Arsenal Rumours Archive August 12 2016

12 Aug 2016 20:02:02
Sorry to add to your workload Ed's, but quick question;

I see Barcelona are apparently close to a €25m move for Paco Alcacer.
If it's true/ happens, would this potentially effect any Mustafi move?

i know they're a bit short of cash, but with the Gomes money, would they need to sell both Mustafi and Alcacer?

I could just be reading too much into nothing, to be fair!

{Ed001's Note - they don't need to sell anyone, but they are being run as a shop window for Jorge Mendes' players. So their players are there to be sold for as much as they can get. The issue is that Arsenal will not pay what they want.}

12 Aug 2016 23:01:16
Ahh, the usual Arsenal chestnut.

Cheers for clearing that up!

12 Aug 2016 20:19:50
Ed, Do you see that stance changing when we get closer to the window ending? How quickly would you know if that stance changed Ed?

{Ed001's Note - Arsenal change stance? Not under the current regime. I don't just mean Wenger in that, either, I mean the ownership downwards.}

13 Aug 2016 08:13:48
Why has this only been apparent in the past few years? Or has that been the case for the entirety of Wenger's rein and we haven't been able to notice?

13 Aug 2016 10:06:59
There is no issue with Mustafi, he should be an Arsenal player by Monday.

13 Aug 2016 10:27:41
Is your source better than Eds?

{Ed041's Note - apparently so, maybe a lose on Sunday will force wengers hand.

13 Aug 2016 11:57:00
I don't think Ed001 has much of an idea about what's actually going on at Arsenal, tbh. Remember him being adamant Wenger doesn't want another midfielder days before we officially signed Xhaka. And the deal itself was agreed way before that.

{Ed001's Note - well that is a lie because I have never been adamant about anything regarding Arsenal. So don't know where you got that from, but it seems you dreamt it up to try and make yourself look smarter.}

13 Aug 2016 19:14:39
And one would suggest it's exactly this kind of thing which pushes ED's away.

You will note this is called Arsenal Rumours, key word, rumours. If it was called Arsenal Guarantees then I might back you, but if that's the information that ED's have then that's what they give.

Having been a regular visitor of this site for a long time, they're often more right than wrong, and it was either ed01 or ed02 that confirmed last year that we were interested in Xhaka, so why not go back and find that to quote.

13 Aug 2016 23:24:04
I get that pichichi is talking nonsense, but things like that shouldn't push the EDs away really should it.

12 Aug 2016 18:54:55
QUICKLY QUICKLY!
Just been speaking to a fantastic source.
He just told me that Mahrez has put in a transfer request today or this afternoon.
Don't shoot the messenger.

12 Aug 2016 03:21:29
Been seeing reports that Insigne is unsettled in Napoli and unhappy with current contract offer. Any truth to rumours Arsenal might land him before the transfer window closes?

12 Aug 2016 08:54:07
maybe if they manage to land Icardi, they might be inclined to let him leave? but i'm guessing hefty fee so probably not.