Arsenal submit increased bid for Phil Jagielka
There is some interesting Arsenal transfer news around this morning, and it seems (according to the Telegraph anyway) that Arsene Wenger has decided to increase his bid for the Everton defender Phil Jagielka.
There were rumours last week that Arsenal bid £10m for the Englishman, which was dismissed out of hand by Everton, but the paper believes that Wenger will increase his bid today, and may be prepared to go as high as £15m to land his man.
David Moyes is famous for not letting any of his players leave on the cheap though and may try and hold out for £18m, but with time running out for Everton to get in their own transfer targets before the season starts means they may have to accept Wenger’s bid sooner rather than later.
It seems that the two clubs were locked in negotiations all day yesterday and there could be a decision very quickly if Jagielka is keen on joining the Gunners and David Moyes is happy with the price…
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Owen Coyle has said pay 17 mill take Cahill donno y wenger wasting time wid Everton.
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If wenger does pay around the 15 million mark why not pay that 2 million more to get Cahill??
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Fifteen to eighteen million is far too much for a 28 year old. Cahill is younger and quicker and tailor made for the gunner’s.
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The sooner the better please wenger! And then one more after that please
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For us getting Cahil with £17 is more better Him,as Cahil Is much younger than Jagyelka!!!
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look cahill isn’t as good as jaggy so the boss knows that.
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Wenger want to buy both. First Jags and than Cahil!
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Am pretty certain Bolton ‘ll accept £15m for Cahil. Wenger should reason along wit us.
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Jesus, stop fucking complaining… Jagielka is good. OK, he may not be Gary Cahill but Wenger is actually doing something.
Stop complaning and have faith
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cahil isn’t as good and experienced as jagielka…
we need more experience in our defence!!! take him!!!
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When you look at the stats, player contribution and overall standings of both players teams then Jagielka is the better choice. Better concentration, better positioning and better passing.
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pls mr prof. do it quickly we are behind you.
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To be honest I think any of the 3 we are supposed to be chasing would be a useful addition. However, just looked at last seasons stats for goals conceeded which were as follows:
Blackburn 59
Bolton 55
Everton 45
If you just look at these figures on their own they suggest that perhaps jags is the better buy.
Especially when Arsenal were on 43, 10 more than City and Chelsea and only 6 more than utd.
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The boss knows everthing so let us leave him alone.
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agreed jags is more experienced but i mean what of Samba or Cahill as most of u have reiterated to me they are better options at that prize.love from Nigeria.
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This is only a comment from my fifa 11 knowledge. But are Subotic and Hummels as good as they are on the game? 6.4 20yr old strong CB’s for Dortmont.
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Wilkepedia has confirmed Phil Jageilka as an Arsenal player who was signed for £16m 29/7/2011
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Ppl cahill has only one year left at bolton if we wait one year from now and sign him and buy phil now it’ll be perfect “2 birds with one stone”.
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Jagielka fits the ticket as Wenger said proven premier league experience was required in defence. Cahill is entering the last year of his contract, I believe, so there is no way Wenger will pay even near £17 million look at the aquisition of Chamakh he waited the extra year and took him for free. It is not my opinion just the way Wenger has acted in past.
Besides Jagielka good solid purchase and he will not be pushed around. As a football fan I will be greedy and ask for another CB
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Maybe Wenger is waiting for next year to sigh Cahill as he is out of con tract and we will get him for nothing and with a bit of luck Jageilka will sign this year.
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good call Lozada i should have read yours before printing mine but still good call.
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This is going to be a good addition because of his experience and we could get Cahill for free next season hopefully. Lastly, I would like to know about mata’s situation. Thanks
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LOL @Tommy using fifa 11 to scout for players, and @Joey getting information from Wikipedia??? Be patient Gunner fans. Prof is the second most experienced manager in the prem and I believe that short sighted critics that believe in quick fixes should not be listened to. We WILL win trophies and the disloyal players WILL be sorry. GUNNERS!!!!!
