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30 Jun 2011 23:07:24
expect cesc to go tomorrow, i dont know how much, but it will go through
from a very trustworthy gooner.
What a load of crap tbh...
CT
Im hoping he goes now, i think he should be ashamed of how he has handled this so go to barca and sit on the bench
30 Jun 2011 22:02:00
Ed, how do you rate the chances of arsenal signing benzema or higuain if real madrid secure the signing of neymar?
Also do you have any idea why Wenger is hanging back so much is such an important transfer window for the club, we need bug signings and he said himself that he wants to get most of his business done before the Emirates Cup, thats only a few weeks away and there isnt much signs that he is doing much
Thanks {Ed009's Note - I think Benzema is a lot more likely than Higuain and you were previously in negotiations with Madrid over the transfer.}
I know it seems as he isnt doin much but I can guarantee that behind closed doors he has some real treats lined up for us soon ;) JUST BELIEVE..we have to ;)
30 Jun 2011 21:04:11
Hi ed, would like to know any rumours about some players:
Mata
Gervinho
Cahill
Samba
Eto'o
Arsenal 4 life {Ed009's Note - Mata is apparently a possibility, and would be a very good signing. There is competition from Liverpool, Man City and Barcelona and if it gets into a direct bidding war I'm afraid I can't see Arsenal winning. Gervinho is a likely signing, provided terms are met. Cahill is a potential for centre back as he is just what Arsenal need and you have good relations with Bolton after Wilshere's loan. Vela could well go on loan as part of the deal. Samba is a similar situation, although less likely after Jones' exit. I really can't see Eto'o joining.}
What legitimate source says there is interest from liverpool barcelona and man city for mata? someone on here saying it, doesnt mean its true.
likewise, liverpool are supposedly interested in charlie adam, but so are '2 other clubs' - who those 2 clubs are, nobody knows. brilliant. nobody knows anything tbh. {Ed001's Note - the 2 other clubs are Villa and Spurs, Stoke made an enquiry too.}
30 Jun 2011 20:07:29
nasri off to city..fab off to barca.clichy off to city...this is so depressing....have arsenal become a feeder club in your opinion ed? how do you feel bout these players leavin...and two of them to our rivals?? {Ed009's Note - I am not an Arsenal fan, so you can take this as wholly unbiased. Arsenal are not a feeder club in the slightest but, unfortunately, the tendency to choke in the last few seasons may have cost you dear. Any player who would rather play for Man City does not deserve a place in your team, and you'd be better rebuilding anyway. There is interest in Benzema, Gervinho (of course) and Cahill, all of whom are very good players. If Cesc leaves, expect a replacement. Not that you need one with England's finest Wilshere on your team. Stay positive mate... hmmm maybe I DO support Arsenal? ;).}
Clichy being fed to someone? he sucks. plus fab was always going to leave and nasri is a money grabber he wil go down hill at city just like kolo and adebayor lol if nasri leaves to city i will hate him and i wont be able to wait until he goes down hill lololol
My sentimates exactly Ed009. Wilshire is completely capable of filling fabs boots and could even proove to be the better player in my eyes.
Arsene Wenger had already said at the start of last season that if they didn't win anything, he would have to change things around for the start of this season.Nasri had a good season, but we actually scored more goals when he wasn't playing, Clichy gives the ball away when put under pressure and Fabregas wants away to Barca.If Arsene is given the cash to improve the team, then there is no better manager in the world to do it.
30 Jun 2011 20:03:13
I just read tjat city has made bid on nasri for 20 million £.. And that they have won the bidding over United. Is this true ed?:/ {Ed009's Note - the signing has not been made, but I am afraid to say that the two clubs are in negotiations.}
No they aren't. This rumour began on the Bluemoon forum late last night, trickled onto Twitter and MCFC even said themselves BEFORE Sky Sports got hold of it they weren't in, for Nasri, Ed. {Ed001's Note - the clubs are in talks mate, no one is entirely sure who for, hence the rumours flying round regarding Nasri and Clichy, it is conjecture at the moment.}
Has a rep from man city or arsenal come out and said they are in negotiation ? the sun newspaper is bathroom reading, not a starting point for transfer discussions on here. {Ed001's Note - I don't read that rag, no idea what they have said, but City and Arsenal have held talks and that was the reason for all the rumours flying about. People just guess as to what the talks were about, for all anyone knows it could have just been about that Next Gen tournament!}
The talks are for Clichy. It's pretty much tied up already. A City Spokesperson confirmed this after the whole thing on SSN - But reiterated the non-story of Nasri.
Won't go into how I know because quite frankly it won't be believed on here either way (which I don't blame people for lol)
Nasri will go down hill at city just like adebayor.
30 Jun 2011 22:13:17
An account on twitter (apparently Gael Clichy) has just posted this:
Signing for Manchester City. Everyone involved in Arsenal Football Club, thank you, your support was greatly appreciated and will be missed.
Now quite honestly I think that this is : UTTER BOLLOCKS
I am not saying that he has not signed, but it is soooo unprofessional to do that, what do you think Ed?
Brink on Gervinho and Cahill and role on th international transfer window {Ed001's Note - I can't see any real professional doing that, it has to be a fake account or a hacker.}
It's been confirmed as fake by Yanni, the guy who does the AFC players cars.
Clichy wil go down hill even more then he has, he sucks and city or any1 can have him
Gael Clichy hasn't tweeted on his actual twitter account since Jan '10 so thats got to be a fake account. Think he is defo on his way though.
