Wasn't Chamakh supposed to be the next big thing for Arsenal?

Ornstein claims we haven't made a bid for Gustavo yet, but we are interested. Same goes for Rooney and Suarez apparently.

So basically as a young whipper-snapper I played football and followed the Newcastle Breakers in the NSL. Then Dad decided to show me a few late-night or taped games of EPL, just to see the difference in quality of the leagues. Eventually I found myself solely watching Arsenal games, just to watch Vieira play. The dude was a monster - I idolised him. I wanted to be him exactly - reverse-MJ skin colouring style (not really, but srsly). I've never looked at it this way, but afro pointed out to me that it's a very "NBA" way of supporting a sport. Interestingly enough, I loved Roy Keane too. I loved their battles. My favourite number is 16, because Vieira was 4 and 4x4 is 16 and RK was 16.

So I found myself buying heaps of Arsenal jerseys as I was legit obsessed with Vieira. Then when I researched into the whole transfer to Italy ordeal with PV, I kind of felt insulted by how Arsenal treated him. So I had a couple of years of "hating" Arsenal. Since then I've considered myself a neutral, but religiously keep up with the league in general as I love the media circus surrounding it. But I still have a huge soft spot for Arsenal, and developed a soft spot for a team that shall remain nameless. And I have a giant mancrush on German football, and love FC St Pauli to death

So I still have a huge soft spot for Arsenal, have a secret crush on an unidentified team, and have forever hated Hotsperms & Liverpool.

/life story

Edited by pv4: 12/8/2013 08:48:45 AM

Wasn't Chamakh supposed to be the next big thing for Arsenal?

I call bullshit.

Remember Pv4 when he completely discounted our chances:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-55834/Vieiras-Highbury-feud-turns-ugly.html

What happened after that summer again? Oh, that's right - we did the double. Lost a lot of respect for him then. Him going to Man City topped it off.

Yep, a 27 year old we got on a free was supposed to be our 'next big thing'. Sigh. He's still better than Borini.

Bullshit on what? Ornstein doesen't get it wrong.

Remember Pv4 when he completely discounted our chances:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-55834/Vieiras-Highbury-feud-turns-ugly.html

What happened after that summer again? Oh, that's right - we did the double. Lost a lot of respect for him then. Him going to Man City topped it off.

Edited by A.Haak: 13/8/2013 02:30:59 PM

When was this article, before they gave him the captaincy?

Arsenal aren't going to meet Liverpool's asking price on Suarez.

[size=6]Gourcuff 'would take pay cut' at Arsenal[/size]

Yoann Gourcuff is ready to lower his sizeable salary to secure a move to Arsenal, according to the Lyon playmaker's club president Jean-Michel Aulas.

Gourcuff, 27, has failed to deliver on the promise that persuaded Lyon to pay €22 million for him in 2010 and offer him a monthly wage of more than €400,000, making the midfielder Ligue 1's highest-paid Frenchman.

Having struggled for both fitness and form over the past three seasons, OL have been looking to offload the France international, whose situation has been monitored by Arsene Wenger.

Responding to Monday's reports in L'Equipe to the contrary, Aulas told the sports daily that Lyon would not be willing to pay any of Gourcuff's salary to allow him to join a Ligue 1 club on loan and revealed the former Bordeaux man was only willing to make financial sacrifices to go to North London.

"Can you see us paying part of his salary for him to play against us with another French club? We've never considered that and it would even more stupid now than it was a fortnight ago," Aulas stated after seeing Gourcuff contribute a goal and two assists in Lyon's 4-0 win over Nice last weekend, their first game of the Ligue 1 season.

"All that I know, if I understood correctly, is that he was ready to lower his salary to go to Arsenal, but that's not the same thing."

Also followed by Monaco and Atletico Madrid, who have long been linked with him, Gourcuff has another two years left on the deal he signed when he moved to the Stade de Gerland from Bordeaux three years ago.

Aulas remains open to the possibility of selling the former AC Milan man, stating on his official Twitter account last weekend that Gourcuff "is not for sale, but he can be bought", and added that he had told the player's lawyer he would grant a non-exclusive mandate to negotiate a transfer, but has not ruled out extending the huge deal to which he agreed.

"We can't change the contract," he said. "The only solution is to extend it. If the amortisation is done over eight years when it was planned over five, it becomes less expensive. But we're in a quite unfair system: if there's someone to criticise for his salary, it's me. I signed it, that contract, with his agent."
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1520920/yoann-gourcuff-take-pay-cut-join-arsenal-says-lyon-president-jean-michel-aulas?cc=3436

Gourcuff would kill it here, always been a massive fan of him #somehomo

Every ‘big Arsenal signing’ so far this summer seems to have evaporated into thin air over a few extra quid in the grand scheme of things. And it’s getting a little bit daft.

if i remember correctly wenger was going to buy alonso from liverpool, yet disagreed over fee by few million.

its been a central theme over time and a big failing by wenger.

maybe we need a technical director to negotiate and buy players without wenger screwing up the deal.

Gustavo to Wolfsburg at 130kpw, no way were we going to pay that for him.

Just like the Higuain deal.

Just like the Suarez deal.

Just like the M'Vila deal.

Just like the Ginter deal.

Just like the Jovetic deal.

Just like the Gustavo deal.

What will be even funnier is when after 38 games we're still above both of you :lol:

Higuain deal- Madrid jacked up the price.Probably a fail.
Suarez deal- Too early to call.
M'Vila? :lol: :lol: The player who we were linked with yet never made a bid for, cool.
Ginter- Reported by the fucking daily fail.
Jovetic- Never bid.
Gustavo- Never bid.
Bernard, Fellaini, Rooney - never bid.
Edited by jlm8695: 15/8/2013 12:19:40 PM

Despite all that, you still all fap over the potential signings.

Looks to me like you haven't got the balls or ability to spend the money.

Despite all that, you still all fap over the potential signings.

Looks to me like you haven't got the balls or ability to spend the money. Keep up lads.

Edited by vaughn2111: 15/8/2013 12:25:59 PM