Morning all.
Chuba Akpom is being heavily linked to Liverpool. Our young striker, who looks miles ahead of Yaya Sanogo in terms of footballing skill, is out of contract this summer and free to move wherever he wants.
Liverpool aren’t the only side who are reported to be interested in snapping up our youngster with possibly Borussia Dortmund being the pick of the lot.
If he wants to leave, I truly hope it’s not to another PL club because he could come back to haunt us. Hopefully though, with Yaya Sanogo out of the way, Akpom will get more playing time, time which will convince him to stay at the club he’s been with since the age of six.
So what if he has Welbeck and Giroud ahead of him in the striker department, give him more playing time and he’ll soon show whether he’s got what it takes or not and I suspect he has….
Gabriel Paulista was granted a work permit yesterday and that decision came as a bit of a shock to me as things like that don’t usually go in our favour. Anyway, all good and no doubt we’ll hear later today that his move done and dusted. There are mixed views on his imminent arrival, Thierry Henry reckons Arsene has signed a really good player, Charlie Nic thinks he’ll need a season to adapt. I hope he slots right in quickly, just like our last South American signing has…
But will he be our only defensive signing before the transfer window is firmly locked and bolted up until the summer?
Not if the newspapers are right..
The Kevin Grosskreut rumours won’t go away will they. According to The Express, he’s our new priority. He’s Mr Utility. The 26-year-old can play in both midfield and defence and would cost around £3.7m.
It’s claimed that Grosskreutz is an Arsenal fan and, despite interest from United, would be keen to link up with Arsene Wenger at the Emirates.
Seven days to get that one done and at least there’d be no work permit issues to sort out. And we’d get one over Utd should we capture his signature.. Oh, and he’s meant to be good which is a massive bonus. lol
A nice home fixture fell our way in yesterdays FA Cup draw and it’s Middlesbrough who travel to The Emirates next month. Ok, they beat the current League champions in the last round but having watched the highlights, City were robbed of a couple of penalties in my opinion and they absolutely battered the Boro goal.
That’s it for Tuesday, more signings please Arsene, good ones of course!
Have a good day folks…..
Good post Rico…
Grosskreutz sounds an interesting player…
A utility player with a great attitude. Someone who wouldn’t go missing up at Stoke…
morning all!
Paulista is a good player.i’ve watched him in Villareal.
Chuba must stay!
I believe wenger only wanted welbeck as a loan signing , with giroud’s injury he knew he couldn’t rely on welbeck and sanogo and akpom.
we need him to sign then he needs to be loaned out
my only issue with akpom is why he didnt choose to play for england.
Thanks Kev, and he’s German.. 😉
Good to hear that about Gabriel Jm…
Time for Dick Law and Gazidis to earn their corn , Chuba wants first team football, Klopp has made an offer. Grosskreutz wants to come to us , there has to be a deal in there somewhere.
Use Akpom as a makeweight to get Grosskreutz either as a loan or with a buy back clause. Chuba gets to play , we get our man and in 18 months when Klopp and Wenger leave their respective clubs , Who knows ??????
We don’t want another Andy Cole situation do we ?
Good point Potter…
Mind you, I thought the same re Reid and Jenkinson…
Ditto above Potter.
Rico, I bet you made up the Grosskreutz rumours. 😛
Bt- why would you want an Aussie to replay AW? 😮
I think Akpom has real potential, I’ll be highly peeved if he leaves although as has been mentioned he not done himself any favours what so ever not choosing to play for England..!
I like Ts think he best suited on the wings at present until he is a little more mature and experience to be able to play as the lone striker, I think he has the power Ts just needs to learn his trade. Potter has a point but if we sell him on with a buy-back that would only work if he goes to Europe… No way would Lfc agree to that or anyone in the prem lge…! We need to get the boy to commit and show him some big love…!
a, I’d rather Akpom stayed and played and Sanogo stayed on loan…
I think AW doesn’t think much about Akpom rejecting England too….
Ts! lol
Let’s hope Wenger is feeling like dishing out some big love then Wath…
Love is in the air… 🙂
AW did say he’d gone all romantic the other day Kev…lol
Arsene loves everyone Rico… 🙂
Emirates
Brighton
Emirates
Emirates
Emirates
Emirates
Emirates
Wembley
Wembley
Emirates
Brighton
Emirates
Except the fans, Kev
(including Monday’s draw) Arsenal’s last 12 FA Cup games were at:
So true Rocky, so true…
Interesting Lee.