30 Jun 2011 21:05:15
Jagielka supposedly going to arrive at The Emirates this summer
SOURCE: The Telegraph What do you think Ed? {Ed001's Note - very possible Wenger has wanted him for years.}
Years? not wanted him that much - i think he said once that he is a good player. all of a sudden, we have wanted him for years? plz. {Ed001's Note - yes years, Arsenal bid for him last summer.}
No way will Jagielka go to Arsenal, a Club in decline. If he moves anywhere it will be to one of the Manchester teams or Chelsea.
30 Jun 2011 20:09:00
Manchester City are confident that the Arsenal left-back Ga l Clichy will become their first signing of the summer, but they have distanced themselves from reports that they are also trying to persuade Arsenal into a £20m deal for Samir Nasri
(from the guardian)
Manchester City interest was just an attempt to get more money from United
30 Jun 2011 19:57:05
lille have just also signed pedretti, does this mean hazard might be on the move
No this is wenger dont be silly he wont spend all that money
Would imagine that Pedretti is a replacement for Cabaye (Newcastle) rather than Hazard.
No. Pedretti is a straight replacement for Yoann Cabaye who has just joined Newcastle.
A midfield enforcer rather than an attacking winger.
Pedretti is a DM and hazard is a lw so why wud it mean hazard is leaving pedretti isnt hazard replacement
30 Jun 2011 19:45:43
I said sometime ago that Arsenal were interested in Berbatov. Hearing that there may be a swap type deal with Nasri
TVOR
30 Jun 2011 19:12:52
i dont see these current rumours as so awful. first of all cesc. if we get 35 mil, which i assume we will or at least there abouts, isnt a huge sum, but its a good amount to add to the tranfer kitty. he clearly wants to go, and it seems more apparent this season than any other. we should let him go. ramsey and wilshere both seem desperate to step up to the plate, and with a solid older cm to help out with experience, someone in the enforcer role we've been lacking would be great.
as for clichy, he was prone to an error or 2 last season and is hardly irreplaceable. i think it's time gibbs, plus perhaps enrique for the 6/7 mil we'd get for clichy, would be a nice replacement. so no problems so far.
nasri. he wants more money. fair enough, he's had a good season and could be a v good replacement for the barca bound cesc. i hardly think that with such high ticket prices and our low spending in recent years plus cesc leaving (lower wage bill) that this should be too hard. so im not too worried by the rumours. it could be his agent trying to stir things up to get a better deal. not unheard of. and if he did go, 20 mil thank you very much. last yr of his contract - not too bad. thats a nice transfer kitty that could really sort the team from the defence upwards. might even get a player on exchange thrown in. adam johnson, bit arrogant, but would be v good. not afraid to shoot etc.
optimistic gooner
If we get
35 mil for cesc
20 mil for nasri
7 mil for clichy
25 mil for the crap
13 mil war chest( ONLY)
can any 1 see arsenal spending 100 mil on new players?
This is what its going to say when we sign a player
UNDISCLOSED FEE
WERE A JOKE
GET REAL
Could'nt agree more, if cesc don't wanna be there, take the money and get a midfielder who wants to play for us.We had the same problem with Patrick Vieira a few years ago, he should have gone two years earlier, and to this day we never replaced him with a creative/defensive midfielder.I think AW misses the backing of David Dein, we were buying top quality players in those good old days.I know we are in a new stadium and times are hard, but if you don't buy in quality, you don't win a lot.So what I say is sell Fabregas, nasri and clichy and bring in some quality players who want to play for us.IN ARSENE WE TRUST.
Perfect post mate, promote gibbs and bring in a consistant LB for cover. Pay Nasri what he wants and sell cesc for £35m we are sick of it now. Play nasri thru the centre and let wiltshire and ramsey boss the mf. give TV5 the armband and just by a poacher for crying out loud cb no brainer someone needs to arrive if they dont he may as well sack himself
30 Jun 2011 19:09:49
Ed while your at it can you get the pages to automatically update every 2 minutes.
Keith
{Ed022's Note - Ed001 is the main man. I will ask him. I will need to make an appointment with his personal assistant to get a meeting with his secretary in order to finalise a face to face meeting with the man himself. Let me see what I can do...}
Thanks Ed, how about giving us all Ed 1s email add so we can lobby him.
Keith
{Ed022's Note - I was made to sign a privacy agreement and cant even tell you his name. Steve wouldn't be happy if I did...}
30 Jun 2011 19:04:02
Let's be honest guys, our 3 best players are nasri, rvp and fabregas
We lose 2 of them .. Players are going to look at us twice before they sign What's people like rvp and verminator going to be thinking?
Only upside to this is if united and city are interested in nasri it could push him price up a little
RVP is loyal he wont leave
What about that young lad wilshere he's got to be considered 1 of your best players as for any player being loyal if there not supporters of the club then there is no loyalty and even then if there is bigger better clubs to go to then there off look at rooney with everton but you get players like gerrard who had is head turned by chelsea and stayed then there's giggs scholes neville who would never of asked to leave united i think if a club came in for van persie and the deal was good enough for him he'd be off
Shut up m8 fabs is not the world beater yout hink he is or barca would pay £50m for him. Nasri and RVP are our links and wiltshire is who we should build our team around he wont leave as you can see he will see the end of AW and prob 2 more mangers in his time he will reture and arsenal man and captain of england he is our paul ince not fabs
30 Jun 2011 18:58:31
Enrique on way to replace clichy Newcastle want one of our defenders to replace him as part of the deal who?
