Arsenal Transfer Rumours And General Chat

tred

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

ANR has just posted a story saying Fenerbahce have signed Sol Campbell for £8 million. Oh that Myles Palmer!

Would be a great deal if it was true.

It makes sense if they are going to sign your man curtis davies from west brom. they have being linked all season, and they might be making room for him. Rosicky sounds like a possible player they would sign as well, as tehy were apparently loking at him in January. hes a decen player. Not sure about andy Johnson though...

Rollo Tamasi

i certainly think that Arsenal are going to bring in a player for nearly every postion this season, most high proifle. I can see an understudy to Lehman coming in, a new CB, mabye a new RB (hopefully), a CM, A LW and a striker. I would suprised if Andy Johnson did move to Aresenal, he would be more suited at Everton or Bolton.

Aquos76

Also looks like Sol Campbell is on his way out.

http://www.eurosport.com/football/premiership/2005-2006/sport_sto889681.shtml

JPA

Not an Arsenal fan but apparently Rosicky is having a medical at Arsenal today.

Read it on another forum so no source.

Pepe LeFrits

I heard that too, I doubt it's true though. Mind you various sources were saying Rosicky would sign before the end of the week. He could allow Fabregas to rest and could also play on the left, which would be ideal for a new signing.

Palace have rejected bids of £8m from Everton and Bolton, which is plain ridiculous. Anyone who bids higher than that needs their head examined IMO.

Rollo Tamasi wrote:

i certainly think that Arsenal are going to bring in a player for nearly every postion this season, most high proifle. I can see an understudy to Lehman coming in, a new CB, mabye a new RB (hopefully), a CM, A LW and a striker. I would suprised if Andy Johnson did move to Aresenal, he would be more suited at Everton or Bolton.

A new RB?! That has to be Arsenal's strongest position! Eboue, Lauren, Gilbert, Hoyte, hell if Flamini can play at LB so well, he can do RB too (and he's right footed).

astrofool

He might mean LB if Cole leaves, but then you'd only really need an understudy to Clichy? Wenger may decide to re-model the left side of the team if both Cole and Pires leave.

Pepe LeFrits

Most of the major news sites (SSN, Reuters etc) are running the story that Rosicky is undergoing/has completed a medical and is discussing terms with Arsenal - source Karel Bruckner, Czech Republic manager.

Yesssss!

Vokes

If it happens, then it's a fantastic signing. He's a quality player.

After him, i can see Wenger bringing in another big name player - maybe a CB. And supplementing those 2 big signings with a couple of unknowns to beef up the squad.

tred

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

Andy Johnson? Are you serious? I've heard the rumours too but if they are true i'll be mortified. He is not good enough, and offers nothing that we don't already have. If after long being interested in the likes of Torres, Berbatov, Robinho, Baptista etc, Arsenal sign Andy Johnson, I think I might cry...

got this live on one of the Arseblogger forums today that Tomas Rosicky is doing a medical in Highbury as we speak. I just see it also annouicned on Planetfootball
http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=389184&CPID=8&clid=3&lid=4161&title=Rosicky+in+Arsenal+talks
great signing if it happens. a player not yet at his peak. Be some seriously good business if they sign him. dortmound are in debt, and apparently ateletic madrid dont have all the money up front to pay for him.

Irish Gunner

Like this player although never heard of him some back up for Gilberto & Cesc but a replacement for Bobby ?

We still need another CB time to say bye Bye to Cygan not sure about Sol we may get another year from him

Tomas Rosicky compilation


Height: 1.79m. Weight: 68.00kg. Nationality: Czech Republic
Born: 04/10/1980 in Prague

98-99 Sparta Prague 3 Games (-)
99-00 Sparta Prague 5 Goals, 24 Games (-) 6 Games
00-01(juil) Sparta Prague 3 Goals, 14 Games 2 + 0 + 0 Goals, 6 Games (Champions League)
00-01 Borussia Dortmund 15 Games (-) 5 Games
01-02 Borussia Dortmund 5 Goals, 30 Games 1 + 0 Goals, 6 + 8 Games (Champions League + UEFA Cup) 2 Goals, 4 Games
02-03 Borussia Dortmund 3 Goals, 30 Games 2 Goals, 7 Games (Champions League)
03-04 Borussia Dortmund 2 Goals, 19 Games 2 Games (UEFA Cup)
04-05 Borussia Dortmund 4 Goals, 27 Games (-)
05-06 Borussia Dortmund 5 Goals, 28 Games (-) 2 Goals, 4 Games

Tomas ROSICKY Honours
2001 Champion of Czech Republic (Sparta Prague)
2002 Bundesliga Champions (Borussia Dortmund)
2002 UEFA Cup Finals (Borussia Dortmund)

Rollo Tamasi

nah, i meant a RB. I wouldn't rate Eboue at this stage, he is a good young player but i think his time might have come too soon for Arsenal. Hoyte is unporoven at this level and i never thought too highly of Lauren as a RB, i thought he has quite a good central midfielder thou.

