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Arsenal’s next striker? Post by Rory Capel

Oliver Giroud is a good player, but he is not the world class striker Arsenal need, he misses a large amount of chances, he has one of the worst goal conversion rates for a striker in the premier league, and what really irritates me in particular is how he whines if he loses the ball or misses a shot, rather than just getting on with the game. .......Read the full article here

Higuain could be free for Arsenal to make a swoop! by KJ

Gonzalo Higuain has fallen out of favour at Real Madrid becoming second striker to Karim Benzema. As a result, there has been massive speculation over his future this summer and the Sunday Mirror is reporting that his representatives in Spain have started negotiations with a host of English clubs for a summer move. Now one of these potential suitors could in fact be Arsenal.

Gonzalo Higuain is a top striker and is valued at £25million. He scored 26 goals and made 10 assists last season. He is reaching the peak of his career and anyone who signed him now would reap the benefits of his true potential and ability. .......Read the full article here

Discard the socialist wages or perish. by NS

Arsene Wenger seems to believe that no player is worth 150k per week. He also believes it’s good for morale if most Arsenal players are on similar money, regardless of ability.

Some obvious problems with this.

First of all, you end up with deadwood. Players who clog up the wage bill and have no future at the club. Players we can’t let go for free as no other club would give them 60k+ per week. That is why Squillaci and others are still here. Money talks. .......Read the full article here

I know that Arsenal will be looking for a new striker or two at the end of the season, and I know that Christian Benteke has done really well for Aston Villa in his first season in the Premier league. I don’t think that means he would do well for Arsenal or that Arsene Wenger will even try to sign him, but the media certainly seem to think so.

If the 22-year old Belgian international is the man on Wenger’s shopping list, the Prof may find it harder than he expected to secure his transfer in the summer. Yes Benteke has expressed his love for the Gunners, and is believed to have made his mind up to seek a bigger club, but Manchester City have set their sights on the big man, according to the Sunday People. .......Read the full article here

There was a rumour that spread like wildfire during January that Arsenal had made an offer of £30 million for a player. A large proportion of the speculation was that the player in question was the 25-year old Uruguayan international Edinson Cavani. The Napoli star has told the media that he knows absolutely nothing about it, however, and so I wonder who the player in question was, or if there even was such an offer made.

Cavani is on fire this season in Serie A, scoring 27 goals already from 26 games. Napoli have stated that they would not accept any offers below his release clause of £54 million, but Arsenal could have been testing the waters if they had bid, but Cavani suggests that it never happened and indicated that Spain would be his most likely next port of call. .......Read the full article here

Being Realistic – By LmFaO

Let’s take a realistic look at the January Transfer Window. To start off with, Arsenal were looking in serious need of some firepower. Some real quality players. Many players were linked with Us over the last few weeks. Some of them being Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Adrian Lopez, Fernando Llorente, Edinson Cavani, David Villa, Mario Gotze, Stevan Jovetic, Mats Hummels and the list goes on… After a disastrous start to the month, the fans were screaming on top of their voice for some new signings, but to no avail. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger has been in Germany in the last few days, sparking speculation and rumours that he is about to make the first Arsenal signing of the transfer window. After Wenger ruling out any move for the 20-yeat old winger Wilfried Zaha, and Newcastle apparently on the verge of completing the transfer of Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa from Montpellier, two mkore potential additions to the Arsenal squad have passed us by.

Assuming that Wenger was not merely shopping for Lederhosen and Bratwurst, there are a number of possible transfer targets in the Bundesliga that could be on Arsenal’s radar. There have already been suggestions that the rumoured £30 million bid from Arsenal last week was not for Edinson Cavani but for Mario Gotze from Borussia Dortmund. .......Read the full article here

We may never find out if Arsenal made an offer of £30 million to the Serie A club, Napoli, for the transfer of their Uruguayan hit man Edinson Cavani, but if we did they have turned us down. it is not surprising realyy, and was only ever going to be an opening bid. Cavani is one of the most sought after strikers in world football and has a contract with Napoli until 2016, so it would take more than £30 million to persuade them to sell. .......Read the full article here

Has Wenger bid £30 million on Mario Gotze? by KJ

Yesterday, the ever-reliable @GeoffArsenal exclusively revealed that Arsenal have placed a bid of £30 million on a mystery player that is not being revealed. The most likely reason is that it could jeopardise any deal if the media find out. Many have said that this “mystery player” is in fact Napoli striker, Edinson Cavani… However, I have a different theory. .......Read the full article here

You have to hand it to the Arsenal boss, he is a cool customer. While journalists and Arsenal fans work themselves into a frenzy, Arsene Wenger seems almost horizontal and usually has a smile on his face during interviews and press conferences. After dropping a couple of bombs by admitting his interest in Wilfried Zaha and Edinson Cavani, Wenger has gone back to his usual self by hinting that Arsenal may leave it until the last two days before signing any new players.

“The prices go always up at the start of the transfer window, and go down in the last week. .......Read the full article here

Arsenal rumoured to have bid big for a player by Twig

According to rumours on Twitter, Arsenal have reportedly bid 30 million pounds for a player today. The story originated from the trusty GeofArsenal who has got some insider information on Arsenal correct in the past. Wenger has consistently said he would bid that much if he found the right player. His comments after the Swansea game show that Arsenal is indeed looking but that he would not mention names.

So which player could it be? Wenger notoriously bids a bit less than the parent club think the player is worth. In that light, if the rumour is true, it is quite possible that the player in question could be Falcao or Cavani who could easily cost more than the 30 million pounds reportedly offered. .......Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger is leaving it a bit late to get his transfer business done and bring in some new players that Arsenal need. He must have some players in mind, however, after promising that the club was going to spend some money, and a substantial amount at that.

Wenger was explaining the club’s situation on Al-Jazeera TV, and he said that Arsenal were now over the situation we have been in for years due to the financing of the Emirates stadium, which will be music to the ears of Gooners everywhere.

“My plan is to keep all the players we have and then to add, maybe if possible, two new players to the squad, we will spend big. .......Read the full article here