{Ed022's Note - I dunno, you're the one making it up...I mean...telling us?}
30 Jun 2011 19:01:22
Didn't Wenger insist Nasri wouldn't be sold to Man Utd. So why would he sell him to Man City?
Because all the players we have sold to City do not perform like they did for Arsenal.
Money obviously
Because wenger knows he will get more money and that nasri will go down hill at city like adebayor, veira
30 Jun 2011 19:00:25
I think Mata could potentially be one of the best signings ever made if we get him we need someone who will be direct, assist and get on the score sheet Like 5th in La Liga for assists behind only Barca and Madrid players Could be what we need. Cahill and Mata are musts
30 Jun 2011 18:59:01
I think Ed022 is probably the funniest editor on here. He also talks a lot of sense Keep it up
30 Jun 2011 18:55:30
Hi ed, just heard on sky news man city av offered 20mill 4 nasri wth wages of 180,000 a week cheers
{Ed022's Note - It is appears thats the latest from SSN. It would double his eye watering £90k a week wages... What would you do?}
Sign for Man City....money talks
I'd be embarrassed if I accepted the money Man City are offering because although he can claim all he wants the move was to progress his career to try and save face but everyone would know he is a money grabbing greedy little s**t.
30 Jun 2011 18:45:26
think of it as a positive guys.. if we dont come in the top 4 anymore and generally fail miserably and become condemned to mid table obscurity at least we'll be able to get to matches on a saturday at 3pm just like in the old days and the crowd (of about 22,000) will welcome wenger and the board with shouts of 'hurrah and huzzah'...(thats my rik mayall impersonation career over) ... i think overall, we should have never have left highbury (redevelopement would have been a better option) because all thats happened since the move is basically downwards... the board have got greedier, even selling out for profit, the team has got worse and now the top players we have left are jumping ship..i dont believe for one minute that players move on for trophies these days... its all about the pocket (connor wickam to sunderland is a prime example... there or liverpool? trophies or money?) all agents should be shot at dawn and players should try their best (for whatever club they sign for) i see Arsenal now as a club that the top pro's wont entertain purely on the basis of greed.. the English players are too expensive and frankly crap.. bar 1 or 2... the cheap imports at AFC are going to cost us dearly in the long run..poor results... higher prices (everything from tickets and food in the ground) will bring less and less people to the matches and eventually the 36,000 highbury limit will not even be reached..sad to say but im afraid unless theres a change of spending policy, ie silent stan chucking a few bob wengers way, the only silverware we'll see as fans is the candlesticks granny leaves us in her will
The Night Doctor
What tosh this is, Redeveloping Highbury wasn't an option and moving to the Emirates was the best thing we ever did and will prove so in the coming years
Agree 100 percent as i have said in previous posts when we moved to the new stadium we were promised we would be able to compete with big clubs we have been lied to by the board.we fill the emirates week in week out and last year we had a profit of over 50million after everything had been paid..
i am waiting to see what happens in the transfer market before the start of the season i dont live in england any more but spend thousands each year on sky, setanta, espn, airline tickets match day tickets, every birthday and xmas its an arsenal shirt or dvd etc.and im just 1 fan.
NO MORE
any club with money flashes there cash and we crumble.
where is are 2 major shareholders who are worth billions to rescue us from this terrible situation which were in
Thanks mr gazidis... im sure you'll be pleased with the profits of the board ... of course the old stadium could have been developed... and i dont mean the housing .... just watch the spuds do it at WHL.. okay they'll have been forced into it but it'll show what could have been done.. also watch liverpool if they fail with the new ground...
The Night Doctor
We are becoming a selling club..it makes me really sad..i live in ireland and have supported arsenal since i was 4...im 29 now..i spend a fortune on arsenal because i love the club so much, , now were selling our best players and not allways to forign clubs but to clubs that are our rivals...i feel a mix of anger and sadness now..what is goin to become of our reputation now as a team...oh the play nice football and are willing to sell there best players......
jay
30 Jun 2011 18:28:21
If we do lose fabregas Narsi Clichy , i would love to see Mata Cahill Taarbart Honda replace them ..
Just remember this Arsenal will not buy Gervinho and let Nasri go , thats the reason why we are paying 12 million for him , to make Nasri stay
Tarabt?come on, be serious
Taaarabt sucks hes overrated and greedy
30 Jun 2011 18:39:39
before we buy we need to clear the team
so ed is anyone intrested in rosicky
{Ed022's Note - Unfortunately no-one has come forward to take him off our hands and out of the treatment room...}
I dunno if you've been watching the news but we're doing a good job of clearing our team already. when we lose fabregas, nasri and clichy, what incentive is there for Van persie, vermaelen, wilshere, ramsey and sagna to stay?
{Ed022's Note - Before this all kicked off this summer was touted as a "massive summer" with regards to transfers. I didn't expect most of the massive signings to be going the other way!!!}
I will buy rosicky to clean my bog
Seems you are all a little over-excited by all this talk. That is what it is, talk. Lets see what happens first.
As regards to Rosicky - wash your mouths out, he actually stayed injury free last year - he needs to re-learn how to shoot but is it that bad to have someone of his experience around the club as 2nd/3rd choice. Most clubs would give their right arm for that sort of depth who are content and loyal enough to play second fiddle.
