just make sure u turn up in a yids top so i know its u

{Ed022's Note - They wouldn't make it out...}

So you dont work there than ha....

{Ed022's Note - Even if he did, you didn't actually expect someone to turn up and meet a random stranger. Did you??}

28 Jul 2011 15:02:18
i dont know about the benzema rumours, but now i actually dont want him to come, i might sound crazy but we could put 25m to more use. we have plenty of strikers, dont forget theo is going to get his chance in the central role and gervinho will be there too, id rather purchase a centre back before any "big" signings, we must level out the quality of our team and our defence clearly isnt up to standards compared to our midfield and strike force

I strong agree I prefer us playing 433 with van persie in the middle and now I beleive we have enought strength in depth for the wings and attack, I would much rather put the 25m towards Cahil and his wages and get a DM. I will however say if Van Persie has another injury hit season, then I would consider another world class striker, but that is what January is for. Also if defence is wengers priority how can be get Gevinho and maybe Mata before a solid CB. ( dont get me wrong im happy with both signings if Mata happens) but would sort out the necessary first. Fix the problems and then get the a accessories.
danny boiii

{Ed022's Note - I would just like to point out that the January transfer window is a terrible time to buy a "world class striker". There are so many reluctant clubs who do not wish to lose their best player. Also, if the player is world class he would surely be playing in the Champions League or worst case, Europa league meaning he would be cup tied for his new club. Personally, I would say, get them in over the summer and avoid all the issues.}

True didnt take in to account being cup tied however if we were to say try benezma in january we could try get him on loans and focus van persie on champions league as gives him longer to rest and less games less strains ( less risk of injury). Also we could get an inform strike instead of taking a punt on one. Yeah will cost more and Arsenal being Arsenal and dont like spending but you see my point. Just to add aswell may lift team spirit as usually after january the team seems to dip so new big faces around that time may give a boost
dannyboiii

{Ed022's Note - I hear what you're saying but imagine bringing in Benzema now and being top of the league by Christmas and into the latter stages of the champions league by then? Not dip then. We'd be buzzing! Having Benzema available in the CL would surely be required?}

True but image being able to rest stars for a champion league game and still be able to start with benezma. That would be lethal especially as you would not have to prioritise champions league over premiership. But see what you saying also means the two would be split alot and harder to form a partnership. But still im looking at it form a grey cloud silver lining point of view.
dannyboiii

{Ed022's Note - I just said Benzema would be able to play in the CL if we signed him now. Not January. You originally said "sign a world class striker" in January which would mean he would be cup tied and unavailable. Now you're agreeing with me! Make your mind up!}

While being a great signing not sure his and Riberys off field problems would be welcome at Arsenal

Paul B

What I am saying is that yes i am agreeing with you but worse case scenrio we get him in january, and we have Milian in the quarters on the wednesday and wigan at the weekend before we would obviously rest players for the milian game, however we would still be able to start with benzema up front. wouldnt that be great resting players but yet still being able to start with a player like Benzema.

28 Jul 2011 14:53:06
Juan mata's agent at arsenal discussing a proposed move for around 15m , i would persoanlly take 25m + thiago alcentara, really proved himself in the audi cup, a new cb possibly samba or cahill, a left back but wenger believes in gibbs , when it comes to arsenal we hav to wait and see.

JaytheGooner

Where is all this Thiago nonsense coming from? He just signed a new contract with a 90m euro release clause. Barca clearly rate him very highly and would not be at all interested in sending him to us, assuming he'd even agree to come to Arsenal.

28 Jul 2011 14:24:40
guillem balague on twitter says mata for sale for 18mill no matter what valincia say and arsenal are intrested, also cesc not happy that barca made him number two behind sanchez.
jay

Would love to believe this, but remember last year, sky and barcelona's man in the know, guillem balague, told the world that he had insider info that Cesc would join barcelona. What do hunter and balague actually get paid for??

28 Jul 2011 13:33:07
Ed, is there any truth that mata has arrived in london?

{Ed022's Note - I can neither confirm or deny he has landed in London for talks as has been suggested in some sections of the media...}

Hehe that sounds like a yes to me


{Ed022's Note - All will be revealed soon...}

28 Jul 2011 14:09:26
In the interest of money, Give Man city Nasri and £10/15 million for Teves. Don't bother with £25 million for Benz. Buy Teves a nice family home in London and ship his family over and put his kids through school to make them happy And, just to top it off his old lady can have a cleaning job The Teves family are happy and the Arsenal fans are in shock

Easy this managers lark......

Mong Out

We could even buy him a dog if he reaches his goal bonus

{Ed022's Note - Genius. Pure genius. I can't argue with logic like this...}

What utter rubbish teves, as a player fantastic, but teves loyal to any club or can settle never he like ballotelli a waste of talent and time to any club.

