It almost is, all that's left to agree on is a fee. Lille wont want to be to much of a hard ass just because they wont want to lose him for nothing next summer so that and the fact that he wants to come to Arsenal works in our favour.

The reason it's dragged out a bit is because the player came back from holidays just last week or something.

Our new away kit

I like it a lot better with the darker shorts.





Edited by sydneycroatia58: 27/6/2011 06:26:40 PM

Not liking that away kit I have to say. Our away kits should be the classic yellow and blue.

Apparently we are in advanced negotiations for Craig Gordon.

and in for Juan Mata and Gary Cahill.

Would be very good for Arsenal in my opinion but Arsenal are not signing a keeper are they SydCro?

WHAT!?! what happened to the cool purple keeper kit they had?

I'd imagine this green one is the away goalkeeper kit.

Not first choice at least. Probably means Mannone will be sold, if it;s true that we are talking to Gordon. I've also heard the stuff about Gordon is complete crap so I got no idea :lol: In the end he would only be coming in to give more competition to Fabianski and Szczesny, who I think will still be first choice.

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The amount of people going on and on about Cesc and Nasri not being in the away shirt promo really is just fucking hilarious :lol:

God they're bastards

I do love how the BBC runs one story that states nothing new, and that nothing has changed and now suddenly his transfer is imminent :lol:

Do you rate Thiago Alcantara? Would you take him as part of a deal for Cesc?

I rate him definately, but not as a replacement for Cesc. Taking him as part of a deal for Cesc would do both us and Thiago no good I think because imo we'd still have to go and buy a replacement for Cesc and Thiago would still be stuck on the bench. That and I think the club would rather straight cash.

If we did take Thiago and he played well Barca would probably come in again in a few years and have a cry and do the same shit they are now and try to get him back.

i thought he'd make a decent backup to Nasri if he moves into the middle like he wants, but i heard barca wanted to put a 8m buy back clause in(obviously they want avoid a repeat of the cesc situation too). I think he'd get slightly more time with us for some reason.

hopefully this is true, genius bit of strategy from Real if true
http://www.sportsvibe.co.uk/news/football/gunners-handed-50m-bid-for-skipper-by-real-madrid/

Edited by Hinderz: 29/6/2011 12:45:44 AM

Gotta love Real, drive the price of cesc up to where it should be and fuck with Barca all in one go :lol:

Don't think they seriously want him or think they will get him, just another chance for Mourinho to fuck with Barca :lol: Some quality shit stirring.

Amazing stuff from Mourinho :D I agree they wont get him, but Arsene should get in on the act and accept the bid, it would blow some minds

Barca have "apparently" met Santos' 45m price for Neymar along with 4 other clubs. Rosell's bid for cesc unfortunately wasn't in person (unlike the Spanish press suggested) so he could be met with derision and large guffaws

Edited by Hinderz: 29/6/2011 01:47:22 AM

If they buy Neymar, hopefully it will show Cesc just how little they want him that they're not willing to stump up 45m for a world class midfielder but are willing to for a 19 year old with no European football and 5 international caps.

:lol: at the translated headline from Sport's website

Real tries to torpedo the signing of Cesc offering 50 'kilos'

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 29/6/2011 01:58:43 AM

Not to mention the fact Nasri was actually in the photoshoot just not in the promo vid, although I did read one complete bullshit article on some complete bullshit website about how unhappy he looked in the photos ](*,) :roll: :lol:

A big congratulations to the non-flying dutchman Dennis Bergkamp on his appointment as Ajax assistant manager. Would absolutely love to have him back at the club one day.

Just thought I'd leave this here. By far my favourite piece of commentary ever :lol:

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+1111111111111111 to the Bolded. Love it so much.

Actually, it's probably right up there with this.

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That UEFA Cup run was just brilliant. It's like they purposely went down by 3 goals just so they could overload the fuck out of it :lol:

I always try and sign him in FM but he's never interested :evil: :lol:

LOL. 1.57 in the Steaua video :lol:

So another day another case of the media taking something Cesc says and totally twisting it.

And people wonder why he cancelled the press conference that was scheduled for yesterday. Feel so sorry for the guy.

So,,, bye bye Nasri?

Not yet :lol: All that talk of Man City is crap, he's only ever been a backup option for them and still is only that.

As for Clichy now looking like he's off as long as we sign an equal or better replacement I don't have to many qualms about him leaving. Baines or Enrique would do quite nicely.

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I hate players that want a lot more money. But he is our best player so i hope Wenger stops being such a stingy bastard and pays up.

:lol: he's not our best player, not even close. Lets face it, he was excellent for 6 months last season and decidedly average for the rest of the season. He is in no way deserving of the same wage as Cesc. This is nothing to do with Arsene being stingy, this is about not letting a player hold the club to ransom, and if he seriously thinks he deserves the same wage as Cesc he can fuck right off for all I care.

Honestly if Nasri leaves I won't be that upset. Sure it's not good losing a potentially great player, but that's all it is at the moment. 6 great months doesn't make up for 2 and a half just ok years. If I had to choose between losing him or Cesc it'd be Nasri every single day of the week. As a matter of fact I'd also rather lose Nasri ahead of Rambo, Jack, TV, RvP, Sagna or Szczesny.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 1/7/2011 04:41:44 PM