30 Jun 2011 18:38:55
Could the recent Lille recruiting spree be a sign that perhaps we'll get Gervinho (likely) and Hazard (unlikely)?
30 Jun 2011 18:35:00
I wont be sorry to see Clichy go, he was a liabilitie a good few times last season.
A GOONER
30 Jun 2011 18:34:40
who would you rather have in the first team
miyachi agree/beleive
or
chamberlain disagree/unbeleivable
{Ed022's Note - How many times??!?!?! Miyiachi isn't being granted a work permit!!!}
I would rather have neither in the first team, neither are nearly good enough. then again with arsenals level of ambition we may as well play chamberlain and as soon as miyachi gets a work permit chuck him in the first team as well
Those aren't players for the first 11 yet
30 Jun 2011 18:32:57
I hope clichy goes this soon as ive seen him make endless mistakes, atleast man city will lose points because of him not us. Gibbs isnt ready....We need enrique who seems to be more defensively minded
30 Jun 2011 18:17:47
its official we are the premier league jokers
Get on your own page spud.
A GOONER
Yeah that's right
30 Jun 2011 18:17:23
i beleive in miracles
I belive in merilles from liverpool. We are going to sign him.
30 Jun 2011 18:14:49
how many players from arsenal leave to man c
seaman
toure
adebayor
now
clichy
nasri
{Ed022's Note - How many made an impact...? None!}
Ed are you still saying Nasri wont go.
{Ed022's Note - Erm...Yes...just a little less confident now! Haha!
Yes Ed
Everyone who goes city from arsenal go down hill just like adebayor and toure
30 Jun 2011 18:08:08
I hope AW has some transfer ace's up his sleeve if the nasri deal goes through, perhaps we might get Richards + 20m, as we do need another good central defender.
{Ed022's Note - They've apparently bid £20m. Richards in the current market is worth £10m. Nasri is not worth £30m in the last year of his contract...}
30 Jun 2011 18:05:56
LET THE BUGGERS GO If Nasri and Clichy can make more money elsewhere then they should if someone offered me twice as much cash to do my job i certainly would regardless of loyalty and so would you. Its now all about getting the best deals for ARSENAL, we will be here long after the autumn wonder is forgotten and Clichy is good but not irreplaceable. Sell Clichy for +7M, If thats to Manc City fair enough. If some pays in excess of 20M for Nasri then again cheers for the 3 months good work now do one. Personally if City is his destination then get Johnston and Kompany in the deal. If not sell abroard to the highest bidder.
Paul
Paul mate thats the best description ive heard of our club too right, get rid of them and get most money, too many of them havent worked out that it was themselves who choked at end of season, nasri, 2 and a half good months, fabregas had a good season 2 years ago, gunners for life not just a summery month
30 Jun 2011 18:03:58
I tink we shud let fab and clichy go.keep nasri and arshavin.
Buy samba sakho viviano hazard mata Alvarez and gervinho.r nasri and clichy going to city
I also wud like to keep nasri, arshavin and if we sign juan mata, alvarez, gavinho. arsnal can competet in the league and even get the cup in our custody this season.
BANG ON TOTALLY AGREE THESE PLAYERS WOULD WORK WONDERS AT ARSENAL HOPE THEY HAPPEN
30 Jun 2011 18:03:45
Sky sports report "man city interested in signing samir nasri"
Can you guys read wheres the quote from the player or agent
Iam "interested in sleeping with kelly brook"
Not gonna happen though is it
just another story from the media with nothing better to write about {Ed022's Note - I agree wholeheartedly with your statement. Unfortunately its the part about sleeping with Kelly Brook.}
Not so much Kelly Brook but would love to sleep with Amy Williams(winter olympics gold medalist skeleton).
Paul
{Ed022's Note - Agreed!}
30 Jun 2011 17:57:15
Ed, is it true that Clichy is joining Man City, or is it just Sky Sports talking s**t. Also i don't think there is any chance at all of Nasri leaving for another English club (i think he will stay), but what do you think?
JH.
{Ed022's Note - You do realise that "Sky sources" could be bloody anyone! They have got things wrong before. However, I think there's something in this one with Clichy. Apparently he's very close to signing. Im not convinced by Nasri. I think and hope he will stay.}
I am a journalist and am more than aware that SSN make mistakes but they have gone pretty strong on this, i dont think they would go this heavy on a story without solid evidence.
However im watching SSN now and they say Clichy is close to joining whilst there is an interest in Nasri, of course theres an interest hes a good player, my Sunday League side are interested in Nasri ill assume but no one is getting worked up about that
30 Jun 2011 17:56:20
Edd Is A Real Gooner Gotta Love It
{Ed022's Note - Its a tough job but someone's gotta do it..}
30 Jun 2011 17:54:21
Dear clowns of the Arsenal board, you have everything to hand to stop this supposed exodus from the Emirates. You can't tell me there is no money to up Clichy's and Nasri's wages each week when your net spend on players, coupled with the highest ticket prices in the premiership must rake in a small fortune on a weekly basis. Everyone around us is spending, and when I say around us I really mean those teams vying for the fourth champions league place. The current board obviously have no ambitions to change things, so imdon't blame our top players wanting to join teams that show ambition. For one season spend some money to improve the areas we obviously need players defence, defence, defence
{Ed022's Note - This is become the frustrated view of a lot of fans..}
30 Jun 2011 17:53:49
nasri, clichy are going to manchester city and fabregas is going to barca we may as well sell van persie and vermaelen and have done with it.
