Having spoken coyly about a possible deal for Lukas Podolski, Arsene Wenger has also paid lip service to other potential signings by stressing that there will not be a repeat of the frantic deadline day business seen last summer.
Making clear that wholesale changes are unlikely, due to the 25 man squad restrictions, the Frenchman trotted out his usual ‘quality not quantity’ line, despite sitting opposite a room packed with journalists drooling at the prospect of another off-season of mind-numbingly boring transfer tittle-tattle.
“You want to make me say that last year was bad and I agree with you – last year was terrible for us because we finished on August 31 at 11.55pm and we do not want to repeat that, of course,” claimed the boss.
“We will not be a lot on the market, quantity-wise I mean. Quality-wise, certainly.
“But the [maximum] number of the squad is 25. We have many players out on loan and we will take a gamble if we find top, top quality of course.”
Polite enough to doff his hat at Arseblog’s favoured LANS description, Wenger continued:
“But don’t forget we have many players out on loan and we have not had Jack Wilshere or Abou Diaby for the whole season.
“These players will be back and it means that number and quality-wise we are strong because we are in the position we are in without these players.”
Of course transfer speculation goes two ways meaning the tabloids will no doubt spend the next six months patting down their hard-ons as they tremble with excitement at the sight of Manchester City’s financial muscle. Let’s hope we get Robin sorted with a new long-term deal before worrying too much about new faces.
He must know we need 3 players. Hopefully we’ll get them (and early).
Attacking mid,Striker and ?
Attacking Mid? Jack, Tomas, Rambo, Diaby, Arteta, Ozzy and few kids like izfield, Anek..etc..
jack and Arteta are deeplying playmakers
Aneke,Ozyakup and Eisfeld need to be loaned
Ramsey and Rosicky need competition.
I can’t comment on Diaby , I think he is a top top player , but the rest of the season and EURO12 will decide if he has a future with the club. I am sure if he was fit it be in the starting XI , and if he leaves the he needs replacing
You can’t have enough playmakers
Ramsey is not a natural attacking mid, Diaby not really (and fear of injury), Wenger prefers a deeper Arteta to calm the midfield, Ozzy probably too young, and the kids well you know what I’m going to say.
It’s the same argument with people who wants to sell Djourou because he’s (supposedly) crap. It’s not unlikely to have 5 defenders out at some point in time again.
Other than Rosicky, we haven’t had a really effective attacking midfielder.
@masterbates
Doubt Diaby will be out by next season if he doesn’t play. Believe Wenger’s gonna give him one more season to prove his fitness. Can’t get enough of Sagna telling everyone Diaby is the best French midfielder of today.
@anon the best i have seen of diaby is when he plays as attacking mid. He has far more offensive capabailities than defensive ones.
If Diaby was fit and played a full season at attacking mid, I am sure he would score 10+ goals. He really has an eye for goal and great feat.
@Master Bates wasn’t Jack originally an attacking midfielder but pushed back to learn his trade? He was, I think, somewhat learning from Cesc whilst playing behind him last season. I fully expect him to start playing in that advanced role again. Maybe not straight away, but I’m pretty sure he will be eventually. It seems the whole team have got really good recently at dropping back to cover each others arses when someone goes forward from deep, so in a way, he’ll probably be playing both roles throughout each game. I’m loving watching the Arsenal these days. Long may it… Read more »
Who, fountain of (un)divine knowledge?
I really really hope that Diaby has a Van Persie type season next year because he is a class player and deserves to go a season without injury.AW would not
persist with him unless he saw a future.
Don’t we need ‘just three players’ every year? – just a thought. I honestly don’t think there is much wrong with this squad, Diaby – once tipped to be the french player of his generation- will at some point be able to retain fitness, Wilshere back in the side, we will make a strong side. I agree with people in saying its depth (with quality) we lack, I’d like to look at the bench and see it full of possibilities rather than ‘no other alternatives’, remove deadwood, Park and Chamakh are a waste of two seats, replace them with a… Read more »
Apologies on being so late with this post.
