Arsenal are winning the race to sign Gonzalo Higuain after his brother/agent revealed that Juventus are unable to afford the Argentine striker now that they’ve sealed a deal for Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez.
The Gunners are thought to have lodged a club-record £22 million bid for the Real Madrid hitman and are also prepared to give the 25-year-old a hefty increase on his pay packet at the Bernabeu.
While Serie A champions Juve were very keen on Higuian it would appear that the deal for Tevez, coupled with the arrival of Fernando Llorente on a free from Atletico Bilbao, means their interest has cooled. Assuming no other club comes in with a late bid it leaves the road clear for Arsene Wenger to complete his first big-name signing of the summer.
Speaking to Tutto Mercato Web, brother Nicolas Higuain revealed: “Now that Tevez is signing for Juve, does that mean Higuain is closer to Arsenal? I think so.
“Juventus is a great club, but Gonzalo is too expensive for them. Napoli? They’re a strong team and a club that means a lot to Argentines.
“Having said that, I can’t deny that Gonzalo is now close to Arsenal.”
Presumably the noise about a possible deal with Napoli, former club of Diego Maradona, is down to suggestions new boss Rafa Benitez may be forced to sell top striker Edinson Cavani should Chelsea and Manchester City be willing to meet his buyout clause.
Arseblog News continues to urge caution, but we’re now quietly optimistic that Gonzo could well be a Gooner sooner rather than later.
To use a football analogy it feels like we’ve scored a late winner and now all we’ve got to do is play keep ball by the corner flag until the final whistle…naturally you all being Arsenal fans you’ll be aware that means it’s far from being over.
If Eboue ruins this deal by doing something stupid….oh I have taken your analogy too far.
if higuian doesn’t join us; it would be like one of those school days, when you are making out with your girl friend in your home alone and just when you remove her undies and see the magic hole, the doorbell rings- its your stupid brother/sister.
magic hole?! what are you 10?
No, 10-year-olds call it a vagina these days. Surely he’s a 40-something.
he’s trying to make an analogy
And why the hell would your brother or sister ring the doorbell?
Now that’s some anal ogy.
Vaginalogy
magic hole, lmfao….too much!
Are we talking about playing in ‘the hole’ or has the analogy gone too far!
What in good fuck….
I see that lot of people here haven’t seen any magic hole in their school days.
I would go as far as saying they haven’t seen much of it even nowadays.
There’s nothing as bitter as self-loathing. Go to a pub for some less-bitter hops!
what kind of erotica is this?!
HOHOHOHOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Next up – “Higuain’s mother says Gonzalo looked really cute in the red and white shirt of Arsenal he wore last night.”
Yes,he is d real player gunners need. Up arsenal fc and welcome HEGAUIN.
How did you manage to spell Higuain’s name wrong? It’s in the title, throughout the article and even in the web address….
He couldn’t spell the word ‘the’, not being able to spell Higuain isn’t a surprise.
He’s kinnear in disguise..
It’s the thought that counts
@arseblog:
“Arseblog News continues to urge caution, but we’re now quietly optimistic that Gonzo could well be a Gooner sooner rather than later.”
He may be a gunner soon, but i don’t know we can be sure about gooner…….
Let’s see…there are words and letters there…*scratches head*…
officially announce da ting!
I feel like a child in the back on a car in a long journey.
“Are we nearly there yet”
“Have we signed Higuain yet?”
Only this car journey has been going on for several excruciating weeks. arg!
that picture looks like i feel!
Constipated?
HAHA! no but more screaming “hurry the f#ck up!”
I tend to scream ‘hurry the f#ck up!’ if I’m constipated.
He’s just showing us he’d feel shafted by being sent to City.
Think Higuain to Arsenal is almost a done deal but then i don’t know what you people think about the Tevez deal which i think it will be a bargain for Juventus…..Higuan for 22M and Tevez for 7M?……Knew which one i will go for.
Higuain right? You’d go for Higuain. Say Higuain.
I would never want that overrated arse-raptor Tevez in a red and white shirt. Juventus are really welcome to him. I wouldn’t take a troublemaker like him for free.
Agree with all of that. After the grief we’ve had with players agitating for moves, it would be asking for it to sign Tevez.
Also, if you could post “arse-raptor” as a stand-alone comment, I’d like to give it a thumbs up of its own.
“arse-raptor”
Tevez in 29 and his pace will be gone next year, his play style depends on it. He’s also a primadona… and god damn ugly
Edit : Tevez IS 29… Before the grammar brigade comes around..
Not my department man, you’ll want the typo sticklers for that.
A semi-colon after ‘year’ would have excited me though. 😉
So you’d have 29 year old Tevez, who has gone through his prime, will slowly get worse and isn’t in the Argentina national team over 25 year old Huguain who is close to world class and only going to get better due to his age and is currently in the Argentina national team.
