Arsenal Rumours Archive May 09 2012

09 May 2012 22:50:21
Jan vertonghen-SPURS atm but was arsenal a month ago. Seems to be flirting but apparently spurs have got him already. Shame cos he is a quality player. Leadership and versatility a couple of many skills he has. But you never know. His agent plays his hand close to his chest and I can't understand the player himself on twitter. SSN have published an 'interview' with him, but half of it was fake. I managed to contact them but they were adamant this is what he had told them. Vertonghen later admitted on dutch radio that the interview never took place. My uncle lives in amsterdam, also a gooner rang me up as soon as he heard this. It is a tough one for me to call hate to say it but probably a future spud.
Chance of joining= 40%

Clint dempsey- I like him as a player, versatile, skilful, got a sweet shot, great free kicks, left foot almost as good as his right. He has many attributes which suggest wenger should fork out £10m on him. However imo there are almost as many if not more, suggesting he shouldn't. At 29 he is not young. He is also not as clinical as thought. He has scored 17 goals this season. Not bad. He has also played 55 games this season and has a goals to game ratio of 0.29 not as good as it seems. He enjoys life at fulham, with him, his wife and his two children settled well over the long period he has been here.don't expect him in an arsenal shirt next season.
Chance of joining=25%


Yann m'vila- probably the one most of you care about the most. I'm not going to tell you how good he is(believe me he is gonna be VERY big soon), but what the latest transfer developements are. On monday, a certain julien laurens revealed that m'vila was close to completing a deal with the gunners. Exact quote: 'Very busy yesterday working on M'vila story. Deal 99% done. 22 million euros, 4 years. Great signing for Arsenal and player is delighted'

He later said: 'A the moment deal is done with Arsenal finishing 3rd, could slightly change if not but he will still sign. He chose Arsenal over Inter Milan'

He himself is a french journalist, working for le parisien, in london. I can confirm now that he DOES have direct contact with the AGENT(v.important).

Many of the most popular newspapers exploited lauren's tweet claiming an agreement had been reached. We all rejoiced. However earlier today, the evening standard published an article claiming that arsenal were not interested in the player, his agent had just fed false info to the news to get inter to bid. This makes sense as it was the AGENT, not player who lauren had direct contact with, so they could have insiders who read through the agents disguised leak. OR they could be hedging their bets, stirring further rumours. There is another thing that I noticed. In standard sports article claiming arsenal had said they were not interested, there were no solid quotes it just said 'standard sport understands'. Either they have inside knowledge or they are making it up. I severely hope its not the latter.
Chance of joining=depends on the standards source(0% if they have inside knowledge 99% if they are making it up)

On a brighter note, my journalist friend Roberto from brazil, has told me that arsenal have completed a deal with fluminese for wellington nem. Apparently the next big thing in brazil. This is the same guy who told me about denilsons move to us 5 months before it was confirmed.

Hoped you enjoyed this, recently I have been making a LOT of phone calls and emails trying to get more info on these, and the point of this was just to clear up some issues regarding transfers. Hope it helped.
Harry

Harry is the new malaga gooner

Wait so Dempsey's family is so settled they wouldn't move from London to.....oh wait, London. He wouldn't even need to move house.

Also interesting you say about this Wellingtom Nem player just after Ed002 says it....

G95

09 May 2012 21:50:09
After being told by BognorGooner to not put "follow me on Twitter" at the end of my posts I will stop doing it now but you all know where to find me.
Now, onto my post!
As I have already stated I think that Yann M'villa will become an Arsenal player during this Summer. I do believe that at this current time both clubs are working on a deal and that it is in advanced stages. How do I know this? Well, simply just by reading different sources and coming to the overall conclusion that a deal is not yet completed but is in advanced stages. When it will be announced? My guess is somewhere sandwiched between the end of the season and the beginning of Euro 2012. Like the Podolski deal, everyone will be expecting it to be announced straight away. The likliehood is that it won't. Don't worry if it takes a while till being announced. The longer it takes the more stupid rumours will come about, similar to those with the Podolski deal. As everyone begins to panic about a delay in the deal people begin to fear the worse so stupid rumours such as the Podolski to Lazio ones seem more believable. Don't worry! Everybody just stay calm I am confident that a deal will be done. If a deal is not done then you can all take it out on me!
GFL3

Wow are you pushing it close to the line, lol.