What position does Rosicky play in the midfield?

Mossy Monk

wow, if they sign him

PHB

He's an attacking midfielder who can replace the gap that is being by Pires and Lnunberg, but they still need a Vieira style player.
Their attack isn't what cost them this year, it's been their defense.

That said, apparently he's very good, so it can't hurt.

tred

PHB wrote:

He's an attacking midfielder who can replace the gap that is being by Pires and Lnunberg, but they still need a Vieira style player.
Their attack isn't what cost them this year, it's been their defense.

That said, apparently he's very good, so it can't hurt.

dortmoiund payed 18 milloin for him a few years back

Pepe LeFrits

PHB wrote:

He's an attacking midfielder who can replace the gap that is being by Pires and Lnunberg, but they still need a Vieira style player.
Their attack isn't what cost them this year, it's been their defense.

That said, apparently he's very good, so it can't hurt.

No, it's the attack. 20 goals in the league away from home, mostly probably from Henry.

I expect he'll play on the left of midfield and hopefully push Reyes into the centre. Happy days.

tred

Pepe LeFrits wrote:

No, it's the attack. 20 goals in the league away from home, mostly probably from Henry.

I expect he'll play on the left of midfield and hopefully push Reyes into the centre. Happy days.

if you look at his opta stats, hes well able to get stuck in as well!

Ruskie4Rent

He's a box to box type mid but just doesn't look it. GOod buy for arsenal.

Roddy23

Lovely jovely this a great signing for us. He's a quality player, played brilliantly for the Czech Republic at Euro 2004. Because of the early stages of the Champions League for us this year, Wenger is delving in now, before anybody else. Hopefully we can add a hard tackling midfielder, and maybe another centre back. I'd also expect a replacement sub keeper to be bought.

arbeitsscheuer

He's a fantastic player. He was also in the Euro2000 Czech squad, I think when he was only 19 or so (someone back me up on that).

I also remember him scoring a fantastic individual goal at Highbury in the Champion's League for Sparta Prague in 2000/2001. Twas only a last minute consolation to make it 4-2 to l'Arse, but I remember thinking he was a real prospect.

And now he's a Gunner.

Brilliant - as a lot of ppl have said, he's most likely a replacement for Bobby, or backup on the Left-wing that would allow Reyes to be more of a striker than he currently is.

MrJoeSoap

Interesting to note that its not pronounced like "Rosicky" but actually "Rajitsky".

Looks a great player from what I've seen of him, though I haven't seen a great deal. I remember him smacking a cracking volley off the crossbar in Euro 2004.

arbeitsscheuer

I've been pronouncing it "Rozzickee" for 6 years and I'm not about to change that habit now dammit!!!:D

But yeah, it's probably "Rozzittskee" or something similar, I've heard a few commentators say it like that. Still hate it tho.

tred

Roddy23 wrote:

Lovely jovely this a great signing for us. He's a quality player, played brilliantly for the Czech Republic at Euro 2004. Because of the early stages of the Champions League for us this year, Wenger is delving in now, before anybody else. Hopefully we can add a hard tackling midfielder, and maybe another centre back. I'd also expect a replacement sub keeper to be bought.

Davies from West Brom next to replace Campbell id say...possibly. They need a strong backup for Jens. And i dont see that as almunia..

moshpit77

It's official, Rosicky has signed

Long term contract, undisclosed fee

from arsenal.com

Vokes

Wonder how much it was. It had to have been < 10mil, since Dortmund are desperate for money. If it was cheap, im suprised ManU didn't get involved given their lack of depth in the centre.

tred

SofaKing wrote:

Wonder how much it was. It had to have been < 10mil, since Dortmund are desperate for money. If it was cheap, im suprised ManU didn't get involved given their lack of depth in the centre.

7mill sterling i heard.....good price for a top class mid fielder playing for a top international team. As usual good busines by wenger. Lets hope he keeps injury free and we get the best out of him.

Pighead

Just out of interest whats the reasoning behind Undisclosed Fees? I mean everybody has a fair idea of the figure that hes gone for. Why do clubs sometimes refuse to release this figure?

Roddy23

Arsenal always pay for transfers through "undisclosed fees". No idea why though, can't see any advantages to it.

Necronomicon

The only thing that's official is that it was over 6 million, since that was the figure needed to trigger the contract in his clause that let him leave.

Freedomfighter

Im very excited about Rosicky signing for us. I have seen him quiet a bit and he is very good but you can see the potential in him. Remember how bad Henry was when he started playing for us and look how good he is now, well this is how Rosicky will unfold. He is good now but with Wenger he will be amazing. Fernando Torres is next on the list apparently. But everyone answer this Henry and RVN how do you think they would play together on the same team?

Mossy Monk

i think they would play brilliantly together but cannot see RVN going to Arsenal at all