There is a reason one is 22m and one 7m….
Actually, the tevez deal depends on agreeing personal terms with juve and on how much he’s in city? 250k/pw? If juve are going to match this, just the salary difference with Higuain would be 30m…
But what a player is worth and how much they are paid are two very different things. If they were connected then Gareth Barry would be world class….
Yeah, I should have posted it as a reply to Olayinka, what I mean was ‘not only Higuain is a better player, he is also cheaper.’ As I stated elsewhere, I don’t like players with rooney’s or tevez’s attitude, I am very glad there is no such player now at Arsenal, and hope there won’t be one anytime soon, at least as long as the club doesn’t intentionally buy such players.
Also, I think that Tevez’s feee will be paid in installments (because Juve is so poor they can barely pay their players enough to feed themselves) and the 7 million is just the first one.
Will probably never fully get over this if it doesn’t pan out, so committed to the possibility despite trying to be cautious . Come on Gonzo, you can become a legend…
I was reading that Ancelotti has been talking up Higuain’s quality, hopefully just a ploy to get more money from us… This will be worse than Mata if we don’t sign him. Please get it done!
Don’t be paranoid, Fergie. They’ll sell him and regret it later!
The Juan that got away. This would be a fine *Cough* …Gonzalation.
Oh dear
We have to do whatever it takes to sign him. Higuain for a penny, Higuain for a pound.
*cough*
Juan Gonzalation who the fu..?
Yeah I feel the same.. I tell myself not to get swept up in the transfer sagas no matter how close they might be to happening *cough Mata cough* but I’ve well and truly been taken by this one..
I’ve transferred Higuain to Arsenal on FIFA13 already for fucks sake.. not in Manager Mode.. but in Kick Off or Exhibition mode or whatever it’s known as these days.
If this doesn’t happen I’ll be inconsolable lol
It’s happening! It’s happening!
At the end of the season I told myself whatever happens happens and I will not look at transfer stories, that lasted a week. I really don’t want to set myself up for disappointment so until it is announced by the club we have got him I’ll keep being worried. Also I found a video you guys might enjoy while looking at transfer stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO351rCr0wA
The thing about Arsenal and transfers is that you can never be too sure until it’s officially announced. Still, fingers crossed. This could be a huge statement of intent if it goes through!
He needs a haircut.
Juventus always chicken out of the big deals.
Sorry, that wasn’t meant to be a reply! Either way, he’s got short hair now, so we’re all set.
oh the lego hair has spoken. off you go higuain
This transfer is one big jigsaw. We just have to wait for all the pieces to fit
Just so long as we don’t end up with a picture of a winking Shrek.
Can this be actually happening??
RVP is still a Skunk. That dutch bastard
Don´t forget Terry. Cunt.
Who else read “Gonzalo now close to Arsenal” and expected an article about a tweet from GH’s brother from a plane headed to Manchester?
Please don’t even joke about that.
The way this has dragged on it would be hugely demoralising if it doesn’t come off. It’s been done so publicly it’s a massive risk to take. Although there hasn’t been anything actually said by the board or Wenger it certainly seems as though they’ve been quite happy for this information to all be leaked.
It gets peoples hopes up and the board would normally play it much safer with this sort of thing.
Here’s hoping it all goes through smoothly and soon too. This move alone would make my summer.
How have Wenger/the board been happy for the information to leak? The Arsenal never talk about transfer speculation, be they based in truth or lies. You can speculate this sort of news leaking might encourage fans to renew memberships etc, but you can’t say with any certainty that they’re happy for leaks.
no one has come out and down-played it have they?
No, but they never comment on rumours. They’d never get anything done if they had to downplay each bit of made up speculation from the press/internet – just look at the Arsenal silly season blog. I wouldn’t take silence to mean they’re happy for it being leaked.
Wow! His Brother said it did he!? Once we’ve heard from his Sister we’ll almost have the full set then…..
He’s also one of his agents, which obviously makes him a b*stard. However their dad’s also his agent, therefore not a proper no-daddy b*stard just you’re everyday agent b*stard.
Please Arsene seal the deal in the next 2 or 3 days. Last thing we need is another Mata situation
It would be interesting if Man City tries to hijack the deal and we hijack the hijack. That would be a statement!
Statement yes but then we’d be pretty poor?
It’s been rumbling on for so long it would almost be an anti-climax when Arsenal finally announce it!
Hope the other signings in this window will be swifter.
Please just give me this one……please…. cherry and my dignity on top
You are going to give you virginity up for this signing, but you have kept it so guarded for the past 50 years!
Sorry, had to do it.
Just when did Virginity became a matter of Diginity?? 🙂
The Cherry!
Are you sure you haven’t misread the quote? Story I read said “Higuains Brother is close to signing for Arsenal”….