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Not a bad buy… would have to say that Jagielka vs. Rooney/Suarez/Hernandez/Defoe/Aguero… is a much better match up than say Cahill/Samba vs. Rooney/Suarez/Hernandez/Defoe/Aguero… would free up Vermaelen to push over to the left when/where required… though also means that Djourou really needs to step up his game this coming season… bring in Mata and Benzema [if possible], then bring on 11/12!!
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jagielka cahill and samba all are decent,people are going on bout cahill all time ,if he was thatgood he wud have been long gone.have faith in AW HE HAS DONE BRILLIANT FOR US,SIMPLY LUK AROUND US ONLY CLUBS WH HAVE DONE BETER THAN US HAVE SPENT MILLIONS AND OTHERS WHO HAVE SPENT MORE THAN US HAVE DONE FAR WORSE………THIS SEASON WE WILL DO MUCH BETTER.
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this is madness haven’t we got the shortest back 4 without him? wenger we need tall players? 2 million more and u got cahill and for 13 mill you got samba there the to we should be looking at!!!! drogba is going to love playing us i can see it now:P WENGER WAKE UP U REM
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@Tommy lol I have them in the squad too!
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Wenger knows best,Cahill is a great talent but i think its experience that wenger is looking at but then again it is questionable on who else he could get with the options available samba,cahill,jags but i think Jags is the best option wenger is a huge fan of his he is tall, experienced and english as a tony adams kind of figure
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any of the three would to be honest ,but it seams that along with my fellow gooners we think cahill is perfect for arsenal,suddenly the team looks strong already,no more kids plzZz
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ima get smashed tonite knowing that we can challenge any muaf*cka for that title,cheers
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Cahill is much better than Phil, so i adviced mr Wenge to take on English Cahill
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looking forwardto this season. Gervinho impressed me on his debut, Mata looks close to signing after gooners agreed a fee of around 18 million an hopefully jagielka/cahill/samba <- either one will do they are all decent CB's.
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Wenger has lost his mind. Jagielka is too short and too old. Cahill at £17 million is a much better bet. This move will solve nothing we will still be second to every ball at set pieces. What we need is someone who can dominate in the air and 5’11″ that cannot be Jagielka. Why can’t a man who is paid millions of pounds a year see something so obvious – he’s insane.
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Just coz ur tall doesn’t mean ur gonna win the balls in the air. You need good anticipation, positioning and jumping ability. So you go with technique.
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@nickw
jagielka short ? u must be kidding me
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cahill is really great and all but jagielka has way more STRENGTH, BULLDOG POWER and EXPERIENCE! plus I would also say that jagielka is a lot more consistent in his play. I will re-predict 1st team by saying:
————szeczney————-
sagna–vermaelen–jagielka–gibbs
————–song—————
——–ramsey—–wilshere——
—-gervinho—RVP—–mata——
SUBS (not sure who will be on the bench) : arshavin, walcott, rosicky, lansbury, diaby, chamackh, vela, *biglia*, djourou, koscielny, fabiflapski, (??LB/RB??)
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wow jajielka dat wil b great bcos wit him at the defence we wil make it 2 the top
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I still think Cahill would be a better buy for Arsenal.
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Jagielka would be a better buy than Cahill in that he is a more skilled defender, as is Per Mertesacker, the one we really ought to be pursuing.
Still, landing Jagielka would be quite a score. Can you imagine getting Mertesacker and Jose Enrique too? How sweet would our defense be then? Anyway, total dream atm.
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My gut says:
Szczeny
Sagna Vermaelen Jagielka Enrique
Ramsey Wilshere Mata
Walcott Van Persie Arshavin
Gervinho will get starts from the bench, Fabregas just might do a 180 now that his “replacement” is at the Emirates…more like buddy
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JAGZ all day!! He’s the complete defender. He made torres look a fool back in the days when he could walk through a defence and Jagz aint lost none of hit tallent. 100% match for what he GUNNERS need
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that’s stupid!!!!
Cahill is the same price and better in every aspect: quicker, bigger, better tackler and header.
