Arsenal miss out on two midfield targets
The list of midfield targets seems to be getting dangerously small. Maybe Arsene Wenger is perfectly clear in his own mind about who he wants to join the Arsenal squad. I would like to see some positive action, however, before the options all evaporate.
Reports in the media today suggest that two of the midfielders linked with a move to the Emirates will not be Gunners next season. Alan Dzagoev will be staying at CSKA Moscow for at least one more season, while Tongo Doumbia is expected to sign for West Brom soon.
22-year old Russian international Dzagoev was one of the stars of Euro 2012. He finished as joint top scorer despite Russia being eliminated in the group stages. As an attacking midfielder, he is not the sort of player that Wenger is most in need of but he appears to be on his way to greatness. With two years left on his contract, CSKA want another season out of him before they have no choice but to lose him to a bigger club.
22-year old Malian international Tongo Doumbia is a more defensive midfielder and has been linked with a number of clubs around Europe. The Rennes player has only appeared in 47 league games for the French club, but feels that he is ready for a step up. Arsenal have been looking at the promising youngster but have been beaten to the punch by West Brom, according to Talksport.
So, who are we going to add to our midfield?
At this point I’m on the verge of losing hope that we’re planning on signing anyone else.
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Arsene Wenger has already chosen Yann M’Vila. That’s the reason, there is no news about any other midfielder. This time around, he wants to keep the transfer clean and smooth.
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Headline is misleading,Tongo Doumbia has not signed for anyone yet and the transfer window is still open so hope is not lost for Dzagoev as well.
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I dnt tink arsenal wanted in the first place.wba cant compete wr arsenal in the transfer mkt.
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We shouldn’t be signing players like Tongo Doumbia if West Brom are even bidding for them.
We are Arsenal, a top 4 club. We should be competing with top clubs for top players… Forget Doumbia and concentrate on Mvila!
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and I am very happy that these two craps will not be at Arsenal!
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@Yash
Marin has already signed for Chelsea
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We need Yann M’Villa, a striker and a Goal keeper (Jack Butland) ! ASAP!
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we loof forward to david villa +13m swap or eden dzeko + 15m swap……..recent rumours say that wenger does not want to use the rvp trnasfer money.
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right we have definitely not missed out on any players here Dzagoev is good but too lazy to play in prem. I say lazy what i mean is he just doesn’t work back to cover he is very similar to arshavin in that respect i have watched him for about 4 years and whilst talented i dont think he is right for the premier league and a far as doumbia goes please he is not good enough we were rumoured to be interested but i for one would have been shocked if we had bought him i for one would love etienne capoue as he is unreal such a beast. Arsenal will be fantastic next season i can’t wait love it when all the pundits talk about top four and say arsenal are in most danger of being pushed out and then we comfortably make it whilst fighting for trophies last season was poor time to get back to standard and getting in the title race and giving our selves a chance to win something.
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I dont really think those player are the world class players who will shoot arsenal into to first. We should be biding for proper player like sneijder ganso and others not the russian messi we want the real deal.
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Nothing is guaranteed,and I really dont think Doumbia will reject us to play for West Brom.And most rumours from Talk Sport are just rumours anyway.
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what a shame..west brom beat out arsenal in the signature of a player..really now??
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I never wanted to see dzagov and tongo doumbia at atsenal..
Thats good news for me…!
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Dear Gooners, AW wants M’Vila and he is waiting for a real moment to buy. Of course, not to expencive!!!
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We should be trying to get Dempsey. Quality, and proven in the EPL. But it wouldn’t surprise me if we don’t sign anyone else. It has been stated that Arsenal are after quality, not quantity. So if we get to the transfer window, and we haven’t bought anyone else, AW will just say “we got Podolski and Giroud”. I’m not holding my breath to be honest. I am sick and tired of getting lied to, and not seeing us have ambition. Frankly, its all talk, and not much else.
Still love my team.
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He will wait until we offload some players first.
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Good news. Just be patient. Yann m vila deal will be announced within next 48hrs
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Cannot see how either would have added to our squad….so i shan’t loss sleep on this one
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Biglia, Capoue, Coquelin, Frimpong – all viable and realistic options
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How on earth can a big club like Arsenal loose to West Brom for a player????
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Pls m villa will be a perfect mam for us
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M’Vila, Belhanda, Dempsey, Caopue, Gotze, Reus, etc. are the names of players we are/should really be interested in. I don’t think I’ll lose any sleep if we “lose” a player to West Brom, lol.
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Pls m villa will be a perfect man for us
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M’vila will join! This is good news.
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well those guys are not any better than song, diaby, arteta. I read that arsenal intend to use RVP money to acquire sneijder. That’s the kind of deal am interested in and wish it to be true. I would also love it if Dzeko is added to RVP deal.
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the cheque book has been retired as i said previously , we are kidding ourselves if we think this board will spend more money on players . i am sure they have the rvp money already divided up amongst themselves , what a disgrace !!.
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No offence to West Brom but we couldn’t have been in for Doumbia if he’s going to West Brom. Arsenal or West Brom?? No contest! Up the Arsenal!
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All we need is season to kick-off…we are ready for challenging titles…COYG
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M’vila
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so what!!?
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we wont be signing anyone else until we offload some of our fringe players and then we can think of bringing in some squad players as it is depth that we have always lacked in the title race.
