Should Arsenal line-up free-agent Huntelaar?
When Robin Van Persie left the Emirates in the summer, many Arsenal fans thought that his Dutch compatriot Klaas-Jan Huntelaar would have been the perfect replacement in the Arsenal forward line. Instead Arsenal brought in Olivier Giroud but it has become increasingly clear that Arsenal cannot cope with with just one out-and-out centre-forward in the team.
There is always the possibility that Wenger is being his usual stingy self and is waiting for Huntelaar’s contract with Schalke to run out this summer so that he can sign him for nothing at the end of the season.
Schalke yesterday made it clear that the Dutch hitman has refused to enter discussions over a contract extension so far. “We have decided that we won’t have any contract talks before December and there will be no new developments until then,” said the Schalke director Horst Heldt.
“I have had the feeling Klaas-Jan can’t decide at this stage and I will give him the time he needs.
“My goal is to persuade him to stay at Schalke and to extend his contract.
“We will resume the talks in December, January at the latest, and then I expect a quick decision.”
Meanwhile Arsenal fans will be hoping that Huntelaar doesn’t highlight our weaknesses when he plays for Schalke at the Emirates tomorrow night. The player himself is quite hopeful that the Bundesliga side can take something out of the game. He said: “We want to win at the Emirates,”
“After dropping two points against Montpellier in the last match, we want a point as a minimum.
“We have to close down the spaces and keep it tight between midfield and defence.
“We have to stop not only Lukas Podolski but also their marvellous midfield.
“That’s our first task and the second task is to play aggressively defensively and offensively like we did in the 2-1 win at Dortmund on Saturday.”
Schalke have never won a European match in England before so hopefully history will be on Arsenal’s side, but I can’t help being a little worried…..
Get him or Lopez, u know we need it and for once wenger change the bloody formation and play a 442!
Two strikers period!
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DON’T WORRY!!! we’ll beat schalke so badly this wednesday that huntelaar will be paying us to join arsenal…. he’ll see how amazing we are. Haha
all seriousness i expect a 2-0 win for the gunners, as a comeback from such a poor performance on saturday
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Huntelaar would be a great signing we’ve seen him deliver great goals at all levels in the past, and with any luck he would become the premierships leading Dutch striker
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Of course, why not? I don’t really see any reason why not. He’ll be massive for Arsenal. But the dude does travel doesn’t he?
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sign huntelaar for free in summer get llorente in jan huntelaar will be 29 soon while llorente is 27 & better than giroud
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i hope wenger plays 3-5-2 rahter than the predictable 4-2-3-1
mannone
kos-mertasacker-vermalaen
arteta
jenkinson-jack wilshere-cazorla-podolski
gervinho-giroud
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wenger needs a strong cdm like fellaini + isco/adrian lopez in case theo leaves & llorente we can get huntellar/m’biwa for free in summer
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Of course yes, and big factor about it is that he is a direct rival to van.per$ so he will give everything to the team and get his place in holland’s starting XI
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Will probs get him cos its typical wenger cheap but good fingers crossed
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Huntelaar would be great, but the closest transfer window is January. Let’s first focus for the upcoming game. COYG!
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huntelaar’s goalscoring record is much better than Rvp(no offense to him).He scored somethin around 167 goals in the first 6 seasons of his career. no doubt hell be a massive goalscoring threat .best replacement for RVP.
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I want this guy cos he is going to rival van persie diretly and that will make make hot and ready to go on fire
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People need to realise that if an agent is free, he is more likely to ask for higher wages. We don’t do high wages. Would be good to get him, but doubt we will.
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Always been an admirer of Huntelaar and it would be great if we got him (big if) but just for arguments sake he came
and it didn’t go well for him in his fisrt eight games the
knifes would be out all you have to do is read what people
put on the site to see that is right,when linked with Giroud people loved him now he ain’t,and if Theo signs a new contract would that be another kick in the teeth for him (Gervinho not a forward) we have diffrent options up front Wenger just needs to try them,show a bit of faith please fellow Gunners.
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We need a poacher, he is class Jan hunt for arsenal. Get him or lopez.
