Re: The Official Summer Transfer Rumours Thread

[Arsenalfaithfull]

for that ^ to happen Wilshere needs to seriously put in his shift and lure Woonay in. Would be nice to have Wayne Rooney playing for us.

[EL Patron]

Rooney  

What a ****

[Chumlum]

Personally I hope Wenger does everything in his power to pry Rooney from Man Utd. The only available forward option who'd be feasibly "world-class" or whatever. He might be revitalized by a new challenge.

By the way, I've got Valladolid v Bilbao on now and wondered what's happened with Muniain? The guy is still young and my understanding (and occasional watching) is that he's been sort of a hot-and-cold player as he's developed. But he was like the Next Big Thing for Spanish football until Isco swooped in and took his place. Do people think Muniain still has a really bright future ahead of him?

(Or, hell, another Bilbao player - Ander Herrera. Arsenal tried to get him a few years ago, I think.)

[Chumlum]

Ha, just after I posted that I checked Twitter

Tor-Kristian Karlsen ‏@karlsentk 7m

If you follow Arsenal you might want to tune in to Athletic Bilbao vs Valladolid (just kicked off) 1/2

Have on good authority that the Athletic Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera is wanted by Arsenal 2/2

[Arsenalfaithfull]

Is he anygood Chum? WHat would he offer to the team? I am avoiding twitter today ... its not good for the heart, or your blood pressure for that matter.

[Jay29]

Herrera is not a holding midfielder so we really don't need him right now, but he's a great player. He's the modern day Spanish midfielder with excellent technique and high intelligence. As far as I know, he's going to be given more license to go forward this season, with Benat taking his role in Athletic's pivot.

Muniain is still young, and like most young talents is struggling for consistency. I think he found it harder to find under Bielsa, who always demanded 100% physical effort from his players. He may find it easier under Valverde.

[Chumlum]

Ander Herrara? Yeah he's quite good I think. I don't follow any particular Liga teams week in week out, so my knowledge of his overall form is spotty. But he's been very strong for Athletic Bilbao the last few seasons. If Arsenal are really interested, though, it won't appease fans who want a straight-up Capoue type anchor man who lays back and defends the back four. But he's smart. And frankly, I think that players in La Liga are really just the cream of the crop these days - any solid Spanish league player would be a useful acquisition, at the very least, right now.

Phil Ball wrote this about him last year: "Ander Herrera, looks like he's 12 but is in fact 23. His period at Zaragoza has taught him how to pause the play, when to rush in and when not to. Apart from his worrying tendency to pick up red cards, he is currently the Basque club's best player, and you get the feeling that he is the real thing - a future star at national level."

[Chumlum]

Jay beating me to the punch.  

[Jay29]

He just played a wonderful pass into Susaeta - another good player at Atheltic.

If we signed him he'd definitely have to play instead of Ramsey or Wilshere.

[SamuelJayC]

Arsenal need world class players. Not good players.

[sportsczy]

Bilbao never, ever sells its players. It's actually a part of the club laws. You either have to pay the release clause (every single player has a 35 mil or more clause) or you need to wait for their contracts to run out.

Waste of time thinking about it tbh.

[JGUNZ]

Guys, please save your rants for Wednesday night, Fernebache will dismantle us.... Sow, Webo, Eminike, Kuyt, Meireles......

[REWB]

Guys, please save your rants for Wednesday night,  Fernebache will dismantle us.... Sow, Webo, Eminike, Kuyt, Meireles......

i was confident that we would win the this until i saw arteta got injured and we didnt sign anyone.

guys this is passion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gSFEaI4HdA

[Highburied]

on why it's so difficult to buy players for Arsenal…
We take our work seriously and believe me, we analyse every single player in the world. We work 24 hours a day for that. When we make decisions, we take it seriously. People try to think we do not want to spend. We want [to]. We are ready to buy players.
    
Wenger is a *bleep* joke.

So...

They analysed 24/7 likes of Park, Santos, Gervinho, Chamakh and co...

Guys, lets just relax and let the old man dissapear in peace.

[Arsenalfaithfull]

I must be one of the few people on this site that is calm about the season. You cant blame Wenger for what happened today. That red card ruined it for us.

