17 Jul 2013 12:25:29
With Napoli now in the picture for Higuain. and Real looking at Suarez. COuld it end up being a situation where we miss out on both of them.

In other news it seems Mata is no longer needed at the lane. Why not bid for him. He is probably that one player in recent years I think we missed the trick on.

1.) 17 Jul 2013
". Mata is no longer needed at the lane"?

Which is interesting as Mata plays at the Bridge.

Boy, that would have been a really complicated transfer.

2.) 17 Jul 2013
We will end up buying no-one because we are too slow and too stingy - yet we are asking £11M for Gervinho - double standards.

3.) 17 Jul 2013
I'm sure you ment bridge and think your right we did miss a trick with him can't see how the special c££t don't won't him though

4.) 17 Jul 2013
My bad. ofcourse the bridge. but with news coming out that they offered him as a part of a deal for rooney and united having rejected it. why not make a move and get him. any chanced ed that we could atleast put in a bid for him?

5.) 17 Jul 2013
Lets clear a few things up here.

Chelsea offered more money in both transfer fee and wages in order to get Mata.

He has not been offered in a part ex deal for Rooney. Neither has Luiz. It was a cash only offer, which Chelsea say they won't be raising.

Mata will not be sold as Mourinho sees him as an important player. We missed the boat two years ago.

We won't be signing Rooney either.

6.) 17 Jul 2013
I doubt they would had offered arguably their best player last season for Rooney, and if they did you would think united would bite their hand off considering they need that sought of player atm.

7.) 17 Jul 2013
Arsene fiddles whilst Rome burns, do our transfer dealings have that all to familiar feeling of deja vu?

Jakey

8.) 17 Jul 2013
Who ever said Mata is not needed. I bet you he goes nowhere. Bid was straight cash words from Mourinho himself.

9.) 17 Jul 2013
Mata plays at the bridge mate. Spurs play at the lane

10.) 18 Jul 2013
Do arSenal think fans are stupid? PR in overdrive making us look like intereted in all massive names when all clubs confirming no bids made for any accept suarez who they know will choose madrid. wenger in vietnam so no bids will be made till back. why can we not tie up deals like liverpool and city do where done and dusted without rumour before pre season starts? Kb

11.) 18 Jul 2013
Arsenal will end up with Benteke, not Suarez not Higuain and not Rooney.

12.) 18 Jul 2013
I think u mean no longer needed at the bridge.

13.) 18 Jul 2013
Have faith, still. Madrid don't want to spend a lot on Suarez. I think there are some twists yet. Madrid certainly aren't behaving outwardly as though they want Suarez, but we certainly are, and according to cross, via Wenger, we're making another bid for him. Simply showing we're that keen will mean a lot to any player, he might decide to pick us over Madrid, who seem incapable of acting with any sense of decency.

14.) 18 Jul 2013
How long has Mata been playing at the Lane?!

15.) 18 Jul 2013
By the way, I don't think Chelsea did offer Mata more than we did - his first contract was £60'000pw. He bumped up to what Podolski is on after 6 months or something, but we could easily have afforded his wages back then. I think it had to do with the fee more than anything. Same with Cahill. It's not that we couldn't compete on wages - Santos was put on more at Arsenal than Cahill was when he joined Chelsea. But it's the fee, when Chelsea come in, we just can't compete on the fees. So unless the player chooses us, we wouldn't win a bidding war.

16.) 18 Jul 2013
No, its Townsend that plays at the lane, but I can see how you got confused ;-)