Kind of anoying though because clearly it was Wengers fault we left it to the last minute to sign these players! We had already lost the league by then! At least it’s a lesson learned and hopefully wont happen again!
According to Nigel Winterbun Wenger has already lined up Cesc replacement ,but they(board) wouldn’t buy untill Fabregas was sold, they had no money. so Wenger is not a fault here unless you are calling Winterburn a lying bastard.
You seem to know a great deal about what actually happens behind the scenes at Arsenal and do not seem bound by any restrictions towards the media at all.
Please enlighten us on the current situation of the backroom going-ons Allen.
We need three quality players to enable us to challenge for the title.
Have no idea why there are more thumb-downs than thumb-ups.
Football Manager syndrome.
Yeah, hates his user name
That’s good then, because we already have more than three quality players.
haha………well said.
with robin staying and all players getting fit at the start of the season, with poldi and one more addition, we will be a force to reckon with. no doubt.
We’re already a force to reckon with the current squad. Juggernaut momentum we’ve got at the moment, and if our defence stays the same and Jack and Diaby gets back 100% fit some time this season, we’d be incredible
I agree but having poldi and one more player(in place of benayoun probably) will make us even more stronger even if we lose players with injuries. I also see afobe and campbel given chances and doing well. it all depends on which player will be let move on. its going great at the moment.
When have we EVER had a full first choice team for more than a month?
we can only hope for my fellow gunner, just hope. But I see us getting more of those next season.
It’s the wear and tear of modern football.All teams suffer and very few have a 1st
team out on a regular basis due to injuries and suspensions.
The important thing is that we have the strength in depth,which we didn’t for a lot
of this season.With new signings and a couple of LANS next year we should really be in the mix next year.
P.S. BFG should be Big Friendly German the alternative word used is highly
disrespectful to him
I completely agree. Poldi + maybe one more. Would love to see M’Vila, or someone who can play that Song role, whenever Song is suspended/injured. Would probably be good for Song to have some competition, and give Wenger a rotation option so Song doesn’t have to wear himself out by playing every game.
I expect Coquelin and maybe Frimpong, although he might go on loan again, to challenge Song next season and provide cover. I have a very high opinion of Coquelin, he plays in a very intelligent way
“We will not be a lot on the market, quantity-wise I mean. Quality-wise, certainly.
super quality players?
sounds like deja-vu, but hey what do I know :p
Has AW ever deliberately signed a “non” quality player I wonder? This “quality” argument is a bit superfluous I think.
Quality is what you make out of it. It’s all about how the manager works with the players. Example: Swansea aren’t graced with high-end quality players but Brendan Rodgers has done an amazing job getting them playing like Arsenal do, pass and move and pass some more (except we’ve now started to lace that with good old fashioned boring boring Arsenal defensive standards). Yes they may come unstuck next season but they will also have money to invest due to their finishing position. If Wenger can get the right player, whether it’s Polodski, Gotze, Hazard or finds the new Henry,… Read more »
Yes we need to only bring in Quality players. Wenger never advertises who we are after and he shouldn’t because it puts other clubs on alert that player X is open to a move (See ‘Arry anytime Arsenal are interested in a player).
You can’t honestly count Diaby as “Will be back” ever can you? Wilshire I’m sure will come back for the good. But Diaby is an eternal question mark. I’d rather sell him (if we could) and bring in a player who’s not continually on the sick bed.
I wonder if we will see a new strain of LANS whereby instead of a player returning from injury being LANS, RvP signing a new contract will be LANS?
“It’s like signing Messi, only cheaper” <— AW if RvP extends
Or has he already done that?
RvP signing a new contract is a trophy! 😉
LANS LANS LANS LANS LANS!! LANS LANS LANS
Hazzard and vertongen please…
How many times have you seen their whole game? I mean whole game..Don’t say just on the basis of few cut or goal videos.
