Arsenal Rumours Archive July 16 2012

16 Jul 2012 21:12:47
According to my source in Italy, Juventus will table a £20m bid for Robin van Persie but will likely fail as they fall short of Arsenal's £30m valuation.
In other news Theo Walcott is set to be offered a new contract this week Arsenal look to sort out his future before the Asian tour.

Alex Song and Laurent Koscienly are expected to sign within the summer as they are being offered bumper deals to 2017.
RVP is set to have further talks with the Arsenal hierarchy but will not likely sign a new deal.

M'vila is likely to be unveiled soon after the deal was done today.

Arsene Wenger is set to have a close look at Iker Muniain during the Olympics as he ponders a move for the Bilbao star.

that's all for now.

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^that is cool
aLOYALafcfan

Wouldn't mind if RVP stays for another season, gooners would be bonkers not to agree. As for Walcott, well...

Song and Kos were two outstanding players last season so if this is true then brilliant. Barca has been sniffing around both of them, reputedly

I'd take £20m for RVP. Snap that up straight away. Better than keeping him, getting him injured for half the season and giving him away on a free next year.

If that's true about Kos and Song, then awesome. Song has got it in him to be world class.

Not too fussed if Walcott stays or goes really, I'd quite like the money for him, but that does put a lot of pressure on Ox.

This M'Vila this has to be put to bed soon. Maybe there's a reason RVP has been taken out of the 2012/13 kit brochure and an M'Vila announcement would soften the blow for many

Song and kos were OK last season. RVP was a lot better

Rennes president-no concrete offers for Mvilla,so how can he sign if we have not made an offer.

16 Jul 2012 18:22:49
Hi guys, have to say that Iker munian will NOT be joining arsenal, my uncle works in Spain and he said that if munian is going anywhere it will be to man united. Sorry to let you know also if he doesn't move anywhere this summer he will definatley move to either united, Malaga, Madrid or Barca.

So working in Spain makes someone a credible source? Who knew ay? (Not that I believe he's joining.)

Za Muse

If he's going anywhere it's Man U
or Malaga
or Barca
or Madrid
What about Moscow or Milan or Macclesfield?
Sorry forgot Munich
If I had a Spanish uncle as decisive as that, I would recommend him for Minister of Finance!

Considering he works in close to club and he told me what he has heard.

Those are 4 clubs who have all expressed an interest and spoken to Bilbao, at the moment the team most interested in him is united, but if they make a move expect the other clubs to make a move. One thing is he won't be joing arsenal. So the guy who said the is right.

Jj

The most interesting thing about this post is finding out that someone does actually work in Spain.

I live in Spain, and if there is anything being said by players of Athletic Bilbao, is that they are commited with staying with the claub, at least for this year. They are all happy and committed to work with Bielsa.

I have no connections to Spain whatsoever and yet I know very well that Muniain is not coming to Arsenal! How about that!

16 Jul 2012 16:41:57
First time post on here. only discovered site couple months ago.

Old friend I use to work with at french company who now as a freelance photographer in rennes region has been telling me mvila deal is still alive even where everywhere else has said otherwise. Today I spoke to him and he has said it is now done. Although not announced it is done and they are near ready for Yanns statement. I know many are saying this now anyway, so not exactly breaking news but for any.who still doubt, please believe. It is done. Finally

16 Jul 2012 16:01:01
Alot of M'villa rumours today, yet I havent seen it on SSN

Ed can you confirm any dealings?

Romford Gunner! {Ed002's Note - I appreciate there has been a flyurry of rumours but nothing confirmed.}

16 Jul 2012 15:19:52
Player: Ibrahim Afellay

Source: Barcelona Newspaper

Okay this looks like according to the local Barcelona nespaper that Arsenal were offered the above player by Barcelona and they have bid 6m GBP.

Name of the newspaper

Sounds good to me.

Vanguardia - it's a big local paper - my girlfriend and i have a flat here we use for doing business in spain

16 Jul 2012 14:42:50
M'Vila is agreed and on his way...
Confirmed to be from two sources. Medical & legal.

Source? you can't just make things up

Source - Medical & legal. Obviously I cant say more!

16 Jul 2012 13:06:11
Arsenal have reportedly signed Yann m'vila from Rennes and it is said he will be unveilled on tuesday(tomorrow). Ibrahim Affelay is also a possibility and it is said Barcelona have told Arsenal they can have the player for a cut-price of 5million.

Also Barcelona have bid Koscielny 15million but it is unlikely Arsenal would let him go with a new deal rumored to be agreed.it is reported also that Arsharvin is on his way out together with Chamakh, Squillach, Bedtner and Almunia.

And believe it or not,....Ganso want Arsenal Move.

Yes, I can confirm that this is true...mvilla deal is done

Almunia has already gone num nuts!

16 Jul 2012 11:26:00
There alot of talk that M'Vila and Affelay will sign over the next 48 hours. I would be over the moon if this turned out to be true. At the moment are transfer dealings are some serious ass strengthening. With the addition of a new CB to cover across back 4 we will have a title contending squad.

Szezsency
Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Gibbs
Mvila Song
Affelay Wilshere/Artera Podolski
Giroud

Pretty dench team with good cover.

