TRANSFER SPECULATION - WHO ARE WE LINKED WITH?

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:02 am

The Sun reckons we are going for Â£24M! Sporting Lisbon defensive midfielder Miguel Veloso!!!! No chance at that price.

The Telegraph links us to Roma's Â£12M Aquilani for same position...again, sounds too expensive but at a cheaper price he could be right man.

Gunner4LiF3 · Post by **Gunner4LiF3** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:34 am

Robert Acquafresca, young italian striker linked with us

currently plays for Cagliari who he saved from the drop with a few crucial goals. afain one for the future

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:52 pm

Gunner4LiF3 wrote:Robert Acquafresca, young italian striker linked with us

currently plays for Cagliari who he saved from the drop with a few crucial goals. afain one for the future

With that name, he will playing for us in no time

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:56 pm

This is the worst one yet

And it'll take some beating

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=703070

SAHA

shimmy21 · Post by **shimmy21** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:58 pm

khalid_red wrote:This is the worst one yet And it'll take some beating

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=703070

SAHA

hahaha i seriously want to find out who goal.com employ

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:41 pm

Apparently, we are taking the wonderfully-named Tawrik Jebril on trial

http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=704053

But after reading that we might Saha on Goal, I am not even sure if this Gerbil guy actually exists

Charlie! Charlie! · Post by **Charlie! Charlie!** » Wed May 21, 2008 8:19 am

There is speculation that West Ham are trying to buy Steven Taylor from Newcastle, I quite like him.
He appears to be a "blood and guts" defender who can head, chip in with a goal

and is not slow.
Anyone else?

augie · Post by **augie** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:29 am

Charlie! Charlie! wrote:There is speculation that West Ham are trying to buy Steven Taylor from Newcastle, I quite like him.
He appears to be a "blood and guts" defender who can head, chip in with a goal and is not slow.
Anyone else?

I dont bloody think so. I think he is too slow and needs a few acres to turn

Charlie! Charlie! · Post by **Charlie! Charlie!** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:32 am

augie wrote:
Charlie! Charlie! wrote:There is speculation that West Ham are trying to buy Steven Taylor from Newcastle, I quite like him.
He appears to be a "blood and guts" defender who can head, chip in with a goal and is not slow.
Anyone else?

I dont bloody think so. I think he is too slow and needs a few acres to turn

Ok then, would he be an improvement on any defenders we have at present?

augie · Post by **augie** » Wed May 21, 2008 9:48 am

Charlie! Charlie! wrote:
augie wrote:
Charlie! Charlie! wrote:There is speculation that West Ham are trying to buy Steven Taylor from Newcastle, I quite like him.
He appears to be a "blood and guts" defender who can head, chip in with a goal and is not slow.
Anyone else?

I dont bloody think so. I think he is too slow and needs a few acres to turn
Ok then, would he be an improvement on any defenders we have at present?

Not in my opinion charlie if I'm being honest. We all know that we need a strong physical centre back that is good in the air and I feel that it is a sign of how deperate we all are that we are being linked with the likes of taylor and indeed richard dunne - I personally think dunne would be a better option but I am still not convinced about him either. Of all of our centre backs song is the one I have least faith in (and yes I am including swiss phil in that) and I agree that taylor and dunne would be better than him but good enough for us in the long term ? Not sure I'm afraid

Charlie! Charlie! · Post by **Charlie! Charlie!** » Wed May 21, 2008 10:02 am

augie wrote:
Charlie! Charlie! wrote:
augie wrote:
Charlie! Charlie! wrote:There is speculation that West Ham are trying to buy Steven Taylor from Newcastle, I quite like him.
He appears to be a "blood and guts" defender who can head, chip in with a goal and is not slow.
Anyone else?

I dont bloody think so. I think he is too slow and needs a few acres to turn
Ok then, would he be an improvement on any defenders we have at present?

Not in my opinion charlie if I'm being honest. We all know that we need a strong physical centre back that is good in the air and I feel that it is a sign of how deperate we all are that we are being linked with the likes of taylor and indeed richard dunne - I personally think dunne would be a better option but I am still not convinced about him either. Of all of our centre backs song is the one I have least faith in (and yes I am including swiss phil in that) and I agree that taylor and dunne would be better than him but good enough for us in the long term ? Not sure I'm afraid

I think I, like others, am thinking of a better squad as opposed to first eleven which is our main priority.
I think Taylor is a better defender than both Song and Phil but you are probably right that he is not first eleven material.
As a possible future International he won't leave Newcastle to be a bench warmer so that probably rules us out anyway?
Arsene, just get it done to stop the speculation!!!

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:14 pm

"Arsenal are closing in on a triple French swoop with Samir Nasri, Clement Chantome and Francis Coquelin all understood to be on the verge of moving to north London."

That is according to MSN front page.

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:17 pm

BUMP

Seems we are close to signing a Ghanian star

Essien, Muntari, Appiah?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... 202234.ece

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:30 am

According to Rob Draper in the Mail on Sunday:

Arsene Wenger's new Arsenal team will begin to take shape this week with the signing of Samir Nasri from Marseille and negotiations to take St Etienne midfielders Mouhamadou Dabo and Blaise Matuidi to London.

Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez is being lined up should Emmanuel Adebayor continue to demand Â£80,000 a week and the arrival of 20-year-old Nasri will pave the way for Alexander Hleb to leave.

RaM · Post by **RaM** » Sun May 25, 2008 1:52 am

Seems we are close to signing a Ghanian star Essien, Muntari, Appiah?

I saw Ghana play on Friday night and Jibril wasn't in their squad.

Would have been nice if he was...