Gee thanks Blogs. I have visions of Eboue conceding a late penalty against Liverpool. Please let this one happen. So many throats I need to cram a signing like this down
Yes , but now we have solid back 4 with the leader Kos the Boss and how many games win won away with the result 1-0 so we will hold I’m confident !
Right now some of us will entertain any encouraging news.
But if this is how it’s going to go this summer, buying players is only marginally less excruciating that having them leave. I’d almost forgotten that.
Geez! Aren’t we too CLOSE for comfort yet?
I’ll bust a nut when this happens! *sploosh*
looks like you already have!
Quietly cacking my pants
Perfect time to underbid and snatch a bargain.
brother Nicolas Higuain revealed: “Now that Tevez is signing for Juve, does that mean Higuain is closer to Arsenal? I think so.”
…does anyone else find it weird that he’d refer to his brother as Higuain? I checked the Italian article, it’s there too. Maybe they misquoted him, but if not…. odd.
Err… the question is by the journalist. The “I think so” is the answer from Nicolas Higuain. Pretty straight forward.
Like when your mum says “Would you like some pizza for your dinner, Si in Galway?” and you say “Yes please.”
The first version of it I saw had the questions in bold and Nicolas Higuain’s answers underneath. Looks like this has been lost on a lot of sites.
Was also thinking gonzo. Which reminded me of this joke: whats green and smells like pork??? Kermits finger:)
Off topic I know but have Messi and Redknapp got the same lawyer? Both have used stupidity to escape jail time for tax evasion.
If I’m ever in trouble with HMRC, i know which lawyers I’m calling….
If it happens, all of those saying that Higuain wouldn’t go to Arsenal will have to find a new angle. Maybe “He’s not suited to the premiership”? or “He’ll get injured within a few games”. I’ve already seen the latter comment.
Still don’t understand why Real Madrid would want to get rid of this great player.
– But at least that’s just good news for Arsenal – come on Wenger, get him to the Emirates and let’s now get all our trophies back!
I thought that. They rate Benzema more? I’m no expert on Real Madrid, but….
Real Madrid feel the need to make a statement every couple of seasons or so. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if quality players like Di Maria and Ozil are up for sale in the coming windows.. they’re the epitomy of flavour of the month.. they have to have the best of the best (their opinion of the player). They probably don’t see Gonz as exciting as a Cavani or a Suarez or whatever. Look at their signing of Isco.. that boy is going to be great but I dont think moving to Madrid was a good idea for him..… Read more »
the deal must be sealed sooner than later
Would most people on here be happy if Higuain was our only major signing this season.? Just curious.
And do you think he will make us into a seious challenger for the title if he was ?
If you split teams into 3 sections (defence, midfield and attack), then the trophy winners this year have at least 2 sections that are very good (whether you hate them or not)… Barcelona had midfield and attack Utd had defence and attack Juventus had defence and midfield Bayern had defence and midfield While in just the PL; City, Chelsea, Us and Spurs had one very good section. For us, the midfield were our best section for half the season and then from Feb to May it was the defence. If we can get Higuain and improve the attack to near… Read more »
That was one of the best analysis I’ve read lol *stolen*
It depends on what you define as a major signing. If we signed say this Illamendi chap, who would probably command a reasonable fee (but i would guess less than £15 million) from sociedad as oppose to fellaini would you describe him as a major signing? But if we signed Higuain, Illamendi and then another 3/4th choice centre back (which by definition means they would not be a major signing) then i would still be reasonably happy with our transfer business, not over the moon by any stretch, but optimistic nonetheless. As for Higuain potentially making us into a serious… Read more »
Hey…
Our only ‘major’ signing? No, I’d not be happy with that at all. Higuain would be a great signing, fingers crossed, and a great start to our summer, but we’d still need a new GK, a CB of some quality (again – why not get a cheap Micah Richards, who can also play RB?) and some good strength in Midfield – that could be a good DM, to free up Arteta, or a classy winger on the left might work to push Santi back into the middle. We don’t need all of those 3/4 players to be marquee signings, but… Read more »
We don’t really need another winger as a priority, the DM we do, the gk would be nice, the rest we dont need any big names for really, but i want Lars Bender/ Sven Bender or Fellani level DM if were going to free up arteta we can’t trust that to a potential or a hoped diamond in the rough signing it needs to be a ready made professional with a bit of muscle.
Agreed, Bender or Fellaini would be rather lovely. I only mentioned the winger as I don’t think Gerv is really going to improve, so to have one more winger would be good – maybe a decent young un’, although I can’t think of any names. That, or maybe promote Eisfeld and give him his chance.
Assuming we get Sanogo too, I think with him and Afobe on reserve we should be set up front. Reports are starting to suggest we might get Villa too, although certainly not holding my breath on that one.
