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[CyclopsRock]

Not at all, Madrid have not offered what we want.

Right now we have spent the bumper TV money and a bit on top, with £20m coming from Huddlestone, Dempsey and Caulker.

If we are really in for Lamela/Willian then that will be thanks to Joe Lewis, we wouldn't spend money we don't yet have from Madrid, especially when they've offered such pathetic sums spread over half a decade.

I certainly hope you're right! As has been said before, we don't really need another 3 £30m players, we need one amazing one, and we have him. I've also read a lot about Bale and how, despite Madrid clearly being his dream destination, he does actually love it as Spurs and he's a pretty dedicated guy. Hopefully this won't upset his form too much (other than obvious fitness issues at the start). If he stays then man, I think we have one of the best squads in the league this year. Pretty much every signing this summer and last has been great. The only downer for me was the selling of VDV - other than that, all the selling has been great. It always seemed that Dempsey scored in spite of himself.

Edit: Just saw your edit. Agreed.

 

[faridmon]

Faridmon, the new FF record can be streamed here.

If you allow the application on Last.fm it even scrobbles the music. It's from a Dutch public broadcaster so it's trustworthy

Its not working

Perhaps, it won't stream to people outside the Dutchland?

Man, I want to listen to it...

 

[Willkiller]

I am really baffled at this. Both players will improve your squad dramatically. You want Wenger to spend money, yet you say stuff like that?

The goal is for Arsenal to get top 4. They need to spend money to get top 4, they need to spend their money wisely to get top 4.

I'm not sure Cabaye and Michu would get Arsenal top 4. Fabregas and Suarez would get Arsenal top 4.

Top 4.

TOP FUCKING FOUR

 

[Joel Was Right]

Not even Messi could save us. It's not a matter of which quality player we sign; it's how many quality players we sign

We used to be a team that walked out with Nasri, RVP and Fabregas. THAT was the moment to spend and reinforce.

In truth we need about 6 or 7 signings to compete for the UCL which is where this club should be aiming

 

[Joel Was Right]

The goal is for Arsenal to get top 4. They need to spend money to get top 4, they need to spend their money wisely to get top 4.

I'm not sure Cabaye and Michu would get Arsenal top 4. Fabregas and Suarez would get Arsenal top 4.

Top 4.

TOP FUCKING FOUR

No, it is not. The goal is to win the league. Fourth is just the bare minimum before fans protest for the management and board to be sacked

 

[Plasma]

I am really baffled at this. Both players will improve your squad dramatically. You want Wenger to spend money, yet you say stuff like that?

They would improve us sure because of how thin our squad is but if all our players are fit Cabaye would never get in ahead of Cazorla, Wilshere or Arteta.

I think Michu is better than Giroud but 25m might be a bit much when we could have bought Higuain for 10m more.

 

[Willkiller]

No, it is not. The goal is to win the league. Fourth is just the bare minimum before fans protest for the management and board to be sacked

Sorry, but Arsenal's goal hasn't been winning the league for a long time.

 

[spidye]

oh god lol
/dead


the most unconventional player in the world

 

[Joel Was Right]

Sorry, but Arsenal's goal hasn't been winning the league for a long time.

Hilarious

 

[Willkiller]

Hilarious

I know, for someone who loved watching Arsenal 10 years ago, it is hilarious!

 

[faridmon]

The goal is for Arsenal to get top 4. They need to spend money to get top 4, they need to spend their money wisely to get top 4.

I'm not sure Cabaye and Michu would get Arsenal top 4. Fabregas and Suarez would get Arsenal top 4.

Top 4.

TOP FUCKING FOUR

There aren't many players arpund the world who are for sale who would get Arsenal into Top 4, or at least have better money proposition than Michu and Cabaye.

They both also have experience which is a plus since those players Wenger buys all the time tends to be supermen in lower leagues outside the country.

But yeah, I know you don't want Cabeye to go, which is fair enough

 

[Milchmonster]

oh god lol
/dead


the most unconventional player in the world

Always reminded me of Peter Crouch with his movements/strange fucking posture.

 

[faridmon]

They would improve us sure because of how thin our squad is but if all our players are fit Cabaye would never get in ahead of Cazorla, Wilshere or Arteta.

I think Michu is better than Giroud but 25m might be a bit much when we could have bought Higuain for 10m more.

Yeah, I get ya, 25m would be steep, but I don't think Michu will cost 25m... is he?

Also, the business with Higuain was outrages, how can you let him slip through just like that?

 

[MooSeePoo]

Rejected:

BREAKING NEWS: Sky sources have now learned that Newcastle have rejected Arsenal's bid of around £10million for midfielder Yohan Cabaye.

 

[Frank the Great]

I want to believe

That's right. Sakho's contract will expire next year iirc, he could pull a Van Bommel and make PSG happy. Or lower the Ibra/Thiago remaining installments, if there are any.

