Morning all.
Headlines, what are they all about? Clicks, hits and money making or just plain rubbish to get us sucked into believing….
The latest relates to Alex Song. The player many Arsenal fans celebrated his leaving when Barcelona so foolishly coughed up £15 million….
Arsene Wenger must have been laughing all the way to the bank when that move unfolded and he’s probably laughing now when he reads that West Ham have beaten Arsenal to the signing of Alex Song’!
Seriously?? Had Arsene Wenger truly believed in Song, he’d have never left in the first place. And had Song believed he was truly wanted at Arsenal, he’d never have left, not even for Barcelona as I suspect that deep down, the player knew he’d never make it there, not really.
But that’s football, heads get turned by ‘big’ clubs, they see them winning stuff and perhaps think ‘ I want some of that’ and off they go. Oh, and a few extra pounds get thrown in of course……
Did you know that is was on this very day back in 2012 that Arsenal sold Song to Barcelona? Spanish Press dubbed him the ‘next Yaya Toure’……
Anyway he’s set to remain with the Hammers as long as he passes a medical which could be tricky as he’s injured. Not that injury stops players from signing for Arsenal, eh Kim Kallstrom….
On this day back in 1995, Dennis Bergkamp made his debut for Arsenal in a 1-1 draw against Middlesbrough at Highbury.
Arsene Wenger can’t take any credit for him signing but believes that was the “first push into the modern, international era” for Arsenal. Of course Wenger went on to make sure the great Dutchman had many a wonderful year with the club right up to his rolling one year contracts and eventual retirement from playing and I think Dennis remains one of footballing greats of all time and probably Arsenal’s best ever signing. Although Thierry Henry might think different……
The manager also believes signing Theo Walcott was a master-stroke:
He has become very mature, he has gone through difficult periods so he is a very strong man. He is a man today, when he arrived here he was a boy, a little boy who discovered a world where he did not know anything about it.
Of course he had to go through bad injuries and disappointments and I believe he is a man today, a man who knows what he wants and has been faithful to our club. It was a great signing.
I’m sure there has been many a manager who has tried to lure Walcott away from the club during the transfer windows but to this day no-one has succeeded. I thought he might actually go this summer with Brenda sniffing around but no, he’s signed a new contract and Wenger is clearly pleased.
So pleased he’s left him on the bench for the last two fixtures…….
Gossip:
Arsenal are not interested in the transfer of Karim Benzema this summer and are instead in talks to sign Paris Saint-Germain forward Edinson Cavani. That’s according to Talksport journalist Ian Abrahams….
What does he know, eh….
Twelve days left for Arsene Wenger to work some magic….
Have a good Thursday guys and gals.
Thank god, 12 days till I can stop checking the gossip! Im not expecting anything major to come through at this point. If it does, bonus. We’ll soon see if we have enough strength with what we’ve got. (dont quite think so).
I think the most interesting thing for me this window is how many promising kids we have on loan. If even half of the boys come back men then the future should be bright 2 years or so from now.
Come on Arsene Wenger, where’s your ambition!??
Money in the bank and we need two players….
Roger, and when they all come back as men, a new manager will sell them and buy ready made experienced players 😉
The psychological process that makes grown men invent stories about who Wenger is going to sign, or endless streams of nonsense about what unknown has rejected Arsenal to move to some corrupt club in Italy are a mystery to me. Guillaume Balague, the half man-half Beaver journalist from Spain leads the charge of nonsense every year, closely followed by Graham Hunter whose levels of absurdity grow season upon season, much like his gut and his vain attempts to cram it into a pair of jeans that a man of his years shouldn’t even be contemplating. Pssst Graham, look toward the elasticated waist of a somber chino. As for Metro, Bleacher, Here Is The Rubbish and the rest? Just stop. FFS shut F..k up and at least attempt a bit of dignity.
It makes my head spin Rico that amount of money that LvG has spent lately. Do you know he has spent more on transfers in 1 year than Ajax has in their entire HISTORY ?
While we would all like Wenger to spend a bit more, its nuts how you can lose 20m+ on DiMaria in one year. Or a Falcao loan at 350k/week. Or 30m for Shaw. etc.
Arsenal hopefully are making some ready made players. Some of them looked really good preseason – Iwobi, Jeff, Maitland Niles, and I think in 2 years we will see a lot of Zelalem.
Its the same media that cant stop with gossip about so-and-sos butt, Adam. It wont stop. ever. Because someone is reading it.
I wonder if they all believe their own rubbish Adam. Laughable…
That’s staggering Roger and no, I didn’t know that.
Di Maria was a desperation signing wasn’t he and a bad one at that. LvG is just one of many kids in a sweet shop during a transfer window…
Re the younger players, it looks lik we’ll finally see a few break through next season, not all imo, but a good few. That must have a knock on affect to AW’s transfer plans as he can’t sign too many 25-26 years olds as that would all but end the youngsters career with us but of all those on loan, only Hayden (I think) is a DM..
