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16 Aug 2012 23:04:26
Angel Rangel to be signed from Swansea by AW as part of the Bartley deal. A
Guys got the best name in the league {Ed007's Note - He sounds like a baddie from Wacky Races or Batfink.......
16 Aug 2012 22:47:00
Honestly this is getting annoying,song is NOT leaving, wenger said there was nothing in the barca rumours and song wants a new contract.
On the judas case the crest on the front will always be bigger than the name on the back and we will move on like we always do, really couldn't see RVP score as many goals like he did last season and he will probably get injured hopefully.
On potential signings I feel if bendtner and park leave we may add a world class striker mainly llorente or lewandowski.Also we will get Biglia to sure up the midfield instead of sahin and this is not a replacement for song.Also we will add another defender who is versatile and this will be Yanga m'biwa of Montpellier who can play anywhere across the back and this is because Bartley is leaving along with squillaci.
If this is true the beers are on me. At the moment I'm having trouble believing a word AW says, he seems like a pathalogical liar
Forget about what Wenger said publicly. Song's leaving, Arsene is not happy with the behaviour of Song and his agent and he will be replaced this summer.
I think more will come out about Song's recent conduct after his move is finalised but it does seem that he is certain to leave.
Stezza.
Song is 100% out the door, his words in the press are just to keep fans happy, wenger is not happy and is not prepared to keep a player who acts like this who he feels is replaceable.
lets be real , song title is a Defensive midfeilder but he is not one. i would happily get rid. arteta is a better DM even if we dnt sign another one. (we will though) arteta wilshere cazorla sounds tasty
Song may leave is what aw just said on skysports, so he is leaving! I don't believe we will sign either lewandowski or llorente, but I agree with the other 2 rumours about biglia and yanga m'biwa but I believe if song goes Sahin may come in aswell
M'biwa has gone to QPR on loan with Barton going the other way - Sky Sports News
johntheguv
Johntheguv that's not Yanga M'biwa. That's Stephane Mbia.
16 Aug 2012 22:43:32
i have been informed of my source(very top source got all summer activity right so far) that song has been showing a '' terrible attitude '' since barca rumours and contacted has been made, altho his quotes in the press say he would stay, wenger has grown sick of him and feels that now is the right time to move him on and has been told he can leave. sahin deal is tricky because player wants arsenal(arsenal want player too on a loan plus option to buy after) madrid (murinho) doesnt want to sell as he feels he just needs games to grow into the player he no doubt will at whatever club he moves to.
wouldnt be suprised to see arsenal sign a striker as bendtner and park are defo being sold. was told during the summer(after giroud signed) that afobe would be playing first team football next year so that makes me feel with only chamakh and giroud , possiblely podolski and walcott. that we need a new striker , i do know from a source that llorente and soldado(who has publicly said he loves valencia and wants to stay after SPUDS interest.) have been enquired about but thats all it is for now.
as part as the bartley to swansea , we should be signing rangel as our back up RB if no better option is found.
Just to make it clear we arent 'that' interested in a striker we are enquiring about plenty, niang was the top target along with matias suarez(who has moved elsewhere) but fee's are to high for players who havent proved it, expect rangel and sahin(defo if mourinho doesnt step in and send him to LFC) to be signed soon, simplely everything iv said here is straight from a top source ,
chambo(my rumour and reply)
Just remember song is with Darren dein football agent, other players on his books ade, henry, cesc, clichy, Rvp and song. Wenger knows song will not stay. Wenger has already banned dein from the training ground this guy is a w nker
Why do we need another striker? If, as expected, Bendtner and Park are sold then I think we'll be okay with Podolski, Giroud and Chamakh. We'll most likely continue play with only one striker and that'll probably Giroud because Podolski will play on the left wing. That means that Chamakh will provide cover. I know a lot of people want him out of the club but he's actually a good player and I think he'll do well if given more of a chance.
Charlie
Arsenals chief scout Grimandi said when we signed Giroud that he is RVP replacement and AW has since confirmed this so don't expect a quality striker to come in because Chamakh make 2 is it. Think about it, when we lose one of our best players, doesn't matter how much money we get for them, when does AW buy a player as good, its always a cheaper option. To improve the team shouldn't he be buying players better than what we have lost or at the very least as good.
Your source is AFCamden on Twitter. Do you know him or just posting what he said?
16 Aug 2012 21:38:37
Bartley just joined Swansea! Never saw that coming surely must mean we are getting a defender in had real faith in him shame he never made first team
Dan
Bartley was never going to make it.
Miquel on the other hand we all have high hopes for
Source?
Miquel will be back at Barca within 2 season.
Rob
Seen him play with Rangers , can't believe a player as bad as this was even on Arsenal's books.
16 Aug 2012 21:37:33
Guys got some news coming out that arsenal are set to hijack liverpools loan bid of sahin and sahin wants to play champions league football.
We're going to hijack Liverpool's loan move for Sahin? I thought they hijacked our move for him!
Charlie
Mourinho won't let him go to arsenal tho' CL competition! its his decision ultimately its a 1 year loan deal - so forget him!
I think it was the other way round.