Yeah Lee, I did kinda wonder what you was on about initially, but that is interesting…
Thought he was throwing a wobbler
So after Boro, we’ll be wanting;
Emirates
Wembley
Wembley
and
Wembley = Charity Shield…
Beat Man City again…
That’ll do for me…
Thought he was listing his recreational arrangements for February…
If we win the EPL (unlikely) and we win the FAcup who will we play in the Charity shield?? The Arsenal ladies team??? If yes get me a ticket Kev. I will be there to see them change the shirts at the end. lollllll
Good Afternoon Quacks and Cuckoos.
Nice roundup Rico.
Grosskreutz for me all day long. I rate him highly.
If Grosskreutz (great name) is good enough for the right people on here, he’ll do for me! But why is he so cheap….? Alledgedly?
🙂 Kev…
Contract running down I think Lee..
Evening all…
Contract running down and he is not on a high wage packet. Hence, the low fee
Why’s it taking so long for afc.com to confirm Gabriel, Campbell has confirmed he’s gone to Spain…
Hi all,
Dutch paper w3 has linked Clasie to a top 4 EPL club…
CoF reckon it is a replacement for Morgan… lol
Apparently Pep is refusing to talk about contract extension… hmm 1 more year left on his contract.
I read that too Ts, if the Saints get him this month, we might just get Morgan… 🙂
Come on down Morgan Schneiderlin,
The Price is Right… 😉
🙂 Kev. Wouldn’t that make a really good Jan transfer window….
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alexander-litvinenko-public-inquiry-recap-5049825
😮
It will be a sweet transfer window if it turns into reality…
Grosskreutz and a number will make for an expensive Jersey they’ll make their money back in the first week. 🙂
Sure will Ts…
Waste of money imo.. but I guess the family need this inquiry.
Icing on the Cake, Rico, probably the best January Window in the World…
Off for a couple of beers soon… 😀
Hey Coach, how’s things in the Med..?
It would be great for us to go to the Cup Final together, along with Pa…
Funnily enough j was chatting to my son yesterday, and tbh I rather enjoyed the semi-final.
More real fans at that occassion.
Didn’t go to the Final, just celebrated over the phone with Lee…
Load of bollox imo Ts… But yes, I guess the family need to do what they see fit….
Kev, sure would be one of our best in a while. You enjoy your beers, have one fir me….
Afternoon Rico and the House.
Good post Rico. reading one of your comments yesterday I had a fealing you had something like this in mind.
Wath your 11.26 is spot on, but I will say I will be more then highly peeved if he is allowed to leave. Arsene must find the way to give him more playing time
his last game for the u21’s was 15Dec his next is 9th feb.
In total he has played 11 games for the U21’s and 45 mins for the First team
In comparison Debuchy (with injury’s) has played 14 for the first team and Giroud ( with injury and ban) 13.
Tonight the U19’s are in Madrid and I think he thought he would be with them,
thanks to some idiot in Uefa deciding you had to be under 18 to play in the Compition he is not.
Rant over
Fir = for
Evening Rick, thanks. Seems you know me too well…. Lol
My pleasure Rico.
Team news for tonight.
Huddart, JohnsonDobson O’conner Robinson .Niles Zelalem Iwobi Crowley
Hinds and Mavididi. Unexpected Choice gone with 2 c/f
Bad start , one down after 1min Crowley bad miss to level score.
Hiya Kev. Here its cold. humidity is very high……85 to 90%. we had hail yesterday and a week ago we had snow as well…floating gently.
but we have bouts of sun as well.
If we get Grosskreutz and a DM it will be a good TW.
But I prefer if Coquelin signs. He did a good job in the last games. I feel he will grow into that role. AW should talk with him and show him that he is wanted…..JW or not. the latter must fight for his place.
Rick, is your email address a real one, or just one you use to blog?
Rick, is the match been shown live?
Evening all…
The main news today and seventy years on, still reduces me to tears………
Those poor poor people…….
H/T still 1-0. Iwobi and criwley both missed good chances.
BT there is no live stream.
Rico it is my onlry email address
More Latter
Ok, thanks Rick… Keep an eye for an email from me 🙂
Rico, so true, always find it shocking no matter how many times you see those images…
Breaks my heart Bt…
Cheers, Rick…
Rico, total understandable, anyone with an ounce of compassion would be moved…
To forget would be as great a crime……imo
Agree Bt, on both…
That is why photos were taken. So that no one would forget. Or to make people forget.