And if you see both Ligue1, Eridiwise and Arsenal then you ought to have a lot of free time, mate there are plenty better things to do then just watching football. Invest your time well.
My problem with all the players being mentioned is – How many are just great due to their hype? I mean, Cleverly (i expect thumbs down for naming him) was suddenly Utd’s saviour despite being injured for most of the season and Jack is the same for us. Without watching them week in, week out with the hard tackling of your Blackburns, Stokes, Villas, etc… and the raining wind swept days at places like Craven Cottage how do we really know how they’d handle the premier league? Eduardo, on paper, is the sort of striker we need now but during… Read more »
Oh sorry…are you a scout!?
I am not. But yeah Social Worker yes. I like to do smthng good with my time other than watching and cheering my team.
Its npt that hard to catch an Ajax or Lille game on TV once in a while, just because you’re limited to only watching premier league on the tiny amount of free time you have doesn’t mean people out there don’t know better then you. I’ve personally watched several games with these players in it throughout the year and can confidently tell you that they both live up to the hype. If you need a further explanation of this I can provide it. But don’t be such a condescending asshole just because you’re limited
Devil- if you’re so busy then why are you arguing with someone about something you have no clue about on a blog. You just said you have better things to do. Also, you must be fucking kidding when you say youre so busy and then say you’re a social worker, let me know how busy you are when you get a real fucking job. You are a condescending tool and I think you should fuck off with your community college degree. I know that was harsh everyone but this guy is talking way too much shite
Yes, idk much about these players. And my watching is limited to Arsenal or occasional good other game. As I said there are better things todo in life other than watching footy all the time. And I don’t have as much free time. I am an Accounts/Taxation lecturer. So my profession allows me to do social work. And first thing now on I’d want to do is, teach some manners. Without knowing a stuff about me you went on to say what? Well, mate I don’t talk to anyone in that manner. Before slagging off such way get your facts… Read more »
Hazard is hazardous
Hazard seems like a Belgian Nasri to me.
“ohhh i like this club, oh noooooo i like this club, OH WOE IS ME WHO SHALL I SIGN FOR?! I LOVE THEM ALL! oh look Mancini’s wallet is bulging lets go to him.”
Vertonghen to replace squil-dick-face
I agree he’s acting very Nasrish I don’t think I want him any more
Why Squil-dic face? Come on, he’s an Arsenal player, he tries his best and its hardly his fault he’s not quite up to it; its the fault of the person who brought him into the club.
We have 6 center backs who can play next season. Vermaelen, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Djourou, Miquel and Bartley. So quality and quantity wise, we are well covered in that area. We have 4 full backs who are all good. I know we had them all out because of injury this season but it was really unfortunate of us. I think 2 more players will be enough for the summer. Podolski and 1 other creative midfielder. We can dominate the league but our players in the past mostly the key players had their head somewhere else. This season, we rebuild a new… Read more »
Sorry mate but djourou is not up to it IMO.(he has had numerous opportunities) Get vertonghen as a replacement and then we have 4 excellent CB’s with the 2 promising youngsters as back up
hahahaha i like it when us fans mull over who ought to be bought, even though we know the square root of fuck all about signing footballers at any level (apart from on a computer game that is *not real*)
the fact that Ian Dowie and Merse would be able to offer a more expert opinion after 15 pints doesn’t stop us, either.
shameless and fun
i think we should sign Sean Wright Phillips and splice him with the BFG to produce a nippy centre back who’s 8′ tall and nearly has Arsenal DNA, but still can’t head the ball.
I dont think there’s too much needed, assuming Podolski is a given.
Love to see Hazard. (Or Goetze, though unlikely).
Vertonghen although maybe not obviously needed, is so versatile he can fill in at LB and as a DM and so would make a great squad player.
Love to see M’Villa for some extra bite in midfield.
You get a thumbs down for using and a domain name as your moniker. Shamelss commercialism. This is football. Let’s keep it money free.
Tell that to Na$ri and Ca$ri Cole, leave a fellow gunner alone.
