18 Apr 2013 15:56:55
There seem to be small noises coming from Holland that Arjen Robben is unhappy with his situation at Bayern Munich. He is said to feel like he is surplus to requirements and will not be in Guardiola's plans next season.
At 29 he still feels he needs to be playing reguarly and has been annoyed by the lack of first team apperiances this season. Robben has asked his representatives to ask around europe to see if there is any interest.
Surprisingly, Arsenal and Arsene Wenger are one name that has came out as being extremely interested. Apparently Wenger feels Arjen would be the perfect mix of expieriance and attacking guile to make a real difference to Arsenal's frontline, as well as being an excellent mentor to Serge Gnarby and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and may explain why Wenger may be leaving Podolski out, with a view to accomodating Robben next season.
Bayern are believed to be looking for around £15 million for the player who only signer a 2 year extension last summer, but Arsenal feel the price could drop to around £12 million, which for a 29 year old may be good business.
The biggest stumbling block for Arsenal apparently, is the wages. Robben is reported to be earning 180,000 euros per week. This is obviously not feasible for Arsenal but feel a dealmay be done which could include a smaller weekly wage, but with more opportunities on his bonuses (Match fees, goals scored, image rights etc. ).
What I feel is certain is that there may not be two many clubs whos could afford the Robben package and not to many clubs Robben could join having already played at Chelsea and Real Madrid. Spurs, (as usual) have showed mild interest due to fears Bale may depart, but are unlikely to be able to afford the player.
What is definetly known is In Holland he is still viewed as being a very special player who still has an enourmous amount of quality to offer to any team he plays for, it is almost certain he will look to move in the summer, to who is the big question?
Dutch Bergkamp Fan {Ed029's Note - From elsewhere - Juventus, Inter and AC Milan have a long term interest in him and Palermo are looking at players of his ilk as part of their extensive rebuilding. PSG are consideringing him as an option but Anzhi's interest is unlikely to attract the player.}
Quality - No Doubt
Attitude - God Awful
Would love to see him back in the EPL, but he has a real bad attitude and as we all know AW does not tolerate this type of player and rightly so.
337
As much I would like this to be true I don't think it will happen. Firstly Robben is quite a shelfish player, secondly he has a tendency to be quite dispruptive on the pitch and behind the scenes.
No doubt he is pure quality, sadly I don't think he fits the Wenger mould.
This isn't the first time I've heard Arjen being linked with a move back to the EPL. it's not uncommon knowledge that he's not happy at Bayern.
Having said that would he come to arsenal? I hate to say it but are there not other teams he'd look at first? let's hope Wenger backs up his spending talk this summer. Robben would be a welcome addition to our attack.
A shellfish player? What like a crab?
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Would not like him anywhere near arsenal.
greedy, bad attitude and would not fit in our system. £12M is too much for someone like him. would rather go for someone like Fisher from Ajax or Deloufeu from Barcelona. Both would be a very smart investment and both are tremendously talented. or another option is to play oxlade more.
Seriously dude Robben! don't we have enough "easily injure-able" players of our own?
wages?
attitude?
gotta be a wind up post.
Take a risk its what wins titles, come on 12 million for a world class player don't care about the add ons I care about what he can do on the pitch
Bergkap5353
Robben wouldn't last a month with the negativity in the home stands.
No thanks - it's all about him not the team.
SY4
Robben at Arsenal could work if Wenger sorts his attitude out. To be honest I'd welcome him at the club, we need to realise the sh*ep heap of players that we currently have are not good enough to win anything worth while. We need players like Robben
He's an arsenal fan
^^Who Wenger or Robben?
Makes me mad when people say this. "Robben will work if Wenger can sort his attitude out".
When has Wenger ever sorted out anyone in the last 10 years? He is bad in man-management with anyone abover 22.
Did he fix Adebayor's, Bendtner's, Wally's attitude? his response is to just sell them.