Goetze saga

Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:20 am

Rumbles in Europe say this kid is on his way to Arsenal.

Metro, Mail and L'equipe have shown this story as major....

Now I know this has been discussed and I am sorry if it adds to Number 5's opinion of the forum being shit, but this kid is bloody special and I want him signed in January ASAP.....with this addition the second half of the season could be very exciting.......

Post by **g88ner** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:31 am

Never seen him play (apart from against us) so can only really go on reputation, but if he's as good as people are saying, then how on earth can Arsenal expect to beat off the inevitable competition from the likes of Real Madrid, Citeh, Inter, ManUre, etc. and secure his signature??

I know we have the money in the bank, but our history of transfer dealings over the years make it hard to believe that there's anything concrete to it as the transfer fees often quoted for the lad in the media are HUGE!

Fingers crossed, though - the club needs a lift.

RioGooner · Post by **RioGooner** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:43 am

The boy is a hell of a wide midfielder, amazing crosses and he cuts in so well to finish.. If we snatch him this january it would be a massive boost to the offensive side of our game. And since that's about the only side we have, got to make it lethal as fuck

Henry Norris 1913 · Post by **Henry Norris 1913** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:49 am

RioGooner wrote:The boy is a hell of a wide midfielder

well if he's on the chubby side we should probably not sign him, we already have santos and arshavin

augie · Post by **augie** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 9:25 am

Think I vaguely remember being told that he was signing on the last transfer deadline day

Seriously though I can only pretty much echo what g88ner has said in that I have only got that one game against us to judge him on although I will say that he looked very impressive that night imo. I too have serious doubts that he will sign for us if he is as good as we are led to believe and if he is coveted by europe's big clubs as well unless he see's us as a stepping stone although I obviously hope I am wrong on that.

storrmin571 · Post by **storrmin571** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:28 am

Â£50m according to the Daily Mail is what we are going to bid

augie · Post by **augie** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:48 am

storrmin571 wrote:Â£50m according to the Daily Mail is what we are going to bid

Dont know whether to laugh or cry at this - on one hand the thought of us spending even half that amount on one player seems woefully far fetched but on the other hand it would be typical if we did spend a ridiculous amount of money on one player when we could buy 2 or 3 quality players for that amount that would actually make the team much stronger

Obviously unlikely to be true though

worthing gooner · Post by **worthing gooner** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:49 am

storrmin571 wrote:Â£50m according to the Daily Mail is what we are going to bid

Â£50 mill.........
With our track record in the market!!!!

Jacky Wilshere · Post by **Jacky Wilshere** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:55 am

storrmin571 wrote:Â£50m according to the Daily Mail is what we are going to bid

The article actually says that Wenger will spend a large chunk of the 50 million transfer budget on Goetze,with the paper reporting that the fee is likely to be around the 20 million mark.

augie · Post by **augie** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:58 am

Jacky Wilshere wrote:
storrmin571 wrote:Â£50m according to the Daily Mail is what we are going to bid
The article actually says that Wenger will spend a large chunk of the 50 million transfer budget on Goetze,with the paper reporting that the fee is likely to be around the 20 million mark.

Bloody welsh.....if they spent less time shagging sheep they might actually be able to read the articles correctly

gunner_ace · Post by **gunner_ace** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:31 am

And I heard were getting Marvin Martin, M'Villa, Hazard and this fella. Should be a special january. If we keep our current form up and sign then in Janauary we WILL win the league. woo hoo.

This will not be a false dawn as those that have come before.

coo coo ga ga.

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:35 am

And we're getting Messi on a free. You heard it here first

SteveO 35 · Post by **SteveO 35** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:13 pm

gunner_ace wrote:And I heard were getting Marvin Martin, M'Villa, Hazard and this fella. Should be a special january. If we keep our current form up and sign then in Janauary we WILL win the league. woo hoo.

This will not be a false dawn as those that have come before.

coo coo ga ga.

If you had to guess which one of those four will actually join, I wonder who it could be..............

.......bonjour Monsieur Martin

None of the others available at "the right price"

RioGooner · Post by **RioGooner** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 1:31 pm

Henry Norris 1913 wrote:
RioGooner wrote:The boy is a hell of a wide midfielder

well if he's on the chubby side we should probably not sign him, we already have santos and arshavin

I too would rather see a LB that could defend and not be fat and a defensive mid to bench Song. As that won't happen and we can just as easily be out of the top 4 by the end of january I wouldn't doubt a marquee signing so much.

TeeCee · Post by **TeeCee** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:06 pm

Wenger's been priced out of the Hazard deal so I think he will go for Goetze, and he has to go for him in January because we won't be in the CL next season so Wenger knows any decent signings will have to be made this January, so for once, I DO expect us to make a couple of signings.

However, if we lose to Dortmund at home in the CL and end up not qualifying then guess what? We won't be signing ANY decent players, for some considerable time!!