Get Podolski, Verthongen and a world class CAM. we’re done for title.
EISFELD!!!!
is there a a world class CAM that we can get , Fabregas,Sneijder,Xavi,Yaya Toure,Iniesta etc etc ?
You’ll find out most of the CAMs out there are of Ramsey’s level and most of them are not better than the current Rosicky ,Ssesgnon ? Clint Dempsey or maybe prospects like Gotze,Iker Muniain,Belhanda ,kagawa but are they doing anything better than Ramsey ,why not work on OUR prospect.
Er, no, we’ll just be at the same level as the others. Doesnt mean we’ll win shit though.
Sell Bendtner, Denilson , Vela and Almunia. Lets get Sessegnon and Sigurdson.
Done.
Screw whoring Hazard.
We might be stuck with some of those because of our bizarre, generous wage structure which seems to reward undeserving lazy cunts, while simultaneously underpaying the worlds greatest ever striker ever in the history of the world ever, and a world class Gooner to boot.
The more you think about it, the more fucked up it seems.
Anyway, no slip ups against Gingerus Scrotus and his Aston Villas, lads. COYG!!!! And fucking mind that GAP!!!!!
yeah…bentner deserves more
Of course transfer speculation goes two ways meaning the tabloids will no doubt spend the next six months patting down their hard-ons as they tremble with excitement at the sight of Manchester City’s financial muscle.
hahahahahahahah!! Arseblog is the best
Whats the min lille are asking for hazard? £25mil? i really don’t see that happening for us.
would like to see the deadwood go and good we’re getting a backup for van p!
Walcott 39 apps, 8 goals and 13 assists this season.
Hazard 39 apps, 14 goals and 10 assists this season.
Waclott= “Just pace and no brain.”
Hazard= “Future Ronaldo.”
The grass always looks greener on the other side. Also see that Walcott plays in a much more difficult league than Hazard.
But but but Hazard has prettier youtube videos and have you seen his FIFA12 ratings ?
Shhhh… Don’t spoil the fantasy.
@Bishal if your stats are correct that’s the most surgical post I’ve seen in a while. Very good.
Thanks. 🙂
The stats are from wiki, so I assume they must be correct…
So according to your states, you are saying you will have Theo and Ramsey over Modric, Mata, Goatze and Hazard because their stats better???? I remember a player called Denilson his states for pass completion top of the league 95% for a midfielder and we stuck with that crap for number of years because you (the blind sheep) kept hitting us with that side way and back pass stats. Oh, Big Neck states was not bad goal scored per game too. While you are at it can you look for this states of how many miss chances, lost position, miss… Read more »
the word your looking for is stats, not states
oh sorry Bender, you right it should have been STATS not STATES ….Ooooops I meant Binda not Bender. You see mistakes like that can be easly done with a name like yours. But if you are a proper Bender then I hit two birds with one stone.
How old are you, Cygan’s Left Foot: eight? Your juvenile insults certainly suggest so.
As it happens, both Sven and Lars Bender are outstanding prospects.
