Arsenal Rumours Archive June 29 2012

29 Jun 2012 23:28:29
I heard on the books of arsenal are, mvila, moutinho, dede, ganso, thiago, reus, lewandowski, ribery and a outragious bid for neymar or the possable return of Antonio reyes! But in all fairness there just rumours

Moutinho would be my choice #class

Really. Wow. I bet loads of people believe this one.

Yes, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no xD

Out of all those names you've listed, M'Vila and possibly Moutinho are the only realistic chances of landing at the Emirates. I'd love to see Ribery at Arsenal as I really hoped he come here before he eventually signed with Bayern. Neymar would be a colossal failure in the Premier League. Way to physical for his style.

Haha neymar

Who would i want

M'vila- no, disciplinary issues could get in the way of a unified team
Moutinhio- yes, he can well and truly fill the void left by fabregas. Would love to see it happen
Dede- no, haven't heard enough about him
Ganso- no, a bit too slow to fit in to fab4's role
Thiago- no, fine player, but not as good as moutinhio
Reus- no, the ox is shows too much promise, lets stick with ox
Lewandowski- yes, could be a good bench player, very handy option to have
Ribery, no- for some reason, he's a bit overrated, just this eery feeling i have that he's not enough of a team player in the position that he would occupy for arsenal. Not as good of a fit nowdays
Nagmar, no- he's too slightly built for epl, and therefore he'd flop in such a taxing league like the epl is. Better suited to Spain

On the books means on the payroll. All of these players are NOT on the books of arsenal

I disregarded this post when i saw reus.. he has signed for dortmund..
batch

Complete nonsense. I would imagine we will sign a replacement for Fabianski at low cost. A replacement for Djourou, if he leaves. This player would in effect be a right sided CB, who can fill in at right back whilst Sagna is out. being 4th choice, I would expect a well known costly signing. The other position we may purchase is a defensive midfield player to cover for Song or to play alongside him, again I dont expect this to be a costly addition, taking into account Coquelin & Frimpong should be ready within a season or so.

Reus joined borussia dortmund last january so won't move again

Ribery, dede, ganso, neymar, reyes wont come. mvilla, moutinho and lewandowski maybe.

Wow people took this post seriously?! The last bit clearly makes this a tongue-in-cheek comment taking the p$ss out of peoples ridiculous rumours...

Neymar has no chance, he"s already agreed a deal to join barcelona for $14 million, he'll join the club when he is a bit older, probably at the end of the season

29 Jun 2012 10:45:17
I've just seen we're closing on a deal for adrian lopez for 14 mil.

Any truth in this ed ? {Ed002's Note - Yeah, maybe. My worry is that if Lopez arrives does that mean RvP is leaving?}

Lopez has also ruled out any possibility of a move by declaring his desire to stay in the Spanish capital with Atletico Madrid. He told Spanish newspaper Marca that, "I am very happy. In my first year we have a title, something that you would expect, and I felt very comfortable with the people at the club. The support of the fans is amazing. I have three years and my idea is to follow."

Doesnt seem like he is going anywhere

If we are replacing RVP with Lopez that's a pretty poor move. Not that Lopez isn't good but he's not got the same quality of RVP.

G95

Lopez is a winger or false 9. Doesnt mean RVP is leaving at all.

I Think Lopez Might Play Wide

I think if Lopez joins, then RVP is off, but this time we're prepared, but personally I don't think he'll join, I swear he came out recently saying he's happy in Spain, that said, players can say what thu like nowadays and not back it up!

D

14m for a 24 year old that scores 5 goals in 20 matches, I hope not.

Ben X.

Before summer and still to date, the club has (excluding Robin) FOUR "Strikers/FWDs" on their wage books they are trying to get rid of.

Carlos Vela, Niklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh, Ju Young Park...

Podolski was bought in, as a LW/F... Giroud is the only 'true Striker' (in Arsene's eyes) the club has yet to bring in.

Why is it so hard for people to believe that just because we MIGHT be bringing in yet another Striker; it doesn't necessarily mean Robin van Persie is on his toes?

