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While were here optajoe says that carrick had the most interceptions in the cl - tied with howedes

Meh, Poor mans Coentr...I mean Marcelo.

Really don't understand this purchase when more experienced and accomplished left backs like Konchesky are on the market for lower price

Now Arsenal sign Enrique

Because unlike goal.com i dont believe he will sign a 5 year contract :lol!:

And before you ask Sep, i would rather play Shane Ferguson at LB than buy Konchesky

Decent signing by City imo i consider him overrated tbh but a decent lb none the less and will be better than anyone else they currently have there.

Manchester City have completed the signing of left-back Gael Clichy from Arsenal.

Clichy underwent a medical in the North West of England on Monday and has now sealed his exit from Arsenal, eight years after joining the Gunners.

A fee in the region of £7 million has been reported in the media, the defender having entered in the final year of his contract at Emirates Stadium.

The 25-year-old France international becomes City manager Roberto Mancini's first signing of the summer as the Italian plots for life in the Champions League next season.

Clichy, who was Arsenal's only remaining player from their Invicibles side, could be joined at Eastlands by Samir Nasri, according to speculation, with his compatriot's future also uncertain.

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/gael-clichy-joins-manchester-city

Meh. Hard to see him leave for only 8m or whatever, Arsenal usually rape City when it comes to purchases.

Meh I guess Kolarov, Zabaleta and Clichy can all play 33 mins a game. :lol!:

18m man kolarov or 7m man clichy

wonder whos gonna start

Can't wait to hear the reception for the little twerp at the Emirates come next season

now any top team with LB as problem area can get kolarov on cheap..i think it would be wise on inter's part to offload maicon,deploy nagatomo as RB and sign kolarov from city

A foreign team wouldn't be so bad, but I can't stand it when our starting XI players go straight to a direct rival . I still like Clichy, but he should understand that many will never forgive him for going to Man City...

Surag.Blueguy wrote:now any top team with LB as problem area can get kolarov on cheap..i think it would be wise on inter's part to offload maicon,deploy nagatomo as RB and sign kolarov from city

this is roughly how it plays out in my head...cant see it happening though

more likely that city holds on to both

still don't understand why he left... but whatever... no dues for him

Lex wrote:Can't wait to hear the reception for the little twerp at the Emirates come next season

I cant wait to see Gervinho making a fool out of the weak link. As an Arsenal fan I am happy he left, but pissed off that he left for MONEY CITY.

He will go on a loan by January time anyways.

soooo who else thinks he won't be properly replaced?

che wrote:soooo who else thinks he won't be properly replaced?

You crazy? We already have <insert unknown fifteen year old from some league 5 team here> ready to replace him

che wrote:soooo who else thinks he won't be properly replaced?

Wenger has habit of just letting things replace themselves. . Who knows Walcott or Bendtner can play left back next season or maybe denilson.

Lex wrote:

che wrote:soooo who else thinks he won't be properly replaced?

You crazy? We already have <insert unknown fifteen year old from some league 5 team here> ready to replace him

I hear he's the next Nigel Winterburn.

anyone know why he left?....im not asking for the normal "for the cash" excuse because arsenal dont really have anything other than a small salary to offer their players these days...

Eman wrote:I hear he's the next Nigel Winterburn.

Trust me, five years from now, Alypalooly FC will claim he has their DNA and will engage in a lengthy transfer battle to get him back for only £20 million

So lame. I'll be sure to watch his return to Emirates

nichabr wrote:anyone know why he left?....im not asking for the normal "for the cash" excuse because arsenal dont really have anything other than a small salary to offer their players these days...

Arsenal do pay their players well, maybe not the way some big clubs do but they get paid good. Clichy didn't go to Man city cus they double his wage, he went there to win trophies .

What is going on at Arsenal?

With Clichy gone, does this really mean that the likes of Fabregas and Nasri are gonna follow?

I read an aeticle in Irish independant that if this does happen, then van Persie may also leave?


worrying times