Nooo that was the best part of his game. [video=youtube;uueLbIU1bmg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uueLbIU1bmg[/video]
It would be nice is we had Sagna next season from an insurance point of view, but at some point we need to transition a new full back and I am not sure how well rotating the position works. It really depends on whether you like the "Competition for places" cliché, or the "Has to step up" cliché.
Apparently Higuain is interested in a move to Arsenal http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...n-hints-Arsenal-move.html?ico=sport^headlines Rooney's agent has also said on Talksport that Rooney would be interested in a move to Arsenal
Looks like Kos could be off. Apparently he's done an interview, and what he said was scarily similar to what RVP said. Is Darren Dein his agent too?
Did you actually read what he said, basically that h loves it at arsenal and wants to challenge for the league, the headline is taken way out of context, plus he has 4 years left on his contract, completely different from the RVP situation.
Sounds like a put-up-or-shut-up message to the club. And about time too. They have no excuses left this summer. They must turn Arsenal into a force to compete for the league.
If I had to pick between Rooney and Higuan, hmmm, I'd go with Rooney, I think Higuan could be a goal machine as much as Rooney can be for us, but what Rooney brings is that extra passion and fight that I think we desperately need. Common Wenger, get Rooney and Fabregas, :-D.
Couldn't agree more. Another inadequate summer would be completely unacceptable, we have the means and opportunity to improve the squad and if this is not done it will be impossible to claim that footballing success is the top priority of the club.
I'll respectfully disagree. Rooney looks past his best, and isn't exactly equipped well to deal with playing at the top level for another 5-8 years. Higuiain is in far better shape, is cheaper, and will want about 180k less per week than rooney (80kpw as opposed to 260kpw), saving us a fortune long term.
Mental! Any takers? http://www.marca.com/2013/06/04/en/football/international_football/1370375173.html
So his logic is to sell the best midfielder in the league? OK Arsene, now's your chance, you missed out on him (Mata) last time, get it done this time.
From Arseblog: The hysteria that greeted some comments by Laurent Koscielny was absolutely typical of very little being blown out of all proportion, of people choosing to read only the bits which will allow them become outraged, enraged, inraged or any other kind of raged you can think of. Koscielny spoke to Eurosport, and said: I feel good at Arsenal. I’ve just come to the end of a complicated season, especially the first six months, but it’s over now. I do not want to go anywhere. So, that’s fairly all right, right? Nothing to get too bent out of shape about. But then, he spoke about leaving if the club didn’t win things, saying: I want to win titles and I hope the club has the means. It deserves it. If the club has the means to compete with the best, I have no reason to leave. But if it fights every year for Champions League [qualification] it’s hard psychologically to be under such constant pressure. Again, he wants to win things with Arsenal but if we don’t he might think about going somewhere else. Hardly a unique point of view. And isn’t it a good thing that he wants the club to be competitive rather than just drifting along? Haven’t we had enough of players content to amble through their careers? I want to lift trophies and to have a winning record. I hope the club will give me the means. If this weren’t the case, I’d look elsewhere. Paris [Saint Germain]? I don’t know. I’ve not heard anything. Same thing. He’s saying if we don’t win something he’d think about leaving. But we’re unlikely to win anything this summer, are we? At the very earliest it’d be some time next year (usually around February, haha) before it became apparent we weren’t going to lift a trophy, but my hope, and one I’m sure is shared by many of you, is that we’re a more competitive team and will be in hunt for silverware much closer to the end of the season. I’ve seen people criticising him for mentioning PSG, as if it’s some hint. I’ve seen people criticise him for talking at all, but players talk to the media all the time and I think this was part of being away with the French squad. The media love nuggets like this, especially when it’s quiet. Some of the headlines have been ludicrously overblown, and when you realise Koscielny didn’t just call a press conference and proffer those quotes to all and sundry, then it’s even less of an issue. He was asked fairly leading questions (thanks, Ollie): - ‘Regarding your future, where will you play next season?’ - ‘Isn’t it gruelling to go through season after season without winning trophies? What could incite you to leave?’ - ‘PSG are on your case, have they been in touch?’ So it’s not as if he just went off on a diatribe about our lack of trophies, he was asked directly about that situation, asked if he’d been contacted by PSG, and asked about his future. He answered those questions fairly honestly, and in the end I come back to ‘I feel good at Arsenal. I do not want to go anywhere.’
I see you have released Arshavin, Denilson and Squillachi. Surprised you couldn't find buyers for them, none are poor players as such, even if not good enough for your first team?
