Arsenal Rumours Archive July 08 2013

08 Jul 2013 21:01:14
Everton Manager Roberto Martinez will look to sign Momo Diame from West Ham for £3.5m (his release clause)

Following this, then Fellaini can and will be sold to Arsenal.

Therefore, don't expect Fellaini to sign before Arsenal head off on their Pre-Season tour of Asia.

Old news, rumour was release clause closer to 7 mill and the was talk mo was/has going to sign new contract plus martinez allowed him to leave wigan on a free cause he wasnt getting enough games under martinez

It is a midfielder from PSG that everton are meant to be looking at as a replacement called Clement Chhhantome.

08 Jul 2013 20:12:56
France TV saying we have had a bid accepted for Fabien Lemoine from St etienne
Absolutely no idea who the hell he is

Sussex Goon

Can't find anything about this on the internet. never heard of the guy either.

Big signing we have all been waiting for. Oooh I could crush a grape

Another "big" signing - 5ft9in midfielder whose main claim to fame seems to be he had to have a kidney removed 3 years ago as a result of a tackle. Transfermarket quote a price of £4 million. Don't know if he is DM but unlikely at his height.

He's a cm not a player we need so can't see us signing him he doesn't play dm and we have enough cm's

How much more French Rubbish do we have to sign. Wasting money now

Think we would be better signing Keith Lemon by the sounds of it! Why not sign an amputee whilst we are at it fu** sake!

08 Jul 2013 17:30:25
Latest news from several websites and sources reporting we are 'comfortable' with Fellaini's buy out clause of 22m-24m and we look to tie up a deal this week for Higuain first and then focus their attentions on securing Fellaini's agreeing his personal terms.

ESPN claimed we have signed Cesar and Grinter looks to be our new 4th CB.

If i'm being honest it now looks like higuain is very doubtful indeed. we will not bit 30 million for him.

08 Jul 2013 17:53:58
Didn't see anything on ESPN. been on their site!

REAL MADRID president says arsenal have never made an offer for hig. marca

Shalom_ajul

I'm sorry you believe Perez?

Sky report we sent representatives to tie up a deal and you think we haven't even made a bid, several newspapers who are reliable, several websites reporting wehave a done deal for him. His Father and Brother come out an speak about how close he is to signing.

Don't believe everything the media throw at you, we will sign him. We will not sign Suarez as we won't make a second bid.

As for Cesar ESPN during the Confederations Final verbally reported it google ESPN Arsenal sign Cesar.

Don't know how to read this post - is he saying we can only negotiate one deal at a time. Surely it would have made sense to get all deals done as soon as possible, then get all the new players off to the tour of the Far East together.

Of course that makes sense 'smartie1947' but we all know things in football don't always go to plan. Perez is trying to play a game right now, Fellaini well I personally feel he will come after we sign Higuain.

As for the fan above 'Shalom_ajol' do you remember when our season ended and Gazidis spoke in an interview responding to why we haven't signed anyone. He said a some clubs haven't yet appointed managers.

Have faith our team will be strong enough to title contend next season.

08 Jul 2013 15:39:55
The mind games have begun. perez stating Arsenal have never made an offer for Higuain. Not even the 27 mill Euros.

Stating that they intend to keep higuain.

I don't know. There is no real evidence that we have made an offer. No one at AFC has confirmed or denied (nor should they).

I just wonder how much of this story has been fuelled by the fans and the media.

Don't get me wrong, I would love this to happen. I'm just not totally convinced. It's not the way I have ever seen Arsenal do business in the transfer market (from memory at least).

justagooner

Lies, Fibs and half-truths. The typical Arsenal fans diet. Fed to us by the Management. Still, some way to go yet and miracles do happen!

The bid was very real. reputed journalists and bigwigs, don't just make stuff up, like some on here.

Suarez bid also was quite real. With new age media, there no longer is transparency. I could doubt the fees involved, but to categorically state we have not made a bid, is just insulting us.

I really do hope we land suarez and then they can keep an unhappy Higuain, and Barcelona should just demolish them in their head to head encounters.

When it comes to P. R. and keeping fans in the loop, then Arsenal are abysmal. I accept we don't need to know the precise details of every transfer, but surely in such a transfer, we can at least be told if a bid has been made, without knowing the quantum of it. All info on this move emanates from Madrid, and that is simply not good enough.

My view is that we have been doing this for some years now the club keeps talking up big name signings.
Always post losing them to other teams ie Chelsea, city, utd etc that we will only pay sensible sums for quality. They are still doing it to us guys promising so much and delivering so little!
Unfortunately this is the new Arsenal a commercial monster that uses the fan base to suck up Hugh profits every year and in return we all get 4th place! Expect more of the same. From Kroenke sports enterprises!
I went on talk sport 2years ago and stated he was asset stripping the club expect two more experienced players to be sold same every year. Oh and don't forget the cheap 1/2/3 million pound signings we get as a token each year. don't forget The club received £60 million tv revenue and we still won't spend it!
Has anyone done analysis on the accounts big clue how companies that control over companies take the money management fees, and inter company service charges please someone with some determination exposé this monster and save us from the laughing sock we have become.

Are Arsenal actually going to buy anybody or just make a load of high profile unrealistic bids.

