Arsenal Rumours Archive August 22 2011

22 Aug 2011 21:35:40
It's being reported that we have agreed to sign Gedion Zelalem. Before you get too excited, he is a 14 year old Ethiopian-German.

Good to see Wenger can do transfers when he wants. Perhaps now he'll focus on the first team

Check out whats gioing on- how much wages do you think a 14 year old is going to be on? Keep up with what's going before making stupid comments

22 Aug 2011 19:37:24
Arsenal had a scout watching Scotty Parker yesterday expect a bid for him. 100% true and I think he would be good for Arsenal as his workrate is unreal. Crabby

He is a good player by not the Quality for Arsenal football

Not the quality? Disagree, committed, capable, exactly what we need

I'd take Parker's determination, grit, experience, steel and sheer feckin effort in a heartbeat. I love the way he sets about a game.

Why do they have to "scout" Parker, dont they know how he plays from the last so many years in the EPL?

Hmmm best player of the season in the PL last year by a mile. I would'ny say im his greatest fan but considdering our midfield atm how could any one say no. We need some grit we lost ours (GL Cesc).

Gavsta

I know aw does not like signing 30 yr old plus players but your dcm lack exp he as already played along side wiltshire for england is available on loan so he not using up your transfer kitty make perfect sense

Would love to see Parker in the shirt, we need people who would sweat blood and tears for the Cannon

22 Aug 2011 18:59:48
Hearing Rumours of:
potential loan deal for Kaka,
Bargain deal for Drogba,
Wenger style signing of Zarate,
An expected rumour of Hazard,
The defensive choice; Cahill, Samba & Mertesacker.

Now my analysis of these rumours.

Personally if the Kaka loan deal comes off i'll be ecstatic. Fallen out of favor with real, but still looked quality for Brazil in their short world cup. Would still prove to be an amazing player. Wenger work the magic please

Drogba - Hearing prices ranging from £3mil - £10mil, Personally i think hes worth around £8mil considering his age, but could add some real steel to the arsenal team. if this comes off, id hope to see a 4-4-2.

Zarate - Very internationally under-rated. quality player still relatively young, 24. Hopefully signs soon for around 8Mil, if Drogba & him sign, would leave us with awesome options up front.

Hazard - Likely to sign on CL qualification, personally would hope he signed either way, excellent player, possibly offer arshavin the other way to lower the price would be a good idea, as Miyachi looks to be future star (i would believe one of the worlds best wingers in a few years time)

Cahill/Samba/Mertesacker - The defensive choise, likely only one will sign, i hope we actually sign 2, personally i think they're all just a bit better than what we have, samba could be a great bargain with his height and strength. but would much rather have spent big on Subotic.

I could agree with all those but than it said drogba

Erm, thats good and all, but if nasri doesn't sign a new contract who's going to replace cesc. If you say Ramsey I ought to stop talking to you. And zarate -_- omg wow he is so overrated, rather have Adebayor back than zarate in our first team.

Ramsey And Wilshere together would, they were good enough to do it last year, they proved when fab was injured that they could do it against the best. They did it against Man Utd, and we won (Ramsey Goal), Admittedly we could do with Parker, but im unsure whether wenger is even considering signing anyone of that role. i think he believes Wilshere, Ramsey, Song, Frimpong will be enough players central midfield players if we opt for a 4-4-2 style.

And zarate, would be one awesome bargain for 8mil, name me a player of 24years or less that we can get of that caliber at that cost. Great back up for Vp and Drogba if he signs.

Your havin a laugh ar'nt ya

Zarate is good...but lets look at our opposition.

Rooney, Berbatov, Hernandez, Anelka, Drogba,Torres, Caroll, Suarez, Kuyt, Aguero, Tevez, Balotelli,Dzeko.

