Khedira going cold apparently.
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Khedira going cold apparently.
Where are you hearing this? News I heard yesterday was the club was in neogtiations, and close to agreeing, a fee with Madrid. If that's the case, you'd assume they've sorted the alleged wage issues out as why would they bother further negotiating the transfer fee if they know the wages would be a hurdle still.Quote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
Apparently Arsenal are offering £130,000 Khedira wants £150,000+. That's not the biggest stumbling block but Jose has come out and said his interested, so it's a choice of pretty much walking into a starting spot at Arsenal or battling it out with Cesc, Matic and more than likely Tiago too.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
dunno where i read it, twitter proabbaly,
I think Khedira to Arsenal is definitely ongoing, been too many people discussing it for it to be BS. I think Arsene's hate towards big salaries is fueling stories about the deal going cold. I also think the Chelsea link is just hearsay, unless they sell Ramires to Real Madrid, they already have like defensive mids and another 2-3 box2box runners.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
After getting Schneiderlin / Bender we just need a striker
Looks like Khedira could be on his way to Monaco as a make way for the James deal to Real.
Kroos just went to Real Madrid from reports.
Khedira is back on, surely!
I think Isco is looking likely to leave too. Arsenal are certainly recruiting well, but I don't see them recruiting at the back. They've never really had a problem scoring goals. They have recruited Debuchy to replace Sagna but is that seen as an upgrade?Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
I'd really like to see them give Joel Campbell a run this year too.
Ospina from Nice is done.. Quality keeper that alot of people think will be the new number 1 this year..
Callum Chambers from Southampton for 12 million confirmed by Wenger as well. He said he paid over the top but thinks his future is at centre back.. Quality 4th choice and right back cover. Supposedly he can play defensive mid as well.
Been a solid transfer window so far. Wilshire and Diaby seemed to play well in the US, i've only seen highlights but i heard Diaby bossed the game when he came on.
Arsenal Australia is trying to get a more active presence in newy for meet ups etc, for now check the Facebook page search "arsenal Australia Central Coast/newcastle"
Trying to get a newcastle based venue to meet and watch games.
Who said we can't win trophies anymore?? The cabinet must be about to break under all the weight, haha.
Haven't watched the game but can't wait to see Sanogo bullying Boyata/Nastasjic and that sumptuous finish from Giroud in real time.
giroud's strike was pretty sexy.
so was his hair, and his chest in that tight kit.
and Santi is not fat.
not really a trophy but encouraging signs none-the-lessQuote:
Originally Posted by Frodo
Agreed. But you can bet your life if we'd lost that the press would have counted it as a trophy lost.Quote:
Originally Posted by joel31
Interesting the signing of Sanchez with Walcott already at the club.
Be interesting to see how Wenger deploys them when both are fit
Surely our full strength starting XI would have to be:
-------------Szcz------------
Debuchy--Per--Kos--Gibbs
------Rambo--Wilshere----
Walcott-----Ozil----Alexis
-----------Giroud-----------
And if a quality DM gets brought in, he replaces Wilshere.
At this stage I can only see jack and Ramsey together in a 3 man midfield hopefully with William carvalho or similar. If its a 2-man midfield I reckon Ramsay and new dm first choice with arteta and wilshere first backupsQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
I'd have (fully fit) Ox on one side, Feo on the other and Sanchez in the middle (Ozil in behind).Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Saw the Gooners play once with those 2 on the flanks and by God they were blistering. And that was with Alex Song playing the 10.
Put about 8 past Blackburn that day. Amazing to watch.
Not really.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Walcott = decent wide man, unproven potential as a number9
Sanchez = better than decent wide man! and better than decent number9.
When both fit they will either rotate the wide position, or Walcott will play wide with Sanchez upfront, being rotated with giroud.
What will be interesting is if wenger slides back to 4-4-2 given he now has three strikers he appears willing to trust with decent game time.
Arsenal touted to be coming out next year.
Them or Man City.
Do Arsenal normally do pre season tours? This year they did a preseason in Austria or Switzerland didn't they? While others were in USA.
Google tells me they did a 4 game tour in 2013 to Asia.