Does wenger know what he is doing any more? We sell top class players and replace them with half the quality and expect to compete?
Nooo we dont sell rvp and verm you utter fool
30 Jun 2011 17:49:09
why dont arsenal players leave as soon as you leave you flop what player that was good apart from cole has left and preformed better or equalled their preformance with us
look at viera
pires
henry
petit
overmars
etc
Everyone who has left arsenal to city have gone down hill
-adebayor
-toure ect
30 Jun 2011 17:46:08
its going to be a sad evening or fortnight
we will lose clichy today
{Ed022's Note - We have once again signed a player and given them a platform to showcase his talents when no-one else was interested. He should be showing more loyalty. Disappointed!}
Why so sad about losing clichy? He has been really bad this season, especially in the important matches. He makes to many mistakes and has on more than one occasion cost a goal. But i agree if no one else is brought in, then it sucks. On the other hand, If someone is brought in, then it is a win win
{Ed022's Note - Not so much Clichy, more a general statement. Aimed more at Nasri than Clichy. Wouldn't mind Clichy going but again, we need to sign someone. We cant rely on Gibbs..yet! Oh and I am not a fan of moving TV5 to left back. Just my opinion!}
The club will be better off without Clichy, he is a liability and there is no point playing him at wing back when he CANNOT cross the ball or shoot. I'd imagine his stats in the final third are laughable. He is a hindrance to our play rather than a help. Always found wanting at the back which then means that the centre back has to come across to deal with the threat from the wing, leaving plenty of room in the box for the opposition to score. It has happened too many times now and is downright embarassing, this embarassment is only exceeded by Wenger's failure to notic it and ask Clichy not to venture beyond the half way line. I think we should sign Leighton Baines whatever the cost. {Ed022's Note - Agreed!}
Clichy = sucks
30 Jun 2011 17:40:50
If City want Nasri, sod £20 mill, we should tell them Johnson & Milner, or more likely one and £7 mill
Mong Out
Milner id dont think so
30 Jun 2011 17:40:40
5th place next season?
{Ed022's Note - No, I personally think Spurs will finish lower than that...}
Go on your own rumour page, also i think arsenal will fininsh top 4 but 5 is stil huanting us
30 Jun 2011 17:36:22
the only way we can avoid players like nasri and fabregas betraying us is if we have players that are arsenal fans
They are not betraying us they are going to teams who are going to compete for things. We have become a selling club and a joke
Your board has betrayed you, not these players. For years now you are dropping well off the pace as your board expect silverware on a shoe string budget.
30 Jun 2011 17:33:52
is any one listening to talksport now they think nasri is going to man c for 180k a wk and 20m
they also feel that a big player is going to be announced in the city of manchester in which they feel is clichy
i dont believe it and i am not saying it is false
im just informing you guys
Selling Nasri would be bad enough, selling him to a Premier league rival is unforgivable {Ed022's Note - Agreed!}
30 Jun 2011 17:32:14
seeing as clichy has gone arsene has turned his attention to roberto carlos... expect to be announced friday £24mil...
{Ed022's Note - Behave yourself and keep taking the medication...}
30 Jun 2011 17:03:25
how about trying to get richards/de jong/(no hope with his wages but would love) yaya toure as part of the deal with city? if i remember there were rumours that city wanted dani alves... richards is by far most likely of the 3 but the others are just because i think they would do well for us. also on the subject of cesc's seemingly imminent departure, i think that it would be a good move for the club to sell him ONLY AT THE RIGHT PRICE who are barcelona that they can pay less than market value for a player especially one of cesc's calibre? he is our captain for god's sake... imo the right price £50million plus add ons of up to £10 million over the next 2 years... in an ideal world to replace cesc we would revert to a sort of 4 4 1 1 formation and sign vertonghen mata a new lb and falcao.... imagine a midfield of LM Mata CM Jack CM song RM Nasri (who i believe will stay)and RVP linking the midfield to attack with falcao to put away all those chances we consistently miss.13 year old Gooner
Arsenal release Nasri to MCFC on the condition City drop all interest for Juan Mata..
No chance of swapping Nasri for the players you mention..
{Ed022's Note - That may keep City quiet. Who we selling to Liverpool to keep them out of the fight for Mata. Also, what makes you think he will sign for us even if we were the only club? Gazidis would probably cock it up in negotiations anyways...}
30 Jun 2011 17:25:27
where did it all go wrong nasri to man city cesc to barcelona why cant we keep are best players why do all these players want to leave IS IT MONEY have they no loyalty.
HOW many players over the years have we sold for big money and ended up regretting there moves.
TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN FOR THESE TRAITORS AND I HOPE THEY FAIL.
TRUST ME THIS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
1-NASRI will get a big contract at a club and will relax and do nothing
2-cesc will get his dream move and will sit on the bench hes to injury prone
LOYALTY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN ANY WALK OF LIFE AND THESE TO HAVE NONE I DONT WANT PLAYERS LIKE THIS AT ARSENAL
They are not traitors. would you move to do the same job for double the money? The clubs buying them are looking to win things i love arsenal but we are a sinking ship mate
Well, Cesc is loyal to Barca
Not everything is money, and stop with bs talks
I expect the Arsenal captain to show loyalty to his club. He has not, he will not. It is his job to lead and provide an example.
This proud club deserves a great deal better. Refuse to sell, and explain to Mr Fabregas that he will spend his remaining contract as a reserve.
