Arsenal close in on young Real Madrid midfielder
It has been reported today that Arsene Wenger sent his scout, Francisco Cagigao, to the Under-17 World Club Championship in Madrid to watch some up-and-coming stars, and the Telegraph reports today that he was so impressed with the Real Madrid midfielder José Rodríguez Martínez (who actually won the Player-of-the-Tournament award) that he has persuaded him to join Arsenal.
The youngster’s hero is Xabi Alonso, and the official Real Madrid site describes him as: Jose has a good physique and is a rather technical central midfielder. He covers a lot of ground thanks to his strength and helps out in attack. He is powerful, resistent, and surprises opponents and makes crucial tackles.
He joined Madrid from Hercules in 2009 and progressed to make the Spain U17 international team, so is obviously talented, and if this video of him (playing against Barcelona in the semi-finals of the World Club Cup) is anything to go by, he may be good enough to replace Fabregas already!
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Cool…, only if he is up for the challenge
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wengers idea of poaching youngsters wont go well with dat respective club,but who cares all dat as long as dat player is talented….
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Sign him? Sure why not..we develop him into world beater till Madrid reclaims what is “rightfully theirs”
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agreed,he seems 2 have mastered d art of passing,curling d ball and so on pretty well.but remember its a dream 4 every footballer 2 play at d “santiago bernabeau”.as wengers has anyway convinced him 2 join,lets hope hes not another fabregas in d making……..
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More F@&king youngsters
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Another story to sell newspapers.. Yawn
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there is nothing wrong in buying these youngsters.after all the frustations with cesc,he has been a great player for us and would bring in good money when sold.and he cost peanuts.wenger is a wise man.he is reducing our debts.a normal fan would not understand its importance but he has been doing a great job.basically we have secure future with wilshere and ramsey.and it will be great even if this player chooses to go back to spain and get us a few millions.
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aren’t we supposed to be looking for players who know how to defend?
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This time in the next 3 years we’ll be really good, I can’t wait.
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Oh good another teenager who might be really good in about 5 years time.
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Its only fair we train a few players for Madrid too. We’ve been helping their neighbours out for years
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I my self don’t understand why Wenger’s eye is for young players from 19above and some Veteran in the squad,Arsenal is not Esterblih for under age players as_XI buy real men to complete the job for you Arsene and for the fans in the world.{Juba South Sudan}
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I think all arsenal fans on here are fools!!!are you crazy???stekelenberg was signed by Roma for 5.5mil and now henrique could be a liverpool player for 8mil!!!dis man wants the worst for this club!!everyday I pray je could have a sickness that puts him out of management!!!HE’S A BASTARD I hope he crashes and burns!!!
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@dotun
ur a little harsh but i regret 2 say that i believe u (but i hope wenger proves me wrong), 4 the past 4 seasons all his done is lived in fantasy land buy signing 16yr olds n making then into don’t get me wrong his made heaps of talent but at a great expense 2 the gunnerz legacy we r now renowned 4 finishing in the top 4, not title favourites or CL threats just Top 4 finish n a steppin stone in a players developement a.k.a a trading academy (MANc feeder club) n repeatedly he lies about EVERYTHING that happens in the transfer window we have 56m 2 spend n 2 weeks 2 spend it not 2 mention fab n nasri have taken all the BS (like the fans) that they can handle! his slowness in the market has cost arsenal the chance of getting mata on the cheap n an adequate replacement 4 fab/nasri, not to mention THAT dominant keeper n defence that we were promised will never happen n even if we miraculously r 1st at the end of the year come april we’ll collapse n finish 4th or lower n wenger will say AGAIN we were so close n we all will return to this very same situation a year older n another year depressed
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ME AGAIN
i’m sorry to wenger lovers but f#@k u arsene u lying scum, pay back the stadium my a@s 300m in six seasons is nothing 4 the tickets u charge, not 2 mention selling the stadium name 4 100m , selling ade, henry, flamini, toure, hleb exc adds up 2 at least 100m n spending next 2 nothing 4 6 seasons straight makes up 100m so stop BS us n if we really r in debt how come were in the TOP 5 rich list huh? p.s if money’s the issue just get usmanov in charge n kick the american as$hOle (who can see how big a money arsenal is n doesn’t give 2 s$%ts about arsenal) back to the NBA n usmanov who is LITERALLY 5x richer then abrahomvich can get us back on track until then I H8 ARSENE WENGER with a passion
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doesnt anyone moderate d comments here…..:D
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Ha ha haaa,instead of Arsenal buying experienced elegant players they are boung young Under 20 inexperienced players? It seems Arsenal you enjoy going trophiless year in year out,keep up! young teams/squads like Arsenal’s have never,they do not and they will never win trophies
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Enough little boys…ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The spelling on this page needs some seeing to, dick-brain!