Played Indonesia, Vietnam, Urawa and Nagoya.
Yeah they definately did an Asian tour last year, and this year they did USA and Austria IIRC.
There were serious rumours they were going to come over for that NZ tournament featuring Wellington, Sydney, Wham & Newcastle but that obviously fell through. I think Phoenix & Arsenal share a sponsor or something like that.
Depends really on how much Wenger rates Sanchez.Quote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
To me the bloke is the best player Arsenal have now. The bloke is a gun and will prove to be the best signing made by an English club in the last 5 years
That being said he should be played where you get the most from him which is wide right attack.
To me that means Walcott is out or plays as the 9.
Seeing as Wenger loves Giroud I see Walcott on the periphery unless he finds a new position/role for him
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bremsstrahlung
We go to Austria for camp every year
Wow. What a heart stopper.
Not sure we deserved it, but not sure they did either.
Looking at the other ties besiktas must be more worthy of a spot in the main draw than some of the others.
And I've always liked sbs' coverage of the URL, but Jason 'um err' Culina deadset used 500 words to say nothing.
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How was the ref?
Ref was crap.... Some promising signs.. we did deserve it.. Really it felt Basiktas where only challenging and came to the game when we had debuchy sent off. Before that it was just everyone behind the ball..
If the game was played at the pace in the last 10 with 11 per side arsenal would have scored more as the field was much more open and not like said above just parking everyone behind the ball..
The side like most (like in bundesliga) are probably a good month behind usual season start performance levels.. As always happens after a Euro Champs or Welt Meisterschaft....
What is promising is that although not playing fully convincing there are good signs. plus not loosing....
oh and jack was great last night apart from the chance is skewed...
ref missed a few cast iron pens imo
Not entirely sure I can deal with watching another game featuring Sanogoals tbh - he has to be the most frustrating player I remember watching ever. For every good thing he does, he does about 3 bad things. I've tried to have the patience and hope that Wenger has in him but he's wore really thin on me.
Santi was equally as frustrating tonight.
I pray that Wenger will finally realise we need a starting striker. I'm not entirely sure I can deal with the frustration of this season if we don't sign one. Apparently Chelsea confirmed Remy earlier tonight so that option is no longer available.
Yaya's a no go
Name fits, really. Still don't understand what he has done to warrant a start ahead of Campbell who had an excellent WC... but neither are starting material, so point is kind of moot.
Need to get on falcao or at the very least someone like Carlos bacca. Also wrap up the carvalho to cover dm/cb until January then sign a back up cb.
If we don't sign a striker, wenger really needs to adjust the system ever so slightly so that podolski can flourish either in a redesigned striker role or the wide-striker role in a front 3.
Podolski. Walcott
Sanchez
Ramsey. Ozil
Carvalho
Welbz! Absolutely buzzing, have loved the kid since his Sunderland days. Also I'm led to believe Manure fans loved him too, so I'm even happier.
I was thinking it's been a while since we've had a british striker. Will work hard and is pretty quick so he's got that over Giroud.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Wish we had also got something to cover either central defence or defensive mid. I heard that Lisbon knocked us back cause we were a couple of million short for Carvalho. They are hoping for an auction to get closer to 37 million pounds. Hopefully we don't get 2 injured centre halves and those 2 youth defenders (Hayden and someone else) can play the capital cup games.
Speed, hunger and British. 3 reasons I'm happy with welbeck. Has some experience and a body used to the premier league so will be able to take the heat off Sanchez for a while and allow him to drift around causing trouble. I wouldn't be surprised if welbeck considered above giroud when he is over his broken toenail.
Scared at our lack of cover at the back. Really don't want to see us start monreal at centre back at premier league level.
I think Welbeck is a good player. A lot tougher physically than people give him credit for as well.
Good move for him too, hope he gets more game time as I think he should be starting for his national team.
Remember the olden days when Wenger hated British kids.
He's starting the bloody revolution himself now.
Remember when Alan pardew had a shot at arsenal for not fielding many British players and mainly French players. Oh how times are changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
pretty disappointed about this move
:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
Dat guy