16 Aug 2012 21:37:10
Kyle Bartley has gone to Swansea for 1m, looks like AW really is trimming down the squad size
N. Wales Gunner
Having seen him often with Rangers last season, Arsenal are well rid of him. Slow as can be and an awful attitude to boot. £I million that can be spent on helping to progress a couple of good youngsters.
16 Aug 2012 21:28:27
Kyle Bartley left for swansea,maybe wenger has hissights on a new defender?
16 Aug 2012 21:23:13
SSN claim that we are back in for Lucas Biglia, don't know much about him but they say he is a holding midfielder. Have seen a few clips and he looks more like a box to box player with a lot of energy.
Anyone know anymore?
337
16 Aug 2012 21:22:39
Everybody it seams has missed the most shattering move from arsenal, this transfer window... Bartley is leaving!!! wtf? Arsenal blood
16 Aug 2012 21:22:07
Kyle Bartley is on his way to Swansea,I reckon a new defender is on his way in. My money is on sakho as he can deputise at right back as well as cb.
Sakho is left footed
Clg
Why would he play Right back? Hes never played there in his career. He is a center back who can be used as a makeshift left back. You obviously just made that rumour up!
16 Aug 2012 21:03:48
After the cazorla news I have no reason to doubt my sources and according to them we are off M'vila ("He is going to be a spud") and at present are contesting for the Anderlecht Midfielder Biglia.
Also according to them Sahin has agreed terms with us and will against the will of mourinho, join Arsenal.
Bad News:
Our promising defender Kyle Bartley is Swansea bound.
Probably due to his medical history(Hernia).
Desi Gooner
How could you know that Sahin will be joining Arsenal; when he hasn't made the decision himself yet? A number of clubs are agreed in principle to sign him from Madrid. He has to choose between those clubs. Obviously your reliable source must be a psychic?
On top of which just because he said Cazorla would sign doesn't make him reliable. A huge amount of people said Cazorla would sign because it was a no brainer.
And Kyle Bartley didn't leave due to medical history. He left because he wanted regular premier league football that he was not promised with Arsenal. We wanted to keep him as a back up but weren't going to force him to stay.
Bartley is hardly promising. Poor infact. Struggle in the SPL. I've watched all Celtic/Rangers games of the past few seasons.
kev88
You're deluded sahin can't go against the 'will' of mourinho, tool, its a 1 year loan deal and he won't sanction a deal to a CL competitor, mourinho wants him back, if you're gonna make up crap think about it first!!
Bartley is not promising.....he was mildly average in the SPL.....I'm an Arsenal and Rangers supporter, I'd take him at Rangers, but not Prem League Material and never will be!! Jay x
AVB has said he will not sign m'vila, think your source needs to knock the dust of his crystal ball
16 Aug 2012 20:45:45
Bartley off to Swansea....
Why are we shifting him instead of Djourou/Squid?
G95
Djourou is very good for a 4th choice cb and Bartley needs games.
Watched him play in spl for rangers was ok but in 1 of the 2 best teams i dont think this is a major loss. Anyone think we shud take judas Adebayor back, he's available for £3M, we all know what he can do. Thoughts
Bartley is no great loss. he was injury prone and we always ran rings round him when he came to celtic park
I bet half of yous have never seen Bartley play! Hes a horrible defender and is a big liability. He is over aggressive and constantly mis times tackles. Im glad hes gone, Miquel and Djorou are far better
16 Aug 2012 20:43:53
Arsenal in contact with Valencia yesterday asking about Roberto Soldado. They received an encouraging response. Marca Wednesday
Bulrubbish
It was spurs
16 Aug 2012 20:11:34
just seen this on ssn website "Biglia on Wenger agenda" it states were in pole position above other interested teams, here's hoping
bryan
Do not want, Biglia is almost a lite version of Arteta. He's more suited for a mid-table team.
Biglia is not good enough and would be the cheap, easy, solution. I hope we have more ambition than that. But who knows, baybe we are content to fight the spuds four fourth.
16 Aug 2012 19:57:51
Arsenal have moved into pole position for Lucas Biglia. hope it's true as it seems we're losing Song to vultures of Catalonia (too familiar)
Source:
A Persian Gooner
16 Aug 2012 19:55:58
Sky sports says we are in for Lucas Biglia.
16 Aug 2012 19:26:48
Reports stating that Song could still possibly stay with Arsenal, provided he sign a new contract. If he doesn't, he's gone. Arsenal still holding out for something in the 18-20£ million pound range.
Also, rumblings on Twitter indicate that Arsenal are keen on hijacking the Sahin deal. As I stated before, I don't think it was set in stone that he was going to LFC. I think he very much wants to come to Arsenal, but many inside Real Madrid are pushing for him to go to LFC.
SkySports also reporting that Luca Biglia is back on Arsenal's radar, if Song does leave.
It should all come together next week, so let us wait and see what happens, and what moves are made. Keep your heads up lads.
Winston
16 Aug 2012 19:22:08
IMO I think that if Arsenal sell Song then this will be a bigger loss than RVP, as he was one of the main players last year & he stood out. Also he's expressed his desire to sign a new contract so why sell him?!
Thought on this Ed & fellow Gooners?