I'd take Teves at the drop of a hat

Mong Out

Teves can get his family over here easy enough, have you seen his wages. they dont want to be here, he doesnt want them growing up here. plus city said the price for teves goes up if he is goin to a european club. im guessin it goes up even more for a prem club like us so your deal wouldnt tempt them at all
BD

28 Jul 2011 14:06:33
The reason these rumours seem to come out of "nowhere" is because, as Gazidis said, Arsenal do all of their transfer business behind closed doors. That is why you will not hear of a signing until it is on the website. Just because you are not hearing anything concrete, doesnt mean nothing is happening.

This rumour of mata joining has come from an article published in the Spanish sport paper of Marca. Marca are the equivalent of a gossip paper. The English papers then cottoned on and have now all run the story. The story has gathered pace but is built on hardly any substance. Even quotes from Valencia say no one has made any bids. Until proper quotes come out of Valencia saying they've accepted a bid, or have actually had any contact with arsenal at all I won't believe it. As for this whole we don't hear anything till it is on the website. That's complete rubbish. We all knew about Gervinho sgning way before Arsene said we have an agreement. We all knew about players like vermaelen, koscielny, chamakh, and jenkinson all before they were announce on the website. This is because allthough arsenal stay stum, other clubs don't and it's other the player or that clubs chairman that usually says he going to arsenal about 2 weeks before it's actually announce on the website. Like I said, these mata reports have no substance and actually conflict with actual quotes coming from Valencia. I wish he'd sign, I really do, but I won't believe anything until I hear someone from Valencia actually say he's coming.

28 Jul 2011 13:43:35
Love the abuse I got earlier in the week for reporting the Mata story. I later revealed my source (sports management company) as people were giving me loads about making stuff up, but the ed's decided not to publish it.

Anyway, as I said, Arsenal will sign Mata.

Also expect a deal to be completed for Jagielka and Benzema before the Newcastle game.

Dublin Gooner.

And eden hazard?

How can you be so sure If Chelsea or Manu or Man C come in late then wont happen.

Fair play mate I dont doubt you for a second but i am intrigued to know how you find out all this information.

Mata, Benzema and Jagielka - I like the sound of that Just wish that they had all been signed, sealed and delivered by now as i am going to the Emirates Cup sunday and it would of been nice to see the boys in action.

Any ideas on who will be leaving, Nasri? Cesc? Chamakh?

I hope you are correct

Which "sports management company"?

There has been no offer for Mata. We will not sign Mata even if both Nasri and Cesc stay. Expect one unknown cheap center-half come in and that's it.

My source: Arsene Wenger's behaviour in the transfer market in the last 10 years

Cesc is leaving.

Nasri staying.

Chamkh will stay for another season. The reason he had such a poor second half to the season by the way was because sex scandal story. While on holiday in Las Vegas last sumemr with friends, some, lets just say, indecent photographs were taken and then used to blackmail Chamakh for cash. He is extremely religious and was worried about the effect of these photos on his reputation and family. A gaging order was sought and thankfully the Giggs affair took the light away from him. Hopefully it is all behind him now and he can fulfill the promise he showed at the beginning of last season.

My source is one of the leading Irish Professional Golfers manager who has his own sports management company.

Dublin Gooner

Thanks for the info pal. I do believe Chamakh is a strict muslim so that basically confirms what u have said about his religious views.

Do you think Benzema is worth signing? no doubt hes a quality centre forward but with having Van Persie, Chamakh, Gervinho and even Walcott who can play up there, are we not better suited in using that money to secure a new left back? A double bid for Jagielka and Baines would be nice.

Yeah but unless I'm wrong all that info you said Brady gave you turned out to be wrong

Mhc503

Not one bit of it has been wrong actually. Cesc will go. Nasri will stay. We signed Gervinho. We're signing mata and we will sign Benzema and Jagielka.

Just cause it hasnt happened yet doesnt mean it wont.

Dublin Gooner

{Ed022's Note - Not that I doubt you in any way Dublin Gooner but can you just clarify why a leading Irish Professional Golfers manager who has his own sports management company has the inside scoop on all that is Arsenal when as a club we are notoriously secretive with transfers? It might be me being stupid but it would help if you explained a little more...}

I explained it in my post that you didnt publish.

Graema Mc Dowell's manager is C.R He owns his own sports management company called Horizon Management who have close affiliations with many other sports managment around europe as they are always looking to sign European talent.

Juan Mata is part of a Spanish management company where is father is a Director. They have many spanish golfers on their books including Olazabel, Larazabel and Quiros.

