Wenger lines up Fabregas replacement – Sami Nasri!
It is being reported this morning in the respected English paper The Guardian that Arsene Wenger will only allow Cesc Fabregas to move to Barcelona if Sami Nasri re-signs his extension this week.
Wenger is willing to let Nasri replace Fabregas as the highest paid player at the Emirates and allow him greater freedom on the pitch in exchange for his loyalty, but conversely if Nasri refuses to sign then Wenger will fight tooth and nail to keep Fabregas at the club.
They reckon that Wenger is considering changing the Arsenal formation back to 4-4-2, which means it won’t be so easy to accomodate Fabregas in that line-up. This is why Wenger would prefer Nasri to be the one that stays while using the money from Fabregas’ sale to reinforce the other areas of the team.
They also say that other than Gervinho and Ricky Alvarez, Wenger’s main target is Everton’s Phil Jagielka who will bring the “maturity and experience” that is so desperately needed in Arsenal’s back line.
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I hope this article become true!
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HOPE this is true cos we are already 10 men on the pitch when fabregas starts so if unfortunately our player is sent off then we play 9 against 11.he should go 4 nasri to stay
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if this is true then absolutely great news but i wonder how the formation could be changed to 4 4 2 it is more of a 4 3 3 with song,dm,samir rcam,jack lcam and the three forwards gervinho lf walcott rf and vanpersie cf and adding jagielka is a great news at the moment he is the best 4 what we need he is experiened english and has leadership qualities and even if clichy goes we would be able to replace him the squad wil be perfect then but we also need a mentor for schezny who can stil keep like given
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Hmmm, wenger keep nasri but be more active in the transfer market. We can hardly cope with ur pace. Go 4 Cahill, Samba, Parker, Eto o n co. Guners are getting sick n tired of the prof of economics.
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Pls must we wait for fab to be sold b4 we strenghten our team nd wat will be of the initial moni given to wenger?
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Fabregas can no longer be described as a priceless asset of Arsenal.Just take a cursory look at the his contribution to team work for the past two years. He is most of the time nursing injury. Sometimes he has to play through pain. Pschologically, he is a Barcelonian. For how long can Wenger stick to his decision of denying the youngster the opportunity to player for a team of heart? Just let Cesc leave. We all love him, but at least he has paid his dues. All the players know he wants to leave.Can such a player lead a squad that wants to win a trophy? Wenger, drop your economicas jacket and wear a spectacle of psychology and let the inwardly agrieved young chap leave, whether Nasri stays or not.
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he really should let Fab go.A player that doesnt want 2 b at a club is almost a minus.you could see it in his performances last season.
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Let Fabregas go, arsenal can do better without him. His going to be a prince at Barcelona, not a king as he used to be.
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If Cesc leaves he shouldn’t go less than atleast 40m,but one thing is for sure he would regret that for the rest of his life by getting frustrated at sitting on the Barca bench for the next 2 years.
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Fab is irreplaceable…
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Liked the post. It certainly makes sense. IMO I think we have seen the best of Fabregas, both physically AND mentally. He should now go home and whether or not he warms the Barcelona bench for a while, he will be happy. Like many an ex-Arsenal player he may well regret leaving. Most of them do.
The only people to come out of this whole affair with a total lack of honour are those who work for FC Barcelona.
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Apparently Barca are planning a bid in excess of GBP 33m, if Arsenal can get Nasri to sign an extended contract (hopefully for 5 years!!) that would be great for the club, for barca, and for Fabregas. a 4-4-2 with Nasri playing in the centre would be great because he would speed up play with his quick dribbling, and therefore Arsenal would be able to revert to their attack-minded counter-attacking football of old
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Arunava, nobody in this world is irreplaceable…pls grow up n smell the coffee my dear
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barcelona is the most disrespecting team ever….we know they r great on the field but not so on their attitude…..for example arsenal let them train on the eve of their champs league and in return puyol and pique grab a fabregas pic and just act dumb……….if u wan fab pay 40m..
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Well then let him go to barca its logic..it will be nice if nasri stays but if he doesn’t want to sell him to man utd…for 20…we can always get great players if he goes to man u take 10 in exchange of nani who is unsettled…
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hope this is true. Gervinho, Jagielka n Alvarez Will be great signing for AFC. hope Wenger signs C.Samba n Willian. then AFC will be title contenders next seasonn 2011/2012
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“The best laid plans of mice and men”. Hopefully this dreary saga as only a couple of weeks to run.
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I dont see any problem if we sell cesc at moment, we need to keep Nasri he is good but he cant play 10 to 20 with free injury but is not issue at all we will have Rambo to cover him.
The formation it shall be change from 4 4 2 and 4 3 3 to 4 1 4 1 and 4 2 4.
