Arsenal Transfer Rumours And General Chat

Tusky

I would say he is delighted with having got Rosicky... great signing. Looked v.v.impressive.

tred

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

This fella has been regarded as a top class player for a long time now. I love the way the bbc and all were going on as if Arsene Wenger uncovered this guy from the footballing abyss. He did get him at a great price though.

Andrew Johnson 10 million
Tomas Rosicky less than 7 million.....

enough said!!

eirebhoy

tred wrote:

Andrew Johnson 10 million

He was £8.5m.

Nakamura €3m - enough said.

AnCapaillMor

Them to bid 16M for Cole which is apparently the buy out clause on his contract.

PHB

Can I just check something:

Since Christmas have Arsenal spent 26 million pounds?

Abadyer - 7 million
Rosicky - 7.5 million
Walcott - 12 million

therecklessone

PHB wrote:

Can I just check something:

Since Christmas have Arsenal spent 26 million pounds?

Abadyer - 7 million
Rosicky - 7.5 million
Walcott - 12 million

Thought the Walcott deal was more?

Mitch Connor

Rosicky is 4.5 rising to 6.8 on conditions, afaik.
Walcott is 5 rising to 12 on conditions, afaik.

tred

Tauren wrote:

Rosicky is 4.5 rising to 6.8 on conditions, afaik.
Walcott is 5 rising to 12 on conditions, afaik.

I am not sure about that 7 million for abeydaor. I read today that they have enquired about saviola. Intersting possibility. But id love to see torres there, io thought he linked well last night with the mighty Cesc!

MBC

Yeah agree Tred I think he would be a cracking buy! although Saviola wouldn't be bad either.

Pepe LeFrits

Walcott cost £5m, Diaby cost £6.5m, Adebayor £4.5m and Rosicky £6.8m.

Saviola would be a terrible signing. Arsenal don't need another striker, and they certainly don't need another small, youngish striker. There's Henry, and as his partner you've got choices: Van Persie (out and out striker), Adebayor (hard working targetman type) and Reyes (withdrawn Bergkamp type). Not to mention Walcott who has just arrived and a host of other talented strikers coming through the ranks.

For defensive midfield, there's Gilberto, Flamini, and Song. In goal, there's Lehmann, Fawlty Manuel and Poom. At CB, there's Toure, Senderos, and Djourou.

And people still want Wenger to splurge £25m+ on Torres.

AnCapaillMor

Midfielder is the priority, Saviolas great but he's the last one i'd buy, we need a conventional striker, torres or why even give Bendtner or wallcott a go.

Roddy23

Pepe - I take it Campbell is on his way to Portsmouth then? Don't forget we have Diaby to come back too. The way I see it, if we can sign Davis off WBA, and a backup keeper, I'd be pretty happy with the squad, and expect us to build on last year.

Pepe LeFrits

He's off somewhere anyway, with Cole probably following him out the door too. Life goes on.

PHB

Ah I found out, it's 5 million, but 12 million depending only on appearances, and apparently his appearence at the world cup will get more spent.

Still, Arsenal have spent quite a bit of cash, do they have the resources to spend more in the future?

AnCapaillMor

Heard a mad rumour that some Arab guy is going to buy us out in 3 years. sad to see Cole go if he does go. I think the arse need more english talent in the team. They had the english back 5 at one stage.

Pepe LeFrits

PHB wrote:

Ah I found out, it's 5 million, but 12 million depending only on appearances, and apparently his appearence at the world cup will get more spent.

Still, Arsenal have spent quite a bit of cash, do they have the resources to spend more in the future?

IIRC Hill-Wood said that there's a cash reserve of just under of £60m available to Wenger. This was last summer, but Wenger didn't spent anything (net) then, so...

Roddy23

Arsenal seem to have been cleared of any wrong doing over Beveren.

On another note, whats the story with this Mr. Mir candidate for Real Madrid saying that Wenger will be the next coach should he be elected. This is total nonsense, don't believe a word of it, there must be some action that Arsenal could take about something like that. I must say the Spanish media are the biggest sh!t stirrers around, always seem to be after an Arsenal player, or Wenger.

ghost26ie

the other day wenger rubbished those claims. so at the moment i wouldn't worry about that.

Pepe LeFrits

Just hearing now that the Greek newspapers are running a story that Yaya Toure will be signed shortly. Apparently he has several weeks wages unpaid for by Olympiakos and Kolo has convinced him to go to Arsenal - for around 8 mill.

Dunno how concrete this is, mind. Not sure he's the signing the team is looking for, though it wouldn't do any harm.

// edit - hmm, anyone read Greek?

http://www.contra.gr/news_large.aspx?date=today&paper=goal

Roddy23

Delighted if this goes through.

In fairness he was a great steal from Spurs. But over the last year his commitment to Arsenal has been questioned, and now is the correct time to unload him.

tred

Roddy23 wrote:

Delighted if this goes through.

In fairness he was a great steal from Spurs. But over the last year his commitment to Arsenal has been questioned, and now is the correct time to unload him.

http://home.skysports.com/transfernews.asp?type=article&id=400756


Saviola in the frame??. Wouldnt be a bad signing i think, if they got him at the right price. 24 and bags of talent but needs some wenger fine tuning!

Vokes

Campbell in sudden Arsenal exit

Arsenal have announced that defender Sol Campbell is to leave the club so he can seek a "fresh challenge".

On BBC just now. No other info yet.

Aquos76

Link from official site

Royale with Cheese

Have they let him go on a free? Very strange, he was still under contract. Probably could have got a couple of million for him.

Rollo Tamasi

He’s destined to be the next footballer to go crazy and think they have a promising career in Turkish football. But i suppose it's the only place he'll get his current wage matched or even bettered.

Roddy23

Wouldn't be surprised if he ditched the football altogether, and tried his luck with Acting. He was talking about this a few months ago. Think he would be crazy enough to do it.
He wasn't the same player we signed, and although we could have a got afew million for him, still think it was the correct time to get rid of him.

Nalz

According to those acurate Sunday tabloids Touré's little brother is joining him at the Arsenal. Whats your thoughts on that if it does happen?

AnCapaillMor

We've been trying to get him for ages but he never met the criteria for a work permit. He showed alot of promise in greece and had some nice touches in the WC. If he's half as good as kolo, he'll be great.

soupie

If we got him it would be excellent. He's a star in the making. Think he has a grump with Wenger though because he had him on trial a couple of years back and never offered him anything

Roddy23

Arsenal were going to offer him a contract, but there were some Work Permit issues, and so Beveren swooped in and got him. He then moved onto Donetsk. Not too sure about Yaya, thought Appiah looked the better player, and with Diaby coming back from injury, could be a half decent midfield.