No. We need to sign FOUR top-quality players in order to turn this average side into one capable of challenging for the PL title. Higuain would be a good start, but we need a top-notch goalie, a defensive midfielder and an authentic winger to be taken seriously.
I can’t see hat happening.
We need two top quality players in every position to seriously challenge for the Premier League let alone the ECL. We need a top quality striker Higuain 23 mill, a tough midfielder Fellaini 20 mill, a world class AM midfielder 20 mill. We will still have 20 mill for the Jan window. The money is there to buy top quality. No more fourth place is a trophy mentality. Arsenal want the Premiership. Spend da bling.
What about a back up keeper and centre back? Do we get them for free? No team has had two top quality players in every position. No team, ever, in existence. Never, ever, ever. We don’t need that. We can’t AFFORD that. What we need is more quality in our first team, and more competition amongst our players. I’ll always point to our match against the chavs, earlier this year, for an indication on how we must improve. We were losing by a goal, and our players looked tired. And sitting on the bench was; our back-up goalie, three defenders… Read more »
“No team has had two top quality players in every position. No team, ever, in existence. Never, ever, ever.” … ever, ever, ever. Manchester City. Or at least they thought they had if you accept the likes of Kolo Toure, Rodwell, Milner, Barry etc as “top quality”. (Which they obviously do given their transfer fees.) But you do bring up two decent points. 1. We had a relatively injury-free season 2012-13. 2. We do need strengthening in depth. With Squillaci gone, with Djourou going on loan, and with Bacary and TV5 staying we have just seven defenders. We’re missing a… Read more »
Recount.
It seems that Mannone is classed as ‘home grown’ … I did not know that.
So …
Szczesny, Mannone, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Ramsey, Walcott, Wilshere, and Oxlade-Chamberlain.
So no need for worry there.
I’m taking this as a positive. This will be our biggest signing in a long time and like most big signings there’s no way of keeping it under wraps. So maybe, rather than expecting it to be highjacked I’m seeing this as our way of being welcomed into the big spending league. Seeing as we have more cash to throw about this may be the way the rest of the summer signings will take place – no more “ta-da!” announcements only, we have to put up with the day by day updates. And yes, there will be other summer signings!
Hurry up boys,mercenary city are waiting to gazump us!!!!
Dear Bergkamp,
Please use your divine powers to make this deal happen.
We promise to never criticize Ivan or Arsene again, ever…
In your sublime power and holyness we trust
To be completely honest, I along with a shit load of other gooners have judged Ivan prematurely. He’s an intelligent lad and has done well.
amen to that, LANS.
And may HE who cannot fly return amongst us, for HIS is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. Forever.
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Booyah!
The other option, if we don’t play this into the corner, is that Arsene does a Giroud and shoots for Cavani and we lose the ball completely and end up with Torres.
Gonzo…yeah awesome but he isn’t gooner do it all on his own; when are we gooner start hearing about more further developments with the other positions that need strengthening. Cum on Arsen, pull you’re finger out and replace it with a plug, free up ur hands mate!!?
what will this mean for Giroud’s chances in the first team? they’ll be competing for the same position.
given the vastly different styles the chances of a 2 striker formation and Santi going wide have increased, or Arsen will pick the striker best suited to the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition, i.e against stoke it will be Giroud all day long and possibly bring on Higuain late in the game as a 2nd striker if we need a goal. anti going to the left will also leave Podolski fit for striker duty as 3rd choice, not because he isn’t as good as the other 2, but because of the type of player he is, it’s a little… Read more »
You can worry about individuals. But there are always concerns about depth of strength too. As long as Arsenal stronger….
Hmmmmmm may God save us from late comer
The Hour Approacheth!
seriously? da de? say the goddamn word! it’s the! come on, demonstrate some braincells!
Can someone tell wenger 2 immitage ferguson archeivment and turn bak 2 winning season pls pl spls gunners lets be one and fight 4 our glorious day ahead
To, imitate, back, please, let us be the one, fight for the glory of future days.
Good grief… I get the whole ‘isn’t your national language’ thing but writing numbers rather than actual words is just ridiculous.
Haha. The one time using a number would’ve been appropriate in that sentence and he didn’t use it. That is incredible…
Who are u mike?are u talking 2 me?
Dont mind haters jooooor gunners till d occeans runs dry
What word is ‘jooooor’ supposed to be?
Wat?
Guys here is a very nice and positive article which i dont see enough of about Arsenal.
Its about Gary Neville’s comments on us when we finished 4th
http://poznaninmypants.com/2013/05/29/nearly-there-why-gary-neville-must-be-stopped-part-deux/
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Get this fuckin done.
It’s turning into the transfer equivalent of a long drive down to Cornwall, with the kids in the back of the car………HavewesignedHiguainyetHavewesignedHiguainyetHavewesignedHiguainyetHavewesignedHiguainyet?