Hint hint Arsene….
I was reading somewhere that people were listening to what Ian Abrahams (the moose) from talkshite was saying about who we are signing! Beggar’s belief…
John Cross releasing a book…… “The Inside Story of Arsenal Under Wenger”
Kev has spent more money than LvG….
Personally I cannot wait for Cross’s new book. Perhaps he will devote a chapter to the signing of Khedira that he dined out on last year.
Ha ha Lee…
I used t believe Cross knew a bit about Arsenal, however….
Collymore too re Khedira…
I just don’t want the Arsenal to become a finishing school for other clubs to benefit
That might happen the day AW leaves…
Perhaps he’s sent the boys away to finishing schools around the country where they will magically be turned into men! He has to do this because his soft spoken , paternalistic approach has to drummed out of them. They have to toughened up in the boot rooms of other less sophisticated, more rough and ready clubs! Sometimes his loaning scheme backfires, as with Afobe who having tasted the grass elsewhere decided Arsenal’s grass was never going to suit him! He jumped into the Wolves den and has gone from strength to strength.
Our hope must be that when all the boys return as men, they will will feel empowered to play in the EPL and there will be space enough for them to fit in! In the meantime we have to wait another year for them to be available and we “go with what we’ve got”.
C’est la vie!
Morning all.
You get more cynical every day Wavy… You’re nearly as bad as me… lol
Wenger has explained that we have had to send so many youths out on loan cos the U21 league is just not of a high enough standard to get lads ready for BPL football at the top level. He once again suggested that BPL clubs should be allowed to field teams in the lower leagues.
He reiterated that just a few days ago Eduardo. League one and downwards..
Seems a sensible idea to me, and apparently the FA are looking into it…
Morning all.
Incredible how the media can offer so many conflicting reports on transfers, on the same day, and from “reliable” sources.
We’ve agreed on a fee with Real on Benzema, then a minute later, we haven’t even spoken to the player or his club.
I hate it when people say it, because we all know this, but until it appears on Arsenal.com…….
Still, discussing it is a bit fun 🙂
Oh, and don’t get me started on Song lol
the Internet has given a voice to many people.
What LvG spends, is just loose change in my world of jet setting, exotic holidays and money no object…
I mean, this Sunday I’ll be jetting off to Margate for the day…
Oh, btw, Bender
Scott, we’ll be waiting a long time for afc.com… 😉
True Rico lol.
Adam, I wonder if anyone’s ever kept score of these so called experts, and ITK’s, to see how often any of them get one correct,
I’d say it would make interesting reading.
Scott. As you know, in the UK The Metro is the footballing bible.
We might in 11 days time Scott… lol
I thought ‘the metro’ was an underground system in Paris. What would they know about transfers in the EPL?
And Kev, I’ll raise you one Bendermand see your Bent!?
Ha ha Kev…
I am still supremely confident that we will sign a couple of world class stars. Three even.
It’s the wily old fox Arsene throwing up smoke screens, playing it close to his chest and using diversionary tactics the foil the pug-faced Dutchman, the glistening toothed botoxoid and the diminutive dong.
Adam, is that you speaking, or the Metro 🙂 🙂 🙂
Scott. It’s the new positive Adam. 🙂
What are you smoking Adam? 😉
Share it around, whatever it is lol
Rico. you wait and see. 🙂
I will Adam, I will… 😉
City have signed Otamendi. £86 million they have spent after coming second….
Will it never end Rico? Or where Arsenal are concerned, will it ever begin?
Has FFP officially ceased?
What is FFP again?
Italian journalist Emanuele Giulianelli claims the Gunners are targeting the 31-year-old Spaniard.
Giulianelli, who also claims Karim Benzema will join Arsenal from Real Madrid this summer, wrote on Twitter: “Arsenal will try to take Bruno Soriano from Villarreal as DM.”
FFP, it’s a thing of the past, just like Arsenal signings….
Soon you said Adam, soon it will begin… 😉
John Cross is out of the same mould as Steve Stammers who used to be Talkshite’s go to Arsenal man in the know! He was so much in the know that he wrote a book on the history of our great club. I got it bought for me and it had so many factual errors that I binned it as it was winding me up too much. Privileged to be doing the job they are doing with such a lack of basic football knowledge.
And Arsenal?
That’s dreadful Bob…
The board are busy Lee, they are counting all their pounds up before banking them…
Mundo Derportivo claim Arsenal will make a move for the 5ft 10in ace Asier Illarramendi, who will compete with Mikel Arteta and Francis Coquelin for a place in the Gunners midfield.
