I have 3 friends over there atm. Thinking about getting them to get me one :cool:

If anyone is genuinely interested in me sussing my mates out about getting one, PM me and we'll try and sort something out.

:lol: Guillem Balague has turned the backtrack into an art.

A few days ago he insists that this first refusal we have on Cesc doesn't exist. Now today he says it does exist, but it's for some reason irrelevant :lol:

Well considering Wenger himself has confirmed that a clause exists it just makes Balague look like even more of a joke which I didn't think was possible.

Do you think if Cesc was to leave Barca. Wenger would pay up and bring him back? I'd hope so.

You'd think even more so if the only other options for Cesc were other EPL teams. Surely Wenger wouldn't want the enemy having a quality player like him and you'd think Cesc wouldn't want to play against Arsenal.

I don't think we'd sign him, or at least I hope we wouldn't. I am a massive Cesc fanboi like you wouldn't believe, by far my favourite player but we simply don't need him. Signing him would mean shifting Ozil or Ramsey wide to accommodate him or Ramsey becomes our anchor.

The absolute only way I could see us being able to accommodate him would be

Ramsey-Ozil-Walcott
DM-Fabregas

It could work, but so much of Ramsey's game is based around arriving in the box late or having space to run into. Who knows but I don't think Cesc will leave anyway.

If anything it would be Ozil out wide, Ramsey next to whoever is our DM and Cesc behind the striker.

Of course that's provided we get him. The only thing stopping it imo would be Arsene not being willing to spend 35-40m on him.

Edited by sydneycroatia58: 23/5/2014 10:16:54 AM

As usual Arsenal being linked with a multitude of players. Here is a summary of what I have seen/heard. No doubt there is more to add to this list-
Asmir Begovic

Atsuto Uchida
Serge Aurier
Juanfran
Micah Richards
Calum Chambers

Javi Martinez
Morgan Schneiderlin
James Milner
Hakan Calhanoglu
Cesc Fabregas
Sami Khedira
Lars Bender

Mario Mandzukic
Mario Balotelli
Carlos Vela
Julian Draxler
Karim Benzema
Loic Remy
Antoine Greizmann

Most seem unlikely for me, but I think Begovic + Aurier + Khedira + Benzema would be a dream summer.
Place your bets!

Edited by El Toro: 27/5/2014 08:01:39 AM

I think Begovic is too good to be a back up and not great with his feet.

Anyway, I think 2nd keeper + Aurier + Schneiderlin +vela+Balotelli/Benzema

I opted for Schneiderlin purely because I want to make Wilshere-Ramsey work in midfield, I think it can be done. Aurier will be a great buy, Vela ~3 mill too cheap to ignore and Balotelli or Benzema are the only ones with a bit of X-factor that we need in a striker. I would actually love balotelli, I think the professor is the one to get the best out of him. Ozil and Benzema play really well together and I think are good friends, so I would happily take him too.

Toulouse have reportedly opened talks for Jallet (French RB from PSG).

Would say Aurier is pretty much a given at this stage.

Is the African Cup of nations on this year or next? Geez that thing is a pain

The next one is January/February 2015.

Ain't no problem, we've got Jenks.

What's everyone's thoughts on Eto'o now that we've been linked with him? If it meant we spent more money on a DM I'd be all for it.

Bring him in, so long as he is not 'the' striker signing of the summer. New striker + Giroud + Eto'o on a free + Sanogo
That's looking more like quality depth that has been lacking.

I'd love to see Eto'o in an Arsenal jersey. But definitely not if he's going to be the only striker signing. Although he isn't the player he used to be, he still averaged a goal every 2 games at Chelsea, so he would still be a quality signing on a free.

It's shit like this that makes Arsenal fans incredibly annoying. Nothing more than a bit of fluff in the wind as far as transfer news goes and he's "a given".

Pretty much every club would love to sign Eto'o. If for nothing else than to rub it in Mourinho's face...

Edited by afromanGT: 30/5/2014 05:15:33 PM

OK.

We all remember Higuain ;)

I know, and we all remember Willian too :lol:

Nice to see you've hopped back on the Spurs bandwagon now things aren't going shit ;)

:lol: I actually had forgotten that. That was good :lol:

Fabianski off to Swansea (old news I know).

Will be a top signing for them and will do well.

Wonder who we'll sign as #2. Viviano a possibility, maybe one of the free agent keepers- Speroni and Schwarzer spring to mind.

Edited by jlm8695: 30/5/2014 07:34:01 PM

Wenger has signed a 3 year deal.

It wasn't just Arsenal fans who thought he was a done deal.

There's been talk of David Marshall as well as John Ruddy.

If we had a dollar for every time Arsenal fans had counted a transfer before it had happened we'd be much richer people.

For £15m, David Marshall can fuck right off :lol:

:lol:

Real tears will be shed if he signs for another PL club.

Edited by jlm8695: 1/6/2014 03:55:19 AM

Would lol if we signed him

It will be interesting to see what happens. If Arsenal do in fact have first refusal, For him to go to another Pl team Arsene would have to turn him down and I'm not sure he would. And I hope he wouldn't.

Get it done Arsene