Hleb for Yaya

ipswich gooner · Post by **ipswich gooner** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 7:51 pm

gift wrap him & sent him on his way for Â£12mill
in a way he reminds me alot of Glenn Helder, no final product.
Nasri is a much better prospect than Hleb ever will be, good riddance I say

northbankbren · Post by **northbankbren** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:31 pm

I thought we payed Â£13.5m for him? Which if we sold him for 12 would be another big loss in the market. Â£12m & Yaya would be good business though.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:16 pm

We signed Hleb for 15million Euros, which at that time I believe was around Â£10m.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:15 pm

g88ner wrote:Does anyone actually know why Yaya isn't an Arsenal player anyway?

Wenger was talking about Yaya on Arsenal.com a month or 2 back, but it was only available to the subcribers, and no news agency or website seemed to report the story

Is it because we couldn't get a work permit? would Yaya not join us because we turned him down while on trial? or does Wenger simply not want him?
- or more to the point, considering Yaya was a regular at Barca last season, do we even know anything to suggest they want to sell him?

For the queries i've mentioned above, I doubt that Yaya is even being considered in the Hleb transfer saga.

In any case, a Barca player moving to the Arsenal would almost certainly have to consider a hefty wage reduction, and as Flamini, Cashley, and Nasri seem to prove...not many players are willing to make such a "sacrifice"

Yaya Toure was not signed few years back after his trial as there were reported work permit problems, plus he was not great for us, but has improved a lot over last couple of seasons.

Barcelona have brought in Keita from Sevilla for 14M Euros, who is believed to be Toure's replacement.

Â£12M for Hleb is very good business indeed at current exchange rates.

DanielD · Post by **DanielD** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:22 pm

I'm getting more and more worried. Nasri deal looked like it's wrapped up, but it's hard to tell what's going on in that front and now the Hleb's deal is taking a lot of time. Do something Arsene.

When either deal goes through, i think the forum will burst like a man who hasn't seen a woman in a year..

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:08 am

Maybe Nasri deal is on hold until after Euro 2008 because Arsene wants it that way, to make sure Nasri is not injured when we buy him?

Post by **g88ner** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:22 am

QuartzGooner wrote:Yaya Toure was not signed few years back after his trial as there were reported work permit problems, plus he was not great for us, but has improved a lot over last couple of seasons.

Barcelona have brought in Keita from Sevilla for 14M Euros, who is believed to be Toure's replacement.

By what I've heard (rather than seen), Keita is a fantastic player.

I could be wrong, but I believe Marquez and Edmilson are expected to leave Barca this summer. Both these players, although centre backs by trade, have played many games in the holding role in the Barca midfield.

I would assume that a club like Barca would be wanting competition in every position, and with Marquez and Edmilson likely to leave, I just think Barca will probably keep hold of Yaya Toure.

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 12:53 am

QuartzGooner wrote:Maybe Nasri deal is on hold until after Euro 2008 because Arsene wants it that way, to make sure Nasri is not injured when we buy him?

Nah, Arsene wants him now but they are problems over other stuff, and if Arsene really worried about injuries, he wouldn't be offering Van Persie a new contract, would he?

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:04 am

I would take Marquez a the right price.

Khalid, what problems are there?

Red Gunner · Post by **Red Gunner** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:20 am

QuartzGooner wrote:I would take Marquez a the right price.

Khalid, what problems are there?

Not sure

Wenger said something about wages difference in France and England

â€œNasri, he interests me,â€

BT · Post by BT » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:52 am

khalid_red wrote:
QuartzGooner wrote:I would take Marquez a the right price.

Khalid, what problems are there?

Not sure

Wenger said something about wages difference in France and England

â€œNasri, he interests me,â€

bigreddave · Post by **bigreddave** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:39 am

I just figured that nowadays you can pretty much sell a complete donkey and call him ronaldo and still get a hefty sum for him, especially to them spanish sides, they'll do anything to keep the fans happy, especially when they have they're presidential elections and promise to sign every man and his dog!

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:53 am

bigreddave wrote:I just figured that nowadays you can pretty much sell a complete donkey and call him ronaldo and still get a hefty sum for him, especially to them spanish sides, they'll do anything to keep the fans happy, especially when they have they're presidential elections and promise to sign every man and his dog!

Is Wayno going to Spain now.