The results of the recent past are his responsibility too. Walk away, but never forget you let us down.
Fab was always going to leave and nasri is a money grabber simples
30 Jun 2011 17:18:54
each day i am feeling that nasri iss more likely to go then it is rubished than it goes on and on
30 Jun 2011 17:11:09
Disgusting, Revolting, Horrifying. So many words can be used to describe what's happened with Nasri. It's just hit me that we are a selling club. We sold Nasri, we're selling Fabregas, we sold Hleb, Flamini went, Henry left....it goes on. Nasri wanted to see what players we were going to sign, obviously not satisfied by what he found out and so he pushed them to let him leave. The board is a shambles, if he wants more money give it to him, if he wants a big name signing give it to him, we can not be seen as a vulnerable club. Would Utd sell us Rooney? Of course they wouldn't. And we all know we won't replace him, it'll be some un-known french 13 year old who we don't want. What a joke. Mid table next season.
If you don't know what i'm on about turn SSN on, City have had 20 million accepted for Nasri and Utd are interested as well.
In summary:
Out:
Nasri
Fabregas
clichy
RVP
Sagna
Walcott
In
DJ Campbell
Alvarez
Manuel Da Costa
Paul Robinson (LB)
And Paul Konchesky for CM
Well done Mr Wenger.
RVP is loyal god all of the douches who think rvp is gonna leave next season get your brain in gear
All of the players you said that should come are totally s**t
30 Jun 2011 17:22:31
Right get this into your thick skulls..CLICHY AND NASRI WOMT LEAVE FOR ANOTHER BRITISH SIDE wengers already made that mistake with if they do leave which for Nasri is unlikely it will be abroad..back me up here ed?
{Ed022's Note - I agree. It would be highly unlikely for one or both to go to PL clubs. Expect Clichy to be sold to Roma or someone. Nasri will sign a deal and stay. Trust me.}
30 Jun 2011 17:18:15
who would we replace nasri with miyachi or what?
{Ed022's Note - Miyachi will not get a work permit this season and will be loaned to a European club like Twente or Feyernood.}
30 Jun 2011 17:17:13
who knows if the homegrown rule still standing
you know the 5 foreign players -6 homegrown player rule
just intrested because if it does happen now we are screwed
30 Jun 2011 17:14:15
nasri and clichy will both unfortunately go to man c
30 Jun 2011 17:13:50
once fabregas goes i sure nasri would stay both of them can not go
30 Jun 2011 17:13:18
apparently nasri 20m to man c for 180k a wk
{Ed022's Note - Thanks for coming, see you later!}
30 Jun 2011 17:10:22
ed, is it true wenger want to bring in an asian striker?
I think it is from malysia, nor shahrul(spelling).
{Ed022's Note - Yeah Malaysian striker Hee Kant Scorh}
LOL NICE ONE ED
{Ed022's Note - My christmas cracker joke style sense of humour has at least one fan...}
30 Jun 2011 17:10:19
Breaking news:
Sky Sports sources understand Manchester City are closing in on the £20million signing of Arsenal star Samir Nasri.
Sounds like a bit of daydreaming there m8. If we get £20m for Clichy with only one year left on his contract I will be TOTALLY SHOCKED and applaud the backroom team for the best bit of business in a LONNNGGG time But I seriously doubt even city are that foolish to pay that when they could theoretically get him for nothing next year.
{Ed022's Note - They also state that City are "close to signing" Clichy...}
30 Jun 2011 17:10:01
cant wait till tommorow hopefully all the transfers coming in from abroad such as gervinho will be announced and also the 13th of july when we get a taste of the team playing nest season
30 Jun 2011 17:02:11
im sorry but all this hype about fabregas leaving is just wrong and with the photo shoot business so what he wasn't in it but neither were half the team like rvp etc. We never really know whats going to happen however im sure fabregas did come out saying in a interview in madrid that he was happy where he is and that he wants to captain arsenal and win a trophy with them. He said this last week and all this hype about him coming is from the Spanish press that have said in the last 2 years that hes definitely moving in that year, so lets see what happens. He also said a couple of weeks ago to forget about the rumours so dont give up on him and expect him to go because you're believing the spanish press. In fabregas and Wenger we trust, also cahill, alvarez look imminent. No gk and a big signing hazard or mata maybe benzema if madrid sign another forward. Hopefully denilson and bendtner will leave, probs clichy as well x
{Ed022's Note - Cesc Fabregas will leave Arsenal before July 15th...}
Thats your opinion but with the english media to back me up i dont think he will be leaving. We just have to see what wenger will do but its is definately not set in concrete that he will go
{Ed022's Note - Well I would obviously loved to be proved wrong. However, I have said this from day one and stand by it. Thats the beauty of this site. Its all about rumours, banter and opinions!}
30 Jun 2011 17:03:33
is the homegrown rule still standing ed
you know the 5 foreign players -6 homegrown player rule
30 Jun 2011 17:01:38
nasri will either leave or run his contract down willian to be his replacement, this is the law.
