Vela is in demand and Nasri and Bendtner are close to Arsenal exit
As the Premier League opening games draw nearer there certainly seems to be some movement in the Arsenal transfer market. The arrival of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain surprised nobody but it seems that Arsene Wenger will quickly recoup his expenditure when Samir Nasri joins Manchester City.
For a manager that hates paying over the odds for great players, Wenger conversely loves squeezing extra money out of anyone that buys an Arsenal player, and he usually gets his way when it comes to moneybags Man City.
Having paid enormous amounts for Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor in the past, Man City are now trying to get Samir Nasri for £22m this summer but of course Wenger is trying to extract another couple of the Sheikhs millions to swell the Arsenal coffers.
Meanwhile it seems that Nicklas Bendtner may finally be close to sealing his desperately-wanted exit from the Emirates (huge sigh of relief). He refuses to name the interested parties but the rumours are saying Stoke City, Borussia Dortmund and Sporting Lisbon are in the hunt.
Bendtner implied that he had found the interested club, and now it was up to the Gunners to agree the price with ????? He said yesterday: “Yes. I have done my part as well as I can and it’s up to Arsenal now to sort it out, I can’t do anything more.
“Hopefully it will be sorted soon but as I said to the Danish press, when I know something they will.
“I would like to play at a place where you are happy and play every week, that is the most important thing for any football player and hopefully that will happen soon.”
When specifically asked if he was talking to Stoke he replied: “I can’t say anything about who I have been speaking to, but hopefully it will all get sorted out soon.”
So it is probably Stoke then……
It is possible that Carlos Vela will get his long-awaited promotion to fourth-choice striker once Bendtner has gone, but it seems more likely that he will be spending yet another season out on loan. Real Sociedad, Galatasary and Real Zaragoza have al been linked with a move for the 22 year-old Mexican, but today its being reported that the Ligue 1 side Lorient are hoping that Wenger will let him move to France for a year.
But then again, his agent, Eduardo Hernandez, said just this week: “The recent rumours in the media are false, Vela will not leave Arsenal. I had eight meetings with the club officials recently and they clearly told me that Vela is not for sale”.
Could he just have been playing with his words? I mean Vela could easily still go out on loan without being “for sale” or “leaving Arsenal”……
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when are the rumors or hopefully facts of squillaci leaving us going to start?????????
i hope Cahill is one of the signings we are due to see during this week. And I still don’t see that “super quality” signing, is it hazard?? gotze?? mata?? or Wenger cannot state truth in his comments anymore??
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If cesc Nasri bender vela and eboue leave we need to ensure we signing replacements for two if not 3 of them. It’s important to do business now the delay so far means we could quite possibly be out of any title or champions league competition in three weeks time. Nasri is an utter disgrace and should be held in the same regards as cashly ahole to turn down 120 grand a week and alledge he hasn’t been tapped up is utter BS. Where will he play for city?
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Please squllaci join join them on transfer list you are not good atall
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If I was going to play for Stoke I wouldn’t tell anyone either!!
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Who the f**k cares.
Wenger played Flamini out of position at left back. Result: he left.
Wenger plays Nasri out of position at left mid. Result: he’ll leave.
Wenger plays Vela out of position at left wing. Result: he’ll leave.
Wenger plays Bentdner out of position at right wing. Result: he’ll leave.
Wenger plays Walcott out of position at right wing: Result: generally poor performances.
Wenger has no ability to manage my team anymore and should either go upstairs as Director of Football or leave.
No more b**locks from him anymore.
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I`d like to say, “I don`t believe a word that Wenger says” but he spares me that embarrassment; he doesn`t say anything. He makes his living by keeping his mouth shut whereas the media have to earn a quid by the “guess and print” method.
There`s nothing anyone can do ,except wait and see.
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I pray that evry player underestimated Arsenal and leaving us would lost their carrier and have along long time injury…leaving their club for money or silver ware!!! How can a player dream of that? Without trying to win it all with their club..why did they joint at first if they are not to give all of their hearts to Arsenal… Nasri and Cesic learn ur lesson from henry,helb n viera who lost all of their pride else where..they will be dreaming of their times at Arsenal where they play a beautiful game.