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gunnerguy, you think Cesc Fàbregas may change his mind and do a 180 now his buddy mata and the possible signing of enrique may come, looks like you have been taking note of sergio from the samba page, you have changed your tune DICK..
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play a deep defence n simply swap squid 4 mertesacker + 5-10m n traore on loan 2 lyon n we get the strong tackling BULL who covers 15km of ground 4 around 10m, buy Tim Wiese 4 5-10m n give Bremen Almunia, then swap bendtner with elia(really talented n dreams of arsenal) from hamburg then swap hazard with Nasri n or fabregas can go 2 barca n nasri can get his desired contract
GK:Wiese/szczensy/mannone/fabianski,RB:sagna/eboue/jenkinson RCB:mertesacker/djorou,LCB:verma/kos,LB:cissokho/gibbs
DM/CM:wilshere/ramsey/lansbury DM/CM:song/frimpong/diaby
RW:walcott/gervinho/miyahchi ,CAM:fabregas/nasri/Ramsey/rosisky/arshavin LW:Vela/Elia/arshavin/nasri
ST/CF: RVP, Chamakh/Gervinho/Walcott/Vela
with PLENTY of rotation the squad won’t get injured so we can something
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Let fabregas and nasri leave and buyer replacemant for the two of them. And use there money to buyer player that play good football and win two or three cups this season,let them know without them we can win cup. Let this week all sign should be made for news and olds players should understand there self.I know baba wenger sign of player is good.Thanks Oladipo Paul from Nigerian.
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MERTESACKER.
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Looks like there wasn’t another bid yet nevermind £15m.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/everton-fc/everton-fc-news/2011/07/29/everton-fc-yet-to-receive-second-bid-from-arsenal-for-phil-jagielka-100252-29141409/
He’s the best option defensively and has the PL experience that’s been linked but Wenger could go back for Cahill I feel. Those two probably fit the current system as they’re comfortable on the ball and mobile so not much change in the system is needed.
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Any of Samba/Jag/Cahill is good but 2 of them, if we can spare the cash, will be fantastic. Add Mata and this season will be trophyfull. Luv from Akungba.
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I think Jagielka is good.I suggest that they also buy other defenders like Cahill,Jose Enrique,Leighton Baines,Scott Dann,Luke Young,Titus Bramble,Zubar,Brede Hangeland,Stephen Warnock e.t.c.
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I think Jagielka is good.I suggest that they also buy other defenders like Cahill,Jose Enrique,Leighton Baines,Scott Dann,Luke Young,Per Mertesacker,Titus Bramble,Zubar,Brede Hangeland,Stephen Warnock e.t.c.
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Anyone know much about Mertesacker. He’s an unknown quantity to me yet there’s talk of huge money for his services. The whole market has gone mad. Clubs who are crippled financially are spending like Saudi Arabian sheikh’s. Perhaps they are. Whatever happened to players actually getting paid what they are worth? Something has to be done before the whole system goes down the drain. Even the village idiot knows that were headed for a brick wall at 200 miles an hour without any brakes.
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Footbal loverz must say wat dey think is best 4 deir club, but dat dos’t mean AW will fal 4 it bcos he knows wat is best 4 him and d team. But seriously lets look at it 4rm dis angle (GUNNERZ FAN)4 d past 5 yrs wat hav we achive wit dis younglars? ‘little’ yes cahill is gud but he is not our num 1 target.let us just agree wit de fact dat ARSENAL as a team is already strong but lack experienx so we need both. I AM 99.9./’ 4 Jags cos he fits in. 2011/12 is ours go gunnerz up 9ja.:-)
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It’s all good Mr Wenger………….. just make signings as swift as possible. we cant wait to be a contender. pls , Arsenal needs to be really strong at the back cos the competition wld be more intense than ever this term,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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honestly, i tink our problem are obvious and we are failing to see it. our problem is positioninig if u look at the goals we conceded in the emirates cup u will see my point wenger should work more on the positioning of the defence and also the midfieders.
why do song have to always join the attack wen we hav at least 5 attackers on the field he should release the ball as qiuck as possible so dat he can always shield the back four in case of a counter attack
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