Are you a wannabe journo by any chance? It's just, you seem to have pretty much copied my post, made it slightly more formal, and stuck your name at the end of it...

Ben X.

09 May 2012 18:50:56
From a reliable source:
Ramsey on loan to QPR next season to get some influence from Barton as Wenger feels he was too hesitant this season.

Walle

Rather just sell him.
Poor player.

Dont think hes good enuf to get in the qpr team

Ramsey never was good enough, i kept wondering why the manager had so much faith in him. Perhaps because we have no options but go with what we have. Better off sold.
Hatfield Gooner/Pretoria

09 May 2012 18:03:49
ed look at this

Arsenal to hijack Jan Vertonghen's move to Tottenham

{Ed002's Note - Someone has posted it.}

He isnt going to want to come to us over spurs becaus they can gurantee him cb postition which he wont have with us...

09 May 2012 16:26:30
Brilliant news guys.

French newspaper Mercato365 are reporting Yann M'vila should still be joining us this summer, and has also said we're after Remy, Giroud and Belhanda. Although I think Giroud will end up playing 2nd striker to Gomez at Bayern after Ollic's departure.

Ben X.

I think belhanda cud be a proper signing for us..he looks the real deal
big dickey

Big Dickey.

I think if we could snap him up this season, he could progress the same way Hazard has this [season].

The only problem is his attitude, but, if Wenger can work on him with that and tell him what he can do if he drops it he could be amazing.

Although I am slightly turned off morroccans from Ligue 1, though I can't for the life of me figure out why.

Ben X.

Everyone has already heard that m'vila is likely to join us

Too the above ^.

Reports earlier stated that the whole M'Vila to Arsenal hype had just been made so Inter would make a bigger offer as that was him prefered destination.

Ben X.

Really hope we get belhanda real quality skips by players

09 May 2012 15:45:27
Ed I never bother you but here's my first attempt. Is there any real truth in the on-going links with Hoilett and Sessagnon? The links just don't seem concrete enough from what I have seen. Also, whats all this talk about some Brazilian arriving at the Emirates? Sorry I think I have missed something on that front.

Cheers

Wozza {Ed002's Note - There is confirmed interest in Hoilett but I suspect that the Sessegnon is perhaps an old story being recycled from his days at Paris Saint-Germain. As for the Brazilian, there was apparently something on Twitter taht said some talks were taking place with a Brazilian player. There was then some discussion about who it may be - see 08 May 2012 16:11:01.}

I think they r talking abt Wellington Silva he currently plays for Segunda Division club Alcoyano on loan from Arsenal. well atleast thts wht i hope because he is really good

09 May 2012 15:08:08
Just on talksports Manchester untied interested on our key man van the man persie .

Talk sport dont like arsenal, so they will write any crap about us.

09 May 2012 14:23:41
M'Vila has been signed.

How do I know?

Because I am affiliated to another club in England who found out that Diaby has been put up for loan/ sale due to the arrival of another player of similarity.

Read into this what you want.

"Read into this what you want" to me sounds like a get-out clause of a rumour that aims to sound as convincing as possible but is no more informed than any other rumour on the matter.

Well done! hope this true any other rumours or preferably facts you might know off?

M'Vila has been signed - sounds like you know for certain. Read into this what you want? hedging your bets. Why bother?

Yes because thats exactly what Arsenal would do. Put a player up for sale/loan and tell the world exactly why they would do it lol. I smell BS.

Gavsta

When you say similar player are you saying that M'Vila is also over-rated and injury prone?

1404

I suspect there is little substance here...

Billybob

They are not similar at all one is a dcm and the other is a cam, when he plays ;)

09 May 2012 14:05:49
merely a suggestion but with no one really knowing whats going on in wengers head regarding transfers, and his love of french/french based players:

Sakho ( 5-10m ) ? cb/lb
Gourcuff sp ( 10-15m ) acm
Mvilla (17-20m ) cdm
Remy (15-20m ) st

not saying these will happen just a thought, been linked numerous times with most of these players and barring mvilla recently everythings gone quiet. I know Sakho has suffered a dip in form but im sure wengers a keen admirer of him, anyways just a thought

N. Wales Gunner

Remy we could get for around 12m I think, Marsielle are 10th ATM.