All in all, if we get Sakho and Ljajic, I'd consider this transfer window decent. A bunch of youngsters plus some known talents (and Silvestre) won't necessarily mean that we'll win everything, but it's a start and would probably mean that we have at least the 3rd place in our reach.

Plus, remember we are still getting Onda su Onda in January! I'm pretty confident we should lock down a CL place, we might even challenge for the scudetto.

In Europe we are nowhere near good enough though, I would just like us to get past the round of 16. Hopefully we don't fucking draw Barca again.

 

[Scum]

Not even Messi could save us. It's not a matter of which quality player we sign; it's how many quality players we sign

We used to be a team that walked out with Nasri, RVP and Fabregas. THAT was the moment to spend and reinforce.

In truth we need about 6 or 7 signings to compete for the UCL which is where this club should be aiming

He can't do any worse than Wenger.

 

[faridmon]

Rejected:

Well, that was a short lived hope. Plasma should be happy now.

 

[Yen]

Sorry, but Arsenal's goal hasn't been winning the league for a long time.

.

 

[L1NETT]

Also Michu was great last season but he is a similar player to Giroud seems a bit pointless to spend 25m.

Don't agree on this one. Giroud was a really weird signing, as Wenger as always had pace up front and strikers who can create chances themselves, not some lumpy French bloke who needs somebody to tee him up.

I think Michu is more in the former category but for £25m that is a little steep but thanks to the oil clubs that is the inflated value.

I would say that Arsenal never adequately (Song was a joke mostly) replaced Gilberto Silva, and that should be the priority, along with a quality forward.

 

[dc89]

Rejected:

No club is gonna accept small bids from Arsenal. Everyone knows they are sat on a massive pile of cash.

 

[Tc91]

Go back with a extra quid Arsenal and you might tempt Newcastle.

 

[Batigol]

Rejected:

Like they were gonna get him for 10 million anyway

 

[Ushojax]

Gazidis really put his club in the shit when he said they had all that money at the start of the summer.

 

[Broder Salsa]

The only kind of goals Copenhagen can score atm :

 

[subtles]

I guess Tottenham and City are the PL winners of this transfer window.

 

[Hixx]

Put £10m in to unsettle Kebab. Go to £15m to frustrate Kebab. Get to £20m to get Kebab instead of £25m.

I mean, hey, they still pay £10m for him than he is worth but it's better than £15m more, right?

 

[Slizz]

GK reaction is hilarious.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Rejected:

10 mil for Kebab? That's pathetic you fucking voyeur.

GK reaction is hilarious.

Well he thought he had the damn ball, so did Nicolai Jørgensen who starts getting angry with himself before scoring lol

 

[faridmon]

I guess Tottenham and City are the PL winners of this transfer window.

Southampton for me.

 

[bud]

it has been clear for quite a while now that arsenal won't win anything this season.

the best arsenal can do is to compete. and to compete, two strikers (giroud and podolski), no matter how average/mediocre they might be, is decent enough. that's not where arsenal's problems lie. the focus needs to be on strengthening the midfield and defence.

besides, if arsenal buy a central forward at this point, it's going to be another player like park. might as well hold on to that money.

 

[operon]

When you leave it so late in the day, players are going to command more money than they normally would. Everyone knows your now panicking and the selling team has you by the proverbials if they want to sell. They got to buy as well to replace who their going to sell. The game against Fenerbahce is a must win, if they were to lose by 2 - 3 goals with the second leg looking harder to win, it could be even harder to get players if they think Champions League is in doubt

 

[deGod]

So Bale is almost definitely gone, right? Spurs have spent so much, and apparantly we've still got our cheque book out. I know our owner is rich (who's owner isn't these days?) but it's such a departure from the norm that it has to be backed by something, surely? They're just waiting so we don't get manhandled by the other teams for our loot.

Rangers are broke again

 

[Tc91]

Lee Ryder ‏@lee_ryder
#nufc will want at least £30million for Cabaye . Player has refused to comment.

That's 1 expensive kebab.

 

[omgkitty]

Now we've bid 20m for Pogba apparently, are Juventus likely to sell?

We've asked about Kondogbia too.

https://twitter.com/Sanderson/status/369447433098379264

Arsenal's transfer trolley dash underway. Bid for Yohan Cabaye, enquiries made for Paul Pogba and Geoffrey Kondogbia. Here we go.

 

[Vivalaraza]

That's 1 expensive kebab.

Lmao

Nicely done

 

[TheLucifer]

Plus, remember we are still getting Onda su Onda in January! I'm pretty confident we should lock down a CL place, we might even challenge for the scudetto.

In Europe we are nowhere near good enough though, I would just like us to get past the round of 16. Hopefully we don't fucking draw Barca again.