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@gunner
Why would you want to moderate this??? It’s how people feel – generally let down by AW over the last 5 years. Everybody can see what needs to happen, i.e. sign a good goalie and 2 good defenders – but AW cannot seem to see this. He still wants to sign attackers and midfielders – WHY???????????
We haven’t been able to hold a lead for at least 4 years. WHY NOT ADDRESS IT?
I cannot see why you would quibble over Jagielka for 10m vs 15m when it may win you the title or at least retain 4th place??? MAKES NO SENSE. Especially as we haven’t signed to cover our needs…
What would you do gunner??? You can seen we need defenders, he keeps signing attackers and 13 year olds. Do you think to yourself that all will be OK? I don’t.
I think we’re scr*wed this season. We’ll be lucky to make 5th…. It’s really really frustrating.
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All these transfer CRAPS!!! Everything about Arsenal is boring… YAWN! YAWN!! YAWN!!!
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@huhh??,dats not wat i meant.u see malik whos commented above me has put d same comment some 5times,and usually admin removes it but he hasnt this time.if u r gonna moderate each and every abusive language,then d fun of commenting is lost………..
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Let’s train the young man up to world standard and then act like idiots and allow Real Madrid to come and take him off us while we bite our finger nails and worry……and, of course, make a profit for the directors and share holders.
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I’m just waiting for that dreaded news conference when the words are uttered ..
‘we don’t expect to make new signings during this window – AW’ !!
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this has all the making for another transfer saga (fabregas like)gime a breack.
have a kit kat
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WTF IS THIS????? A F****** 17 year old! ?
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errmm, watch the video this guys outstanding you mongs!
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@gunner my bad but that’s how i feel rite now wenger is really presses my buttons , with a different excuse every year n this year we r the less fortunate club but were still the rich list how???
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Another Baby we need MEN not BABY’S is Mr Wenger having a laugh or what.This should tell you just how Mr Wenger thinks
he does not give a shit about winning anything it all about the money and the shareholders not the FAN’S.Mr Wenger if you have money to spend and we have been told you have start buying a few Men.Samba is going to the Spuds he would have done well at ARSENAL.
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@hollyweed.gud one ha ha
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lol gunner
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WTF? Spend some money on established players now stupid. Cuz by the end of next season our reputation will be ruined once we drop out of the top 4 and don’t even make CL quarter finals, we will lose Nasri and Cesc for sure, and no players will want to make a move to us ever. The end of Arsenal. Invest to be the best.
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theres everything wrong with buying youngsters! it shows there putting more effort in the youngtsers than the senior team! we need a team NOW rather than 5 years time! We cant go on like this! we have money, its just no one above pat rice wants to spend it!!
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this is dung and more dung…rumours and no signing!!the asshole Wenger should have sent the scouts long before the transfer period started way back in april and may,he’s doing that now.he should be in arsenal’s financial management boared not at a manegerial position
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jus sell fabregas!! and buy jose!! we ol knw cesc wn’t be at his best nxt season!! bt jose wud be much better!!
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