(Can you put this on the rumours page Ed)
Song is average at best the reason we haven't won in recent years is because the player aren't good enough Rvp and song are doing us a favour get rid of this lot of over paid under achieving bunch of no nothing rubbish
Song is average? Cos anyone can tackle, dribble and pass to his quality? I agree with this post, 90% of RVPs goals last year could have been scored by anyone, even Nicklas bendtner as they were tap ins
Hes a miles bigger loss than RVP but good luck to songo
16 Aug 2012 18:17:05
Seems fellow gooners are in panic on this page. Lemme share with u sumthing. Im not reliable, but my friend knows a very reliable journalist and he told him that wenger denied song rumours just to pressurize barca to match their valuation. Actually, santi was bought to be the creative hub in our team and thats why wenger wants a solid and a natural defensive midfielder. Fortunately, M'villa is Arsenal bound and will be even announced till 25.
Not just, a striker will be purchased surely to replace rvp. And he even went on to say one more player will be in. Meaing 3 players are coming in.
Trust me, i kno that guy and he's immensely reliable.
Song is over rated, we have better attacking players and defensivley he is prone to ignoring his duties, get 15-20 million and get a real CDM, maybe Sahin or probably Mvila.
Don't know that we're panicking...just a bit pi$$ed off!
I for one am still buzzing about the coming season!
Metal Gooner
25 what ?
Laughable
Llorente, mvilla in, song out wud be ideal. can only c song going but weng pls prove me wrong. come on weng up we were xcited and need a quality name to get us going again!
You don't even make sense. I doubt you know anyone in the 'know'.
Wenger just publicly claimed that Podolski and Giroud were bought in case of Van Persie's departure...As for Song, this rumour seems to be picking up pace and Sunderland may be the last Premier League match he plays. Hopefully we M'Vila, as this will release Arteta, Carzola or whoever is in midfield of some of the defensive duties.
16 Aug 2012 18:12:16
Alex Song will leave Arsenal in the next 24 hours. He will be replaced by Yann M'Villa next week. Both fees will be around £15m.
Nuri Sahin will go to Liverpool.
ADL.
Sounds good as song is tunring into more of a creative mid and we have carzola for dat so we need a defensive mid
Mvilla wants to join
16 Aug 2012 14:02:10
Just read that Barcelona have met Arsenal's valuation of £15MILLION for Song, surely bullsh*t he's worth at least £20million, it's from I don't know how reliable they are.
Dont listen to fake reports just wait until sky or bbc say it
Supposedly Song is demanding a move and refusing to play if we don't let him join Barca.
It's put us in a position where we need to get him out the door as quickly as we can and Barca are the only club in for him. Difficult to haggle in that situation.
Stezza.
To put into perspective I think we paid £13m for Giroud, £10m for Podolski and £17.3m for Cazorla. How do you rate Song against those 3 players and would you say he's worth more than them.
Bergkamp's apprentice
The rumour has hardened to Arsenal agreeing £15 for Song to Barca, we know this is true as Wenger likes to sell in pairs or threes (Clichy,Cesc and Nasri) more sales more money
15mil is way too low for an experienced player considering allen cost 15mil it shud be atleast 20mil or 15mil and tello or affelay
What?! "Wenger likes to sell in pairs or threes (Clichy,Cesc and Nasri)"?! Tried to hold on to all of them and was (increasingly) visibly shaken as each subsequent one left. Also, to pick and choose a player's value based on what has been paid for someone else is just ridiculous - why not base it on the price that was paid for Anelka (maybe £150,000ish?) or Jeffers (about £80m?). Bergkamp's Apprentice makes an excellent point - £15 million is a fair price provided it is reinvested wisely.
The guy above who thought we might sell him to Barca for £15 may not be right.
If song was to go and mvila arrive for around the samemoney, would it really be so bad ? or even to bring back diarra? if his head has been turned, let him go. if he thinks he can get in a midfield/forward line consisting xavi iniesta busquets mascherano villa fabregas messi pedro then i wish him luck and look forward to watching him as a emergency cback in spanish cup games next season.
Anyone agree that we need to replace van p with a wide player not striker? pod giroud and walcott(contract allowing) can rotate for central spot, with ox gervinho calvin zola rotating wide withpod and theo. for me one more wide player such as johnson frim man city is plenty. if theo goes then look at sturridge, if song goes any of previously mentioned dms is adequate. 3 mid places rotated between song/ newguy. arteta wilshere frimpong ramsey coq rosicky is plenty for me. losethe deadwood in bendy arsh chamak squid and all good in my eyes.
The Evening Standard yesterday reported that Wenger(some artistic licence here) had a working relationship only with Song and he doesn't care if he goes because Song does not perform the function he is meant to do for the Club.
I agree that song doesn't perform to his task. Sure,he got some nice assists last season,but he's a defensive midfielder and instead of setting up goals up the field,he should be concerntrating on preventing the goals being leaked in and if he stuck to this job,maybe we wouldn't have dropped so many points from conceding so many goals. If I was a manager,I'd want a defensive midfielder to defend--not go looking for the glory
16 Aug 2012 13:15:52
AW won't bring in players, surrounded by a media-hype. He likes to bring in players who are great but aren't featured in the media that much.
Don't get me they're will be big players coming in just not at a price elevated because of interest from other clubs.