you said it wrong 4 times! ffs i thought i was talking to twitchy with the amount of errors
I have always been a staunch Wenger supporter and I think most would agree that last summer we lost our way slightly. The sales of Fabregas and Nasri were both frustrating as well as inevitable. However the difference is the former was not begrudged and certainly was not engineered like the latter’s. Wenger’s only criticism in my eyes was to have too much belief and leave the replacement buying too late in the day. With hindsight I’m sure he would agree that things would have gone differently if the people in charge had bitten the bullet, got the sales out… Read more »
whoa tldr
Considering you couldn’t even be bothered to type ‘Too long, didn’t read’ means you are probably not in my target audience anyway. However it is a shame as the point I made was excellent! 😉
You have ” genuine high belief we can compete? ” Have you been watching for the last 6 seasons? Every year we need another 3 quality signings to ‘win the league’, but yet every year we are let down, only to lose the current best player instead. It is as sad and depressing as Sp*rs “Next year we’ll finish above Arsenal” mentality. Always next year… I hope you are right, but I fear that if you remove those rose-tinted glasses you will see that your head is actually up your arse 🙂 And someone please tell me where this optimism… Read more »
Well said Steve H, But, I have to comment on those parts “Wenger’s only criticism in my eyes was to have too much belief and leave the replacement buying too late in the day.” He left it late, he rushed to buy after the 8-2 humiliation, Luckily we ended up with good signing in Per, Atreta, Santos and Benny. I don’t know about Park as I have not seen him play. But, If you earn that amount of money as he earns, surely you should have plan B and surely you should have known Fab wanted to leave and Le… Read more »
Is it just conicidental that our upturn in form has coincided with Arshavin going on loan? Maybe it shows what a negative player can do for the team moral as a whole. I think the turn around and table position (provided we stay 3rd) will be enough to convince RvP to sign a new contract. Yes the winning streak will probably end sometime but if we had started the season like this or even been 5 points closer to the top, the manc clubs would probably be looking over their shoulders. We have a team that is capable of competing… Read more »
yeah i said that a couple of weeks ago and got about 30 thumbs down.
i agree though. That fella was always chatting shit on his own website…cant have been good for moral
I think I do own a pair of rose tinted glasses and certainly do view our football brand as a purist. Wenger has had shortcomings as a manager as I highlighted on my first point. However given we are still up there after countless seasons proves we are a great side. I would agree that it is frustrating when you look at other teams regularly dropping 100 mill every transfer window and to be honest I would like some quality acquisitions that never seem to come. However do we really know the constraints we are under financially? Would it even… Read more »
I have to agree with most of this post.
We need a top quality striker, such as podolski.
After that we could probably do quite well with the return of Wilshere, Diaby, Ryo, and Joel Campbell.
Imagine this…
Szcz
Sagna Kos Verm Gibbs/Santos
Song/Frimpng/Coq
Arteta/Ramsey Rosicky/Wilshere
Walcott/AOC Gervinho/Ryo
RVP/Poldi
Just one new signing.
I would love Goetze or Hazard, but who would you drop?
If anything I would like to see Vertongen, since we could use cover at right back and center back.
Super quality players then.
Like Chamakh and Park
Ryo, Campbell, Coquelin, Wellington Silva, Bartley and not forgetting Pedro Botelho would be new signings. I believe in Arsene and I won’t moan if the right money comes and Robin is sold.
There’s a big question mark over whether Wellington would get a special talent visa simply because he’s not played much at all. Campbell probably will get a visa because he’s done well out on loan and could easily come into the first team squad if we offloaded Chamakh.
Wouldn’t bemoan selling RVP? At the moment RVP epitomises everything Wenger’s recent reign at Arsenal has come to represent. A cheapish, unknown signing with great potential, badly injury prone, who will be sold as he reaches a magnificent peak, whilst winning nothing at a club he badly loves. What was the point? I love RVP and i hope through some miracle he stays, but be realistic, will he really risk staying here and looking back on a career where he won nowt? It is in the clubs power to make sure that doesn’t happen, or thay could turn a tidy… Read more »
loss of RVP would be catastophic, Vermaelen and Walcott are tied as the second highest scorers with 5 each. If we lose RVP we better sign Higuan ro similar
Naaaah mate. Loss of Mr Wenger would be catastrophic. We said the same thing when Viera left. Did Cesc not step into the game? Calm your nerves Son. If the right money comes for RVP I think the club would sell him. If you analyse the clubs financial records then you would understand why we sell these players. If we didn’t we would have been worse off financially. The club won’t go announcing this in the media but it is there in the books for those who can interpret. Support the club and be part of the pain in the… Read more »
Quality over quantity. We’re 15 points of contention this year and i know we had a bad start and the last few years it’s been because of a bad end. We always tend to have a blip at some stage every season round as we don’t have quality in quantity, and in order challenge next year we need quality in quantity. If podolski ends up being our only signing with the remaining available funds untouched then i think its going to another trophyless season. Hope i’m wrong and he brings in atleast three quality additions or else we’ll be playing… Read more »
So do we need quality over quantity or quality in quantity? You need to remember that we can only register 25 players and that number gets lower if you don’t register enough homegrown players (hence why Djourou signed a new contract). Under 21’s can’t be registered as homegrown but also don’t take up any of our quota. It’s a balancing act that means we need to rely younger players until the older set can be registered as homegrown.
