Arsenal Rumours Archive March 27 2012

27 Mar 2012 21:12:37
Arsenal will sign 3 players early in the summer:
Belhanda
Podolski
Vertonghen

Wenger will back the likes of arshavin, squillaci, chamakh and bendtner. Then they will all force there way out of arsenal. Miyaichi and vela will come back changed players. Both will be key(coming off the bench with pace). Then we will have quality and depth in every position(maybe not GK but can't see wojcech getting injured-touch wood). We will be 1st until march. Then rvp and poldi get injured. Then we finish 2nd and everyone is excited for 2013-2014.
Just a prediction
Gunner14

I don't see Vela staying. Look at it this way: our midfield will be full. Tons of competition for those 3 places.

RvP when fit will have that top position. Podolski would fill in or play on the side. Considering Walcott and Ox-Chambo, not to mention Gervinho, not to mention Ryo, how is there any room for Vela? I'd say we don't need Vela, but we do need someone better at creating chances than him.

Arshavin, Chamakh, Squillaci, Bendtner and Vela will all go.

In my opinion anyway..

Gilo

I agree with Gilo all those players will go and then hopefully Denilson, Park and Djourou to go with them!

W12Gooner

Is your crystal ball on LSD?

I can only see vertoghen coming in if Djourou is sent out on loan. Firstly, to give him a good run of games and secondly to cover the wages.

I think truth be told, Per was a bit of a panic buy and not really part of Wenger's long term plans. He had always wanted the pairing of Kos/Verm - and now we see why.

I think if Per is planning to be sold in jan or the following summer - then and only then can Vertoghen be on the cards.

I agree that Mertesacker was a panic buy, but he has shown improvement, after receiving much criticism about his mobility. I think we should get Vertonghan, then we can alternate between TV5, LK6, PM4 and Vert.... whilst Vert can also play CDM so there will be competition with Song, Frimpong and Coquelin for that position. Djourou and Squillaci definitely need to be sold but thats all from defence IMO

In: Vertonghan

Out: Squillaci
Djourou

27 Mar 2012 18:56:41
Chellini, giovinco and hazard that's the three players Wenger wants and a Real Madrid player who hasn't set the league alight over the last 18 months, who would still break our transfer record. Add Podolski and the leagues ours. Arsenal board realise you have to buy before fair play rules kick in.

Forget the financial fair play with these 4 foreigners all over 21 our homegrown quota won't touch the ground.

Arsenal is perhaps one of the best equipped clubs to deal with FFP in the world. Us and maybe Barca with their stupidly high TV revenues. Madrid will just have to get used to only paying 40m euros per season rather than 400

The Home grown rule will be a bigfactor when it comes into play. Especially since a lot of players classed as home grown are probably leaving very soon. I.E. Vela Denilson, Bendtner. Arsenal might need to go and raid some premiership clubs like everton or blackburn to stock back up on hg players. In my opinion its a silly rule and borders on job discrimination

27 Mar 2012 17:38:20
Gotze Signing A New Contract Means Nothing Except Who Ever What's Him Must Now Pay More.

Good tho' ain't it? (if it's not blindside).

imagine how teams like dortmund & bilbao could develop if players stayed.

european football needs an injection of something other than the same old teams because familiarity breeds contempt.

so dortmund could be a good watch next season.
MC

Imagine how Southampton or West Ham could develop...it is the same everywhere. It is unfortunate but the Bosman ruling crushed any chance of that happening...poor Ajax.
Hopefully, FFP balances that a bit...
JR

Yes, but germany is different. Seems that the players defer to the FA, national interests seem to win out.

Will be intersting to see how dortmund develop if the players stay, with the addition of reus.

+ solvent, will they bid for dzeko?

this is a v v interesting potential.
MC

27 Mar 2012 16:37:54
gotze signs contract extension at borussia dortmund until 2016, looks like another target is gone, now go all out for verthongen, hazard and one of m'villa/gourcuff/valbuena/toulalan

bs18 {Ed002's Note - There was never a chnce he would have joined to Arsenal. Any move to England was most unlikely.}

No such thing as never a chance when we're in the top 5 richest clubs in the world.

In the top 5 richest clubs in the world with a club transfer record of 16mil for Arshavin. Before that I think it was Reyes? ....There was never a chnce he would have joined to Arsenal.

If we had a change in policy and had the backing of umansov we would be able to outbid any team accept for Bayern munich because these two are the only teams who are not in debt. and make huges profits every year so it is possible just unlikely the board will allow it.

You ALWAYS fail to remember that a move to arsenal would be dependant on him wanting to join us. Money alone, doesnt get ALL players.

Arsenals record when spending big money is tragic! Mentioned above, reyes and arshavin. 9million jeffers anyone? wenger is best at uncovering gems, a skill that has lessoned since david dein left the club

27 Mar 2012 16:20:00
Gotze has signed a new deal keeping him at the club till 2016.......I'M HEARTBROKEN

stee

So what?!

move on, he's not the last one....


Toshey

Heartbroken? get a grip.....he was never going to come to England,

27 Mar 2012 11:51:45
Younes Belhanda:

"Nicollin says the Moroccan international is better than Hazard and has "two Ben Arfas and three Nasris in each leg". He is exaggerating. But not that much. Belhanda combines Nasri's ability to jink in to space and drive the team forward with Ben Arfa's technical prowess"

Is this the guy we need rather than Gotze/Hazard?

I havent seen him before, but just watched some of him on youtube. Looks very talented and highly skillful.

Second highest scorer for his club behind Giroud. We need a mid who can find the net.. Arsenal should give cash plus Chamahk and Park for both giroud and Younes Belhanda :)

I get a feeling that Newcastle might snap him up. Due to their new found knowledge of Ligue 1 and French speaking players that present value for money.

Sydney Gooner {Ed002's Note - My understanding is that Arsenal would be interested in Belhanda should he become available. Aside from that there is unconfirmed interest from Inter and Roma.}

This boy can find the killer ball that we have been missing for so much of the season and can take a man on would be a going replacement for fab!