Now we have Van persie top 3 in epl when not injured...even chamakh is last on this list...and zarate would be second last...unless we are competing with the spurs strikers then we have 1,2,3 position compared to them

22 Aug 2011 18:10:59
montilivo 20 mil
hazard 22 mil
zarate 10 mil
mertesacker maybe swap
jags 15 mil

442


szczesny
sagna
jags/mertesacker
vermaelan
gibbs
montilivo
nasri
wilshere
hazard
zarate
van persie

67 mil all we need to win the prem

One problem no nasri

22 Aug 2011 17:59:47
Eurobot: M'vila 6/10, Hazard 3/10, Jagielka 6/10.

thats the chances of getting them i cant believe they put hazard as 3/10
what do you think ed -ED? {Ed002's Note - 4, 3, 5}

Mate at least get your betting right if your going to post nonsense

22 Aug 2011 17:19:12
ed what players do you see sgning for arsenal this window?

much appreciated

clock end gooner {Ed002's Note - I am not going to try and guess - a couple of surprises no doubt.}

22 Aug 2011 16:30:04
ed any news on anyone close to signing times getting on nw? {Ed002's Note - Not just yet.}

22 Aug 2011 15:12:47
Hi ED, who do you see AW buying in before the tranfer window closes?,..GAZ {Ed002's Note - I am not going to try and guess - a couple of surprises no doubt.}

22 Aug 2011 18:05:18
Arsenal trying to bring in Kaka

22 Aug 2011 17:11:25
Jagielka has passed a medical at Arsenal and will be confirmed tonight.

Please explain to me how you know this, because i will now be waiting to here this news and it probably won't happen.
South Gooner

Jags HAS NOT HAD A MEDICAL, at AFC.

What is your source for this info

Cazza56

Why do people make stuff up- you don't think we're damned pissed off and frustrated as it is ?

Yup, I just saw this on Arsenal.com as well.. confirmed literally minutes after your post =/

22 Aug 2011 16:36:24
Hazard to be an Arsenal player by the end of the week

22 Aug 2011 16:21:38
on Twitter

RUMOUR not confirmedMauro zarate set to sign for arsenal in £12 million deal & to wear number 9 shirt,could be in squad for utd game

Is Zarate actually any good? I'm not being sarcastic, just too lazy to look up his stats on the web...
Max Farnham

I hope not 15 goals in 3 seasons.

He scores 1 in 4...his goals though are very very good ones..i remember a fella that played for juve that joined arsenal with the same kind of stats and i think he done ok....:)

His goal stats are not very impressing thou.
but i remember him when he was playing at birmingham. he just like the younger version of messi back then. really energetic and quick feet kind of player.
im not sure what happen to him at lazio that makes they want to sold him.
is he really develope from the birmingham time?
but i think he can be as good as kun aguero if he fit our style of play..
maybe AW see that he can develope zarate to be top striker at arsenal.
thats why AW decide to cash on him (if this rumor is true)..

-hakeem-

22 Aug 2011 15:45:31
Arsenal to swap Nasri for Mario Balotelli Wenger has always been a fan and he is now well down the pecking order at city

He has been a fan but we are going to have a team of bad boys not
frimpong balotelli wilshere song gervinho no one will mess with them

If wenger can sort his head out he could be brilliant if not a complete pain the neck.

Great. We'd finish the game with 3 players

22 Aug 2011 15:09:18
montilivo and hazzard to be signed this wk

Montolivio is world class

I agree mate.think he would be a class signing..him hazzard and jags oh and zarate and i think we be up there..:)

22 Aug 2011 14:31:16
i would love drogba to come because he is good and we beat the spuds in the race but how will chelski react to it ps how much is drogba worth and what is his wages ed roughly {Ed002's Note - Chelsea would have no objection if he asked to leave and his value would be less than £10M. I don't want to get in to wages at all, but it would be affordable. The problem would likely be the player who wants to stay. He has an offer of an extension from the club for an additional year, but he wants two. If he were to leave, it may be for a big pay day in the Middle East or Russia (he has discounted Turkey I understand) before perhaps a final year or two in the United States. I would doubt he would be keen on staying in England - and Marseille remains an option.}

22 Aug 2011 12:52:27
can someone tell have the bids that we made for mvilla and hazard been excepted
just buy anyone decent plz

I believe the hazard one will be if we qualify into the champions league proper and for the m'villa Rennes have said wenger can start talks but yet they have come out saying arsenal have made no approach so I don't know what's going on there but wenger will do his utmost to sign him.We have also made an approach on jagielka and we are in deep talks with Zarate as we hope to make him a gooner before Saturday.