Really blueballed us on the LANS reference there, what a tease. I am disappoint.
Is it me or do all the Arsenal players/manager love using the word ‘MASSIVE’ for everything?
“hahahaha i like it when us fans mull over who ought to be bought, even though we know the square root of fuck all about signing footballers at any level (apart from on a computer game that is *not real*)” ^ This xD Also people saying Vertonghen’s can come be a ‘squad’ player – I don’t think that’s exactly his aspiration. I can only really see him displacing either mertesacker or djourou so unless we sell djorou (unlikely considering the 2 year contract extension), I can’t see him coming to Arsenal. As for the DM position, I doubt he’ll come… Read more »
MUST BUY – Quality striker like Podolski, Cavani, Demba ba
– Backup Keeper like Vorm, Krul
MUST SELL – Almunia, Diaby, Bendtner, Vela, Arshavin, Chamakh, Denilson
PLAYER TO BUY AS A GIFT FOR GUNNERS FAN – Hazard, Gotze, Vertoghen
You want Vorm or Krul as a Back up goalie ? that’s Krul and wasteful
Don Vito and Martinez is good enough.
and vorm is in form but form is a krul mistress liable to leave at any time
Someone’s been playing Football Manager/FIFA 2012 again….
Every year, the same people amazingly reach a consensus as to the two or three players we absolutely must sign, and it just so happens that these are the players who have been mentioned by the newspapers repeatedly. And every year, it’s a NEW set of players! And of course, these players tend to come from leagues that are not easy to find on tv, and also contain players we frequently end up signing, who the same guys usually haven’t head of.
if the internet existed in 1979:
We need that Brian Talbot lad who fucked us at Wembley last year. Rixy needs back up, apparently Steve Walford is shit hot on the wing – let’s get him in. Not sure that Gatting is *ever* going to make it though.
And we’ve *got* to keep Brady!
If we only buy Podolski I’ll be a little disappointed, but to be honest (as long as we don’t lose any key players again) I don’t think we need anyone else. In defence, with Gibbs and Sagna back in position and with Mertesacker, Koscielny and Vermaelen jostling for the centre spot we’re fine. Santos, Jenkinson, Djourou and Miquel ensure we have enough depth there for any ordinary season (this last season having been ridiculous). In midfield I see a starting trio of Song, Wilshire and Rosicky. That leaves us with Arteta, Ramsey, Frimpong and Coquelin as solid squad players, and… Read more »
Wenger has to sell Diaby, Bendtner, Denilson, Chamakh, Park, Djourou, Almunia, Fabianski, Gervinho, Vela, Eastmond and Squillaci. Each of them should be easy to sell for £5-10m. Then we’ll have about £80m. With that, we should sign some players with big potential that I’ve been personally following. This guy called Hazard is fantastic. I’ve seen him play many times, and I have inside knowledge that he’d love to play for us, and would link up really well with RvP, Theo, Podolski, and Jack. He’s like a cross between Zidane, Messi and Ronaldo, for those who don’t know him. I think… Read more »
ahahaha this is brilliant
You *are* taking the piss, aren’t you? 😉
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
superb! you win!
troll of the day 10/10
Not sure if trolling or just an idiot……
Matt F – you meant to say ‘i have no idea what I’M talking about.’
Oh, someone missed the sarcasm part of the exam…
Hazard for 10n and Gotze for 15? Dream on.