The first formation:
________________cheza________________
____sagna____samba____kos____tv5____
________________song________________
__garvinho__nasri__jack___alvarez___
________________rvp____________________.
Second formation 4 2 4:
________________cheza________________
____sagna____samba____kos____tv5____
____________song____jack____________
____garvinho____theo____rvp____alvarez____.
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4 me just let him go cos he dont want to stay at the club we will still exist even without him
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I would prefer if Fabregas stayed and Nasri left. I think Fab has a love for Arsenal while Nasri is a journeyman. Fab’s injury will not last for ever. If he leaves we have to start from scratch with regards to formation. Arsenal fans should not be carried away by all the reports. Fabregas is a very sensible young man who is torn between loyalty and first love. if he stays he will give his best. And the truth be told Nasri is good but he cannot influence the game like Fabregas does.
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helo my felow gunars d tin i wt 2 add in dis is 2 tell our boss 2 rainforce our pattern of playing bcos we cant used dat pattern 2 win trophe bt as 4 papa fab wenger should let him go if he insist 2 leave, ad as 4 alvarez,gervinho,samba wat is wenger weting 4 let him splash d cash out pls wenger das my own xprence. And let nasri not b sold.
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i want fab to go then i wanna see his face sitting on the bench for barca hes not gunna lay football for 6 years until xavi dies lol 1st team football i mean
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fab should just go and warm barca’s bench…i just feel when he goes….., trophies potential will be unlocked
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Wenger
Dont let players go. Keep them and strengthern the squard. Otherwise, you will be dealing with recruitment every season, and there will be no day the team will mature
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Eh… what a good idea! Thats why the professor is the best for arsenal. Quickly collect the 30 or 35 and bring on Phil and Gervihio.
The rest U live it for the opponets to suffer.
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Remember d home game against wba, d game we lost, all the players wer resigned to defeat except nasri, nasri was d only one tat play his heart out. You’d all say nasri got just a good half season, just like chamakh, but do you people realise tat rvp n fab wer injured in d first half of d season, n chamakh n nasri wer playing, it simply means tat nasri n chamakh are both more than capable of covering 4 fab n rvp, n nasri is more than gud enough to replace fab.
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Fab served with discipline then and not now, please let him go and re-enforce the squard. buy samba,Jagielka, bains,alvares,Garvinho and Eto’o. sale squilachi,denilson,clichy(if he does not want to sign) and Nick.
4-2-3-1
sagna-Samba-TV-Bains
____Song-Jack_______
–Walcot-Rvp-Nasri–
——–Eto’o——-
or
4-4-2
Sagna-Samba-TV-Bains
Garvinho/walcott-Song-Jack/Nasri-Nasri/alvares
———-Eto’o-RVp———–
With this we will be smiling every game week
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If Wenger reverts back to 4-4-2 then wnt it be a possibility that Arshavin can partner RVP at the top ? I thought that is the position where Archavin likes to play in. The Support striker… Which means we can get the best out of him too…
Good news///
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if u know all deep down of cesc n nasri deal how come u can’t give us serious transfer news not bulshits.shut ur mouth of or u need my dick in ur mouth.
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losing fab would leave a big scar but losing nasri is more a bitter pain for the squad. really.. there is no need to keep someone that has more love for another team. well that just me. arsenal should really fight hard for nasri not fab. sure fab is fabulous but nasri is the god. arsenal should fight hard to keep nasri coz sure he would be a grat asset for the squad. win more trophies attact more attention. that’s all is wat i hv to say. barca may won back fab y not arsenal try too win back gerald pique. just a suggestion anyway. may arsenal be invincible again. god bless arsenal
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Excellent plan.
Nasri’s potential is wasted out wide, it’s clear that he prefers playing through the middle and he is a much greater threat in that position.
If fabs leaves i think Nasri will have much more freedom to play where he likes, and become a much better player.
Fabregas’ heart isn’t at Arsenal any more, we should allow him to leave, as letting him stay may only hinder his performance for the club. Yet we can’t afford to lose both Samir and Fabregas..
Very good thinking Wenger (Y)
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hmm hope this is true, would like to see samba, alvarez, gervinho and oxlade come in.
I also think it’s stupid that people would want tv5 as left back
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Arsenal needs to sell Fab and revert to the 4-4-2 formation. Starting XI should be
———–Sczeney——–
Sanga—-Cahaill–TV5—-Baines
Ramsey—-Wilshire-Nasri—-Alvarez
———–Walcott—-RVP
This team will be contenders without breaking the bank.
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It is time to let Fab go.I am pleased that all the reactions have been soft on him.He has paid his dues and has done so much for us.We have been unfair to him by not matching his sacrifice with ambitions.His mates have won everything and all has to show are broken dreams from a manager who refuses to move with the times while he fantasizes with with his still birth role as Arsenals coach.Everybody is buying and we are as usual stuck with players linked and getting scared off by fees.End game,we buy cheap and old.The circle continues
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dont need to change formation, just a rearrangement of positioning. right now we barely have any players playing in the right positions. Fabregas is naturally a deep lying midfielder, along with Wilshere and Song. Nasri should be put into the playmaking role where he is most effective, with Ramsey as back up. What I would really like to see Wenger do is to buy some natural wingers ie. not Walcott or Arshavin, to support RvP at the front. That, a strong CB and a replacement for Clichy will be enough to give us the Premiership.