30 Jun 2011 16:56:04
arsenal intersted with an asian striker {Ed022's Note - Brilliant. No name. No info. Nothing. I think we're interested in that Korean striker Mae King Itup.}
30 Jun 2011 15:59:07
Hey guys, as sad as I am to hear all the rumours that we may lose first class players such as Fabregas, Nasri and Clichy we shouldn't be to worried about rumours and publicity hungry tabloids and news sources. Many times it's the players' agent who spread these rumours so they can pressurise the clubs to give a higher salary to the player and an extra one-time fee to the agent. The agents are many times the root of all of this evil. For instance, as per my sources Wayne Roony never wanted to leave Manutd, but his agent started to spread this rumour andat the end of the day the agent received an additional one time payment of about 2mln USD. So to conclude, maybe Fabregas will leave, Nasri will stay and Clichy will also stay. Long live Arsenal and we'll have an amazing team next year and we will be rocking and win the league.
30 Jun 2011 15:39:05
Gervinho will sign within the next week along with hopefully Alvarez too.
Mata is not 100% keen on playing for arsenal and is happy at Valencia I have heard.
Ed:... anything on Samba, has gone a bit quiet? {Ed022's Note - Personally I don't think Samba is AWs first choice. I think he prefers Cahill/Jagielka type defenders. I think Wenger wants Cahill signed first before turning his attentions to the second defender he wants}
If Wenger isn't keen on Samba, as you say then why did he try to sign him in January? {Ed022's Note - Because other players like Cahill, Jags and others weren't available perhaps?}
IMO Samba was always the fall-back if Cahill couldn't be secured. If we get Cahill expect Verthongen to be the next target. I hope someone will give us £7M for Clichy as the guy may be a great athlete but he is vulnerable to the ball played over him as he tucks in too far and at the other end his crossing is lamentable
{Ed022's Note - Thanks for agreeing with what I said!}
30 Jun 2011 16:38:41
to the guy that made this gr8 analysis and realistic team
---------------------------------------.....................scezsney
....sagna......cahill....TV........gibbs
..................ramsey/frimpong
........gervinho.....wilshere......nasri
.................walcott
..............................RVP
analysis of this team
sagna is the best right back in the league
cahill would most probably be bought i have got doubts probaly be bought for 17.5m with one player going the other way
TV im sure he will preform and he will most probably be a bit more attacking
gibbs would most probably make the step up to the first team
as will ramsey
he would be a holding midfielder or frimpong playing a defensive mid who in my mind is fab unfortunately he got injured if not he would have been playing alongside wilshere in every match FACT
gervinho would be a winger and would be great getting in alls to RVP he got more assists than hazard and more goals.
wilshere we all know is great and frimpong and him won the youth cup and are known friends
nasri if he stays would be a big asset as we saw in the first half of the season
walcott on numerous occasions has said he wants to play up front i beleive he would be great
if RVP is injury free we will have the premier leagues top scorer
if unfortunately he is injured gervinho would go upfront with Walcott and lansbury might play or another young gun
Sadly you are only allowed 11 men in a football team
{Ed022's Note - I think you'll find when she/he wrote Ramsey/Frimpong he meant either. Not both.}
30 Jun 2011 16:24:39
Nasri is not leaving He is on the front cover of the magazine. Also, he was in the away kit photo shoot. If U don't believe me, go to the arsenal website.
OMG how stooopid is this thing that if they weren't photo'd in the new away strip they are leaving if they aint in the team photo for 11/12 then you know. Clichy is so desparate to leave so publically put him on the market and move on sell him to europe let him have no choice where he goes. Nasri will stay but we gotta shift him Lady Nina sed it perfectly he wants to leave so let him we wont get £50m for him and if his form dips this season we wont get £20m for him in Jan. AW has passed his sell by date time to go bring in Mark Hughes or someone, someone who understands how to build teams and change tactics to play different clubs. Plus he wouldn't dither on decisions he is a broad is the day is long. so what if he's ex manu he cut that tie when he joined city.
North Bank Elite
30 Jun 2011 16:14:25
arsene wenger will buy both samba and cahill and let clichy go. before vermalean came to arsenal he played at left back for ajax. back 4 next season sagna cahill samba vermalean. would be the best defense weve had in a long time
30 Jun 2011 15:22:07
Ed if you were the boss man what would be the top 5 players on your shortlist?
{Ed022's Note - Messi, Sneijder, Sakho, Neuer, Bastos}
And how many do you think would join arsenal?
None. (sakho at a stretch)
Ed what 5 average players do you think would complement our average team.
{Ed022's Note - Average as in ability or players we can actually sign??}
30 Jun 2011 15:42:37
Gervinho Announced Tomorrow.
GERVINHO NO.09
ps. cesc could be gone by the end of the weekend also.
Don't like the second part :)
{Ed022's Note - I thought it would happen. The quicker the better if I am honest. Nothing against the guy, im thinking more to get a replacement in etc and I don't want another summer of what if, will he, wont he...}
30 Jun 2011 14:44:04
sky sports news
"rumours that gervinho was having a medical at arsenal arent true"
but yesterday they said that a player was having a medical at arsenal but if itt was not gervinho who could it be ed?
Ricky alvarez? palermo said we've signed him so it could well be him
30 Jun 2011 12:26:47
arsenal are close to signing gervinho for about 18 mil this week and are also close to signing gary cahill from bolton for abolut 15 mil
Haha Gervinho for 18 mill don't make me laugh please
Gervinho will probably sign for arsenal but will be only around 10.6m and cahill has a release cause for 17m arsene will probably try for 15m and offload vela on loan in return
30 Jun 2011 10:19:39
According to 'Caught offside' Arsenal are set to lose £62million trio to Barcelona, Manchester United and Manchester City. Barcelona stepping up there Fabregas bid and maybe bidding for Samir Nasri. Otherwise Manchester United want Nasri and City want Gael Clichy. In my opinion Arsene Wenger will not sell someone as big as Nasri to Man.U Whereas for Clichy all rumours have been linked to Liverpool and Roma.