Who could ever forget……
Night all, Eastenders needs watching… Lol
84mins still one down .Madrid down to 10 THEO red card.
Oh no, not again Rico…..lol
Might take in Chelski v Dippers..
F/T 1-0 We go out.
Very disapointed.
Sounds like we had all the play and the chances Rick and didn’t score…. Now where have we heard that before….!
Was the audio on Afc?
0-0 at the home of the dwarf…
Wath I have been told the Neville brothers played for Madrid tonight and some of our boys were victims of some very crude tackles. However we had enough chances to have won the game. Looking forward to hear what Kat has to say about it, he do’snt mince his words
Michael Oliver took the chav – dipper match , some unreal refereeing , somehow he managed to keep all 22 on the pitch when in all fairness 3 or 4 could have gone. Mourinho might be interesting in his post match assessment but as they won he might just tone it down a bit.
Fabregas, hamstring injury! Will he play again before May? I mean we’re only just into the new year. If I remember rightly he doesn’t play much after Christmas. He and Diaby bonded every February!
Sorry still sour about Fab4!
Morning all.
I’m back to full health so beware 🙂
ha ha Wath love your 12:27… history says after he has his January holiday with his Mrs he gets injured and then goes missing periodically until 4 weeks before season comes to an end.
I can see Micko thinking you cynical bunch.. 🙂
Morning Scott, Rico and all…
Ts, 12:27 You mean Wavy…. Not me I was far to busy sorting out a thirst I had…………. 😉
My bad Wavy…
I should have know Wath would be too ‘occupied’ at that time to make any sense.. 😛
Costa IS a SHITE man, if nothing else.
What a disgustingly horrid little piece if shit he is.
Costa and Jose are interchangeable n the sentence.
Just saw the highlights….a term used very loosely on that game lol.
Ginge…..Wath…..morning lads.
known* even
Morning Scott, Ts, Wath and all…
🙂 Wavy, he sure didn’t for us too much. Poor boy!
Hi Rico.
Should have seen the whole thing Scott , it could and probably should have ended 8 onto 10. Sure Costa should have walked but so should Gerrard, Emre Can and Skyrtl . The ref Michael Oliver lost control and everyone is concentrating on the Costa obvious , the stuff in the background is being overlooked . Standard all action English cup tie played with a frenetic pace , over the top tackles and the reason why the world loves it and England will never win the world cup again .
Morning you lot….
I always make sense Ts, just need some medicinal GG lubrication to start with..!
Glad you feeling better Scott.
Potter, A lot of those flying tackles and over the top stuff was from non English players though lol… Just saying…!
The FA should be busy watching re-runs today then Potter…
Fair enough Potter, but I’d say there’s more to the lack England’s success than that, to be fair.
Thanks Wath…..it’s nice being able to eat, and then keep down, actual food again 🙂
Food………… I thought you lot just drank and munched on crocodiles..?
Crocs are food 🙂
Don’t tell Agag, to her crocs are shoes n handbags… 😉
I’ll tell ya now, the FA will probably do bugger all about Costa and all…
Morning All
lol WAth, Scott.
Well, Wath if the foriegners don’t show any ‘passion’ they are dont by the ‘expert’ pundits that they do not value the importance of the FA cup…
Costa didn’t ‘stamp’ on Skertl he ‘trod’ on him, as you do with a piece of random shite! After the dipper had given him a good but unpunished series of puls,ushers and kicks etc. it was only retribution!
But the plot against the chavs is probablly unfurl a little more in the near future. The FA will trump up a charge and a case to answer. As opposed to Gerard’s assault on the brazilian haircut! He got booked after all, Costa didn’t get booked at all until his confrontation with Gerard!
The F*** All should hide their heads in shame!
When do we play Chelsea? Will the shite Costa still be suspended? Gone charge the twat, if it benefits us!
Signed, The Fixer
Lol
Top of the morning to you all
*pulls, pushes…..
And…go on, not gone
Ipad failure again!
So rat so. (For Kev)
Wavy, I say ban them all 🙂
Seems a very even handed solution, Scott!
I’ll go with that.
I sent discriminate 🙂
I DON’T discriminate lol.
Bloody IPads!!
We don’t play them until April Wavy, still plenty of chance for him to get a ban….
Bloody hell…..just read Barca already looking to offload Suarez and guess who’s linked with him.
Go on, take a punt……I dare you lol
New post up now…