I have heard first hand that Arsenal are signing Mata.

End of.

Dublin Gooner

{Ed022's Note - Just to be clear DG I didnt (excuse the double negative) "not publish" your post. I am not the only Ed who edits the posts on here. As you can see I have been editing the posts for the last few hours and have posted all yours so someone else might have not posted it. Drop the attitude. I'll be more than happy if (and when as you so confidently told everyone) you are proved correct. However, if you are wrong in anyway whatsoever then I will not be responsible for the abuse that will no doubt fly your way.}

Poor DG. I bet you're wondering why you bother.

Dublin gooner has been wrong on everything else so far he may as well have another guess like the eds said if you through enough crap around something is bound to stick his next guess is bergkamp coming out of retirement to win arsenal a trophy

{Ed022's Note - How about Bergkamp for Arsenal manager within 5yrs? Thats worth a punt surely?}

28 Jul 2011 13:26:16
Nicklas Bendtner is off to Sporting Lisbon for £9m. Numerous Portuguese and English media reporting he'll be presented to Sporting this weekend.

I believe will stay in England.

Believe what you like. Bendtner's already been photographed in Lisbon arriving for his negotiations with Sporting.

28 Jul 2011 12:45:42
Re. Who saw him:

My source's work collegues.

Also, if you go on the twitter account of darrenarsenal1 - he also confirms Mata's agent was around the Emirates yesterday.

No talk of Benzema though.

Ben

28 Jul 2011 11:38:29
Source update: Juan Mata's agent was definitely at the Emirates yesterday, talking about a potential move to Arsenal. Fabregas is on his way out unfortunately. Samir Nasri is most likely to stay.

Ben

Cool.......
who saw him?

Rob

Would love for this to be true

Great news
1732

28 Jul 2011 10:48:42
I can confirm from my sources that arsenal will finalised the deal for KARIM BENZEMA and JUAN MATA next this week and will be revealed next week .And also at the end of next week joining them ENRIQUE and GARY CAHILL 14 MILLION PLUS MIQUEL ON LOAN.AND WENGER will approach west ham for scott parker on loan.Definately out of arsenal Fabregas, Bendtner, squilaci, almunia and maybe eboue

According to some sources spurs have hijacked our bid for Mata. And are now in negotiating a deal with him. Believe a player has signed for Arsenal when he's presented to the press in an Arsenal shirt. Till then I won't believe anything.

You must of looked at my Arsenal Fifa Starting 11 LOL.
Would love for all this to be true.

28 Jul 2011 10:33:25
I got slated yesterday for saying I thought we would hold onto Nasri and sell him in Jan by people saying he can sign a pre contract from the first day of the season. I was confused so have looked into this

Nasri would NOT be able to sign a precontract with any English club until a month before his Arsenal Contract was up, He would be able to sign a precontract for a European club from Jan 1st

So on that note Like Wenger, I would risk the precontract with a Euro club and try to sell him in Jan to the EPL if he will still not sign a new contract

Mong Out

Wenger is playing a canny game. I feel he will see if Fabregas departs & it looks like he is trying to sign Mata, so things appear to be getting close. If Fabregas goes & Mata signs, then Wenger will try to convince Nasri to sign a new contract. If that fails I believe Wenger will sell him, rather than losing £20 million + sale fee. This is despite Wenger's protestation to the opposite.

Get rid of both of them. Bad apples. We need players that mean it when they kiss the badge, not mercenaries and home sick puppies. Everyone is saying that Fabregas is being professional about it all. Well maybe he should man up , grow a pair and publicly declare his intentions and put an end to a situation which quite frankly is getting really boring. The answer is sell them both, move on and concentrate on what we have, and what we can get with the significant amount of cash they would generate from sales. Wenger is a prize Bell end if he takes a gamble on Nasri signing. There are reportedly 160,000 reasons why he won't sign for us, and whilst the club lets these two clowns tarnish the Arsenal name, we cannot attract new blood. Noone is bigger than the club. Get rid, end of rant...

28 Jul 2011 10:21:15
What would people and Eds prefer if only 2 more signings come in to Arsenal?

CB & Mata

OR

CB & LB

(I'd rather have Jags & Enrique)

Mong Out

Cahill and mata

CD + Mata - simply because i believe Cesc is going this summer

Jagielka and Mata-if fabregas goes

jagielka and Baines- if cesc stays.

GlasgowGooner

If I had a Choice...
Cahill, Baines and Mata
I think Mata could be an important signing if we do pull it off, It might convince Nasri to sign a new deal and answer his question of showing ambition.
Mata to replace Nasri on the left and allow Nasri to replace Cesc in Middle in his perferd position.