[Sina]

Jovetic 25M
Bernard 20M
Imbula 7M

2 months ago they would look like overpriced/unnecessary  signing now Great business if only..... ;(

stek got injured in before stockdale turn to God vs us

that nonexistent defence vs Taarabt/Berb/Ruiz
God forbid if we concede 1st

[TalkingReckless]

I must be one of the few people on this site that is calm about the season. You cant blame Wenger for what happened today. That red card  ruined it for us.

i won't fully blame him for this game, as the ref was shite... but i am gonna to do so for the next few because we have thin squad and half of them are injured.... he should have fully well expected we would get another injury in Defense

[Arsenalfaithfull]

You guys are a depressive bunch. I think I am going to print screen this page... and bring it back when Arsenal go on their 7-8 unbeaten run. What happened today was hardly an indication of what we are to expect of our team this season.

Yes, I agree wenger should have been prepared with the injuries... but let me ask you all this ..

Is the transfer window closed yet?
Was it because of the lack of the injured players that we lost the game?

no and no

[Lex]

I admire Arsenalfaithfull's pragmatism and patience. I used to be like that. But the lack of signings when we're sitting on a gold mine, coupled with the fact that we got SLAUGHTERED by Aston f*cking Villa, at home, on the opening day of the season, has left my morale and optimism down the toilet

[Arsenalfaithfull]

I admire Arsenalfaithfull's pragmatism and patience. I used to be like that. But the lack of signings when we're sitting on a gold mine, coupled with the fact that we got SLAUGHTERED by Aston f*cking Villa, at home, on the opening day of the season, has left my morale and optimism down the toilet

I understand the criticism homes. I use to get riled up aswell. But knowing our team, our system and our manager... I know that we will pull through. Plus, In reality how many of us really expected our team to push for the league title this year? Maybe I am just used to us having a slow start.

But I hope this does act as a wake up call for our board (especially if Tottenham blow their opponents out of the water tomorrow). I think if we grab a decent DM and a CB we will be alright.

[Sina]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfers-new-lars-bender-2178482

30M for Lars Bender and
40M for Roonay
if player absolutely improves us and is exactly what we need who cares who much they cost and we get top player in the end

whats the point of panic buying which would at best be level of Arteta/Per which would help but Not bolster options

[Arsenalfaithfull]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfers-new-lars-bender-2178482

30M for Lars Bender and
40M for Roonay
if player absolutely improves us and is exactly what we need who cares who much they cost and we get top player in the end

whats the point of panic buying which would at best be level of Arteta/Per which would help but Not bolster options

THe only problem I see with that is ... why would those teams sell at this point ?

Our best option is probably to get a Benayoun like loan

[JGUNZ]

I admire Arsenalfaithfull's pragmatism and patience. I used to be like that. But the lack of signings when we're sitting on a gold mine, coupled with the fact that we got SLAUGHTERED by Aston f*cking Villa, at home, on the opening day of the season, has left my morale and optimism down the toilet

I understand the criticism  homes. I use to get riled up aswell. But knowing our team, our system and our manager... I know that we will pull through. Plus, In reality how many of us really expected our team to push for the league title this year?  Maybe I am just used to us having a slow start.

But I hope this does act as a wake up call for our board (especially if Tottenham blow their opponents out of the water tomorrow). I think if we grab a decent DM and a CB we will be alright.

The point is this is way too familiar,,,, we could actually fast forward 8-17-14 and the mood in the forum would be exactly the same.... off course Wenger will buy the bare minimum by deadline day and we will squeeze into fourth place again.... But we are tired of this same bullshit over and over... Wenger used to be a top manager but somewhere along the way he became a company man and lost all ambitions....

[VendettaRed07]

On the bright side maybe after getting ripped apart today by Villa, United will be more willing to sell Rooney to us  

[lenear1030]

I must be one of the few people on this site that is calm about the season. You cant blame Wenger for what happened today. That red card  ruined it for us.

i won't fully blame him for this game, as the ref was shite... but i am gonna to do so for the next few because we have thin squad and half of them are injured.... he should have fully well expected we would get another injury in Defense

Precisely. It's not like this is the first time Wenger has poorly prepared with lack of adequate personnel.

The players didn't play well but everyone should know that we're going to be dropping points without Arteta in this team.

[ExtremistEnigma]

On the bright side maybe after getting ripped apart today by Villa, United will be more willing to sell Rooney to us  

True.. but why would he want to join after seeing you getting ripped apart?

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