He is thought to be valued at £16m
Pedro to Chelsea confirmed…
Not on your Nelly, Wavy…
There’s only two Benders, and Lee is after the other one…
Mundo Derportivo, Spanish Metro?
Afternoon All
Afternoon Rico…
Rico, who on earth is this new blogger whose appeared in our midst…?
He must be an Arsenal Jehovah’s Witness, sent from Positive Arsenal, sent here to save our souls…
I mean his 21.21, 12.26 and 12.36 almost moved me to tears…
Kev new geezer Positive Adam!
Positive Adam, it is he Lee….
He will lead us from the dark.
Into the light…
All hail Positive Adam…
He comes from the East, to save us all…
Probably…..
From the couch the world of Arsenal seems but an illusion. Why do today what you can do within the final few minutes of the transfer window?
Anyway, we have too many players competing for the same places and the PL title is nailed on.
Morning all, good post rico.
Afternoon Kev..
I reckon Adam is Itk… 😉
Thanks Gdna..
Walk time for me, catch up later….
https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/B38AFF63931246135301714628608_3381c25476c.4.6.13551682298590729491.mp4?versionId=.5zIXAbWgApQsbRcWf8dIF4Xt2padgUR
Illarramendi looks ok, had a great time at Real Sociedad, but not so much the last 2 seasons at Real, possibly due to lack of playing time. Would be a reasonable bet… really high passing percentage! Probably available in the sense he is not a Real starter in most games… If (big if) we are interested then this could happen. But who knows if Wenger is serious about buying a DM, or if only we are!
Anyone see the photo’s of Raheem Sterlings house up for sale at 1.5 million in the Daily Mail, there was me thinking I was the only one who had Michael Jacksons legs hanging from my ceiling !
Micko, that’s funny!
Yeah Mick, I can just see you now, moonwalking down to the local…
Boooo!! Off to read the post! 😉
Lee, doesn’t even come with a turf shed, I’ll never sell.
Straight into a ditch kev.
How’s the form agag.
So it’s Rabiot and Cavani now… Zzzzzzzzz
Afternoon all…
I thought it was tastefully decorated tbh Micko….
It’s not that long Agag.. 😉
rico, tell me who in their right mind could turn down the the allure of playing under Arsene Wenger ?
Micko. I can only think of Pierre Van Hoodinjk.
There’s always one Adam !
Can I get back to you Micko… 😉
I agree Micko but I had to think about it. 🙂
I’m still thinking…. Perhaps Benzema as he’s French..
Night all….
Good night Rico. And here comes Micko and Kev.
Nash, I’m fast turning into a broken man, I see no ships only hardships in this transfer window !
Hi Nasher.
I just been practising my Salsa dance moves in the kitchen…
I believe it’s all in the hips Kev, you’ve either got it or you ain’t………..nite Gooners.
http://www.gunnerstown.com/arsenal/2015/08/21/width-to-the-rescue-do-arsenal-need-a-left-winger-reus-they-do/
Just clicked on that one myself Lee..
I’d love us to sign Reus… and a Cdm..
Morning to you and all…
Yeah Reus and Pogba job done!
If Benzemza happens the media will be man marking him like fuck, lots of pressure to score etc! They’d love him to fail after we splash loads of cashish on him….
I’d be happy with that, or that guy from Sevilla instead of Pogba..
Mourinho wants Pogba apparently…. And Stones…
And didn’t he say other clubs were trying to buy the league?
Isn’t he an absolute wanker though?
He certainly is!
Arsenal have been working on these transfers for months as we are so often told…. seems really strange that all the other PL clubs can manage get their business done quicker than us?!?!
Ho hum i guess, the trials and tribulations of being an Arsenal supporter!
Wenger can seriously fuck off if he doesn’t add the necessary players to this squad…
Morning All,
North London could be in for a change,
rumours have it,that not one Bender
but two could be running around with
tight shorts on.
Bookmakers slashed the odds last night
that Benzema will join up with the Gooners
after a Venezuelan model spilled the beans.
she even reckons she knows how much is in his
pay packet..
The moneys on the table now for the top clubs,
Com’on Arsene join the fun.
I just don’t understand either. 12 days left and he’s still faffing around. Why? We are cash rich, just spend the darn money and sign what/who we need..
I reckon the pressure will really be on him if no-one else comes in and we start drawing/losing…
Morning Fred, where does the Bender twins story come from?
Fred I’m still smiling at a Venezuelan model spilling beans! Giroud involved?
Wenger deliberating about transfers…..I’m not having that!
I read somewhere that one of the Bender’s relaease clause was £10.6m seems cheap no?
Must be Sven Lee. Totts are apparently sniffing around him..
Lee,
One of the Benders shops
at waitrose and one shops at Asda’s
Rico’s sussed it out the spuds
are after Sven.
Cheaper at Asda
🙂 Fred..
New post up now…