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ι tink wenger might live m’villa’s signin till deadline day sσ ƗƗɐ will вє cheaper, wenger ιѕ ridin σn †нє fact dat ησ oda team ιѕ ιη fσr him… ι†s a risk though, вυт ι pray ωε buy him… As fσr pple callin fσr striker signin get уσυr mind Φu† of †нє gutter cos wenger won’t buy any other striker εvεn ιƒ RVP goes. Do u tink ι†s coincident wenger bought тwσ strikers ωεn ωε Ђavε park chamk RVP άή stil Ђavε youth team players тσ promote. Giroud ωαѕ bought as long term replacement fσr RVP, incase ƗƗɐ goes or stay. Accordin тσ arsenal scout.
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The M’Vila transfer still looks likely. David Villa would be a dream signing and the perfect replacement for RVP (don’t think we need Dzeko…same player as Giroud). Why isn’t anyone talking about the potential move for Wesley Sneider? I read it in a couple of papers…just a rumor but so are a lot of transfers on this forum.
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defensive midfielder choosen by wenger is m’vila or n’zonzi. and alan dzagoev will join Arsenal in winter or next summer.
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The transfer season has just started. we have almost 50 days left. If Arsene wasn’t planning to sign anyone he would come out and say it out loud like he did after getting Laurent and Chamakh 2 years back. I definitely see a keeper and a midfielder coming in. The keeper is definitely not Lloris, but maybe some one old experienced and brilliant. I really feel it’s M’vila who we will sign next, and no one else. Both parties have been relatively quiet about it.
Oh yeah and a couple of kids too, like each season hopefully Niang and Butland
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@yankee gunner mayb its bcause you are american and dont know much about ge beautiful game but arsenal will never sign schneider there are two factors in this. 1st he is rated around 30million and this is arsenal we are talking about so we are pissing in the wind for that 2nd his wages are a reported 250-300k a week so again pising in the wind on that one
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Oh no noT dzagoev and doumbia there so good, useless players couldnt even play for our reserves
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I think we should put in a sneaky bid for kaka I know he’s 30 but he’s pretty solid and has said that he would like to give the EPL a go I can’t see him being that expensive either plus he’s Brazilian so he’s go at least another 2 years in him
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i dont see this as bad news, doumbia isnt good enough, the fact that only west brom want him is testament to that, and i dont see clubs queing up with bids for dzagoev, hes lazy and only had two good games at the euros, remind you of anyone. We need quality not just anyone to fill a gap
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ι dσηт get why wenger will вє after m’villa fσr over 2 years now άή now dat ƗƗɐ has †нє chance тσ sign him ƗƗɐ ιѕ now becomin reluctant. Wenger pls вє quick σn dis guy ησ time
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Sjneider 2 Arsenal!!! How abt the throw in Messi and Ronaldo 4 a measure as well.
Seriously guys what i ve seen of Gzagoev is that the lad can play ball and is quite a handful even for the greeks who i think defended as though the gods themselves had possessed them. Nw i take comfort in the fact that the premiership is the hardest bt im sure that if u ask Di Matteo he wil tell u the Greeks had one mean defence.
What am i saying, if Alan could terrorise a well organised defence the greeks had am sure he wil do the same in the premiership 4 us. Besides he is still quite young so itsnt too late 4 him to learn to be part of a unit that both offensively and defensively…
Well if he aint coming soon then i hope we have better luck next season if he is still in Wengers plans then
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Arsenal need to buy player like xavi and m,villa is one of dem
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well im not the only arsenal fan starting to think we,r done transfers wise and it started so well!!:(
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Why is everyone talking about MVilla? From my understanding his actions at Euros totally nixed any move to Arsenal. I would love to have him, but I think we all know how a couple of bad eggs can affect a team as a whole.
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Arsene always seem smart. But at the same time stupid. We have the quality to contend for trophies,but that’s all about it. We need an extra of bit of quality… And a lack of this as affected us every season in terms of a full(convincing) 1st team squad of backup in key area(the latter being due to injury). So far for now, we have gibbs and santos(both inconsistent) as left back.- roscicky(alone) as a creative midfeilder-song as dm(excellent), arteta as box to box(very good). Walcot(inconsistent)-aox(still young but very good). Rvp(unsure). Sceszny(no competition yet) and the list goes on like that… Are we really competiting for trophies? Look at our competitors(top 4). Be truthful to urselves. We need to cover the loopholes in d right way. Though the transfer window has not ended, so i hope for a change. But till then, i cross my fingers…
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I doubt if Wenger will make more signings. The top leadership at don`t seem to see anything wrong with the current team.
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M’villa comming up next, Ready to go…..GUNNERS.. TO INFINITY.
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I wish arsenal could sign a more creative midfielder en probably yann mvilla. I want a player in the mould of kaka en by now his price must be lower. I also fancy Mario gotze for his technique en style of play
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if the player goes to west b then hiz not gd enough for arsenal.
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arsene wenger will bring mbaye niang for 5 million pounds
which means when van persie leaves he would be promoted to
the first team. now arsene wenger should bring yann m’villa quickly so that other teams can’t buy him
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i keep hearing you guys talking wesley sneijder, i guess that will only happen in the fantasy world of gunners cos we should ask where in the world a player will let go of about 80k a week to play for us who doesn’t pay more than 120k. Arteta took a pay cut to join us but it wasn’t up to 30k a week. So lets wake up from that sneijder dream and get real. COYG!!!
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Have people forgotten that we already have signed Podolski and Giroud. Two quality signings already, if RVP is forced to stay then if he is not up to the task next season we have Girould to slot in. If Walcott goes then we have other existing players to slot into his position. M’Villa would be a good signing but whether we get him or not is another thing. Another good defender would be the better option at the minute but remember about the players we already have instead of getting obsessed about new ones. We should give Gervinhio a chance this season as well, we have lots of options and personally lets concentrate on supporting our team and stop moaning about the players we have not brought in!
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