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Gotta say… As a football manager, Arsene Wenger makes a good commodity [player] trader
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Same happened last season everyone moaning, writing us off and we were closer again than the season before, granted we didnt lose our 2 best players but lets not forget wilshere is better than fabregas was at that age and ramsey was infront of wilshere in the pecking order until his broken leg, Vermealen back, schezny is a great keeper, song has improved every season, a fit van persie, its like getting 6 new players, Ramsey, Verm, Ryo, Gervinho, Oxlade, Jenkinson, a quality centre back and a left back for cover and we wont be far off, and if wenger wants to splash the cash 35m for mata would be my choice. same happens every season and we just need that last push and we’ll be fighting for trophies again.
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@goons with guns’
walcott:was a striker,now winger
van persie:was a centre attakin midfielder(cam),now a striker
nasri:was a cam,now LW.and he even stated dat hes not at ease at wide….
denilson:was a cam,now a cdm
alex song:was a cb,now a cdm
bendtner:was a cf,now a rs
vermaelen:was a lb,now a cb
i dont think all d players above will b happy playin out of position……….
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Wenger wenger
wenger whats wrong with u.old age ya old age m an arsenal but who is dissapointed with u.hope u leave us soon if not laiter.u u u u suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk wenger
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Wenger is right to sell Nasri- he played well for the opening six months of the season but is one of the players that when the going gets tough, cannot stand up and lead the team. If he were to get injured this season, everyone would be saying ‘why the hell didn’t we sell him when we could’ and we would lose out on £25mil. Common sense to me. the frustration is that the money will not be re-invested in super quality but 17 year olds from league one. As for Fabregas- the club can afford to play hardball with him. I think they will reluctantly let him go but again if it is for £40mil then it’s not a bad piece of business for a player so desperate to leave he is willing to pay his own transfer fee! The frustration here is that Wenger will not buy a replacement but promote Ramsey based on one game vs. United last season. I can’t wait for the recycled quote from Wenger that he will give us which is ‘signing another player will hinder Ramsey’s development’- just as he did when he sold Clichy and replaced him with another kid with potential. I don’t believe Wenger should go- i think he’s a good manager but I think someone in the boardroom needs to put more pressure on him to sign better quality players instead of lining their pockets. when we lose £17mil for not qualifying for the champions league, maybe then they’ll listen to the fans!
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i hope we can sort out the Nasri and Cesc issues asap. we are hung there and can do nothing on the transfer, other than defensive players. Should we sign big name replacement for them? what if they stay? we have no money to sign big name players if they stay. Anyway, nobody is bigger than the clubs, those who want to leave, just leave, and leave us some good fund as well. i would rather have a grade A- player to play for us with 100% commitment than a grade A+ player with his heart else where.
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Asernal is not dead as people believe.It is still a strong team and you will see it when the season begins. People who watched Manchester city play in the community sheild saw how it is still mechanical and still lacks alot. As for FABREGAS if he goes he may regret his move. Nasiri is still young and needs to stay in Asernal otherwise he may regret like Adibayo. Asernal can not be religated.It will remain among the top four. Ibet it will win at least a trophy this season. Asernal funs stay cool. Clubs which buy very expensive players do not stay strong for long. YOU know them.
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Nasri is leaving our club due to lack of ambition!! Nasri stated himself that he was willing to sign a contract extension midway through last season but nobody approached him, why was he not approached?? This is negligent in the part of management, these kind of mistakes are becoming familiar with Wenger!! To make matters worse he’s going to replace a world class player like Nasri with a 17 year old unproven kid and at the same time put money in the packets of the greedy shear holders, every ones happy, EXPECT FO US FANS!! WENGER MUST BE SACKED ASAP!!
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Wenger is just a good financial manager and if Arsenal wants to realize good moneys at the end of every season, they should post Wenger to that position.
If Arsenal fans and payers are to be satisfied then another Coach is necessary.
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Wenger,sell both of them vela,nasir and bendtnet in other to get enought money to buy talented players.SIR KBO2 M.SHINKAFA,BAUCHI-NIGERIA.
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What happen to 40millions that AW supposed to have??? Where is the Money?? The board of directors are speaking craps by saying that AW has 40 million pound to spend and why he is waiting to sell Cesc and Nasri and Bendtner in order to recoup…
SACK the whole boards of Directors and AW..let the Dean and Russian shareholders run the show..The fans have given up hope of AW!