The chances of any bid being accepted are nil as Arsenal simply refuse to pay the requested fee. I am totally appalled at what is going on at Arsenal at the moment. Everybody keeps saying "keep the faith", but let's look at the facts. No trophies in 6 years, our best players are being sold, we have a manager presiding over a team that has won just 2 of the last 13 league games and that struggled to overcome Leeds, Huddersfield, Orient and Ipswich in the cups, culminating in an embarrasing defeat against relegated Birmingham in the Carling Cup Final. Why on earth is Wenger still in charge? Surely any other club would have installed a new manager. We now have empty seats at the Emirates and yet absolutely no urgency to do anything about it. Rant over, just like our season - already

Bids? i think your find there are NO bids im affraid. its all talk.

Wow panic.... Lol i think we will do well this season as we always do. People are unrealistic they expect far too much

There are some pathetic peiople on here , we are 2 games into the season.

"The chances of any bid" bloke, keep your shirt on mate, one bad run in 13 years and you want Wenger out?

It was people like you that used to sing "Fergie, Fergie on the dole".

1 bad run in 13 years? when did we last win anything? the bad run started 5 years ago

Take on ManSheikty shirt, drink some oil and go to sleep. Sack AW and then what? I'm sure you have a great solution...
DrchoGunner

I am the "bloke" referred to in this thread and have supported Arsenal since 1971 and was last at the Stadium to watch a pathetic performance against Udinese at the cost of �47.00. Unlike previous posters on this forum, I do not see why we should settle for mediocrity when we are paying probably the most for a seat. Like a previous message said, the bad run started several years ago and I repeat, 2 wins in 13 league games is not good enough for a team that is supposed to be "top 4". Wenger is not as good tactically as everybody thinks and is frequently out-witted by managers of lesser teams - he has no plan B and never has. He has been brilliant for the club financially, but sadly there is no sign of any improvement on the pitch, in fact things are looking pretty bleak when players will only consider joining us if we are in the Champions League - Arsenal is not a big enough name now to attract players regardless.

22 Aug 2011 11:25:43
Hi, I'm a Chelsea fan and a mate of mine is on the medical staff at Stamford Bridge. I have some news concerning one of our playesr and your club that I think will please you. Didier Drogba will sign for Arsenal or Spurs for £3million on thursday. Contract talks to extend his time at Chelsea by a year have broken down and Spurs and Arsenal are set to fight it out for his signature. It is believed the player himself is keen on Arsenal as they can offer him European Football and because of his friendship with Gervinho (who was at Stamford Bridge on Sunday watching his friends) However, the Luca Modric deal could ultimately decide where he ends up as he may be offered in part exchange.

Mac

Send Kalou and Benayoun to Spurs and Drogba to Arsenal. done. if only it were that easy.

UTTER UTTER HORSE TURD.

Only a week ago Drogba was saying he wants to end his career at Chelsea. And 3 million? Are you nuts? He is still one of the best strikers in the league and possibly the world, why AVB isn't starting I have no idea it is ridiculous. if I was him I'd walk actually. Hmmm. Maybe joining a rival would make some sense....

I'd take that, he's quality. A big, strong, experienced, proven goal scorer in the EPL.

Not sure I can see it happening though, I'm sure Wenger would only offer a years contract which by the sounds of it wouldn't please Drogba. I can see Harry getting his mits on him.

Its on football 365 now. Would be a great signing. Strength, power, experience. Bargain.

Drogba Is Good But why Should We Take Their Cast Off

Spurs are 5/4 favs to sign him Arsenal are'nt even in the betting.

Yeah looks like a real harry signing to me tbh- would be good for us for a few seasons no doubt, just can't see this one coming off though

"Drogba Is Good But why Should We Take Their Cast Off"

Simple. He'd be good for us. You even said it yourself. There's no shame in signing a good player that another club doesn't want. Look at Inter, they signed Real Madrid's cast offs Sneijder and Cambiasso and look where that got them.

