Arsenal Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2016

ronjo wrote: »

Dont have access to twitter at work.
What does it say?

http://www.football-italia.net/87707/icardi-i-only-want-inter

Mauro Icardi has a 'strong bond' with Inter and is 'working to stay', but he will 'behave like a professional'.

The agent is being linked with a move to a variety of other teams, including Napoli, Atletico Madrid and most recently Arsenal.

The polemical statements released by the player's agent and wife Wanda Nara have kicked off a tense situation, with the Argentine somewhat at odds with the club and the fans.

“I'm here, and I'm happy here, I say that all the time,” Icardi told Il Corriere dello Sport. “I have a contract with Inter until 2019 and they're my team. For everything else, it's the club that has to speak. I'm working to improve my game, to play well and to provide options for the Coach.

“My entire family's objective is to stay in Milan. I never concealed the fact that I'm happy in this city, as are Wanda and the children. Milan is our home, and that's why she's in talks with the club. We're trying to find a solution.

“For now, Wanda deserves an A+ as an agent. She's working very well.”

The 23-year-old poacher was then asked whether the tense situation and the continuous rumours on the market were causing him problems.

“Frankly, no. I'm a professional and I'm acting like one. I do what I must and I think I've worked well on the pitch so far. In the training camp, things are working out well.

“Last season finished badly with the thigh injury, but this one started out on the right foot. Physically I'm well, I just need to improve my condition, which is normal.

“I'm not interested in rumours and I don't give much weight to what is said or written in the media. What I want is known by everyone. I'm happy here, and this is where I want to stay.

“When I chose Inter I wanted to affirm myself in these colours and that objective hasn't changed. We reached the Europa League in the first season, missed it in the second, made it in the third. Now we're ready to come back to Europe as protagonists.

“Me, wearing other colours? I'll tell you the truth, I'm an Interista. Very much an Interista. This is the team I'm a fan of and these are my colours. There's a strong bond.

“Football is a business and anything can happen, but I'm wearing the captain's arm-band for Inter, I've been here three years and my objective is to win as a Nerazzurro. I want to make it.”

At this rate we'll probably see Adebayor and Rvp back in arsenal shirts LOL

Basil3 wrote: »

Big Sam is England manager! That blows your theory out of the water! :pac:

As does the beating United/Chelsea/City bit... that wont happen this year, Arsenal dont bt Mourinho or Pep teams (or Chelsea for that matter):rolleyes:

I've applied for Red Membership on Jul 9. My ID says I'm a red member but no sign of the card yet.

How long does it normally take for the card to arrive?

Very quiet on the transfer front.
Told yis.

AdamD wrote: »

Do you not get bored coming in here saying: WE'RE SIGNING NOBODY.

Then either we sign somebody and you say 'Not enough'.

Or we don't sign anybody and you say 'I told you so'.

Sums up your posts for about 3 years, really adds **** all to any discussion. We know where you stand on everything and your arguments are never nuanced enough for anyone to enjoy reading for the 80th time.

You're dissatisfaction with Tayto is similar but less than our dissatisfaction by Wenger and the Boards' attitude to transfers. Are we not allowed discuss in the transfer thread. You know. The thread dedicated to discussing transfers. I for one always enjoy Tayto's contributions, and find them for the most part to be on point. Just because we're not all Wengerites doesn't make our opinions any less valid. If he's constantly being proven right as you state, then maybe redirecting your angry outbursts somewhere else might be appropriate.

speedboatchase wrote: »

Carlos Bacca posted a pic on Instagram with his luggage packed. Most likely off to West Ham.

If Icardi is a non-runner, that really only leaves Higuain, Lukaku, and Mario Gomez as possibly available strikers this summer. Considering Juve and Chelsea could easily outbid us for the first two, I'm getting a sinking feeling.

If we end up with Mario Gomez I'll be seriously pissed off. :mad:

AdamD wrote: »

He doesn't make contributions, he says the same thing over and over.

Here are all his posts in this thread, All 296 of them. Have a look yourself, and you'll find that they are most definitely not all the same. Sure there might be a similar vibe to his most recent ones, as he, and many others, get frustrated with this transfer window, but your tantrum is uncalled for.

greendom wrote: »

Perhaps, but the told yis post is the Boards equivalent of Walcott pulling out a challenge. Very poor!

Fair point. I don't take offense to them personally but that's probably because I agreed with him when he first posted so I can empathize with the smugness of being proven right. I think it's a way to perhaps try "get one over" on the people who can see no wrong with Wenger*. That is equally frustrating.

*by Wenger I of course mean Wenger & the board

Ken Shamrock wrote: »

But by the same token you have to understand that if people are constantly saying this this this and this and then it turns out you were right and after months of arguments you're right, there is some justification in saying, after all that, I was right and you were wrong.

I'm not talking about Tayto's argument specifically but the sentiment behind it.

I agree to an extent, but lets wait until the transfer window closes. Then we can all start saying who was right and who was wrong.

Basil3 wrote: »

I don't know why people keep twisting what was said about Giroud. Multiple top Premier League clubs were after a striker last summer, nobody signed anyone better than Giroud. There's a difference between 'nobody better available', and 'nobody better'.

Of course there are better players than him out there. And yes, I know that we're a 'big club' and have '£200m in the bank' and have the funds to 'sign any player we want to'.

Bacca and Jackson Martinez both moved last year, and plenty might argue they'd be better for us than Giroud.

Pogba was never available this summer yet he's now joining United. Big teams with ambition don't wait for others to make things happen, they go out and make it happen themselves. We're not a small club and the conjob that the club does every year to make us think we are is incredible.