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Where are some of you getting your grammar from?!
I’m not a bandwagon jumper but Wenger has had his day and needs to give a different manager an opportunity to make my club successful again. Let Nasri and Cesc go, Buy Mata and Samba/Cahill and give Ramsey a run in Midfield. Introduce Miyachi and Chamberlain and we should be good.
Otherwise be prepared to drop out of the top 4. Man C, Liverpool and Chelsea have strengthened as have Man U… It’s an uphill struggle.
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let them leave and take a cb – cahil, a ld – cissokho, a striker – moussa sow and a palyer to replace cesk – hamsik/mata!!! AND BARTON…we need him!!
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Who ever that is not committed to arsenal should leave wheithe, cesc,nasri,bentner,clichy. I mean whoever. But for wenger, he has turn the beautiful game of football,trophy and arsenal to a business entity. Not willing to spend money, but love to sell at a higher price. He should leave and be an economist. Buy quality players and see if we wont win trophies. Look at the invinsible team of 2004. There were not young and inexperience players like the ones we have in the squad now. Henry,Pires,Reyes,Viera,Lugberg,Giberto,Flamini,e.t.c. Godwin 4rm Edo state Nigeria.
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pls arsene wenger should sign peter odemwingie of west brom.only him can change arsenal.he is a zealous footballer.he can score,assist and even defend.truly i love him.guys pls i want you all to help me pass this message to wenger.and another quality of the boy is that he is strong and fit,skilled and entertaining with beautiful shots.most of all,he is humble..pls guys lets build arsenal again.and i believe this boy can do it…
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i don’t see any reason to release Nasri he has just ask what he worth 120k that’s all. what is the problem with wenger and the board? y wenger is building news young team again which we have to wait for another 5 years and same story will repeat,like today.
wenger paid 15m pounds for chamberlin boy. imagine how much will it cost to buy players like Nasri for us if he was other side and wenger is ready to sell him for just 22m.
wenger is gone mad…..as well as board.
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You said he s replacing nasri with an unknown kid, did you know nasri before he came to arsenal?
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Compare and contrat this team that won the 2003/2004 invinsible and the ones we have for 6 years now. LEHMANN,LAUREN,CAMPBELL,TOURE,COLE,LJUNGBERG,VIEIRA,GIBERTO,PIRES,BERGKAMP,HENRY. Apart from the fact that this team were men,compare to boys we have in the team. There were experience,serious,dedicated and love the club,compere to these boys,that are inexperience,not serious,have non chalat attitude and dont have the interest of the club. Some of them just want money. Who ever is not willing to give 101% to the club as a player should leave. Godwin Victor Ekoh from Edo state, Nigeria.
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i will be very disapointed if nasri leaves us,arsenal made him who he is ryt now.
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Nasri should be replaced by Douglas costa of shaktar.
Cesc will have his spot filled by jack. Please get rid of squal
and bring in Cahill/mertersaker (who allegedly wants a PL move)
or vertongen. We desperately need cover for v. Persie bc chamakh
has not yet adjusted to the league. Go for p. Cisse of friedburg,
leandro dimoa out of brazil, or k. Huntelaar from s04. These players
would provide real depth, and not crumble and concede when put on
the pitch.
Douglas costa – 18-20 mil
Mertersaker – 10-14 mil
P. Cisse – 12-15 mil
That leaves the board with what they initially invested, 40-50 mil. We all
that the board won’t allow AW to exhaust all of his allocated funds bc all
they’re in it for is money.
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@lewi infect I had heard of Nasri , Nasri was like Hasard is today, he was class even then!! So lewi do u want us to be a academy for baca and city?? We bring in young talented players turn them to stars, then we sell them for big money!! It’s good for business but not good for passionate working class fans like sum of us, who pay top whack to watch a bunch of losers!! HATE WENGER LOVE ARSENAL
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@Baz you make a lot of noise without substance to it. I like to see you sack AW. Do you have any idea what it takes to manage in any capacity. You do not sack someone that has managed to keep you at the top with very limited funds from the club. On what grounds would he be sacked? Underachieving is it? He is not an underachiever with the funds available to him. Top 4 finish in the last 6 years and helping the club to maintain a very healthy financial stand and not on the verge of going into Administration like some clubs (Manure if not careful).