Andy Gooner

28 Jul 2011 08:57:33
mata contract talks and medical to be finalised in time to play in emirates cup, valencia reluctantly agreed on £23 million deal

False: He has a 20m buy out, so no way we would pay over it...

BULL he has a 21m release fee

We can only hope this is true fingers crossed. Defender would be nice too would'nt it Matty H

Why on earth would AFC have to pay £23m when it is well known he has a buy out clause reported to be, depending on which source you believe, around £15-18m

28 Jul 2011 08:54:23
Arsenal in talks with everton over jagielka and baines with bendtner moving to goodison, also first option clause on rodwell to be included in any deal.

Jags and Baines together would be nice but cant see it happening.

Rob

Hope its happening but seems fairly unlikly

Do u really think we would get first option on rodwell when the kid has been in regular contact with Alex ferguson. Jajielka and baines would be good of course

Can't see Everton letting both go and why would they give us first option on Rodwell?

28 Jul 2011 00:28:28
Man, i wish Nasri would just f off. He's dragged it out far too long; he's gonna have a hard time winning back fans if he does stay. Nasri out - Mata in.

Ben

Hi Ben,
i know you get sick of the doubters but is there any new info your souce has given you? Not sure whether i beleive you or not to be honest but i need some sort of positive news
thanks
S23

If he has the same start to this season as he did last he will easily win back the fans

Rumours going around that Mata is on his way in regardless Nasri never said he wouldnt sign and never said anything about wanting to leave. I think he will sign a new contract and is just waiting for some fresh talent top come in to bolster the club. I think a Mata deal and a new defender like jags, cahill will see Nasri sign his new contract.

Rob

Rob, love your optimism but 200 grand a week is a huge incentive to move. If he were going to sign he'd have done so by now.

Nasri should be shipped, How dare he hold us to ransom for 4 exceptional months in three years

Nasri has said nothing , it is all paper talk. What does he have to apologise for. Some people believe all the bs in the paper then ctriticise the player or the club on the basis of the bs.

I won't cheer 1 goal nasri scores for us no matter how important it is unless he signs a contract stuff him.

Yeah agree- I have gone right off nasri, he looked like a sulky child in maylasia- let him go and if the rumours turn out to be true, we could get a really good squad this season- would love him to leave then arsenal win something.

The stupidity of some people is staggering. This is a rumours site not a site to see how stupid you can make yourself look. Nasri has never said he is going anywhere. He has not refused to sign a new contract. He has done nothing other than to say on his Twitter (07/07/11) "I just want tell you dont listen the newspaper and the rumours i will let you know if something happen."
If and when Cesc departs Nasri is the most creative and talented player we have in the squad. The original poster is a muppet.

Nasri is hanging to see if cesc stays or goes.
If cesc goes, nas will stay. He has spent his Arsenal career playing out of position, he wants to play in the middle.
Could someone please remind me exactly what we have won with Fab.regas in the team

Lets be honest Guys, do you blame Nasri wanting to go, Nasri said himself he already earns alot of money he just wants to win something in his career. He the has ambition, he wants to see decent signings like we all do. I do feel if we managed to pull off getting Mata, Benzema and a decent CB he would sign a new deal with us

Andy Gooner

Lol nasri's saga has dragged on for almost a month now BLIMEY can you imagine if it went on for 3 years................oh wait FABREGAS Ben's "source" i just pictured this wizzomed man dressed in black giving him "INSIDE" information........oh hang on that was the milk tray man.

Nasri has conducted himself perfectly he hasnt said of a boyhood ambition to to return to a club he turned his back on when he was 16 furthing rumours that he will go back to Barca at some point. Nasri just hasn't signed a contract, he wants AW to buy the right players and he will sign FACT any person would tell you if AW bought 4 ideal players SN would sign he is doing what CF should've done before he signed his 6 year contract and then decided "cesc fab phone home"

28 Jul 2011 00:23:28
Hi Ed, Is there any truth that Kyle Bartley is going to Bolton on loan to make weight for Cahill deal?

There is talk of a contract extension for Bartley and then a loan to a premiership club. What better club than Bolton where Jack did so well?

Would be a great move for the lad. Bolton have not just helped jack, but look at daniel sturridge now. I wish vela had of gone there instead of WBA.

COMING BACK TO RANGERS ON LOAN AGAIN CONFIRMED IN NEXT 72 HOURS. A BETTER MOVE THAN BOLTON GUYS PLUS YOU STILL HAVE HIM CONTRACTED. SUPER PROSPECT FOR YOU.

28 Jul 2011 00:18:17
If, a big if Mata is coming take a look at the Daily Mirror and watch some of his magic on there website. He has speed and tons of ability, lets just prey that the rumours are true.