Sadly Sakho would cost a lot more than 5m, I think it would be closer to the 15m mark.

Gourcuff We could get for less than 10m I think. Pires told Wenger he thought he shoul buy him back in January I think. Would be brill if we got him I think with us he could be huge.

Ben X.

Go for sakho if we will more than likely lose the race for jan vertonghen to spuds

Sakho has fallen out of favour at PSG, he is currently third choice and was recently booed by his own fans for giving away a penalty i think it was. I just think his confidence is low, which with wengers magic touch i think he could prove a real asset at around the 5-10mill mark

N. Wales Gunner

09 May 2012 13:23:28
Lots of previous talk about Vertonghen to us, now it looks like spuds have the lead from the quotes going around.

I think he will go to spuds if they get CL football unfortunately as he has a greater chance of starting 11 football there but nothing will be confirmed until after Sunday either way.

Ed - Do you think we have a chance, or is he spuds bound?

We know if he has not signed for either so there is still a chance, but what is your personal opinion? {Ed002's Note - Until the past few days I would have said that I very much expected Vertonghen would move to Arsenal in the summer. Now I am not so sure but it would be no more than a guess to say.}

His decision will depend on who's playing champions league next season. Arsenal, Spuds and Newcastle are interested. Problem between Ajax and Spuds now, is that there is a gap of a few millions in the bid... so nothing is sure, but still hoping he's not chosing for Spuds!

I still can't understand why he'd leave to go to Spuds, regardless of champs league footy. They were not only abysmal in the champs league, they were abysmal in the europa league too. Leaving Ajax for Spuds is kind of like leaving Man U so you can 'win things' at Shaktar or somewhere. Doesn't make sense. If all he wants is to play every week then why doesn't he stay at Ajax? If he wants to shine on the biggest stage then why doesn't he want to join a club who 1) are always on the biggest stage and 2) always do well on the biggest stage. That's us, Man U, Chelsea, Barca, Real, Juve, Milan....etc etc etc etc etc...i.e NOT spurs.

The kids just don't know!

All this talk of him wanting a Spuds move etc, was bull$h1t as I've said numerous times... ONE Paper "Telegraaf" reporting he'd said this. The very same paper that JV had discredited back last yr about another quote they attributed to him.

Spuds may be interested. But considering the only people saying they've even bid are JV's Agent and the media [who got it from JV's Agent] I call BS.

=M.A.

All this talk of him wanting a Spuds move etc, was bull$h1t as I've said numerous times... ONE Paper "Telegraaf" reporting he'd said this. The very same paper that JV had discredited back last yr about another quote they attributed to him.

Spuds may be interested. But considering the only people saying they've even bid are JV's Agent and the media [who got it from JV's Agent] I call BS.

=M.A.

09 May 2012 13:07:31
I think if Van doesn't want to sign a new contract, then sell him this summer to a foreign club, use the money to get Dzeko and a true midfield play maker. Need someone who can link up the passes. Cause right now we don't have one.

He's called Arteta he picks the ball up from are defenders and then passes it up field.

He gets injured a lot and is past his prime, look to the future instead of the past

Jack Wilshere?

Dzeko a replacement for Van Persie SERIOUSLY?? Ha Ha Ha Yeah Right Behave

His past his prime - sorry he's just had his best season and voted player of the year and pretty much could walk into any club in the world.

Have you not been attending or watching any games this year.

I think he was referring to Arteta when he said 'gets injured a lot', not van Persie

Yup, Dzeko could replace Van, they have the same strike rate per game played, plus Dzeko is three years younger and better with his head. I am just saying if Van is not going to sign, get the money for him

09 May 2012 12:54:54
"Something about the M'Vila signing ” if it does actually happen, that is ” still seems odd to me, though. Unless we plan on moving out one of our current central midfielders, either on loan or permanently"

Frimmers is going back on loan and AW is looking to loan out Rambo as well. Bolton/Wet Spam I'd guess are his likely destinations... Nothing knowledgeable on this.

=M.A.