So forget about the 25-30 mil signings of Lewandowski, Llorrente, ... and expect another player that isn't overly featured in the press.
Just really hope that if Song is also leaving AW brings in someone who can excite the fans, someone we can't wait to see in Arsenal shirt, someone like the three we've already brought in.
Belgian Gooner 85
Mvila would be nice
Cavani!Cavani!Cavani!
You faith goes beyond religious bigotry, hte signings Wenger made were well forecast by the press in Germany and France, therefore hardly "unknown" jewels
You f#5kin cheap EA sport fans leave our f#5kin team alone it is you that have led our team board believe we the real world fans are with your f#cked up values, ideologies and xbox 11 fantasy thinking, leave real life arsenal fans the f#ck alone. there is a team for you lot in UK, it call bakburn rovers.
Crikey.
Say what?
4th poster is a personspanner
Snowy
"You f#5kin cheap EA sport fans leave our f#5kin team alone it is you that have led our team board believe we the real world fans are with your f#cked up values, ideologies and xbox 11 fantasy thinking, leave real life arsenal fans the f#ck alone. there is a team for you lot in UK, it call bakburn rovers."
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Err...what are you talking about you moron?
Jovetic and M'vila :D
Wenger won`t spend the money,he is seriuosly getting on my last nerve.
Its like he doesnt want us to win the title,he has let our captains go year after year and doesn`
I didn't think lewandowski had been in the press all that much, certainly not in relation to Arsenal. He would be my first choice striker right now.
Would love m'vila and a ultility defender to round it off
WG
Mate actually this window your wrong look at the signings we've made and tho ones I've been told we will pretty high profile of you ask me
Greg
16 Aug 2012 10:28:46
Van Persie has now been officially taken off the Arsenal.com team list. The reality is kicking in, sad times indeed.
But we will move on, we've lost great players before now, and we dust ourselves off and fight for silverware, as we always do. Only this year I have a true belief we can win a major trophy,
it's just a shame RVP didn't have the same belief.
Van Persie was in reality off the list at the end of last season. We have signed 3 quality players who will more than compensate for the sale of Van Persie. More worrying is the possible sale of Song, unless a quality replacement has been lined up.
RVP is just one player! We all need to move on.
Dunno what website ur looking at but van Persia is still on the official arsenal website on the teamlist
Move on gunners you got 24mil for a player that had 2 good seasons in 8 and last year of contract.I am a Liverppol fan and think Wenger is the best manager in the world for buying and progressing players just look at what you have got top 3 RB in prem Sangna when fit 2 good solid centre backs the best 2 young english players in the prem in Ox and Wilshire a great buy in Santi for 15mil Walcott who i do like. The only problem i can see is if Song goes should keep him and go out and buy a top top class forward they say A Madrid willnt sell Falcoa but money talks and Arsenal have alot of it he would be perfect 4 you fox in the box can head 2 good feet you lot will still finish above Chelsea
1 City
2 scum
3 Arsenal
4 Liverpool
5 Brazil 2rd team
6 No forwards Spuds
7 Newcastle
Bazza
So it's reached a point now where people have to guess when a player's name will be removed from a website? His name is still there. Try again!
It was always gunna happen tho. the question is whos gunna fill in the rvp role now? not grioud cos he hasnt got that goal scoring streak in him. he hasnt got the qualities
That's odd.He's now been put back on the website, but was definately not there earlier when I checked. I don't want to see his smug face.
Get it off.... NOW !
He was off the list, now he's back on again
No he hasn't been taken of :/
Who gives a s*** the scummy traitor is gone, Its united who has to worry, hes bound to get injured, and anyhow to be honest the focal point was him last year, arsenal tried to play the ball to him most of the time, now that we have these new signings well get to see the real arsenal play. I honestly think with the squad we have ,wer going to be battling for honours this season. come on the gunners
He got taken of, but now he's back
did he fail the medic at utd?
DN~
Wouldn't suprise me if he failed the medical
16 Aug 2012 10:23:12
F**k RvP, he's proved that his just as much of a judas traitor as Adebayor & Nasri (if not worse) but lets move on, we support Arsenal Football Club not individual players!!
So we've sold RvP for £24m and possibly Song to Barca for £18m but as long as the club re-invest the money straight away it won't be a bad thing.
I'm hearing though that both Llorente and M'Vila will be signed by the end of next week (Fingers Crossed) along with 1 other outfield player??
Hope the rumours are true!
Why isnt Fabregas a judas traitor then?
and henry?
and viera?
and clichy???
Wenger said they signed Podolski and Giroud because he knew RVP would leave. I dont expect another striker to come in.
If they did want to impress the fans they should go for a player like Neymar. Throw the RVP money to sign him and RVP's wages offer to sign him.
Rob
We all know wenger he will not buy a replacment for either rvp or song. dont see llorente coming but maybe m'vila. but his atitude both on and off the pitch are a concern
Mvila to come in i doubt another top striker
Well chuffed RVP has finally gone. Song however, that would be devastating. That could be what stops us from winning anything and falling out of the champ league spots.
The later is attracting interest of juventus....Wenger slready stated he will not bring in anymore forwards.
