Re: The Official Summer Transfer Rumours Thread

[Chumlum]

"We have a certain amount which we've held in reserve. We also have new revenue streams coming on board and all of these things mean we can do some things which would excite you. What excites Arsène isn't necessarily what excites you."

"There is no ideological narrative at stake here," said Gazidis. "The ideological narrative is we want to have the best possible players, the best possible team and compete for trophies and Arsène will do what he thinks is right to do that. There is no philosophical line in the sand and I suspect that he would pay £25m for Lionel Messi."


i dont think there is anything much in the interview to get excited.. just read the interview as a whole and dont pick single sentences from it.. first thing the fans or medias choices are almost never Arsenes.. and he would happily spend 25 million on Messi ? seriously.. indirectly could mean not more than 12.5 million for Jovetic and not more than 15 million for Rooney and not more than 10 million for Fellaini..

Well to be fair that 25m figure was the one offered to Gazidis, so common sense indicates that he was just using Messi as the for instance to say that of course Wenger would spend that much for what he felt was the right player - NOT that he was saying that Wenger would only pay 25m for Messi!

[Wilson37]

"We have a certain amount which we've held in reserve. We also have new revenue streams coming on board and all of these things mean we can do some things which would excite you. What excites Arsène isn't necessarily what excites you."

"There is no ideological narrative at stake here," said Gazidis. "The ideological narrative is we want to have the best possible players, the best possible team and compete for trophies and Arsène will do what he thinks is right to do that. There is no philosophical line in the sand and I suspect that he would pay £25m for Lionel Messi."


i dont think there is anything much in the interview to get excited.. just read the interview as a whole and dont pick single sentences from it.. first thing the fans or medias choices are almost never Arsenes.. and he would happily spend 25 million on Messi ? seriously.. indirectly could mean not more than 12.5 million for Jovetic and not more than 15 million for Rooney and not more than 10 million for Fellaini..

Well to be fair that 25m figure was the one offered to Gazidis, so common sense indicates that he was just using Messi as the for instance to say that of course Wenger would spend that much for what he felt was the right player - NOT that he was saying that Wenger would only pay 25m for Messi!

lol.. i too was taking the funny side of it.. but we have come across such statements in the past many times.. and the fans who get carried by this expect too much, get disappointed and start rants.. it is the reality that we are not yet in a position to compete financially with those money clubs..

[Highburied]

LOL at fellow gunners.

Remember the time when Eisfeld was our only signing ffs.

We should be happy whoever comes in.

Fellaini is exactly what we need in midfield and yes he can play as DM.

[Kwame2u]

Those complaining of Falleini not being technical, how technically gifted was Emmanuel Petit???.
In Arsene I trust

[since1996]

any positive signing i welcome. fellaini will give us the strength or physical presence that we lacked before. guys whoever is complaining please see the light. he is proven. he will play b2b, with arteta on his side. we will be solid in the midfield

[VendettaRed07]

------------Rooney------------

Podolski---Cazorla---Walcott

------Fellaini----Wilshere----

Nacho---Mert---Kos---Sagna

_______Julio Cesar______


Pls Arsene, Pls....

[since1996]

Arteta? Captain?

[VendettaRed07]

If we buy Fellaini I don't see how he starts regularly. Him, Wilshere, Ramsey, Fellaini competing for two spots. Hes getting older now as well I think making him a rotation player will be good for him

[SamuelJayC]

Carlos Vela's agent, Eduardo Hernandez states he's pretty adamant that Arsenal won't repurchase him & he'll stay at Real Sociedad.

[SamuelJayC]

Carles Puyol has admitted David Villa is leaving Barça; "Yeah, but I don't know where he's going." (@AlbaEspana)

[GenBlizkin]

why would he want vela anyway, he wouldnt be able to hack it in england on a full time basis.

[urbaNRoots]

Fellaini at Arsenal would be Song MK2, lazy, slow, without Song's passing abilities with a huge fee and wages. Guaranteed flop.

[Jay29]

For those who put stock in Geoff says:

@GeoffArsenal: I can't confirm about the buy out clause being triggered however there has been recent contact with Everton regarding Fellani.

@GeoffArsenal: Ohh, 1 more thing... if Arsenal can meet Wayne Rooney's personal terms he will be an Arsenal player.

Mentioned that Rooney is keen on a move, too.

[Highburied]

Fellaini at Arsenal would be Song MK2, lazy, slow, without Song's passing abilities with a huge fee and wages. Guaranteed flop.

So much BS.

Wanna bet?

[djoe26]

For those who put stock in Geoff says:

@GeoffArsenal: I can't confirm about the buy out clause being triggered however there has been recent contact with Everton regarding Fellani.

@GeoffArsenal: Ohh, 1 more thing... if Arsenal can meet Wayne Rooney's personal terms he will be an Arsenal player.

Mentioned that Rooney is keen on a move, too.

I know i shouldnt but i am really getting excited about this summer.

[Lex]

I honestly don't know how anyone can accuse Fellaini of being lazy or slow

[GenBlizkin]

Dont spend 22 on Fellaini, spend less on a DM, and pay Rooney what he wants, we will make it back in jersey sales.

[EL Patron]

If this Fellaini thing doesn't happen, i can hear Arsenal fans going oh typical board, Wenger out blah blah

[Jay29]

Now to kill any excitement that might built up overnight:

@bbcsport_david: Fellaini camp, #efc & #afc all deny release clause met. Arsenal not in for Rooney or Cesar. Jovetic on radar but not near top

[EL Patron]

Good, I am sure we can do better than Afroman

[Sina]

who is near top then? Yaya Sanogo

[EL Patron]

who is near top then? Yaya Sanogo

Those two Serbian lads

[Sina]

lol
New Bendtner though
Geoff>>BBC David

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

I honestly don't know how anyone can accuse Fellaini of being lazy or slow

As a DM he is, Urban is 100% spot on. Fellaini isn't even a 10m player in the role you would use him in.

Don't you guys remember when he played there for Everton? they were finishing bottom half there's a reason why he was moved from there in the first place.

[Sina]

Geoff Arsenal ‏@GeoffArsenal now

@bbcsport_david you are wrong about Rooney David. We'll have to wait and see i suppose.

Spoiler:

[<(^^,)>]

Rather than buying Fellaini for 22mio,paying him hefty wages and playing him in a position in which he played 2 years back,Why don't Arsenal just sign Capoue?

He is younger than Fellaini and has been playing as DM for quite sometime and he can be acquired for relatively lesser amounts(say 10-15mio) and can be lesser wages as well.

Even the Toulouse chairman is expecting Capoue to be sold this summer and I hope Arsenal don't disappoint him.

With the AW factor,he can definitely be signed easily when compared to Fellaini.

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