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enjibenji wrote:Talk today of matta being let go by united, would take him in a heartbeat if true
He is a quality player, but I can't see Wenger wanting an agile and mobile midfielder that likes to take players on and move with the ball at his feet and pass the ball for more than 5 yards. I mean where would it end? With us playing a pacey mobile striker in our shit 4-5-1???!!!
Wenger would never sign Mata, as he would have to lay on extra coaching sessions to drill the stagnant tippy tappy passy pass pass game into him. And we all know Arsene will be mega-busy this summer with his punditry work.
But but but... Do I remember wrong but weren't there some rumours that we were actually close to sign him but Chavs hijacked the deal while wenker fucked around with it?
Apparently, deal was done, personal terms agreed, we agreed fee of £18m which was the release clause fee, then on the day before the release clause was due to expire,we went back to renegotiate personal terms. We did the same with Vertonghan. Both said no and went elsewhere.
Would take him, play him on the right of front three.
For me Mata doesn't have the pace to play effectively as a winger. Teams will just set up narrow so that he stays wider, and he won't cause many problems because he's not going to skin players.
We just don't move the ball with enough pace - the complete opposite of Leicester and Spurs and the main reason why those two pretty average sides have prospered. Whilst the likes of Iwobi and Welbeck are limited players, we looked better for their inclusion as we moved the ball faster and attacked with more pace.
enjibenji wrote:Talk today of matta being let go by united, would take him in a heartbeat if true
He is a quality player, but I can't see Wenger wanting an agile and mobile midfielder that likes to take players on and move with the ball at his feet and pass the ball for more than 5 yards. I mean where would it end? With us playing a pacey mobile striker in our shit 4-5-1???!!!
Wenger would never sign Mata, as he would have to lay on extra coaching sessions to drill the stagnant tippy tappy passy pass pass game into him. And we all know Arsene will be mega-busy this summer with his punditry work.
But but but... Do I remember wrong but weren't there some rumours that we were actually close to sign him but Chavs hijacked the deal while wenker fucked around with it?
Apparently, deal was done, personal terms agreed, we agreed fee of £18m which was the release clause fee, then on the day before the release clause was due to expire,we went back to renegotiate personal terms. We did the same with Vertonghan. Both said no and went elsewhere.
Would take him, play him on the right of front three.
Yeah, I remember there was talk that the deal was basically done and dusted but something strange happened.
I agree with you, I would be happy if Wally was replaced by him on the right wing
enjibenji wrote:Talk today of matta being let go by united, would take him in a heartbeat if true
He is a quality player, but I can't see Wenger wanting an agile and mobile midfielder that likes to take players on and move with the ball at his feet and pass the ball for more than 5 yards. I mean where would it end? With us playing a pacey mobile striker in our shit 4-5-1???!!!
Wenger would never sign Mata, as he would have to lay on extra coaching sessions to drill the stagnant tippy tappy passy pass pass game into him. And we all know Arsene will be mega-busy this summer with his punditry work.
I know that some of you have lauded this guy as a transfer guru so for that reason I have posted it here even though the chances of us bringing in a transfer supremo are nil as long as le cock stays in charge
Like wise I would be surprised to see moaninho concede the transfer power UNLESS it was a condition of him getting the job - everyone knows of his preference of working with mendes (to the point of questioning his motives for some of the deals), and it has long since appeared that manure have had some reservations about hiring the portugese c.unt, so maybe this is the compromise that has been reached ? That being said I think that it is more likely that he will go to Madrid and that would be a mistake - yes they are trying to put some sort of transfer structure in place after the aforementioned portugese c.unt dismantled it, but at the same time a big club like Madrid usually does whatever the president wants when it comes to buying players
Citeeh have just announced the signing of gundogan from Dortmund - if xhaka turns out to be a good buy then we don't need another central midfielder as it now stands (unless we sell of course), plus he is going to be out injured for the first few months of next season
Gundogan is a decent player, he's coming off a pretty serious knee injury however. It was probably wise for us to stay clear. Pep knows what he is doing though so maybe this is a steal at 21 mill.
Tommy_Goon wrote:Gundogan is a decent player, he's coming off a pretty serious knee injury however. It was probably wise for us to stay clear. Pep knows what he is doing though so maybe this is a steal at 21 mill.
Overmars came back from a serious knee injury and was effectively "written off" by most big clubs. We took a punt and he was outstanding for us in 1997/1998, so you never know.
Tommy_Goon wrote:Gundogan is a decent player, he's coming off a pretty serious knee injury however. It was probably wise for us to stay clear. Pep knows what he is doing though so maybe this is a steal at 21 mill.
Overmars came back from a serious knee injury and was effectively "written off" by most big clubs. We took a punt and he was outstanding for us in 1997/1998, so you never know.
Absolutely agree but if I was a citeeh fan I would be questioning why the deal is being done now when he is going to be injured for a few months yet.
Gundogan was also out for a Whole season not so long back with a back injury picked up when playing for Germany so definitely a risky buy, sounds like the white Diaby
That being said I think that it is more likely that he will go to Madrid and that would be a mistake - yes they are trying to put some sort of transfer structure in place after the aforementioned portugese c.unt dismantled it, but at the same time a big club like Madrid usually does whatever the president wants when it comes to buying players 