It worked in his XBOX
What’s the weather like on your planet??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
I think Ryo will come good based on what I have seen. Attacking midfield/playmaker options could be Rosicky, Wilshere, and Ryo. Ramsey and Arteta could also do that role when needed. Also, AOxChambo will eventually get into that spot, too. We need another striker without a doubt, and we need to make sure that we have some effectiveness in supporting attack in the top of the 4-3-3. Gervinho, Walcott, AOxChambo, Arshavin (?) and Diaby need to be effective. We could do with another one in there, eh? I like the idea of someone like Sessegnon or someone similar. I would… Read more »
Or, you could be a spendy whore and still not be in the Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup and still be in second place in the Championship. 🙂
A bit harsh on Reading
LOL. Oops.
I am loving this. It’s all gone caughtoffside vs daily mail in here. At least this time the story is about transfers.
Arsene please sign Arseblogger. First of all i am a big fan of his (his blog actually) and i’ve never seen him play but i know he’s a CB, plenty of experience and he cant be 100 times worse than squid if he got the same playing time as C Y Park. But most importantly it would be fun to see a player named chichashito kicked by a hangova wielding with the name *boilk* on his back.
First, let’s set our house in order and sign Robin. Then ship out two misfiring strikers, a soulless backup goalie and pray that someone will give us one Diadora shoe for Denilson (I don’t dare ask for one Nike or Adidas). Then let’s see if we can con Anzi makakakakakakakakachkakakakala into buying our midget. That will clear up that 25 man roster right and proper.
I don’t dare ask that someone buy Squillaci from us. That would be too conniving even for me.
we could sell him to rangers in exchange for future season ticket sales revenue and then use that to re-mortgage a downpayment on a quarter share in messi’s right leg, if we channel the funding through Rosie48 in Monaco it’ll be well tasty because we’ll not have to pay NI or tax innit.
meanwhile rangers go bust, squillaci wanders into some tenement in govan, and the insurance looks after the rest
and there you have it
Unfortunately some genius put squillaci on wages that the minnow clubs interested in taking him cannot get anywhere near. He’s up there with wengers worst ever signings
I don’t deny the Squid may have been one of Arsenal’s worst ever signings… But I sincerely believe Wenger just overestimated Squid’s ability to adapt to the EPL, perhaps due to age or some other physiological/psychological bar or thought he could overcome his recent dip in form. Seeing as he made 21 appearances for France he couldn’t have been THAT bad at some point. Well my point is – signing Squillaci may have been a bad result, but it was certainly justifiable. Imagine if Wenger had signed a Portuguese unknown for 7-10 million pounds 5 weeks after he moved for… Read more »
I don’t we need any wingers we have Ryo, Ox, Walcott and Gervinho
but there is no harm in adding Robben(supposed to be available for cheap) to the squad who can change a game and score goals.
Definitely need to add a quality goal scoring midfielder. Rosicky and Ramsey is not enough IMO
Robben is a cunt.
A very injury-prone cunt.
So everyone is agreed – we need a new Goalkeeper and defence. I heard Gary Cahill is alright…..
We need at least 2 probably 3 top quality players if we are to compete for trophies and not just a top four finish. If rvp stays we still need at least one good striker. We also need a proven goal scoring creative midfielder. Yes we missed jack and we can’t count on diaby clearly however good he is or may become. Not sure what to make of wengers comments on loan signings coming back. Denilson, vela, bentner, arshavin, surely these have had thier time. Frimpong could do with more loan time next season after his injury. Yes we have… Read more »
I agree with your list of deaprtures except with Vela. He’s is the only one i’m not sure about as he’s never had a solid run in the team and we’ve seen with Rosicky what that can do.
I agree, love Vela too, but he seems to be enjoying the Spanish league more than Arsenal, and it seems to suit his style better. I remember him making comments of wanting to stay at Real Sociedad permanently. Can’t say I blame him to much either, Wenger was always too reluctant to play him.