Do you intend to bring another manager who would spend so much money and still not deliver. Chelsea spend over 50 million last year but did not win the PL nor CL. Success is not guaranteed based on how much you spend (Mancity another ex). we shall wait and see when the season starts where Arsenal currently stand. Ian Wright should shut up as well he was very critical of Arsenal last season as well then turnaround when the team was beating every opposition until Feb 2011. @Baz go and look for something to do and stop screaming about AW getting the sack. I doubt you’ve ever hold a stable job yourself. You won’t be here every minute looking for something neg to say about AW. Either u like it or not he is doing his job and i can’t wait to see what little surprise he has for the club in regards to further signings. Enough complaining on this site it was the same last season. It’s like u lot are helping the players make up their mind about living the club when they haven’t come out and say anything. I like to see the back of any player that is not loyal to the club and replace them with the kids Manure did it in the CS and came back from 2-0 down to beat the so called big spender CITY. LOL
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U must key into wenger philosophy to understand him.He says,he wants to buy & I believe him;He says d price must be right,which for me is logical…Patience! Patience! is all dats rqrd. My only fear is d injury to key players. Fellow gooners we‘ve been tru ds road b4 & always come out great. Pls let d game begin…
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Oouuuu!!!! Jst let them leave, we wasn’t knw them be4. And now do replace them with the other players who have talentend 2. That is the critcal thing. Bout 4 us Haznd, as a replecment of nasri,, Demba sisse as 4 Betnr, and Joel Campell 4 vera. We are unhappy al thoes seasons, and we nee 2 be pround ths season. Go go go go nasri go.
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@ Abbey
Not everyone has to share the same views as you. If you like Wenker, good for you – maybe you should start up a ilovewenker.com website and all you AKBs can get together there.
Again, the famous “limited funds” AKB excuse is thrown around. I will say it again, just ask Wenker how much he is earning before you talk about “limited funds”.
IN WENKER AND AKBs WE RUST!!!
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Come on Wenger. Let Squillaci go. And bribg in Samba and Cahill. And do buy Juan Mata . Please give Vela a chance. He can shine if hes been given enough opportunity. Please Vela the chance he deserved. He has waited long enough for it. Or we might lose him to another club.
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most of the pro wenker team talk exactly like him
how lame,get a life n try to be your own self before starting to judge ppl.
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@Abbey- what I have posed has substance, it’s there for everyone to see, except the dumb and the blind, is Arsenal not in a mess?? Wenger was a great manager, he did well with limited resources a long time ago, at present we are one of the richest clubs in the world with a war chest of over 40 million but still he refuses to buy!! Wenger should be SACKED ON THE GROUNDS OF failing to win silverware for 6 seasons, for continuing to use failed systems, floored tactics, for not seeing what the world can, not buying quality players for the positions we most need them in eg CB’s LB DM GK ST!! For tuning our club into a academy for the likes of baca and city, he lies to us, he makes false promises, he buys bargain basement players, do u really want me to carry on?? We need a manger who can see a clear picture, get rid of the dead wood who he owes nothing to and buy the right players for the right positions, this will not cost 50 or 60 million so don’t give us that pro Wenger sh#t pal!!! Ian wright has the bottle to tell it like it is, u should respect that. By the way I do have a job which I held for 8 years but the difference between me and you Abbey is that I am a winner and u a loser!! @ gunnersfan these pro Wenger fans are so dumb they still can’t see it!! Lol HATE WENGER LOVE ARSENAL
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@Abbey – question for you: when is not winning anything at all going to be a problem for you??? 7 years, 8 years, 9 years – A DECADE??
You are talking loser-shit: any year without winning anything is a failure. End of. We’ve had 6 failures. When is enough actually enough?
All this – we’ll be better next year, the year after, the year after… we’re building for the future crap is just so much crap.
Lock at Manure – they have built for the future – whilst winning the league. They pay top-dollar for the players they need. As do Chelsea, as do Man City. And event the Scum.
We don’t. Ever. Pay. Top. Dollar. Why???
