Well the star has an article saying Arsenal are the front runners to sign Aubameyang. So that's him signing then... True the article also says we've bid £20m for troy deeney but never mind that!
Apparently Elneny's Basel mates have been wishing him goodluck at Arsenal. Egyptian press saying work permit was secured 2 days ago. Are we waiting to announce 2 signings at once (I need to PEA )
I'd love it if we got PEA, but that is asking for too much during the Jan transfer window. But I guess we can wish...
I hope so, it should get him nicely acclimatised for the Liverpool game on the bench (to soon for the Sunderland game IMO, unless he's on the bench for emergencies), then he can fight for a possible starting spot against Stoke to help rest some of our knackered players.
Get him into the FA as a minimum. But he should be match fit, so should be able to come in pretty quickly, but as a second half sub for 20 minutes would be a good move.
The way we are playing and with our fitness/fatigue issues I can't see us cruising at any point to be honest...
I don't think there will be, hence why we've gone and got him so quickly. It's good to see Wenger make a snappy decision in the market and get cover in an area we are struggling in. If he proves to be a good buy then he could well be one of the best buys in the Jan transfer window and improve our chances significantly.
The Torygraph are reporting that we have made a £44m bid for Aubameyang http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...make-44.6m-Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang-bid.html
"If I find the right quality I will do something. I love a bargain, who doesn’t love a bargain?" Arsene Wenger, manager
Arsene Wenger has confirmed that a deal for Mohamed Elneny is close to completion having taken a little longer than expected. Negotiations with the Egyptian’s club, FC Basle, have been successful with the hold up down to work permit complications. There’s no suggestion the move could collapse with Wenger happy to speak openly about the midfielder in his pre-Sunderland press conference. “The deal is complicated a little bit,” said Wenger. “We work hard on it, we hope in the next two to three days we get to the end of it. He added: “The only [signing]? I don’t rule out anybody else. He [Elneny] will at least be one of the signings and comes into an area where we are short at the moment.” The boss also tackled a series of questions on other transfer business, admitting Mathieu Debuchy could still leave the club this month. “He has an opportunity to go, yes, but we’ve not been in touch with any club,” noted Wenger. Spurious rumours linking Watford’s Troy Deeney with a move to the Emirates and a Chelsea approach for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain were dismissed as rubbish by a chuckling Wenger.
