Arsenal Rumours Roundup Oct 14th – Arshavin, Wellington Nem, Djourou and Llorente
With the dreaded interlull still boring everyone to death, Arsenal fans have little to do but wait around for the latest international injury to hit the club. So with things so quiet then the papers obviously have nothing better to do than fill the back pages with dubious Arsenal transfer rumours!
The first one up is quite believable as it features the out-of-favour Arsenal midfielder Andrei Arshavin, who still has the talent even if he hasn’t got the inclination so much nowadays. Arsene Wenger tried to get him to find a new club in the summer but the Russian appears to want to keep his family in London where they are very settled. The obvious solution is that he moves to another London club so he can play again, and the Star is reporting that Martin Jol wants to take him to Fulham in January to link up with Dimitar Berbatov.
Arsenal only want 1 million for Arsehavin and Jol has already said that he has money to spend in January. He said: “The club’s chairman Mohamed Al Fayed said before the season you can spend the same amount as last year.
“But we sold for over £30m and only bought for £8m.
“So I am 100 per cent certain he knows there is a lot in the kitty.”
So that is the most likely one out of the way, and we already know that Bordeaux are trying to give Marouane Chamakh a lifeline for his career by offering to take him back home to France. Johan Djourou’s agent has also made it clear that his client is still frustrated by being left on the sidelines and wants to finally make his move to Italy. There are not many Arsenal fans that would stand in his way if forced himself out.
It is also looking extremely likely that Theo Walcott will also be sold off for a reasonable price after refusing to accept Arsenal’s offer of a wage rise (according to Peter Hill-Wood anyway). If Wenger can dispose of these four that will leave a nice gap in the wages bill to finance a move for the cut-price deal for Fernando Llorente. All the talk has been about Wenger buying a new striker and Llorente is not only extremely well qualified, but the price will also be acceptable to Wenger with just six months left on his contract. This is obviously my dream scenario but will Wenger see it that way….
The most surprising rumour of the day is the report that says Arsenal have got scouts in South America watching the young Fluminense playmaker Wellington Nem, who has recently earned himself a call-up to the Brazil national team. The Fluminense sporting director Marcelo Teixeira has been talking up a move to Europe when he said yesterday: “I have no doubt that Wellington Nem will be one of the great stars of world football,”
“He is a really dedicated kid, who loves playing for Fluminense and deserves all the credit that comes his way.”
He would certainly be an exciting addition to the Arsenal squad, but Wenger has not had too much luck with his forays into the South American market, and with competition from Juventus and Tottenham he is unlikely to break the bank to bring Nem to the Emirates.
Well thats it for today. If all of those come true I will be very very happy, but also very surprised!
Lorents would to be top top for Arsenal. But we must to keep the Walshots!
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I think we should try hard to make theo stay whats an extra 15000 when they annouce mega profits each season
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theo has to stay
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Still Walcott is a class product and inconsistent because he’s a striker playing as a winger period!
RVP and HENRY did heavenly out of there trade possiton (winger into striker) but if it ain’t working for theo then wenger give him a few starts up front maybe v reading in c1 cup.
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We should get Llorente fast before all these Falcao wanters pounce on him as back up plan
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Lets just stick a few goals past Norwich and keep our momentum going till january then we can see what this squad needs to be the best in the land transfer wise. Welcoming back Wilshire is going to be great for the squad and dare i say it like a new transfer for the mighty Arsenal. Good times ahead , COYG !
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It’s a pity Arshavin’s work ethic is non existent, if he had half the desire of someone like S Parker week in week out, i am sure he could have been a phenominal asset.
Must be honest, i hav’nt seen nearly enough of Lorente, that would make me say this guy is a star, and what little i have seen of him, i have in no way been overly impressed, given that the second tier in the primera liga, is full of soft goals, with defending of a very lowly standard, surely if “Ronaldo” and “Messi” can bag between sixty to seventy goals and now “Falcao” looks to be on this path, well then surely a talently solid goalscorer should net over thirty goals in such a leaky league.
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Wenger has said that if a player goes out, then you can replace him. If Djourou leaves…Mapou Yanga Mbiwa? Milan clearly aren’t interested and I thought he was quite good in the game against us. If we had him, we would have 4 defenders that we wouldn’t mind rotating because they are all incredibly high quality.
If Arshavin leaves, which is a shame because I still believe he has some magic left in his feet. Then I would would an out and out winger so that Theo can be the assurance he will be a striker. Diego Perotti or Isco are players who really excite me, Perotti is bags full of speed, quick feet and has a great end product. Isco is very young, has very much the same characteristics, is only going to get better and is Spanish…which is good for team chemistry
If Chamakh leaves, then yes, I would like to see a new superstar striker at the club, I don’t know if Wenger will actually sign one though. If he converts Theo to a striker then he might have adequate cover but if not then I would like to see Klaas Jan Huntelaar or Llorente. I would prefer Huntelaar because he is an out and out finisher, someone who is guaranteed to get goals. The reason I prefer him over Llorente is because LLorente is a target man, who we already have in the form of Giroud, and whilst he hasn’t been banging in goals, he certainly has been able to show how much of a physical presence he is.