_DialSquare_

If this is true,then we must be saying goodbye to rvp,I honestly think that next week we will start to see some players leave.At the end of the 2010-2011 season,rvp stated that some of the players were not good enough to replace first team players when they were injured or suspended,hopefully Wenger has finally taken this on board.I hope Lopez does come,but not at the expense of rvp.
Braintreegooner

Please note, while his name is Adrian Lopez, he does not go by the name Lopez.. just Adrian.
To those saying he's a winger, you're wrong, he's a striker who plays on the wing (like Walcott).

I don't remember a madrid winning the title

Get your head checked,they won europa league that is what he meant

newbadass

I personally think that upfron we have enough options and i'm not willing to lose Van Persie for anybody, if it was up to me i would concentrate on getting rid of the deadwood sign an AM a DM and an utility player for the back line, someone who can cover most positions, i personally feel last season we lacked not only in quality but our bench was not up to scratch. Hopefully we wil make ammends for that this season, so far it looks promising.

29 Jun 2012 14:44:36
arsenal will sign mathias suarez by monday he has now been granted a work permit. i would expect rvp to leave and padolski to play up top and suarez out wide or even behind padolski.

Where have you found this information?

Would be a little more credible of you didn't misspell Podolski's name twice.

PODOLSKI!!!!! NOT PADOLSKI

29 Jun 2012 11:56:22
Anderlecht are now willing to sell Lucas Biglia because they have have found his replacement (Manchester City midfielder Muhammad Abu). Apparently Abu is in talks with the club.

Maybe Wenger will go for the cheaper option rather then M'Vila...thoughts?

Seems more of a Pirlo-type player rather than the DM in the mold of Gilberto/Flamini that we need

i could be wrong, but that's always been my impression of him

Flamini is free and could be a good rotation option that wenger is talking up. Cover for Alex song {Ed005's Note - Flamini is not free. He recently signed a new contract with AC Milan.}

29 Jun 2012 00:48:27
Hearing that Yann could be our man as early as Saturday

NW

Not til after the euros!

It's not going to happen anytime soon.....

Yes, please. I really think M'villa plus one versatile defender to cover right and centre back positions would make our squad look really good and favourites for top4 place next season

Stop saying 'top 4 place'....We need to be talking about challenging for trophies not aiming for top 4!

Fletch

Top 4? Is that the pinnacle of our ambitions now? We're gonna win the league!

Slick Mick

The third reply is exactly whats wrong with Arsenal! Some fans are just content with top 4. Why dont we assemble a squad that can win the league?

I said AS early. It will happen no matter what. Just hearing whispers it MAY be possibly done on Saturday

NW

Our squad is way off winning titles imo but im deffo not happy with top 4 finish or the paper cup

Guys, just trying to be a bit realistic here. This season we BARELY grabbed the 4th. Obviously, we want to challenge for the tittle but you have to look at Manchester City squad, Chelsea squad (they will make big transfers not after winning CL) and even Man Utd squad (yep they are rebuilding but somehow still manage to challenge every year) and think f'ing hell - they have quality there. I think next season we will be back to BIG FOUR scenario with Man Utd and City as well as Chelsea and us challenging for the tittle. I hope we can win it but we're not favourites.

We made 3rd last season not fourth and have already added two players to the squad who are substantially better than what we had in that position last year. We have the right manager to help us win the league and guide us in the Champiosn League as he has done it before. We will have more defensive stability with Steve Bould coming in to integrate the beauty of Wenger's style with the grit of Grahams. We can always challenge the league, we aren't spurs top four isn't enough.

"BARELY GRABBED 4th" --- Yet we came 3rd in a season where we were poor and signings needed time to gel. I think the whole prem standard was quite poor this season...i mean this man city team was not better than man utd a few seasons back. So now we are a season stronger, added more firepower i think we should aim to win honours and have a really good chance (call me optimistic) but better that then pessimistic.

^^^We actually came third buddy u will be happy to know!

Of course I meant 3rd (I was thinking last place to qualify to CL). I like to be realistic. And on paper so far it looks good for us. But last season I watched all those Arsenal "fans" that were shouting us out before the season, spit on wenger after couple of defeats or calling for my guy theo to go or some other b****cks like that so that is why I'm bit reluctant to to say we're going to challenge. Anyway, we all here hope for the same so let's see