Please not m'vila maybe that tubby kenyan bloke from celtic he's simple and effective
Yep, makes a lot of sense to spend more money on a soon-to-be 28 year old striker than we got for a 29 year old striker
Fabregas came to us from Barcelona and always wanted to go back, viera and Henry went abroad and so didn't play for a direct rival and clichy is a judas money grabbing whore... We all know that. ( this is a reply tithe second post) and seriously if you think that money will e reinvested you are deluded. Any arsenal fan who has been a fan for longer than 7 years will know we won't reinvest. He's said he's not buying
A replacement striker already. It's a myth... Where did the money from fab and nasri and clichy and Henry go? The fact of the matter is that we have become a feeder club due to the joint ownership at the top level of the club. We need an usamanov take over ASAP as he would surely bring Dein back and with him the glory days.
Cavani + m'vila would be class.
JJ
Yep they prob will be signed but wake up fella.....they wont be signed for the gooners
16 Aug 2012 10:02:49
Hernandez could be in the deal with RVP and when we sell Sing we have boosted our interest in M'Villa so not all bad
Little Gooner
M'vila to the spuds.
Wouldn't take chichariti, doesn't suit arsenal. too much of a poacher
Very much doubt it.
Where do you get these lies from - As if.
16 Aug 2012 09:53:44
A rumour that does nothing but rub salt in the wounds ...
A reporter who supposedly has great United links has said it's an initial £15m fee for RVP, with further payments based on Van Persie's appearances, goals and silverware won as a United player. It could end up at £22m, although Arsenal are convinced it could go to £24m.
Hope this is not true
I dont think the Arsenal board would have agreed to that considering his history with injuries (appearance fees) and the fact that UTD have too much rivalry for FA Cup & the league
Rob
If its true... all I have to say is, so man u don't expect the add-ons to be fulfilled? What no appearances, goals or silverware? Oh well not looking good for utd then...? I know addons are addons but if they are worth 8mil or whatever, lets be honest there is a chance he'll meet the criteria, so it will end up being 24mil or close. But of course it will cost utd more anyway... more 50/60 mil if you include rvp's wages, agents fees, vat, etc. with no re-sale value and potentially being croak at anytime... I actually think its 50/50 who has the better deal here.
I herd 22mil upfront and 2mil addons....
This rumour has been proven false, it is 22m+ addons
16 Aug 2012 09:38:58
Berbatov has a 5 million price tag. Utd have too many strikers. I think he'd fit with our style and be a massive bargain! Can anyone see this happening?
Crawf
No thanks. We have a lazy player in arshavin.
He is sooo lazy and too old for our new squad
Little gooner
Personally I can't see it but I'll admit I like the idea. A not rubbish Bendtner.
Bendter would put in a better shift than him!
Rob
Hes soooo lazy. kevin gamerio or sturridge for me they can play on the wing too. :)
5m? Seems hefty for an ex spud and united reject
16 Aug 2012 00:15:06
Wenger says we won't be signing a RVP replacement as "we already recruited to replace him"
This to me means poldi is going to be used as a striker to interchange with Giroud, plus take the number 10 shirt.
The main point here is its now worth gambling on getting podolski #10 on my shirt!
D
I suppose I have to ritualistically burn the jersey as well? And maybe hire a shaman to place some bad juju on rvp?
-James R
It a tactic. Desperation or the appearance of it diminishes your negotiation power. Same reason after Fabregas he didn't seek first class replacement.
Poldi already wore 9, which was Park's number. So there is a free number for another forward :P
CT
If Park, Chamakh and Bendtner all leave we will need to bring in another striker.
Also Wenger will be saying we do not need anyone to put us in a stronger position for negotiating any transfer
It was clear all along that Van Pussy was off & that the 2 strikers we signed are his replacements. Assuming we play 4-2-3-1, then the sole striking role will be Giroud, Podolski & possibly Walcott on occasions. The right attacking role, will be Walcott & Oxlade, the left attacking role Gervinho & Podolski, so the central, left & right attacking combinations will come mainly from Walcott, Oxlade, Giroud, Podolski & Gervinho. The additional player to cover these attacking positions, will be either Arshavin or Chamakh, depending on whether either or both depart. Only if both depart would I expect an additional forward to be signed.
According to Wenger we were not signing Carorla either, I expect us to do some more business before the end of the transfer window
£24 million for an injury prone one season wonder, I would take that!
He also said we need a natural dm and than rvp would stay! so ya cant realy take him at his word ! i expect 3 players to join before the window closes with song going ! then a forward to com in, in january!
RICK DALLAS
Is this an actual quote? the only piece of relevant evidence i have heard was Grimandi saying we signed Giroud early so we definitely wouldnt go into the new season too light on CF options. but this didnt mean that we wouldnt sign anyone if RVP left. ed, do you think we will be recruiting another striker?
Oleg Maputo
Wenger also said we weren't in for Giroud, Cazorla & many more but we signed them though. Never play poker with Arsene............
I wouldn't rush into getting that shirt. I reckon Cazorla might take #10 and Poldolski #9.
Stezza.
Wenger also denied we after Podolski wait Untill the window closes.
Clg
Dont take what wenger says as true, surely?
