Arsenal Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

have their been any hints of Arsenal targets apart from Arshavin? if he doesent sign surely you guys will get someone else, yes?

We were linked with some French DM named Diame.
Never heard of him so I can't comment.

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

I don't think they need an attacking player unless he's going to be of the quality of Arshavin. I'd say if they miss out on him they could well end up signing nobody.

this is exactly what is going to happen imho

Frisbee wrote: »

And now Citeh are linked with Veloso.

I just want this transfer window to end...

No you don't, if it just ended we're fúcked! We need about 5 players right now, I'd settle for 2, but I'm not very hopeful that we'll get any!

Frisbee wrote: »

Meh, Arshavin ain't gonna turn our season around magically.
I'd rather hold onto the money

No, but neither will a defensive midfielder on his own either! If we don't get both (types of players), I'm not going to be too hopeful about our finish to the season! Let's face it, by turning around our season we mean finishing at least 4th and having a decent run in the cups while winning nothing AGAIN...it's so depressing!

Frisbee wrote: »

Fair point. But I'd rather we shore up our defence than add another attacker.

Our depth in attackers/attacking central midfielders: Adebayor, RVP, Bendtner, Vela, Eduardo, Walcott, Nasri, Walcott So good you named him twice , Fabregas, Rosicky, Ramsey, Diaby (even though he's played on the wing)

Our depth in defensive midfielders: Denilson, Song, Bischoff.

Granted, I feel that a DM should be a priority, but I don't think we have adequate cover for AM right now either with Rosicky and Fabregas out and I would welcome either type of player!

Frisbee wrote: »

Our depth in attackers/attacking midfielders: Adebayor, RVP, Bendtner, Vela, Eduardo, Walcott, Nasri, Walcott, Fabregas.

Our depth in defensive midfielders: Denilson, Song, Bischoff.

Galvasean wrote:

Arshavin might be a bit excessive. Especially when there are other parts of the squad which need much more strenghtening

We have plenty of striking options but I'd still like to see another Nasri/Rosicky/Arshavin type. Someone who more naturally plays wide than Eduardo, Walcott, Van Persie or Vela who are all strikers that are often mentioned as wide midfield players/cover. Likewise, I hate seeing Diaby, Denilson or Ramsey (though Ramsey less so) playing wide and want to sign players that mean it won't have to happen in future.

I agree that a defensive midfielder would be great (Bischoff's not one, by the way) but if there isn't one of sufficient quality available, I'd still rather address a problem in the squad if we can - even if it's not the main one. And personally, I think that either Wenger's not convinced by Veloso or, more likely, Veloso won't be going anywhere for now.

Is that all they said? They said they agreed a fee 2 days ago, but Arshavin's wage demands were holding up the transfer, not the fee.

Edit: Article says Zenit are now willing to take £15m in a one off payment, I'm guessing that means they'll drop the €2.5 million payment they wanted from Arshavin, which means he can drop his wage demands.

However they've basically increased the fee from £12m + £3m based on requirements, all of that paid in installments, to £15m outright in a one off payment. How they think that's a compromise I'll never know. Anyways it's probably bullshít and I'm getting pretty sick of all this, so that's the last article I'll comment on. On Feb 1st he'll either be an Arsenal player or he won't, simple as that.

Lads any streams for tonight's game?

Goal.................

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LEAVING IT LATE LADS...........