We'll draw Real Madrid, then.

 

[Batigol]

Waiting for a job to call back is the worst. I need to shower bitches. Fuck

 

[CyclopsRock]

it has been clear for quite a while now that arsenal won't win anything this season.

the best arsenal can do is to compete. and to compete, two strikers (giroud and podolski), no matter how average/mediocre they might be, is decent enough. that's not where arsenal's problems lie. the focus needs to be on strengthening the midfield and defence.

besides, if arsenal buy a central forward at this point, it's going to be another player like park. might as well hold on to that money.

Yeah, Arsenal actually have a better strike force than Spurs did last season (though they don't have anything like our midfield). For all the jokes people/gif's make of their defence, Arsenal actually had one of the lowest goals conceded (and they have a great goal keeper). Arsenal's never going to be a shit team, and they'll always compete, but I agree - they aren't winning anything this year.

 

[subtles]

Southampton for me.

I'm really impressed with Luke Shaw, such a brilliant player. Gareth Bale came through that academy as well, here's hoping Shaw finds similar success.

it has been clear for quite a while now that arsenal won't win anything this season.

the best arsenal can do is to compete. and to compete, two strikers (giroud and podolski), no matter how average/mediocre they might be, is decent enough. that's not where arsenal's problems lie. the focus needs to be on strengthening the midfield and defence.

besides, if arsenal buy a central forward at this point, it's going to be another player like park. might as well hold on to that money.

If Begovic was better with the ball at his feet he'd be a brilliant signing for Arsenal.

 

[dc89]

So Bale is almost definitely gone, right? Spurs have spent so much, and apparantly we've still got our cheque book out. I know our owner is rich (who's owner isn't these days?) but it's such a departure from the norm that it has to be backed by something, surely? They're just waiting so we don't get manhandled by the other teams for our loot.

Or they wouldn't have sponged off United I guess.

 

[faridmon]

I'm really impressed with Luke Shaw, such a brilliant player. Gareth Bale came through that academy as well, here's hoping Shaw finds similar success.

Looks like a complete player already. I really think they have the best academy in the country not only Bale, but countless other quality players came from there.

To be fair, when Bale came from there, he was quite shit.

 

[kharma45]

Part of me can see why we've done a shit bid of Felliani, or at least reason it somehow. If he'd been worth £23m surely someone would've went in for him?

 

[Shake Appeal]

Now we've bid 20m for Pogba apparently, are Juventus likely to sell?

When renegotiating his contract to stay on as Juventus manager, Antonio Conte had a number of demands, including that two players not be sold at any price: Arturo Vidal, and Paul Pogba.

He is the outstanding young star (with a goal and an assist just yesterday, as Juventus won the Italian equivalent of the Community Shield) for a club that just won its domestic league for the second time and lost in the quarter-finals of the CL to the eventual winners.

Why would he go to Arsenal even if Juve considered the transfer?

 

[Steverulez]

Lol @ Arsenal. £10m for Cabaye and £6m for Williams? What are they smoking at the Emirates?

United's bid for Fellaini and Baines was similarly poor.

 

[kharma45]

When renegotiating his contract to stay on as Juventus manager, Antonio Conte had a number of demands, including that two players not be sold at any price: Arturo Vidal, and Paul Pogba.

He is the outstanding young star (with a goal and an assist just yesterday, as Juventus won the Italian equivalent of the Community Shield) for a club that just won its domestic league for the second time and lost in the quarter-finals of the CL to the eventual winners.

Why would he go to Arsenal even if Juve considered the transfer?

A club would have to be frankly stupid to let a talent like Pogba go.

 

[faridmon]

Part of me can see why we've done a shit bid of Felliani, or at least reason it somehow. If he'd been worth £23m surely someone would've went in for him?

Who would go for him?

No one is that desperate for a central midfielder who happens to have money.

 

[kharma45]

Who would go for him?

No one is that desperate for a central midfielder who happens to have money.

 

[Meier]

Lampards freekick deserves another look. What a hit.
http://i.minus.com/il3QjaR36ra1h.gif[IMG][/QUOTE]

He took another one later that was an absolute thunderbolt -- maybe hit even harder than this one but it just went wide of the top right corner. It didn't really have the dip to it though -- just a rising shot. Really impressive scorer still.

 

[Yurt]

Arsenal CAN buy Kondogbia if they pay his release clause!

Now we've bid 20m for Pogba apparently, are Juventus likely to sell?

Arsenal are free to bid on whichever players they choose, obviously. But why not try someone actually willing to go?

Why would he go to Arsenal even if Juve considered the transfer?

1-A shot at not winning the best league in the world.
2-Arsene speaks French

 

[faridmon]

http://eplwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wenger.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

They already know their 10 Million bid would be rejected, so they didn't bother.