I can’t help but get the feeling that Wenger is doing our summer signings in January. I think he will try to sign one of them on a pre-contract agreement. He wouldn’t have to spend a penny on transfer fees. But that doesn’t solve the problem we have at the moment.
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If walcott leaves then we have to buy a new winger!
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Sort of don’t really understand why we would need a Llorente type striker, would he not be another target man like Giroud? And will we actually buy another striker? We have Podolski who’s played the last few seasons up front, Gervinho who looks good up front, and Walcott who is desperate to play up front. I could only see us grabbing a striker if Walcott is sold.
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Most important is to try and get some cash for those running out of contract in june. fabianski squillaci arshavin eastmond watt and walcott. of the 6 only walcott is in contract talks and even that doesnt seem to be going our way. next up mannone sagna djourou rosicky denilson park bendtner chamakh are 8 more whose careers or contracts are up for discussion. so that is 14 players that wenger needs to focus on of those 14 only 5 would get in the first or second x1.
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Not that interested in transfers at the moment. Want to see our team fire on all cylinders first. Got Wilshere and Rosicky coming back in. Starting to see Giroud settle in. Who knew Gervihno can score some!!?! Podolski is also becoming a force, and Cazorla!!!! IMO, let’s sell who we must, and blood the new talent into our team Le Coq, Gnabry, Eisfeld. Maybe a winger if Walcott is sold, we look at a direct replacement, but it sure we need more players right now. Just need our players to continue to grow as a team. Looking forward to the next couple of months.
COYG!!
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Correct. Why buy Llorente? We have Giroud. Watched some YouTube clips of both players (Giroud at Montpellier). They play the same. If we were to get another striker, wouldn’t we ant so done who brings something different to the table?
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Well said mate no point in raving about our young talent and then never giving them the chance
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Just get Isco ALREADY!
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Walcott could be our next ian wright
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I also dont understand this fascination with a striker we are well stocked in that department especially if u include theo. I guess the media are stirring it up so when llorente goes to juve( which he will i’m fully certain), the afc fans can grumble at the manager and board. I would still definetly take dzeko though considering we apparently went in for him even while we had the current forward players.
I think of more importance is some quality with height and presence and experience in the midfield with the ability to play alongside arteta in the absence of the oft injured diaby, and with the ability and temperament to cover arteta if injured or in need of rest. I’m not talking about an m’vila or biglia or a capoue trust me coquelin will surpass those players very soon. If succesful the essien loan could have been a masterstroke not tall but certainly a presence and as a season loan wouldnt have stunted coq’s growth long term. funnily a loan with a view to a permanent deal of one esteban granero could have been an ever greater masterstoke and i for one am very impressed with his performances for qpr so far and so soon.
My reasoning is born out of our lack of midfield physical presence without diaby and his woeful injury record, as well as fearing any injury to arteta or his burnout due to overuse. Ramsey is still finding his way and coq is still very raw and the drop in overall quality should either of them HAVE to fill in for arteta, is so great that i genuinely cannot understand how wengers nerves manage every time he sends mikel out to a game knowing any injury to him and the team is done for. Most rave about santi but a great majority of us know mikel is the heart of the team and if he stops beating we are in trouble.
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if theo walcott leaves adrian lopez should be brought in + chammakh out llorente in
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I really dont understand why Wenger doesnt play Walcott up front. The boy isnt the best crosser but he is a great finisher give him a go Giroud isnt doing much so let Walcott loose.COYG
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come on arse-shavin !!!!!!!!!
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lets just see where the team stands in january,hopefully by then giroud will have gone on a goalscoring run by then,but even if he’s not struggling we are definitely going to need a top class striker,we have options like gervinho and walcott,but against top class opposition i think these 2 ill be lightweight as central strikers,gervinho’s not really acentral striker but he has football intelligence which allows him to play as a false number 9,but arsenal cant retain the ball like barcelona or spain so we cant perform efficiently enough against the top teams playing with a false no9,we need a proper central striker like rvp or hopefully giroud,who can hold up the ball and keep our play flowing.i think podolski plays best on the left cutting inside.
Walcot does not have the football intelligence to play as a false no9 at the moment,and he’s definitely not a central striker who can hold the ball up,he offers us limited options upfront.
We should sign jovetic in january he’s not cup tied in the CL,an he’s a top player
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Yarmolenko if walcott leave, Isco for Arshavin
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If you haven’t seen Llorente’s volley against Manure in last years Europa League I suggest you look it up.. AMAZING! Not to mention he scored home and away.
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