If we fail to sign Affelay and RVP leaves we need a high profile attacking player. There are many many options.

My preferred 3 are Munain, Lewandski and Huntelaar.

COYG

Paddy

M'vila has been 'signing in the next 48 hours' for the last three weeks.

Please refrain from using "dench" to describe anything Arsenal. Pure silliness, and I wanna smack Frimpong in the nose for making it up.

The fact you used the word "Dench" made me agree straight away.

But my honest opinion of the three players you mentioned is that:

Huntelaar would be first team and on significant wages, not over our limit but near to it, we can't be benching Giroud, and both can only really play in the CF role.

Lewandowski would be a good signing, and having Szczesny here, plus the half polish Koscielny would help him settle into a different culture, but he's going to be £20m or thereabouts, and in all honesty, I think the most expensive buy for us this window will be M'villa (if he was to join)

Munian would be insane, he'd suit our style of play, and I think he'd excell for us, my problem is that Bilbao have one of the few truly successful self sustaining models around, only employing players of basque heritage, or descent, this means that they don't really pay out huge transfer fees, and don't pay out big wages, so any sales ate almost pure profit, therefore they don't NEED the money, so the three stars that are being linked away are Iker Munian, Fernando Llorente and Javi Martinez, and I'd expect the cheapest to be Llorente at around £20-25m. Munian would be in excess of £30m.

That said, your not saying "we would/should buy" your saying you'd like those players.

If I'm honest, I'd like to see us sign Antoinne Griezman from Real sociedad, as part of the deal for Vela, add M'baye Niang as cover to our forwards and Afeely brought in for me is a no brainer!

D

It's Lewandowski

Dench isnt a real word you know, grow up

I agree though I wouldn't be advers to having Torres up front for us ;)

That is a very slow team!!

Lethal Bizzle made up Dench, Frimpong is just bizzle's tag along...

Still love them both though!

"Serious ass strengthening"?! What?! What HAVE the team been up to that they need their collective asses strengthening?! Ashley Cole left years ago...

Leave it yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Good thoughts paddy!

16 Jul 2012 08:51:27
On SSN they are saying that Walcott's odds of joining Liverpool have now been cut to evens - personally I don't believe it.

A strange one that I heard this morning - my source is a PT who does some work with one of the Arsenal fitness coaches - Bendtner to Newcastle....not sure about this either but kind of makes sense I guess. They have not mentioned anything about M'Vila or any other players coming in so make of that what you will.

Anyway, don't shoot the messenger.

LD

It will end the saga, at least.

Good.... Gives the ox a chance...Walcott talks a good game...always has something to say....100k a week what a joke

Why do we struggle to get rid of players that aren't in our starting 11? It's so frustrating. Players like Bendtner would walk into so many teams. Man Utd always manage to get rid of their "dead wood".

We need to get rid of Walcott. I'd take £12m for him any day. Ox is Walcott with extra guts and more potential.

Bendtner could walk into a team like Everton, but Newcastle wouldn't have him in their 1st 11.

Walcott is not leaving

Theo is a Liverpool fan and Rodgers likes fast wingers for his style of play so this is a high possibility. I wud b gutted if we lost him and RVP tho

Of course UTD do ask Berbatov.

They always say s**t like this to try and get people to bet on it , as if its a sure thing , total bulls**t...

rick dallas

Here's a crazy thought: What about a cash plus player swap between Andy Carroll and Theo Walcott? Carroll and 7 mil Pounds for Walcott. We need another quality striker and Carroll is young, tall, English, and Premier League proven.

Andy Carroll is proven useless muppet in the premier league, we don,t want other teams garbage, do we not want a winning team?

Carroll? ...a quality striker? LMAO!!

16 Jul 2012 06:55:10
BREAKING NEWS! Yan M'vila completes dream move to Arsenal, expected in London for Medical today July 16... Also expected is Ibrahim Afellay who arrives from Barcelona as possible replacement for Theo Walckot or Andre Arshavin. Both will be invited for final rounds of discussion today before the team departs for their Asian trip. Robin Van Persie arrives London today and is expected to make the 25man list unless both parties fail to reach an agreement in which case Van Persie will be left behind to sort out his future. The goodnesws is that M'vila and Afellay have been signed, sealed and delivered and must be with the gunners in Asia as Wenger accesses his full squad ahead of next season. On return from Asia, a 21 year old Swiss defender will join the fray .

Adewale Ajayi alias kingunner.

What aload of pants, why isnt it on the arsenal websight then and its not all across sky sports ect about m'vila

Seems quite likely looking at the rumor pages, but not yet annouced anywhere. Plus Wenger wouldn't be pressured into completing these deals just for a preseason friendly tour.

Is the swiss defender from young boys? cos if it is it'll be francois affolter. source: justarsenal

You say that M'Vila and Affelay have been invited for a final round of talks, then state that they are "signed sealed and delivered". Which they aren't if they're being invited for final talks. I reckon you've caught yourself out there as a bit of a gobs**te!

I think he meant Walcott and Arshavin would be invited for final round of talks, and depending how they wen't the other deals may come through.
Still not sure I believe it all, but that is what he meant I think.

Irish Gooner