ARSENAL are poised to land Feyenoord’s Jonathan De Guzman

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ARSENAL are poised to land Feyenoord’s Jonathan De Guzman

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ARSENAL are poised to land Feyenoord’s Jonathan De Guzman for £12million.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has made his move for the tough-tackling midfielder, 20, who is known as the Dutch version of Owen Hargreaves.

Canadian-born De Guzman has been on Arsenal’s radar for the past two years and now Wenger wants him to be Cesc Fabregas’ minder.

And the player is keen on the deal despite rival interest from Everton.

De Guzman, whose older brother Julian plays for Deportivo La Coruna in Spain, acquired Dutch citizenship in January.

And he snubbed the chance to play for Canada in order to make his debut for Holland’s Under-21 team in March.

He recently claimed: “My dream clubs are Arsenal and Barcelona. If clubs of that stature are interested in you then you cannot say no.

“I’m certainly open to interest from Arsenal and from what I hear Feyenoord are happy to hear from them as well.â€
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Post by gus ceasar is a legend »

Sorry but......who?

Not a name I know! Is another kid what we need for our midfield?
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m8 , wenger did say he dont do big name singing,s eh m8 ..
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Who Gus? Who? He is the Dutch Owen Hargreaves :? :roll: :banghead:
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Post by gus ceasar is a legend »

Agreed but there are big name signings and there are BIG name signings.

I don't really care about how big or small his profile is but I did think we would try and buy someone slightly older!

Anyhow it is probably bullshit so won't get to ruffled!
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Never heard of him to be honest. :oops:

Which immediately makes him more likely than any other mooted transfer targets. :wink:
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that story was on one of the shit sites on newsnow yesterday so dont believe it
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gus ceasar is a legend wrote:
Anyhow it is probably bullshit so won't get to ruffled!
you have been stealing my supply of optimism juice haven't you? :cussing:

Versatile apparently and someone most of us haven't heard of so would seem like a Wenger type of player.
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hes quite good! he knows how to tackle! but if its the sun and them shit sites, then dont believe it.
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£12m for someone who is only 20 we have never heard of!!!!! We need experience in the centre of midfield
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Post by IbleedRED&WHITE »

REBEL GOONER wrote:that story was on one of the shit sites on newsnow yesterday so dont believe it
Its popping up on a couple of the red tops etc so its only 98% lies now!!! :D

It does sound like a Wengerish signing though in the fact that we have never heard much of him!
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Post by WHL-71-04 »

donaldo wrote:£12m for someone who is only 20 we have never heard of!!!!! We need experience in the centre of midfield
No we don't. We need a good player, I really don't care how old he is.

And De Guzman is a quality player and will be perfectly suited to the Premier League. I for one will be very happy if this is true.
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WHL-71-04 wrote:
donaldo wrote:£12m for someone who is only 20 we have never heard of!!!!! We need experience in the centre of midfield
No we don't. We need a good player, I really don't care how old he is.

And De Guzman is a quality player and will be perfectly suited to the Premier League. I for one will be very happy if this is true.
Spot on WHL spot on!! who cares how old they are aslong as they can do the job. I find it funny that a players age is such a problem to some people on here. I dont here anyone moaning about Fabregas, nasri clichy ect.
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Post by leahy »

would be a great signing, very energetic and great on the ball, tough tackling more like diarra than hargreaves

would love it, £12 mill a bit steep tho, i cannot still see wnger buying anyone tll maybe january
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Post by QuartzGooner »

We NEED that type of player, bit of bite in midfield, but am not familiar with how good Guzman is.

If he punches as hard as his namesake Joan then might be worth spending money on!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNXDe00MXMo
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