Player that we are HEAVILY linked with
-Matias Suarez and Lewis Holtby (same source ,says it’s a done deal)
-Vertoghen ( wants the move and was asked if there is a deal and didn’t comment ,that’s sign )
-Hoilett – he’s said to prefer Arsenal and he is FOR FREE
-Poldoski he just had 38th medical today according to James Olley
Lets get Francis Jeffers back, we need a fox-in-the-box. He could only be better this time around….
Junior hoillet yes please
Very impressed by this guy in frankly a crap Blackburn side . Not sure if we need him though if ryo comes back we will be overloaded with wide players on the 4-3-3. Podolski will be deployed on the left of a 4-3-3 like he is for ze Germans
Was reading through the comments yes quality additions will make us challenge for titles but we do have quality first team players and quality backups. When you see the whole list of players there are lot of quality backups as well but the main problem with us (just us) are the frequent injuries and its not like any other team we suffer too many injuries at the same time .So the first team players as well as their back ups suffer injury at same time it gives a big problem maybe its our luck. And about fabregas injury free situation… Read more »
Podolski will (hopefully) be a nice addition, I think another attacking midfield player would also be welcome as others have pointed out. The squad is pretty large if you think about it (don’t forget the loaned players).
In a perfect world Chamakh, Park, Bendtner, Vela, Arshavin, and Squillaci will be sold in the summer. Would be foolish to buy 6 direct players for all of them, but if three new faces come in at their expense, then it will be a good summer!
I would also agree that Hazard seems like a Belgian Na$ri, don’t need that.
This squad needs a clear out of bad players. Everyone knows the names. Then we need to secure a top notch striker (Podolski?) and an attacking mid (Goetze).
We are solid everywhere else. Remember the guys coming back next year, Henri Lansbury, Ryo Miaichi, Pedro Botelho, Benik Afobe, Mannone, Kyle Bartley, etc….. They will represent the depth in squad we need. If Wenger buys a DM, Bartley will leave. Financially it makes more sense to get him in the squad.
Not DM but rather CB. My apologies!
Next season the Invincibles 2!!!
Fucking hope so
wenger sort it bro,
The most important thing is that we get Robin signed up to a new contract. If we keep him, all I think we need is Podolski (done deal) and I like the look of Vertonghen and think he’d add something to the squad. Can’t see us getting Gotze this summer and hoping that Diaby gets fit we shouldn’t need him anyway. The big fear is that the board accept a huge offer for Van P and the dream dies.
Don’t forget that we can sell a lot as well. We need at least 4 players, CB, midfielder, and strikers.
So, is Wenger back in everyone’s good books yet? Or is it still controversial to sing his name?
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To be honest what ever Arsen does will be fine with me to be honest. We have a few young players playing in france etc that I havent been able to keep tabs on so cant comment if they are ready or not. , Bendtner, Denilson, Vela, and Squillachi and possibly chamak need to move on for both the good of the players and the club. If we buy polodski and chamak and park do move on I would like to see some of our young strikers become 3rd choice. If squillachi goes I would like to see Vortegen arrive… Read more »
Honestly the biggest signing we can make for next season is RvP RE-signing a contract.
I think we have the foundation for a good pizza and only need some good toppings and Podolski and (hopefully) Verthogen will provide that. I think the two areas where we need addition are cover for Song in the defensive midfield and an able understudy to RvP, a 15 goal a season striker, and Podolski has it in him to be more than just an understudy, and not to mention he is very capable on the left wing as well. With these two additions, I really find much wrong with the team. There is no need to sell anyone immediately,… Read more »
I think we have the foundation for a good pizza and only need some good toppings and Podolski and (hopefully) Verthogen will provide that. I think the two areas where we need addition are cover for Song in the defensive midfield and an able understudy to RvP, a 15 goal a season striker, and Podolski has it in him to be more than just an understudy, and not to mention he is very capable on the left wing as well. With these two additions, I really find much wrong with the team. There is no need to sell anyone immediately,… Read more »
just got an ox jersey for 115 $, if we get a new signing ill probably end up getting his jersey too
im gonna be a poor man 🙁