For our midfield next year I'd have,

M'Vila, Arteta, Wilshere, Song, Rosicky, Ramsey, Coquelin.

Then sell: Diaby, Denilson and loan out Frimpong.

G95

I would be surprised to see Ramsey go on Loan. Especially for the first half of the season when we will have carling cup and FA cup matches.

Depending on Wilshire's fitness (I doubt he will play more that 25-30 games next season), it may make sense to loan him in Jan.

As for Diaby, I doubt any team would want to take the gamble given his high wages.

My hope is that we still beat out Liverpool for Belhanda (If we can clear out the following):
Bendtner
Chamakh
Park
Arshavin
Squillaci
Denilson

Billybob

09 May 2012 12:36:25
So, now the rumour mill is saying the M'Vila deal is off. The player's camp are saying a deal has been concluded whereas Arsenal delegates are saying we're no longer interested.
I appreciate Arsenal like to do their business privately but it does annoy me that they get all shirty when details are leaked. We saw the same thing last with the Cahill negotiations. Because the Bolton chairman leaked details to the press, Arsenal threw a hissy fit and broke off negotiations. I just hope they don't let a potential gem slip through their hands because of petulance.

Slick Mick

Why would Arsenal's delegates call it off when it has been accepted, Have we had a bigger better deal for another player accepted.

Petulance is not really the word here...Arsenal have always done their busines in private and I believe one of the main reasons behind this is not to inflate or skew the prices astronomically...I dont see anything wrong with that approach...Bolton Chairman was not honorable in his dealings (we understand his motives - get other clubs interested and inflate prices) and I fully understand why Arsenal FC should be incensed by that...Transfer negotiations are tricky affairs these with plenty of variables that could go wrong...so trying to maintain/define the boundaries of your dealings in private is not something that should be sneered at or seen as petulant
ES

And for your info, bolton chairman misguided the terms offered by arsenal for cahill... That was not the actual proposal

Idiotic ITK

In response, I'm not sneering at wanting negotiations to be private but the club shouldn't take this to the extreme of letting a good player go unsigned because of agents leaking details. Also, I don't like breaking out the dictionary but you've forced my hand.
Petulant: Moved to, or showing sudden impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance.

Slick Mick

09 May 2012 12:04:37
Hi Eds/everyone,

Just wanted to ask, which clubs have shown an interest in RVP and have any offers been made? Some joker posted yesterday £34m move to Inter done deal which is obviously bull. Today I'm reading Juve are keen, what I would like to know is which clubs have come in/are planning on coming in for which of our players this summer if any? I'm bored with reading that hazard's coming, now he's not, Vertonghen's coming, now he's not, we're in for Belahnda, but now we're not, would rather find out who's planning on raiding us this year like every summer. Also apart from the shyte, does the club need to sell any players from a financial perspective?

Thanks,

Raz {Ed002's Note - I don't know of interest but both Juventus and PSG are looking to experienced high-end strikers and both are in good shape financially.}

PSG would be step down in quality French league is weak and the Italian league boring.

09 May 2012 11:09:24
let me just say this that whole sage with vertonghen and spuds is no where a done deal ajax is demanding for more money ed am i right to say that where still in the race {Ed002's Note - There is no deal done at this time, so yes.}

09 May 2012 10:21:39
Ed's, Any truth to the claims that we've been in contact with Biglia's agent?

R.O.B {Ed002's Note - Real Madrid and Arsenal have enquired after the player but no approach has been made to Anderlecht yet. Anderlecht rejected a recent approach from Parma but I suspect he could well move this summer. He has expressed an interest in playing in Spain.}

So possibly m'vila and biglia? Just can't see it, one or the other for me unless someone does leave.

Bermy gooner {Ed002's Note - I would agree.}

09 May 2012 10:05:42
Yann M™Vila transfer to Arsenal ˜agreed™
Arsenal have agreed a fee for Rennes star Yann M™Vila, with a deal set to be concluded at the end of the season, according to reports in France.

As Metro revealed last month, the Gunners have made signing a natural defensive midfielder a key priority for the summer, despite Alex Song™s excellent form.

And it seems after scouring the market, manager Arsene Wenger has settled on securing long-term favourite M™Vila.