Another rumour ive heard is Bentdner has been bidded £12million from Man U I hope its true, make United bit more worse. :P
I think if will get rid of Fabregas and Nasri, Arsenal really need to splash the cash if they want to stay in European football.
Caught offside is one of the worst gossip sites, i wouldn't believe much on there, Nasri will not go to Utd or any other English side
To be honest, if Fabregas goes, i say, Thank You, and well done, If Nasri goes, Especially to Man Utd, he ll get the same treatment as adebay, but i still see Nasri signing a new contract, if clichy goes, so be it, Arsenal are bigger than all 3, and ALL will be easily replaced, Fab is a good player but hes not a great player, last season we done without him most of the season, Nasri, i think its hes greedy agent, more, but if he goes, then he shows no loyalty to Wenger, and we d be better off without him, Clichy, hes good at going forward, but defending, i dont rate him.So who would replace them, id get Baines, Gourcouff, mata, Alaresz, cahill, Make Verm as Captain, Bring in Viera as coach, to help song and diaby, T Adams as Assistant Manager.Anyway Fabregas, Thank You for your Service To The Red And White, We will cheer you when we face you in the Chamions league final, when you will lose
This is a waste of all our lives, if we've learned anything about newspapers and websites like that its that they don't have a clue whats happening. The only question i have for you Ed is: How on earth are Barca even still allowed to bid for players (If rumours are true then they're bidding a combined £70Mil + for fabregas and sanchez at the moment, arn't they supposed to be like 300Mil in debt? Personally i think fab and nasri will stay at least one more year on the condition arsenal will spend some money on that creeky barn door we call our defence. Not bothered about clichey really, i think he's a bit overated.
Who I don't even know . . . . .
Never believe caughtoffside.com its a load of crap
Utd are over 500 mill in debt and have spent 50 mill already.
30 Jun 2011 04:38:41
Independant online have broken a story saying that clichy is close to agreeing terms with city for a 7 million pound move Ed....if clichy does go do you think wenger is likely to buy a new Lb or play vermaelen there? {Ed001's Note - what about Gibbs, Traore or one of the other youngsters that can play there?}
Not sure we would sell Clichy to City, this could be one of his agents. 7 million not enough to a team like city
No point in chopping and changing if we have that kind of cash available that we have been told we have and also the cash form player sales will help aswell, moving Verminator there would be MENTAL He has previously played there yes, but with the likes of Baines (Available at the right price) and Jose Enrique (available ot the right price) it would be stupid not to go for either, plus Gibbs legs are more brittle that VPs, so i would not be confident going into a season with him and Traore as our main LBs
Gibbs is muck. Long way off where he needs to be to get into the first team. He should be loaned out.
Baines should be bought. Easily do a swap deal with Everton. Give them Bender, denilson and squallaci
Gibbs is too injury prone, Traore is simply not good enough. I think Vermaelen would give Arsenal more defensive solidarity at LB. Clichy was responsible for a lot of our leaked goals over the last 2-3 seasons.
Gibbs is not ready to play lots of games as he is injury prone, we need a quality replacement, we must not use TV there.
If we keep relying on youngsters, we may as well settle for winning nothing for quite a few years yet
Don't mean any offence Ed but that is the attitude that costs us all the time
Gibbs is still not ready..yet
Traore is a simply not good enough
Other youngsters aren't ready either.
Personally I'd sign Sakho :) play him in the middle, shift Vermaelen to LB then loan Gibbs to Bolton as part of Cahill transfer.
Meaning Sakho or Vermalen could play LB when needed. {Ed001's Note - I never said it didn't, I was merely pointing out my belief as to Wenger's intentions.}
None of the youngsters are up to it yet, not the relentless weekin weekout games, the odd appearance maybe. If Wenger does not buy quality and experience for the back line we won't even be in the top 4 next season
I think this will happen. Clichy has proved he is not strong enough defensively. If Arsenal are interested in both Cahill and Samba, get them and Squillaci leaves, Arsenal would have 5 centre backs. This could suggest that Vermaelen would be freed-up allowing him to alternative with Gibbs for the LB position and play CB and possibly even DM when required.
30 Jun 2011 09:19:34
Arsenal to sign Akpo Sodje today
Lies ALex LIES
He has signed for hibs
Arsenal are not buying anyone this week awaiting sales of cesc, nasri and clichy
30 Jun 2011 08:46:01
Gervinho will set to have a medical today evening after fee has been agreed. As well as Gary cahill will have agreed terms by the end of the week.
The medical happened yesterday m8 and considering he is the only player we are remotely close to buying it must've been him.
Why cahill , samba is way better , people are saying we are goin to get both but samba and vermaelen wud be best for us
That is not 100% certain it was him having a medical, if any one at all
30 Jun 2011 08:31:27
heard from a mate defoe had a medical for us how true this was I dont know but could be a god send send if he signed for us would score for fun the amount of chances Arsenal create
We could do sooooo much better than Jermaine Defoe We dont need spurs rejects
Well he is a Gooner, but we dont need anymore moany players, if we got him for £5 million or under, fare enuff, id take a straight swap with bentner tho, we could throw in squillachi, as well, lol
He is a good player and people like you could never see that because you'd rather see a foriegn player sign. defoe would be a squad player