Man City were said to be interested a few years ago...then the selfish buggers sacked Mark Hughes. We'd have broken even on him then!
Hi all, Could i just borrow a minute of your time again? Just doing a 'ask the opposition' transfer edition for an Arsenal website. If possible could you answer these questions? What area/s of weakness do Arsenal have on the pitch? What player/s would improve that weakness? Jovetic or Higuain? Julio Cesar or Szczesney? What player would you buy from Arsenal and why? Anyone willing to give it a go could you please PM the answers, cheers much appreciated, Nick
You badly need a D.M. A player like Sandro( No! You can't have him) Not sure on that one - not seen enough of either. Cesar Cazorla - classy player.
Not sure why you need it PM'd, but here's my take in public Higuain - though neither scare me from what I've seen. Cesar next season. Chesney will be decent in the future, but still not mature enough for a keeper. As my colleagues have said, Cazorla. Exactly the sort of player we need. Next best bets are Wishere and Walcott. The rest I wouldn't want at all, as they are not improvements on what we have. Edit: too busy thinking about Cazorla playing for Spurs, didn't answer all your question. Arsenal's weaknesses are that they lack width (even from the fullbacks) and a defensive midfielder - not a role I would ever have expected Arteta to play in is Everton days. If they had Lennon/Ben Arfa and Sandro/Fellaini they would be title chasing.
Their weakness isn't on the pitch, it's marauding around the technical area. A defensive midfielder is a must (Tiote might slot in well) as well as a decent keeper. Cesar would be a good bet, as QPR have to get rid of him ASAP. Cazorla would fit in well at Spurs, as he's exactly the sort of player we need - a creative midfielder who scores goals.
I think anyone signing Tiote would be a mistake, he'd had a poor season this year with poor form. He was good in his first year but given his most recent season it's too early to tell if that was a flash in the pan. Plus I believe he's got 5 years left on his contract so he'd hardly be cheap.
cheers for the input gents, much appreciated. Goodluck next season and keeping bale (only asked for PM so didn't clutter up your board)
I think you lack a clinical finisher, a DM and most certainly a goal keeper. Giroud has done OK in his first year but I don't see him ever becoming a threat like Henry/ van Persie and for a club like Arsenal being a "good" striker won't really cut it. Higuain would be ideal for you guys I think. Julio Cesar is 10x better than Chesney. From what I've seen of Chesney, he makes the odd save here and there but is too error prone. Cesar is one of the worlds best, **** knows why he went QPR (money). You never replaced Song, whom I thought was a very good DM. Someone like Matuidi would be great for you. Maybe Song himself would want a return seeing as Barca use him sparingly. I'd take Cazorla in a heart beat. Looks class.
What area/s of weakness do Arsenal have on the pitch? I don't like your new strikers. Podolski's okay but no more, and Giroud's a French Andy Carroll, but with less technique. The fact they score is because they're at the end of a Wenger-trained team with some very talented players in it. I've always been a Walcott fan. He made a considerable step up this year, and may continue to improve--I think the question may be how much time he's willing to put into training. Your defending has improved immensely since you benched Vermaelen. I'm still not a Mertesacker fan. You don't have a DM, but I'm not sure that's a weakness. I've gotten to like Arteta over time. What player/s would improve that weakness? Erm, Jovetic or Higuain, to name a couple. Jovetic or Higuain? Higuain, but I haven't seen Jovetic that much. Julio Cesar or Szczesney? Cesar. Szcz has proven to be a good pundit. Too bad about the 'keeping. What player would you buy from Arsenal and why? Cazorla, in a heart-beat, if we were willing to pay for him (Ha. Ha. Ha.). We need a first rate playmaker. Cazorla may have edged Mata for best playmaker all-PL, to me. Good as Mata is, he has more to work with. I can only guess you start Cazorla on the wing because you feel obligated to start Wilshire in the center. Your team is therefore better w/o Wilshire. Incidentally, I used to rate Wilshire very highly, though I dislike his chavvy ways. Now I'm afraid he's joining the list of young players who become injury-riddled through overuse. Too bad, because I don't want anyone injured.
Moutinho now saying he's happy to stay at Porto. ARSE!!! In other link-to-Porto-players-when-Andre-was-there news, we're being linked with Alvaro Pereira...a player best known for saying Patrice Evra should have observed the changing room omerta after being racially abused by Luis Suarez.
I'm getting quite bored with the Moutinho news now - he's becoming another Damiao. Is this David Bentley thing confirmed? If so, I'll update the front page.
Not officially, but probably the next best thing to it. The Guardian is claiming that we're back in for Damiao and Soldado. Both of them. Huddlestone, Parker, Gallas and Adebayor to leave. Sounds like idle speculation to me, to be honest. Could be true but it's probably a guess.
The Times is running s story this morning that Benteke is stalling on a contract talks. Mind you, it comes a couple of days after he was said to want to stay at Villa..... The Silly Season is getting into full flow early this year!!
I've read this morning that West Ham are confident about signing Lukaku from Chelsea,if they are selling him surely we should be in for him!,as he is getting on to being a top striker IMO
