Balotelli probably going to Liverpool for just £16m, and he wanted to come to Arsenal? I thought he was much more expensive, £16m for a very decent young striker (even with baggage) is a low risk decision these days so how come we're not interested? Milan were offering almost that for Joel Campbell ...

Am I the only one who thinks that maybe Khedira isn't as wonderful as everyone seems to believe? I know he got MoM v Brazil, but I don't recall him being pivotal to Madrid's successes last season. He is obviously a very good player, but is he ''stand-out 'good?, which surely he must be, if record wa...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Br88HC5CYAEQ0ul.jpg Suarez all but done then. Barca did the same with Henry's shirts before it was announced. Real did the same with Bale before it was announced.1989 did the same before Higuian was announced :barscarf: :wink: Yep, that's deffo Suarez, looks like he's al...

Idling my way through the forums, something has just caught my eye. Annoyingly, there's some bird in a white dress who has possibly drawn your attention away from the guy who appears late in the action. I am not 100% on this, but I am sure he is Nao Hoepo, a tricky 17 year old from Panama City Old B...

Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas before the World Cup kicks off...and we've signed ...................(insert words as appropriate). Not only that, but Cesc also makes it clear that Arsenal had the first option, so no doubt IG is hastily having to rewrite his press statement. If Messi becomes available...

If, and it's a big if, we pull off one of the targets we're talking to... you'll not be bothered about Cesc. Promise. Relax Gooners. 7:23am - 5 Jun 14 Taken from legroveblog Twitter account Well, even if we signed Messi and Ronaldo, I'd still be bothered about Cesc. I have no qualms about not takin...

Luiz would have been perfect and Wenger should try to hijack the deal. I have seen him live on lots of occasions this season and he is just what we need in centre mid, attacking or defensive, as he wins possession and moves the ball forward - and he can slot well at centre back. Also, he shoots at g...

Nothing like David Moyes now being free to require swift battening down of hatches in North London, in case he shows up at the Emirates and Wenger decides he is the Chosen One as well...there'd be a lot of backtracking and sounds of humble pie being consumed in this forum, for sure. Now, obviously M...

0-1 after 82 minutes at Wembley, conceding first goal to West Ham last night - I was at the games and you could just hear it, and then it changes round, and then **** me, Palace win at Everton, and City cock it up, and so I am watching Bale score the winner for Real, and so elated at Tony Pulis, and...

Agree next week's match is a serious six-pointer, but a bit of comfort in the fixtures that are left afterwards...ours are all eminently winnable whereas Everton have got Man U, Man C and (away to) Southampton. Can't see them taking maximum points for sure. Everton are no Man City and we have got to...

Actually I do hear that Sochaux have a terrific 17 year old midfielder, he's only 5ft 5 ins tall, but he's a tidy little player, with quick feet, and is a dab hand at playing square balls across the park against rubbish opposition... Seriously, I do worry about David Moyes. If/when Utd turf him out ...

This is my last post - I do understand why most responses have not been in agreement with me, and today's result doesn't prove anything either way (except that you do need a bit of luck sometimes, and a decent striker would help too). Just one final thing, if Wenger had left at the end of last seaso...

Don't get me wrong - like everyone, I want desperately to win. I am just not convinced a change of manager would guarantee 'success'. The board would never go for a Mourinho, for lots of reasons. And I was only making the point that in the Premiership, like Europe, more teams have got stronger as th...

I think it's a mistake to judge success solely on what you win. At the end of the day, only one team can win the Premier League and only one can win the CL each season, and the latter has become even more unattainable, with the likes of PSG, Man City & Co busting the Fifa Fair Play rules into ob...

Isn't football wonderful sometimes? The match at the Etihad was unbelievable, (as 5 pints of Peroni during the game bears witness). Morale must be sky-high, so nothing to lose in Munich now!! Wenger must be wetting himself in Totteridge!