How many times do Barca need to tell United that Cesc is not for sale? It must be getting awkward by now.
Liverpool seem to be waiting for a 50 million bid. Also, Suarez has said he wants to leave. Oh, and Arsenal's last bid was designed to allow talks to take place. So there's 3 very important differences!
Yeah lots of arsenal fans have been slating Moyes for being an amateur for persisting with Fab. Yet have no issue with the Suarez. Football fans have such Myopia. Lets not forget Wenger saying RVP, Fab , Nasri not going - still happens. FFS football fans need to grow up.
What i find interesting is Ian Ayres saying that Liverpool have no "intention" of selling Suarez.It reminds me of politics,a rumour goes around that a political party is going to introduce a law when in power.If that law is controvertial,the party is asked by a journalist if said law will be introduced.The reply is usually"We have no plans" Ayres did not say "We will definitely not sell Suarez" just that Liverpool have no "intention".He has chosen his words very carefully.
It means **** all really. I remember Wenger said something similar re Cesc and Nasri and we sold both. Rodgers said a few weeks ago that Reina would not leave Liverpool, then said he wouldn't be loaned out and a few days later that is what happened! If we meet the £50M asking price then they will give him to us, the thing is, as long as there is a possibility we can get him for cheaper with this release clause, the longer this will drag out. I don't think Suarez is willing to hand in a transfer request wavering his loyalty bonuses when he feels we have bid enough money for Pool to sell to us.
Good point. He also said "we have no intention to sell", I may be wrong, but that could reflect on their reticence and not Suarez's desire to move.
We've bid £40M and Liverpool want £50M.If we are to get him I've no doubt there will be a compromise in the fee.
If Liverpool do sell him then Ayres has the fall back of being able to say "We didn't intend to sell at the time"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/jul/12/arsenal-cesc-fabregas-samir-nasri-arsene-wenger liars all ........
Considering when BR was asked if there would be a cut-off point for the Reds to even consider offers, he said: “Yes and that period will come soon.”, I think it is pretty obvious we know it is likely he will go this summer. Ayre is obviously saying the right things to make sure we get as much money for him as we can. Plus, we don't want to be burning any bridges should we not receive the right offer (BR usually says things that he probably later regrets )
I reckon we must have some other targets lined up as well as Suarez, they might not all happen. But the amount of players we are clearing out suggests that there's more than one coming in ?
My thinking is that with all the players leaving we likely have AT LEAST 2 targets that we are confident of securing and most probably a handful of other targets that we are monitoring. I dont think we would have cleared out so much of the deadwood in the squad if we where not at least going to add some players to make up the depth. On top of all the plyers we have shifted we know Diaby is basically out for the season already with his current injury. I think we will see a striker and a midfield player as a minimum. I think we must be further along with transfers than the lack of noise suggests - i recon weh ave a couple of quite big deals on the go and we are trying to keep thinks silent!
I think Wenger and the board are not stupid, they know they can't release without bringing in new faces. At the moment we are thin, very thin squad-wise. First team looks reasonably settled. Despite what others say, I think we don't need too many more players in the first team to effectively challenge for some silverware. A brilliant striker being one of them. A holding mid is another priority. If Gerv is going, we'll bring in another LW? The main adjustments need to take place at squad level, we are light in certain areas, one being a top class goalie. Not really convinced by Fabianski. Too inconsistent. We also need backups for our CBS although Sagna has solved this problem somewhat. I hope we invest in some decent squad players this window.
First team are looking settled, but yes we still need a striker. I think it would be ideal if we could get another MF and I agree we need move cover at CB. We've shipped out Squillaci and Djourou and with Vermaelen out too - there are options with Sagna at CB and competition at RB to allow that, we still need to add another defender imo
If you need a striker then you shouldn't be looking at Suarez, he is a forward, not a striker; subtle difference being the players ability to hit the target on a regular basis, Suarez doesn't!
I couldn't give a flying **** if people call him a forward or a striker if he's banging in the goals for us