08 Jul 2013 19:18:33
i agree with Ed0027 on this. perez is a lying person

08 Jul 2013 15:10:54
I have it on extremely good authority that AFC are still quietly pursuing Rooney. There were apparently meetings over the weekend in London between Rooney's represenatives and senior AFC officials. Higuain is likely to go through this week with Felliani certain to follow. Any potential movement for Rooney will depend on the quality of additional signings and the wage package. AFC will not match his current package but he knows that nobody else will either, including MUFC.

If rooney is available then Chelsea will be his destination. they are in need of a striker badly. especially one with rooney's qualities

Lakerville I believe you are absolutely right about Chelsea being in for Rooney. But he is not available as in his club want rid it's more a case of their are obvious issues with Rooney wanting assurances in the side and some other details we don't know why he is believed to want a new challenge. His former Assistant Manager believed he could leave and hinted that in an interview but I think Wayne isn't going to come out and make a formal request to leave as he did before, knowing it's knock on effects. Chelsea are reportedly in for Jovetic too though as well as Hulk and they're keeping Lukaku it would seem. There is still a chance he could join us.

08 Jul 2013 05:43:52
Hey eds! I heard that Arsenal made a bid of 30 million pounds for Suarez and it got rejected. Any truth to this and what are your thoughts on it? Who would you like to see in this transfer window? Thanks! I'd like to hear others opinions as well! Haha {Ed029's Note - ED02 said that he understands that there was an offer made on Thursday afternoon.}

08 Jul 2013 09:48:02
It seems like it was an offer made mostly for reasons other than buying the player tbh. Maybe to help with the higuain negotiation etc.

But at the same time if it was accepted for that price arsenal would have been happy.

Speculation ofc

Hi Ed! Does that mean Arsenal wanted Suarez and Higuian? Did Arsenal try and look at Suarez as an alternative? That is serious ambition from a Liverpool fan!

However sometimes I think Arsenal get linked with top players that they could afford but don't want too. I have suspicions they do it to keep you lot happy. let's be realistic Arsenal know 30m will not get Suarez and he won't move there anyway as I don't think you lot pay much which is probably what matters most.

Thanks. {Ed029's Note - From what Ed02 has explained it won't be both.}

This all smacks of desperation. Suarez is a quality player but comes with baggage and also a lengthy ban at the start of he season. Why can't we just get all of our deals done and stop messing around. I think that yet again we have been told a complete pack of lies about available finances. If we had that much available surely we can afford to "pay over the odds" to get the right players in. The consequences of not finishing in the top 4 are much more than juts a couple of million. Same old story I am afraid - all talk and no action - fed up!

Yeah I agree. Because I've been seeing that it was used to push the deal for Higuain. But I think it was made thinking that it would be rejected in hopes that it will make Higuain get wrapped up quicker, and also if Liverpool happened to accept the bid. GREAT! I think it was used almost as a win win situation. It makes sense to me. How bout anyone else? haha

Sign the Hig. It's so simple. Arsenal fans deserve a high class striker after losing rvp.
Pay what Real want and make it happen totally fed up.

Aussie Gooner

Suarez is undoubtedly one of the best strikers in the world and yes he does come with baggage but personally would love to see him at arsenal and i'm sure wenger would get the best put of him. Out of suarez and huguain suarez is the better option in terms of a proper out and out striker

Arsenal not willing to increase bid for Higuain, is what I have heard. The offer on the table is over Higuain's Market value to them.

Madrid, seem to want to keep higuain, but he wants a more prominent role, which will be unlikely, hence his move is still 50/50.

Ibrahimovic wants a move to madrid, if they sign Cavani. His agent is trying to push a move if they sign Cavani. Chelsea are also looking at Ibrahimovic. (not sure how that reunion will go)

Madrid do not want to pay over £35 mill for Suarez. liverpool want over £40 mill, unless he asks for a transfer then the value will drop. Liverpool are going to buy another player in anticipation of late bids for Suarez in the last week of the transfer window.

Marseille not willing to offer over 6 mil for gervinho, arsenal looking closer to 10 mil, lyon also interested.

and last but not least Arsenal expecting a bid for Koscielny if Thiago Silva moves to Barcelona.

08 Jul 2013 12:24:14
and also. thanks for the reply Ed0029! haha love the page guys!

Utter Madness! The guys banned for 10 matches. and who knows what else he will resort to on the pitch. I say get the Hig snapped up asap so the squad can set off on tour and properly prepare for the start of new season. Devongooner

The liverpool echo which is always bang on says liverpool want a higher fee than Torres coupled with a suarez transfer request! I think he's staying to be honest.

I see this as Arsenal threatening Real Madrid, if they're going to be T**ts over Higuin, then we'll push up the price on Suarez.
In any case, that's what I'd do! haha


ColbyGarry

Belated move to rush thru the Higuian transfer.

Wenger and Arsenal are way to naive in the transfer market

We never prepare properly for the new season as we always leave it too late to bring in new "quality" players - I just don't get why the penny has not dropped about this yet - perhaps the club is to busy counting the pennies instead!

I concur with many of the respondents. Why on earth are Arsenal bidding for Suarez? I agree he is a World class striker but he also comes with a lot of baggage and he wants to leave England, not Liverpool. I believe Higuan is a better option and why is Arsene ignoring someone like Remy of QPR. Remy already experience in the premier league. I see more turmoil before Arsenal finally get their man and he won't be who we - the fans - are expecting - AGAIN.

08 Jul 2013 00:10:25
Just wondering to any Ed's out there; What has happened to the search bar?

Always liked the feature myself.

G95 {Ed027's Note - It will come back improved, if you want to see what it looks like visit the main site

Yup looks like a done deal.