About 2 weeks ago wenger didn't know who Cazorla was remember?
we will reinvest in the team maybe not another striker but more players will come!Eds?
Mark
SAGOONER
The board are a disgrace and dont give a rubbish about the welfare of the club, top 4 team in england and one of the biggest in the world? i doubt that very much! expect to see song out of the door within the next few days and a few more may well be leaving yet. walcott still hasnt signed a new deal! massive problems for the club and for people to say we are in a better situation than we were last year? you talk rubbish especially if we lose alex song!
Guys, chillax, Girouds got this.
D
Agreed with Stezza
Cazorla 10
Podolski 9
Pold is only player not to be submitted with a # that is why he wasnt given a number yet, he will wear the number 10. and watch when rvp officially leaves it wont contain the words in afc statement " we wish robin success" players who leave like this never get that, nasri, cole, adebayor, toure, clichy and now rvp
16 Aug 2012 00:33:17
How can Arsenal's board justify this Sale. First they sell to of our best players last season. One to Barcelona and the other to City who justified the players claims by winning the League. We start the season badly and get trashed by United, yet you sell our most prolific scorer to the team that humiliated us last season.
It seems arsenal have conceded top spot to city and Manu and only fight for 3rd place. Lets just assume this is true. When you consider that Chelsea have strengthened, does this not increase the possibility that we might be competing for 3rd place with the very team you have sold our best player too. Did it not occur to the Board that this player might just be the difference between achieving that goal or not.
This is just poor. This is the biggest slap in the face ever.
MiracleGunner
If the wants too go he wants to go - 20m+ the best we could do
Arsenal could invest a billion dollars in players and thrash every other team on the planet... But if they did, I'd start supporting another team. I much prefer to support exciting underdogs with a sustainable business model who have to fight for a champions league spot. And perhaps one day these underdogs will surprise me and beat those billionaire teams to the premier league or champions league. Now that would be fun and would show the world that money does not trump loyalty and hard work. For now, and for as long as your wishes don't come true MiracleGunner, the team I support is Arsenal. If you're after a club with unlimited money and don't value loyalty, why don't you do what Nasri or Van Persie have done and switch to another team?
It seems clear that Wenger's hand was forced on this, by his own board. I don't believe he would have painstakingly arranged training and friendly games to get rvp's fitness up so that we can then give him away fit and healthy?
Near identical case with Na$ri last season.
Blame the board, not Wenger. He is the one that we can definitely not afford to lose.
-chane
Where did Wenger say this. Surely we need to bring in another top striker now, what both Poldolski and Giroud are unproved qualities and what if one gets injured?
A 30 year oild in the last year of his contract with a shaky fitness record...24 mil is a good return
Some people just dont understand modern day football and how clubs run. RvP didn't want to sign a new contract, end of story. Move along
I feel terrible getting the news this morning but considering that he is injury prone and doesnt play well outside of arsenal (national team for example) I think getting 20m out of him is not that bad. I would love him again if he can get 200k/w and a long term injury.
We got one good season in eight out of RVP; he is fragile and he is 29 - I do not think he will dramatically improve Man Utd they are still weak at the back and in midfield. It is great to get GBP20m for a player of that fragility and age. I just hope we reinvest.
If it's not Wengers fault then why does'nt he speak out about the players being allowed to run down there contracts. I think he is to blame as nuch as the board.
I agree with comments about owners. check pompey out :) also chelsea will be 4th at best i think i can see a manchester one two tho.
tevez back i stil think its citys title. theyl get agger in and one more player.
im happy with podolski and giroud instead of persie. id like to see us sign defensive mid and a defender and back up goalie
apc
Nort many player leave arsenal an hit the form they did at arsenal. only ashley cole who i agree for the sake of 5grand a week we should of kept.
nasri isnt the same player he was for me. in silvas shadow everyweek. cazorla is so much better then nasri
Even teams such as United have lost top players such as Ronaldo & Tevez. We sold Nasri for £25m with a year to go. We sold Fabregas for approx £35m as he wanted to go & we have now sold Van Pussy for £24m with a year to go. This totals £84m. We have signed Carzorla, Areteta, Giroud & Podolski for apprix £48m, hence a profit of approx £36m & will this make us weaker? I prefer Cazorla to Nasri. Controversially, I believe Arteta is a better all round player than Fabregas, its just a shame he is 30. I believe that having Giroud & Podolski is more beneficial than placing all your eggs in one basket with Van Pussy. If Wenger can retain Song, add a further defensive midfield player & a forward/left side player, we will have a formidable squad.
Why is everyone making out like its doom and gloom? yes van persie was class last year but someone will always stand up for our club. before van persie their was adebayor before that henry. The cologne game showed us that their is life after van persie. Cazorla giroud and podolski linked up well and in cazorla we have the man we have been craving to pick a part a defence. this is a stronger arsenal team than last year even without van persie. thank you for 8 years now lets move on and show why we are one of the biggest clubs in the world!!
