Please don't get me started on this again... already had the broken record gif thrown in my face...

But yes the attacking elements of our game (which has never really been in question I might add) does look very strong after these two new acquisitions.

Any news on more preseason matches - usually we have Boreham Wood as well as the Emirates Cup of course. I know Nigeria didn't go ahead but they've been pretty poor in organising more matches.

Yep that's the guy. He called Cazorla to Arsenal weeks before anyone else did. One of the most reliable on twitter.

That's a fake account

Same guy:

Can't wait to see those two link up on the field :D
Didn't know they were great friends.

Edited by hinderz: 3/8/2012 01:12:42 AM

Would be around 40 million pounds :O Definitely expect us to get rid of some of the deadwood for at least 10-15mil though.

If RVP doesn't leave and Cazorla comes in what will Arsenal's net transfers be this summer. Would have to be a record

Honestly I will piss myself if RvP doesn't end up leaving this summer. Him and his management completely misjudged this whole situation :lol: With each day that passes it looks more and more likely that he won't be leaving.

So unbeleivably stoked about this.
If we get Sahin too it would really send out the message that we're being ambitious again.




Not that RVP is staying, but if he did.. those are terrifying first AND second lineups. Easily back up there with the three big spenders.

It's a shame the defence wouldn't reflect that sort of quality.

Yeah someone who is actually reliable, and was the first to break the Cazorla news weeks ago, says he's had it confirmed he's on hos way to England and will have a medical later today.

Just want us to hurry up and sign him.

:-" :-" :-"

Apparently Santi Cazorla didn't train with the team today. :D

Edited by jlm8695: 2/8/2012 07:13:48 PM

If true if I were in the arsenal marketing team I'd be claiming he turned down real madrid for arsenal - even though this is not actually the case... but we do need some more choosing arsenal over xxxx stories just to let RvP know we are still a destibnation club for many players.

Edited by quichefc: 2/8/2012 11:38:38 AM

Malaga announcement expected later tonight our time. No confirmation on what will be in this announcement but it's expected something on Cazorla will be.

he apparently trained with Malaga yesterday and stayed back fora while with fans taking pictures and signing stuff, apparently seemed like a goodbye.

The Sport article they mentioned in the blog is a joke :lol: Wouldn't be worrying about it to much. I mean there's no quotes in the article at all, like not even any made up ones. All they do is basically talk about his career, how he's good friends with Cesc and then go on to list all the reasons why he'd be a good signing for Barca

Just read there will be a decision made on this in the next 48 hours. Better be a rumour, damn internet. Was on ESPN transfer blog.

Yeah I don't think there's anything in that, especially after us seemingly going off m'Vila. They just had to find a new Arsenal player to link to Barca :lol:

Is there any strength to the Barca in for Song rumours???
Surely we would not sell in a pink fit! You would think M'Vila would be following proceedings closely.

It'll probab;y be the first of his 3756 medicals. I think Arsenal must be the only club in the world to do a medical for every limb and every bone in the body :lol:

Apparently Malaga and Arsenal have agreed to a 17.3m pound fee for Santi Cazorla and he has a medical this afternoon.

http://football-italia.net/22526/juve-have-signed-rvp-contract

http://northlondonisred.co.uk/arsenals-defence-and-defending-arsenal/#more-996

Sky Sports reporting that Cazorla is due to fly in for a medical and to complete a deal in the next few days

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 1/8/2012 09:39:55 PM

Cazorla deal may actually happen, and for a record fee.
A few journalists that are close to Malaga claiming it's as good as done. Sid Lowe the Spain based Brit from ESPN Presspass also pretty convinced.
One of the Malaga journalists and Lowe both have wikipedia pages so...... obviously that makes anything they say unquestionable.




New one.
When Mikel is out we're atrocious, we won 1 game without him all season?. When Nasri was out we were marginally better off.
Can't argue with numbers.

can people answer me this , do you prefer our old number 8 or our new one? loved nasri but like sc stated he was meh for 3 years

This is especially highlighted by the fact that when Nasri played we averaged less points per game (in his best ever season).
Would be interesting to see if that stat was true last season for City too. I wouldn't be surprised.

Obviously the supporters of a club are going to be a little bias. But let's not get sidetracked.
I think even most City supporters who know their stuff would admit Cazorla is better than Nasri.

Having said that, Nasri has a fuck tone of potential. Won't be surprised if in the next few years he goes on to earn that "World Class" tag.


I'd confidently say Mikel Arteta is currently better than Nasri (if you go on actual performances rather than hype). If we're allowed to say players in vastly different positions (relative to their position) then Sagna definitely takes it.
There could be arguments for others but let's not go there

Speaking of Sagna he must surely be considered a "World Class" rightback? You don't make it into the team of the year in the best league in the world every second season if your not world class.
Fullbacks just get no love.


Saying we're in a downhill cycle to mid table is a big exaggeration. We went up a spot last season. What it's sustaining is our champions league spot and giving the appearance that we have a real chance at the title for periods most seasons.
Agree that it's not Ideal, but I think you've gone a little overboard.
I'm optimistic that with the new financial rules and our stadium debt being paid off we will start to challenge seriously again soon.





In other news.. it's been 48 hours, it's next month and we still havn't heard a peep about Cazorla signing. My confidence in this happening just halved.

Well it's an impossible question to answer because you can only compare him with the players we have who play out wide. Of which none have played like he did for that half a season. You can't for example compare him to Jack or Arteta. It'd be like comparing Robin and Koscielny or Vermaelen, all 3 are some of the best players at the club, but you can't say which one is better.

In the end, out of all the big name players we have lost in the last few years, Nasri was probably the easiest to replace. I think whatever impact his loss had on the actual team was way overplayed last season.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 1/8/2012 12:10:59 PM