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in gods name sell or even give the guy to barca,so we can all move on. the sooner the better
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to salim,
i like your line up
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@Asif,
Well,it seems u need to do a reality check…We win 80% of the games that Fab plays and only 50% when he doesn’t…Facts dont lie mate…
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Fabregas should just leave bcoz he’s become a burden in the field.Arsena looses whenever he’s in.Wenger should just release him so as to get quality players
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Arsenal is more than how people think of it,we need few signing 2 restrenghened our club,so wenger make right decission at right time
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I like this scenario. I don’t mind letting Cesc go IF we keep hold of Nasri, and having Alvarez and Gervinho do Nasri’s job at the wings, it should come out as a great formation having Nasri in his favourite position where he does some damage everytime he gets to play as a 10.
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Its a Pity 2 see that you guys dont kno wat u want, fabregas had da most assists in premier league at arsenal even when injurd most times and having a heart 4 barcelona, THE BOY IS quality n replacing him by rambo or nasri is a step back, HLEB,FLAMINI,ADEBAYOR LEFT US did we improve?? If fabregas left we will need a 30 milion replacement..and all this talk about fab wanting to go 2 barca coz its his hometown is CRAP!!! wat waz he thinkin when signing a 5yr contract…lets face facts the reason fab wants 2 leav arsenal is becoz he thinks we cant win trophies…bring in a player in the mould of benzema or eto.,.. he wil thnk twice
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I think we should keep both guys, but the decision is the hands of the manager. if he allows fab to leave then he should also demand £30m+ Alecantra no problem.
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Rugby > Football
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let them stay
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I hope that both stay, but if their harts are not at Arsenal then let them go for the right price. If they stay I would like to see this line-up.
Szcesney
Sagna Samba Sakho Vermaelen
Song
Walcott Fabregas Nasri
Falcao Robin Van Persie
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my only say will b Wenger shud extend Nasri’s contract,Fab has till 2015(i’m sure Fab will stay)they r true gooners ,….they jus want to win trophies…
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gunners are becoming impatient with the slow pace of activity at emirates…..we need signings, why is prof frustrating our hearts? is it money you need? Pull quick fast ones this week!
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no comments
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i have heard we are bidding for a certain JUAN MATA!!!!
if we can bring MATA, i’ll wave cese goodbye with a smile… nah!! may be a smile then i’ll flip him off.
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Pls let him go and let’s have peace!what I really believe we should do is to have like 2 new very dangerous strikers…like falcao and eto o for once!let’s pay for these talents and achieve somefing!I personally believe it’s because we don’t bite well in front eventhough we always have d highest number of scoring chances in every match!….other teams know we they can always run at us with confidence since our backliners get to move towards opponents goalpost to assist attackers in their assignments.(Note-our defenders scores more than other defenders from other clubs)…..
I remember opponents never venture to rush at us when we had henry,berkamp,pires,lumberg who were very efficient at scoring!
But we still need to 2 additional backliners please!…I hope we get jageika,cahill and samba!
I love arsenal with ma blood!…but I won’t buy any merchandise this season.the board should notice at some point that fans are loosing interest!
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Hazard will be fine
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hi…j really feel like dying .atleast all these guys
can stay…j really dont buy that idea…
its always one team for true friendship….Cesc if avery good guy…may God be with him ,whre evr he is going.
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I think Fab should def leave… The boy’s teamwork and workrate is getting really poor. Nasri was on form early last season cos he had to fill in for fabs role and he even scores more goals than fab…
I knw Wengar is too stubborn headed to change our formation to 4-4-2 ..
schzeny
sagna samba cahill vermealaen
gervinho wilshere song arshavin
nasri rvp
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Arsenal fans, notice that AW has not signed anyone worthwhile or concluded any transfer deal so far, it’s just speculations with Arsenal being linked with a whole load of dozens of players and talks of who stays and who goes. AW and the Arsenal board should stop making noise and buy who they should buy and stop irritating the fans- enough of all these rubbish
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Fabregas and Nasri are two good but very different kinds of player. Fabregas can but, won’t dribble much; reads the game like no other; sees all sides of the pitch at all times; knows when to hurry the game and when to slow it down and best of all, picking up a striker in a good position right from the center of the pitch.
Nasri is a good dribbler, fears no one when he has the ball, but doesn’t pass it around that well. He kinda tends to overstay or over run with it till the advantage is lost.
Nasri is a rover and daring while Fabregas is the grown up who keeps everything together and makes sure the kids don’t wonder off.
Rosicky and Fabregas have more in common.
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may his soul in peace ….in advance…as wenger will not come back from malyasia cz many fan wanna kill him.kroenke or board should be keeping 2nd option for manager.
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i thnk all thz players shld stay,thn we do good signings thn we shall win trophies.let cahill,gavinho and the agentine midfielder come,it will futher convince cesc and nas to stay.BACK OFF CESC AND NASRI
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as arsenal signed alvalez or intermilan? Wenger needs to sign a Repitable Central Defender and Let Vamalen Play number three.
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that guy should go cause he nolonger has the Arsenal Heart, he in most cases fuels the speculations, i for one, i am fed up!……………….he should Leave!
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