JoshA
I agree with the other poster, I love the club have done since I was a boy , of course it pains me to see good players leave. But they have left us before and the club will remain. This is not a level playing field .. get over it . Players have their own career goals and agendas and the club will not always be able to enforce their wishes on those individuals. Man city have a limitless supply of money , Chelsea have funding source not based on their tickets sales or commercial ventures. Man Utd have been leveraged to the max but still their commercial power means they can afford wages we cannot... We are one of Europes top teams and prove this year in year out.... will we win something? .. yes .. one day .. thats football. btw miraclegunner , the board can justify this because it just makes common sense ,,, of course we could have kept him for one more season.. but with 24m to collect on a player that we bought for a 10th of that and has only really produced a single truly outstanding season and next year could have little to no resale value even to Manu .. why is that poor or a slap in the face ?
To the guy that wrote
''Arsenal could invest a billion dollars in players and thrash every other team on the planet... But if they did, I'd start supporting another team. I much prefer to support exciting underdogs with a sustainable business model who have to fight for a champions league spot. And perhaps one day these underdogs will surprise me and beat those billionaire teams to the premier league or champions league. Now that would be fun and would show the world that money does not trump loyalty and hard work. For now, and for as long as your wishes don't come true MiracleGunner, the team I support is Arsenal. If you're after a club with unlimited money and don't value loyalty, why don't you do what Nasri or Van Persie have done and switch to another team?''
Mate, I think you miss the point completely.
and u can't be bothered to explain it to you.
Read through my post again and think.
MiracleGunner
Sorry but to the person a few above I can't consider anyone a true fan and value there opinion that says if they did that I'd support another team. No way on earth would a TRUE fan say they'll support another team!
This is so bad...selling our best player to the league rival...
i know it wont sound good but ..just imagin what difference it makes if we cut the RVP's las seasons goals. we could have had same fate as liverpool result wise.
EVEN THOUGH WE DID GOT 3RD SPOT it was solo act of RVP. other than rvp our remaining team is no match for chelsea,city n manu. plus dont count spurs n liverpool, if any one of them has a good season...we are in a battle for 4 again...
and that sucks.
We had no choice. The mistake is allowing the contract to run down. RvP made it clear he wanted to leave and his non-plus performance on Sunday underlined his attitude. £24M for a 29 year old is good business
Who the hell wrote comment number two? "I'd rather support an underdog with sustainable business model"? What sort of fans are we becoming? I want to support a team that attracts the best players, who want to sign for a team that they want and can win trophies with. Everyone likes an underdog but when that underdog is in the top 5 richest teams in the world then something is seriously wrong. I do not profit financially or emotionally from supporting a team with a positive bank balance. I would profit by thinking that my team were on the same page as the fans as far as success/trophies are concerned.
Jon (occasional contributor but constant reader of this site)
Why do we need 3 strikers we cant play them all at the same time we only need a future striker someone like niang.
Aah
Van Persie won't be a big loss. He had ONE injury free season in 8 years and only started 211 games. Fabregas, Clichy and Hnery were bigger losses.
The situation was in part created by the Club's perceived "lack of ambition" by not investing (or spending) on "name" players in the past, and in turn allowing certain players such as - Fabregas to leave.
Unfortunately the Club was placed in an impossible position when Van Persie made it clear that he wanted "out" ... sell to the highest bidder or allow him to go for zilch next season? Now I'm sure the Club would have preferred to sell him abroad, however a club like Juventus was never really going to buy him simply because the don't actually have the funds, and Real Madrid were never going to pay crazy money for him, so the only real bidders were City or United.
Loyalty in football nowadays rarely exists, so where fans may look at it and think - how can a player move to a rival such as United? the player (in most cases) merely sees it as quitting one employer for another.
Whilst it does grate me that Van Persie is going to United and old Blue Nose will be lauding it over everyone once again (Sky Sports News must be working themselves into a stupor especially Jim White), as it would City ...£24 Million is at least some consolation, although I'd still rather the player.
"Where did Wenger say this. Surely we need to bring in another top striker now, what both Poldolski and Giroud are unproved qualities and what if one gets injured?"
Is this site peopled by 11 year olds? LP is a top international striker and Giroud was virtually single-handed in winning Ligue 1 for Montpellier. Crucially both of them also have exceptional resilience to knocks. Giroud can actually score as many from his head as feet, which means our CF might not now be taking corners!
This the first time I have ever wanted a stranger to me in Rvp to fail
For me this is like sol coming to us from the lane only this time Rvp will not win the double
Look Man if a player wants to go let him go. It only hurts the team in the long run
We wont fight for third! Chelski is better than last year. We will fight for fourth, fifth or sixth.
We sold the person because he wanted to leave...not because he wasn't wanted...not because his God like status at the club was in question or anything to that effect... it's plain and simple. He thinks Man Utd or rubbishty can win something. To be perfectly honest, I think rubbishty will bring some metalware home.. but Man Utd? Not this season... check back with me when this season is over. Man Utd's midfield is rubbishe. Carrick?Oh FFS
It is dissapointing that we are losing our captain yet again, but hopefully the new skipper will be TV and he will surely be more vocal for a start. We have cried out for the club to buy quality players and Podolski, Giroud and Cazorla are just that - quality. RVP had made his mind up to go and there was not a lot that Wenger could have done. I strongly belive that we will finish above Man U this season as we have 3 new international players, a fit Diaby (fingers corssed), the Ox will be unleashed and of course, let's hope Jack Wilshere returns in the short term - effectively 5 additions to last season's squad. Also,who knows if the spending is finished. Let's get behind the team and Wenger and stop bleating!