Don't be as childish as to say we don't want him JUST because he played for Chelsea.

I hate the spuds but I would take Bale over Arshavin any day, granted I wouldn't pay 40m for him but at a bargain price I'd bend over backwards to get him, same with Drogba. 3m for a proven world class striker. Yes sir.

StEvE

Well I for one, fancy RVP and Drogba upfront - any team would fear that front two we would be unstoppable witha bit of width from the full backs

Totally agree with steve and the comment below, would be a great signing, and if the fee of �3mil is actually even close then thats such a bargain, i'd happily accept it if arsene even went up to around �8Mil for him. Great player just AVB is betting on the refinding of torres' form.

22 Aug 2011 11:11:11
Arsenal have signed Eden Hazard. Deal done for 23 million. Will be announced tomorrow at AW's press conference.

And u know this how? R u arsene wenger, cos if u are I've got strong words for u.............

Goonerman

We also had done deals for Mata Cahill Jag and more. WE BELIEVE IT WHEN WE SEE IT

Whats your source, tommy, brown or bbq?

No chance. Would be nice. However no

Wrong. He won't sign unless we qualify after weds.

Where have you heard this
-yorkshiregooner

Hazard staying at lille, also his buy out cause is 28m so sort ur facts out

22 Aug 2011 10:08:31
Anyone else scratching their head this morning, Mata signing for Chelsea. Were we not about to sign him about 3 weeks ago, is Wenger and his scouts really that foolish to allow deals to fall apart and then have our rivals come in with a few million more and get the player. Wenger knew Cesc was going all summer and nothing was done. Getting a bit tired of us being linked with players only for the yids to come out and say they are interested too. Maybe Harry should get his own scouts instead of using Jamie. Cahill should have been done after the liverpool game, no ifs or buts, cheque book out, contract signed, Man utd here we come. Sadly nothing.

I still think signings like Hazard, Mvilla, will only be done after udinese, hopefully after we qualify.

Why are we being bossed by Mancini in regards to Nasri, Does that smug little italian not realise even his own players dont like him. Also two games in and the media morons are already looking at the table as if its a done deal.

come on wednesday.

Roger the alien

You have to remember Wenger and the scouts find the player, Wenger then tells the board he wants this player. the board (ivan gazidis) then approaches the desired player's club. At this point the talks break down because the Arsenal board dont want to 1. spend too much money on any player and 2. if they do meet the club's asking price they then have a wage policy that cannot attract big names or keep our big names

I really think we need to lay of Wenger. bring back David (Mr Arsenal) Dien.....??

Rob

There is no excuse for not signing Mata, we coud have matched Chelsea's transfer fee and salary offered. The only explanation would be that we got Hazard instead of Mata. otherwise, there is no excuse.

Proof that we wont spend real big money

paul - rochester

I think you are talking absolute sense I 100 % agree with everything you say, time for Wenger to stop kids that are up and coming like they are f*cking in an elevator (yes that's an Ed Sheerhan lyric) and bring in Cahill, Hazard and a few more, a new CAM or Striker would be nice as well as some defensive beef. And I love what you said about Mancini, he is a smug little git that doesn't realize he is City's owners puppet, who only go for people who are doing well, as they don't know anything about football. Lets face it, Mancini won't be there for ever, surprised he hasn't been sacked already

Come on Wenger, turn this ship around

22 Aug 2011 08:46:54
This weeks looks set to be one of the busiest in a while for wenger in the transfer Market and it looks set he is ready to spend big money on numerous replacements.Finally this is what all gunners fans have been wanting him to do for ages and it looks he has changed his ways.
Who we are rumoured to:

Eden Hazard-Lille-midfield/wing-20million
M'Villa-Stade Rennes-CDM-15million
( Official wenger has made bids for the pair)
Phil Jagielka-Everton-CB-20million
(Wenger is said to be making a new approach)
Marvin Martin-Sochaux-Winger-17million
(Arsenal have shown interest and wenger likes him)
Lucho Gonzalez-Marseille-ATT Minded-Loan
(Wengers loan offer was rejected)
Mikel Arteta-Everton-ATT Minded-10million
(Wenger was said to be mulling over a bid)
Kaka-Real Madrid-ATT Minded/CF-Loan
(Real Madrid don't want him and have made him available for loan.
Riccardo Montilivo-Foirentina-CM-25million
(Wants to leave from his club and fiorentina Want a sale of him as he has only one year left on contract and Munich have pulled out so arsenal are leading the way to his signature.
Mauro Zarate-Lazio-ST/ATT Minded/Wing/CF-10million
(Agent confirmed he is in deep talks with arsenal and arsenal want to make him a gooner come Saturday.
PercMertesacker-Werder Bremen-CB-Swap
(Wenger wants to swap bendtner for his services)

We will be lucky to get 1 player in let alone 10

They may all be targets, but I can't see the club signing all these players- right now, I would take 2-3 and feel happy tbh- in reality...? we're see

It would be great to get a third of all those players,but I think that Wenger is under the same spending limits that he has been under since moving to the new stadium,and also we cannot compete with the big boys when it comes to wages.When the new fair play rules come in,we will stand a better chance.I'll cross the names off on your list as we sign them in the next week or so,but I really can't see many of the names on your list being in an Arsenal shirt come September 1st.BUT WE LIVE IN HOPE.

Buy all that lot, if only no way wenger will but 1 maybe 2 unkown kids and thats our lot, we will struggle to get in top 6 let alone 4

Spot on mate, we may get one of them, please do not let it be Jagielka, did you see his attempt to defend and stay with Tommy Smith when he scopred for QPR, shocking

Hopefully we can get these players but unfortunately I cant see it happening I think we may get m'villa but thats probably it

Maybe 2 of them. Wed will be crucial, CL will make it easier. But it's too late anyway IMO.
Dr.Gunner

22 Aug 2011 02:43:41
Wenger ready to splash the cash and ease Arsenal crisis

Arsene Wenger has finally been pushed into trying to make a dramatic splash in the transfer market.

Wenger has got bids of £15million and £20m-plus respectively in for Rennes midfielder Yann M'Vila and Lille forward Eden Hazard. And the Arsenal boss is also going back for another crack at Everton defender Phil Jagielka, having already had two bids turned down.

Wenger still expects Samir Nasri to leave despite his £22m move to Manchester City being held up by a £3m row over agent's fees, as revealed by Mirror Sport last week.

But Wenger is clearly ready to spend big to try and ease the growing problems at the Emirates after a summer of frustration in the transfer market.


France international M'Vila is seen as a tough midfielder to provide physical strength alongside Jack Wilshere, although Rennes do not want to sell and have already knocked back one approach.

Hazard has been on Wenger's hit list for more than two years but again Lille do not want to sell and have rebuffed numerous approaches.

However, Arsenal are ready to test Lille's resolve with serious money and go for one of Europe's top prospects. Arsenal have already signed Gervinho from Lille this summer.

Wenger recognises the need for a centre half - especially after losing Laurent Koscielny to a back injury - and sees Jagielka as his first choice ahead of Gary Cahill.

Arsenal have had bids of £10m and £12m turned down for Jagielka with Everton reluctant to sell but they will want closer to £20m.

Arsenal have enquired about Cahill but, despite Bolton believing bids were imminent, have always backed off to further suggest Jagielka remains no1.

But Arsenal may be tempted to go back for Cahill if Bolton lower their £17m price as the window nears to closing. Birmingham's Scott Dann and Werder Bremen defender Per Mertesacker are other options.

You say there is frustration in the transfer market, not for Chelsea, Man city or Man Utd, they just get on and pay what is needede, the only club that struggles with their endless ' enquiries ' and insulting offers are Arsenal, what are we playing at. Remember Wenger will only buy players who are better than the ones we have, that means just about all the players you mention will be here for pre season - LOL.