Coz we have an elderly frenchman who is out of his time and doesn’t like spending money…
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Bendtner should be happy to wind up in a Championship side (or a lower-end Bundesliga team) — or back in Denmark. He’s a lummox.
Vela I would miss. He’s a sneaky, crafty guy who can come of the bench and change the flow of the game. And he knows how to finish.
I’d rather not have Nasri if he’d rather not be with us. Same with Cesc. Good players they are, but if they aren’t committed to the team, then good riddance.
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As much as i would like to agree with most of your comments I can’t because it is very flawed. You refer to 40m has a huge budget but it isn’t looking at the current transfer market. I’m not a looser but you all talk like loosers because if you can’t tell the difference btw gold and silver then u must be a looser. You compare 40m of Arsenal to the endless resourses of Man City and Chelski. Mancity bought one player which is worth almost our transfer budget. I ask you lot again has liverpool not spent more than 40m??? The price of 2 average players bought by liverpool is worth Arsenal’s transfer budget. Am not finished, lets come down to wages; Arsenal’s highest paid is 110,000 wk compared to Man Utd, Chelski, Man City even Liverpool. You lot think with your Ass not your head. You should direct your Anger at the Board that’s only concerned about profit sharing and not the manager trying to get bargains on a misery budget. @Baz i don’t care what u and your fellow anti AW says; this whole **** about AKB’s you rust. You and your comrades will surely rust with your mentality…I hope you swallow your tongues when Arsenal put you and all the critics to shame once again just like in previous years. I’m not happy we are not winning the league every year but we have not been doomed in the last 6 years like you all say every year. I am a gunner true true (not u false supporters – the likes that would boo your own team) and not a Wenger lover but love arsenal to core and will not sit back and allow morons like @baz talk shit about Arsenal (at the pretence of AW). stop this rubbish about AKB’s – These are people who are genuinely concerned about the club not idiots like @Baz and Anti – AKB’s we rust.
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This site is called just Arsenal so lets focus in that and stop campaign’s about AW and AKB’s and how to throw somethung at the manager or wanting to punch him…Develop your own hate website so we won’t have to listen to your sad comments. Sickening on daily basis having to listen to your rants. This is somethign i expect from Spuds fans not so called Arsenal supporters. Peace out
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@ Abbey
This site is called Just Arsenal and NOT Just Arsene. I am tired of AKBs like yourself who talk a load of nonsense and make ridiculous excuses for Wenker. Here’s the common and most famous AKBs excuses in no particular order:
1) Limited budget.
2) Built a stadium.
3) Who can replace Wenker?
Get real and IN WENKER AND AKBs LIKE YOU WE RUST!!!
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Does AW read all these comments made by the fans on these page? I doubt much, so i have no comment to make.
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Well said @Chairman Gallant I can’t imagine ever working my socks off for such pitiful bunch as some idiots on this page. Arsenal earned it’s reputation through loyal fans not this current of fans that does not know what loyalty means. You glory hunters know where you belong with Chelski and Man city where u have endless resources to play with…Good ridance to you lot.
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Baz you’re and idiot
Abbey you have common sense
aint that the TROOF
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@Abbey stop posting under different names to back your foolish points, yours and troops ip address’s match u muppit!! When did I compare us to man city or Chelsea??? 40 mil plus the sales of dead wood players and players what don’t want to play for a loser, for a manager like Wenger, would get us a few CB’s DM LB CF!! AKB’s like you make me sick, fans like u gave bought our club to this mess!! ABBEY YOU ARE A LOSSER, if u wasn’t u wouldnt except this farce going on at our club!! Gunnersfan Theres no point wasting time with idiot AKB’s, PRICKS like ABBEY!!
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Here’s a question:
If your country is going to the dogs and your government is to blame won’t you criticize it? By criticizing it does it mean that you are actually against your country?
I think it’s the same situation here, Arsenal are a big club and we have achieved precious little in the last few years. Happy to stay in the top 4 is showing a huge lack in ambition.
We are all aware that our major problem is defense, we talked about it last year it was there for a blind man to see, however nothing has been done to rectify it. Isn’t it justified for fans to question when a glaring problem area is not being looked at? does that make them spuds supporters? I mean common! this line of reasoning is childish!
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