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Huntelaar would be a good signing, but i can’t help noticing similarities in the way RVP left us last season. Could it be RVP’s influence. I think he wqant’s to have a good season score lots of goals then bag the big pay cheque. As for our team we Lack passion in our game. I don’t think that passion is carried down from management. Arsenal are just boring to watch these days, maybe they should bring in some motivational speakers or get someone to fire up the boys before games, cause it doesn’t look like the current management is doing a great job in that regard.
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On a free, he’ll be after decent wages and a good signing on fee too. Also as he’ll be free most top clubs will be after him and many can offer more than Arsenal in way of money, ambition and the chance of winning something.
Never going to happen!
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Huntelaar has been available for less than 20m ever since his big flop at real and all of sport media has touted him and linked him to every big club in that time and yet he went to schalke who are mainly known for signing aged high profile star names. Personally he has never impressed me even in his ajax days i thought he was just another striker scoring goals in a poor league. He looks far too fragile for the epl hence why no ones took a punt on him. He seems to be a media darling and now his contracts running down their once again linking him to every club he should just pay schalke bk for their faith and sign the damn thing cos he certainly ain’t all that.
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Too old. By the start of next season he’ll be 30, and I don’t think Wenger will go for that no matter how well he’s playing.
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Wenger lacks imagination, you cant be 1-0 down in a match and still pursue the 4-2-3-1 formation, I mean mix it up. One of the reason teams can beat us is because we have become predictable, when last has Wenger changed formation?? I can’t remember! So he needs to mix it up, 3 points is so precious that you need to throw in 3 strikers if you must to get those points, for example like David Moyes, always willing to change formation and tactics when his team is down…Wenger needs to change his thought processes, coz presently it seems that we’re the ones using a drawing board an everyone else have got their new Apple ipads!!!
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No, he’s like 29.
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I dun rate Huntelaar highly….
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We don,t want him another over rated has been just looking to pick up good wages !!!!!! if we want to win things we need better
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i want a team striker the one that can hold the ball from midfield and score when the chance comes. Not the RVP type that we will rely on so much. Besides i dont think striking is our problem. The likes of Ramsey Gervinho need to rest. Let Jack and Walcott if not injured play.
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Huntelaar is a poacher so needs service to get into games we need a mobile striker that can make something out of nothing…henry, aguero etc if giroud get the right service I think he could score more. Maybe walcott would fit the bill
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Benzema is what we need!
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Get him Wenger and a strong beast DM, like Fellaini/M Vila/ Capoue and a winger who can score Isco/Zaha.
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Look at his goal scoring record. If he’s a free agent every top team will want to sign him as a backup striker especially if he’s free this means with all the interest he will most likely go to the team that offers him the best paycheck as its probably his last big move of his career.
However he may decide that he wants to come to Arsenal and challange for a starting 11 spot depends what his motives are i suppose you can bet Arsene will try and get him so we will see.
Perhaps Arsene may offer a fee in january to tempt shalke to sell him especially if he hasn’t signed a contract might be able to get him for as little as 6m which would be class depends who else is interested though.
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Age and wages. No way! Sell Bendtner, Park and/or Chamakh first, then we can think about potential suitors.
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There is a word calld Fantasy World where Huntelaar plays for Arsenal and Fernando Llorente and Falcao fight with their Teeth and Nails for a startin 11 in Emirates and the children in Cavani and Adrian Lopez hearts cry out to play for Arsenal
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Why dont we sell all our best players for large somes of money, keep rubbish on our books and give greedy stinky stan and his band of baboons (old fart hill-wood and no clue gazadis) a huge bonus?
I want the best club in the world and if have to take russian oil money to do it, who cares.
Money, money, money wins trophies. Ask city and chelsea fans and they will tell you so.
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Iv been shouting this guys name for weeks, free transfer, knows how to score at ALL levels and even though his age is a factor for some he could provide instant cover until we unearth a new talent within the club or purchase elsewhere.
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huntelaar would be a great signing for anything under 75k a week. he is one of the most clinical striker in europe and is available at a bargin with younger strikers coming up he could be the experience head to lead the line. look at the rvp effect at ot he is class above all their strikers and thats what huntelaar can bring here and it would be great to rub it in rvp face when huntelaar gets pick infront of him for holland when he proves himself in prem,
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Unfortunately I have a feeling he’ll go to Liverpool *sigh*
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