Arsenal Board are not and have never been Fans of the Club, they are upper class knobs who have found a cache cow since SKY. When the Chairman Peter Hill- Wood sold his heritage in Arsenal to David Deine (a real Arsenal fan) with the remark " it is dead money you know boy"
"Sorry but to the person a few above I can't consider anyone a true fan and value there opinion that says if they did that I'd support another team. No way on earth would a TRUE fan say they'll support another team!"
I never claimed to be a "true" fan, whatever that means and i couldn't care less what you think of me to be honest. I don't even know you or anything about you aside from the fact that you are severely dyslexic or haven't yet finished high school. I support an idea, not a team. But for the last 15 years that idea has best been materialised by Arsenal: exciting to watch + not stupidly buying/bribing its way to the top. I'm cheering for Arsenal, not b*tching about them and their manager like so many "true" fans.
Jon: Where do you think some of those other rich teams get their money?Arsenal are one of the richest teams in the world because of good business dealings, not because money is being poured in by corrupt oligarchs who steal their country's resources (Chelsea) and employ slave labour (Man City, PSG) to get where they are. I don't want to profit emotionally from the misery of others, especially not for something as trivial as winning the PL. I'm happy to see Arsenal win their games most of the time, and they do. So i'll stick to my guns... 3rd place is SUCCESS and if Arsenal start lose their ethics in order to win trophies then sorry but i'm out.
16 Aug 2012 00:31:49
I feel sorry for the people who got
Van Persie
10
On their new arsenal shirt
Little Gooner
Who did??
Who is van persie?
Why would you have been stupid enough to do that?
I thought his name was van pussy
DN~
16 Aug 2012 00:25:32
On a very positive note ... Santi Cazorla is absolute class!
Seen highlights of him today and the more I see the more I love him.
If he produces in the league we could have a special player again, our new Cesc with some luck.
BR
That's right he is class
The people who disagree are not gooners obviously
We need a new Vieira, Strong, great tackler, could pass the ball brilliantly, get out of a tight situation, could make up the ground to win the ball back, not afraid to get stuck in and physical and could score a few goals too.
I dont see who out there could do that at the moment but that's whats needed. We dont need another Cesc, we have Jack Wilshere for that role.
Rob
He was awesome against cologne
15 Aug 2012 22:41:38
Heard judas replacement will be Loic Remy for 17.5 million and also Ki from Celtic for 7.8million also hearing we are chasing a right back dont know who though. Been told Remy deal was only waiting on that Man u bidding more than 20 mill and now all Arsenal have to do is dot the i's and cross the t's. This coming from reliable journalist friend who deals specifically with french football transfers.
ARSENAL TILL I DIE
Remy will be a real good signing however 1 injury prone out another in?
Dont think we are in for a right back coz Segna will be back quicker that expected.....Remy is over rated.....wenger did say we are bringing in two players...carzola being the first....
Agree with poster who warns about Remy's injuries. Good player but a very bad history of injuries.
Stewart
Remy signing will be great. Awesome speed and finishing, could be like when we lost Anelka and replaced him with a young striker by the name of Henry
If we start chasing celtic players just shows we will be nowhere next year pub players from pub league just shows how far we have fallen
To the above post theres nothing new there then,going nowhere is what yous constantly do good at.
markybhoy
Celtic fan here think ki would be a great signing for you trying desperately to hold on to him and wanyama but looking more and more unlikely. 7million is a steal partner podolski up front with lebandowski and ki will provide some crosses and a free kick specialist!
15 Aug 2012 22:28:05
One of my buddies, whose father is a leader of AST, has informed me that, he had heard his father discussing with his friends, dat Arsenal have been observing Robert Lewandowski for past season and if rvp would be sold, the club would be ready to make a deal with dortmund.
If they fail in lewandowski pursuit, then Alvaro Negredo will be the option. But certainly, wenger doesnt rate llorente much.
Now dat rvp is off, lets see what happens.
COYG
True, dat.
I said this 100 times now. Lewandowski is not moving anywhere this summer! (Im polish and polish journalists even know where and when he takes his rubbish and what color it is). Believe me. He's staying in Dortmund (btw. they rejected an offer of 30 milions euro for him from United on Sunday).
polishgunner
Rubish...Dortmond said they will only sell one player.....utd(surprise) signed that player........Wenger has already made a statement on french tv that he has already brought replacements for Judus......so stop coming out with all these names based on no substance....km
15 Aug 2012 22:05:32
Arsenal 2 sign llorente b4 a week
Signed for Juventus
Paul Belfast
'Signed for Juventus'.
Er, don't think so. Interest from Juventus has been reported but there are no official reports that he has signed.
If Arsenal want him, I think that you're really well placed to get him and I think that he would be a perfect fit for your style of play.
If you do get him, given the other signings that you've made, I think that you will have a really strong shot at the League this season.
Ginger Rodgers
Mostly scores with his head. Not exactly suited to Arsenal's preferred style of play.
I would rather chase Doumbia if stlll available but knowing Wenger and the Board, they will not buy another striker.