The 21-year-old, who also has strong interest from Inter Milan, told Rennes of his desire to quit the club earlier this season, and according to reports in France, Arsenal have agreed terms on a £17 million transfer, with the details set to be concluded in the summer.

SOURCE: Metro

! Matt the sheppey gunner !

In France I believe the window opens later than in England, so a deal couldnt be concluded until the French window opens on 1st July, whereas ours opens at the end of the season. Also, we may wish to see our CL fate before splashing out on M'Vila. Finally, the announcement may coincide with a date that is favourable to enhance season ticket sales. {Ed002's Note - The window in England also opens on July 1 - it is simply that transfers between players of English clubs can happen from the end of teh season. So, as an example, Arsenal can sell Park to Manchester United and buy Luis Suarez from Liverpool. However Arsenal cannot, for example, sell Park to PSG and buy Cavani from Napoli. Agreement can be reached at anytime between clubs for players to be transfered when the transfer window opens on July 1 - but the players cannot agree or sign any contracts (e.g. Podolski, Marin, Reus etc.).}

Evening standard guy tweeted earlier that we are no longer interested in m'vila

So ED's,you're saying that Luis Suarez and Cavani r coming,nice.. :):):)

09 May 2012 08:59:44
Vertonghem sounds like he is signing for the Toot. I dont believe we went for him, as we have 3 number 1 centre backs, plus Djourou & possibly Bartley & Miquel. We have 2 left backs & assuming we sign M'Vila we have Song, M'Vila, Coquelin, Frimpong & Arteta who can all play in the defemsive midfield role. The interesting fact is that not one of europe's top clubs appears to have made a bid Vertonghen, which presumably means they dont rate him highly enough, particularly as he will be relatively cheap, being in the final 12 months of his deal.

Djourou is not good enough never has been.sell him promote Bartley.

Mate its completely untrue that we never went for him. Anyways we are still in with a shout, 3rd place will be a major deciding factor. And you think frimpong and bartley are good enough. Sorry mate bartley's positioning is awful in terms of anticipation, he is nowhere ready and I dont think he has a future at arsenal.. Frimpong very raw, lacks awareness and positional and tactical sense. He needs 1 year full on loan.. Miquel I think is better prepared than both of them but he should also not be in the first team if you really want to challenge the elites.. We need vertonghen or mbwia. Simples!

Firstly, we may have gone for Vertonghen, but with 3 quality CB's he may have thought he will have to play out of his true position & prefer an almost guaranteed 1st team spot at an inferior club. I note your comments on Djourou, Bartley & Frimpong, but Wenger may not agree. He may feel that Djourou & Miquel are adequate 4th & 5th choice CB options. Frimpong will be out until October, when he may be sent out on loan or be added, as an under-age player. Financially the cost of purchasing Vertonghen, together with his wage packet, may not be worth it when we have 3 decent CB's.

And you think 3 decent cbs are enough?? Wenger will buy a cb(hopefully). Just wait and see....

Idiotic ITK

09 May 2012 08:54:53
Really think RVP needs to come out early and give his intensions of what his doing as this will effect us in the transfer market. If his staying then will help attract players.

Was reported a couple of weeks ago that Wenger will give him 72 hours after the W.B.A game to decide his future.. Let's hope we secure 3rd place as this is obviously pivotal in his decision and our transfer targets ..I think he'll stay
Drakey

09 May 2012 08:42:10
Interesting piece on M'vila in this blog:

http://www.ligue1.com/ligue1/article/spiro-blog-angry-fans-choose-wrong-target-in-m-vila.htm

Just passing it on, it's only vaguely his transfer at best.

Raz

Not injured once in the three seasons? I likes the sound of that

CT

That would soon change if we let our medics on him lol

Gavsta

09 May 2012 01:55:44
don't you think vertonghen doing the upmost flirting days ago he said theres more the one team interested and the months ago he said he wants to come arsenal now he saying he wants spurs i really think arsenal is still not out of the race ed you know more then us do you still think he will be coming unlikely, likely,very likely {Ed025's Note - unlikely

Ed I've got a feeling that cl will still have something to do with it another twist surely ed are we in talks still with vertonghen {Ed002's Note - It will be the player's choice where to move to.}