Arsenal Rumours Archive June 28 2011

28 Jun 2011 19:46:23
Vidal would be a quality signing..sell cesc and get him.
Ins:
NO GK
CB Cahill or Sakho
Vidal
Gervinho
Alvarez
Maybe Mata or Benzema both unlikely
Maybe Baines/Vargas/Ansaldi if Gael goes :)

28 Jun 2011 19:01:39
what did happen about alex witzel i thought his dream was to play for arsenal?
max

{Ed022's Note - Interest has cooled recently. A lot of players say playing for Arsenal is a dream. Most dreams don't come true if a big club flashes the cash...}

28 Jun 2011 19:00:05
who would you rather keep
fabregas agree
nasri disagree

28 Jun 2011 18:53:36
Having spent about 3 seasons waiting for news of transfers and reading the speculation on these pages here is something as arsenal fans we need to remember. All the talk about fabregas going to Barca
is nonsense, Barca have had to refinance the debt on the club just to pay the wages so 40 million for sanchez 40 million for cesc....... garbage. made up by journos with nothing better to right. As i understand with regards to Nasri, i think the problem is his agent cant see him wanting out. Talk of Gervinho, Samba, Cahill, all Good but doubt any will happen, Djourou, Koscielny, Vermaelen, get rid of
Squillaci then find a world class CB to partner all 3.
As for Forwards, Midfield. on the left Eljero Elia,
Fast, good touch, plenty of experience. Dont think we need another striker, i know Chamakh lost form after christmas but first season in england, it happens to them all. Bendtner needs to be gone.
problem is where and how much.? My one fear is with all the talk of players like Hazard, Mata, etc, etc
if Wenger does not move quick enough then the likes of Dalglish, Boas, and Mancini and the mercenary cheque books will overtake us, inflate the market and once again it will be, Almost but not quite.

Gunners4Life

28 Jun 2011 18:37:43
Hey ED

Just read this online

"1620: A potential biggie TC fans. Catalan daily newspaper Sport are reporting that Real Madrid have tabled a 50million Euro bid for Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas. "

I had a look online at the said newspaper and the stories in todays edition.

What do you think?? {Ed022's Note - As I have said before, and this is only my opinion, I think he will sign for Barca or nothing. If he joined Madrid it would ruin any real chance of ever joining Barca so I think its Barca or nothing!}

28 Jun 2011 18:40:02
THE BIGGEST SIGNING THAT SHOULD BE MADE SHOULD BE .............................
DAVID DEIN
(as well good players)
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lol but totally true what do you guys think and what do you think ed

28 Jun 2011 18:14:45
''Barca to offer Villa + £10-20 million (start at 10 will move up) for Cesc. AW will accept this as Villa is class and this prices Cesc where he sees him. ''

Absolute horse crap. Barca rejected a bid of 27 mil for Villa from Chelsea and told them to come back with 150million more. Theres no way Villa would come to us anyway. Cesc will stay for one more season along with Nasri.

Wenger willing to gamble that Nasri will sign a new deal at christmas.

Ive heard that PSG Sakho will be our new left back/centre back. Clichy will stay too.

Cahill will sign with Vela going on loan to Bolton.

Alvare, Gervinho are done deals.

Mata is not coming. Fact.

Benzema is still on the cards. It all depends on Neymar and where he ends up. Im aware Benzema stated yesterday he is happy but he will simply become surplus to requirments by the start of next week and will have a number of clubs to chose from including AFC.

Bayern Munich have bid 15 million for Nasri and this was rejected out of hand.

Summary: Cesc, Nasri, Clichy will all stay.
Ins: Sakho, Cahill, Alvarez, Gervinho and Benzema.

Spanish Gooner

28 Jun 2011 16:44:01
Hi Ed, I think Arsenal need to bring back David Dain (was so good in transfer market and PR)and make some changes on backroom staffs too. What do you think?

If we buy more R.wingers what about Walcot?

28 Jun 2011 18:31:28
ed is it time we stop putting hazard in our team or is it still 'sort of likely' ? {Ed022's Note - Slim chance at the moment...}

28 Jun 2011 18:23:18
we Should get wickham for 15m but not gonna happen
wenger will try out wellington and afobe-aneke- and other young guns

28 Jun 2011 15:22:49
Goal.com reporting PSG are ready to offer between 10 and 13 mill for clichy. Seems like a good price. What's your thoughts Ed? {Ed022's Note - Wouldn't trust Goal.com but if someone offered me £13m for Clichy with one year left on his contract I'd drive/ferry him to France myself...}

28 Jun 2011 18:18:58
vidal who ? get bigger better players wenger and make sure thiago is part of the deal {Ed022's Note - Thiago wont come. Too highly rated at Barca. Arturo Vidal is a Chilean midfielder who plays for Bayer Leverkusen.}

28 Jun 2011 16:17:10
hey Ed who would you like to see as captian in the event Cesc leaves? {Ed022's Note - Only one man for the job in my opinion. Thomas Vermaelen. Born leader. Great defender. As much as I love RVP, I am not a massive fan of strikers as captains}

28 Jun 2011 14:24:37
"Ed, Is Lille pushing Gervinho to us in the press to keep us off of Hazard, and is the reason there's no bit for Gervinho yet due to the fact Hazard is the actual target? {Ed002's Note - There will be no conspiracy.}"

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As I stated previously. Gervinho bid is done; we and Lille have kept quiet to stop AS Saint- tienne holding Lille to ransom over Payet.

He's having a medical at Lille tomorrow; once it's finalised Lille/Arsenal will reveal Gervinho as a Gooner.

28 Jun 2011 10:29:21
Ed don't you think that Neven Subotic will be a good sign ? {Ed002's Note - Yes he will. but I doubt it will be at Arsenal.}

28 Jun 2011 12:01:39
Alot of the english media reporting that contact has been or soon will be made with Bolton over Cahill, and Samba basically wants to make the move. Now if those are our only two cb targets..is the plan to get one of them or both? I can see one of the two being signed in squilacci's place, but if both are signed would that spell the end for djourou aswell?

Is Cahill the main target and Samba 2nd choice (back up option)..and are there any clubs interested in squilacci or djourou by any chance?

Lwi

28 Jun 2011 00:22:09
Arsenal in talks with Sunderland for Craig Gordon, at advanced stage, expect deal to be done by friday.

27 Jun 2011 23:56:58
On a positive, I think AW has seen the error of his ways and will change his transfer policy this summer

Ed022 man i hope you're right but personally i just cant see any other outcome than us buying potential or players that nobody else with dreams of reaching the top want ..like i said in a previous post..''cant see the top teams clambering over each other for samba''..can you imagine messi and co when we get drawn against them again..(and we will) they will quiver at the thought of having to beat him..(not) wether its AW or the board or whoever, someone has got to make a decision and buy high quality... dont want to hear the classic... ''my young team... im proud... we showed good spirit.. we fight until the end''..because that'll no doubt mean that we're out of the CL EPL FA or League cup ... so please someone over at the grove give AW a couple of blank cheques and let him buy someone with class...not just recruit players because they're either french, one for the future or cheap and by the way..if experience is a 'must have' quality, please make sure its not another squillaci or silvestre

The Night Doctor