Arsenal Sign Centre Back Laurent Koscielny

SamiS · Post by **SamiS** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:57 pm

Arsenal agree deal with Lorient for Centre Back Laurent Koscielny, 10m EUROs (Â£8m) read more about it on http://younggunsblog.co.uk/2010/06/arse ... h-link-up/
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mrgnu1958 · Post by **mrgnu1958** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:59 pm

im soooooooooo excited

SamiS · Post by **SamiS** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:59 pm

Just copied facebook status of mine, easier, hahahaha

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:02 pm

mrgnu1958 wrote:im soooooooooo excited

wait till he scores 10 goals per season and make drogba look like francis jeffers

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:05 pm

Not official yet, but looks like a done deal.
Just hope we get another centre back as well, we are short on numbers.

This Is The Daybreak · Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:06 pm

We seem to have gone to quite some effort trying to get him here and 8 million is a lot of money for a young unknown. Lets hope he's the business...nobody had heard of Vermaelin this time last year, but then again nobody had heard of Cygan in 2002 either.

Bring Back Pires · Post by **Bring Back Pires** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:23 pm

24 is an ideal age.

It's time for Gallas and Silvestre to move on, so a Vermaelen/Koscielny partnership (ideally with Campbell as back-up) sounds like a good move.

Now to clean up the rest of the side.

xDAVEYx · Post by **xDAVEYx** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:24 pm

he best be replacing silvestre and not gallas (fingers crossed for kjaer on that front)

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:34 pm

He hasn't signed yet!

crocit · Post by **crocit** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:34 pm

This Is The Daybreak wrote:We seem to have gone to quite some effort trying to get him here and 8 million is a lot of money for a young unknown. Lets hope he's the business...nobody had heard of Vermaelin this time last year, but then again nobody had heard of Cygan in 2002 either.

Vermalean was captain of Ajax, and one of there best players at the team, ive heard a strong rumour of HAngelend and that we've agreed a fee but dont know how much, i'll come back to you on it, if it happens

and tbh i think Sols going,

SamiS · Post by **SamiS** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:56 pm

crocit wrote:
This Is The Daybreak wrote:We seem to have gone to quite some effort trying to get him here and 8 million is a lot of money for a young unknown. Lets hope he's the business...nobody had heard of Vermaelin this time last year, but then again nobody had heard of Cygan in 2002 either.
Vermalean was captain of Ajax, and one of there best players at the team, ive heard a strong rumour of HAngelend and that we've agreed a fee but dont know how much, i'll come back to you on it, if it happens and tbh i think Sols going,

Sol's going Celtic i'm sure

also Hangeland :S don't rate him for top 4 club... we need someone like Kjaer....

augie · Post by **augie** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:12 pm

Kjaer would be an excellent signing in my opinion and would line up as 1st choice alongside vermaelen with the french/polish guy as back up with djouru

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:23 pm

augie wrote:Kjaer would be an excellent signing in my opinion and would line up as 1st choice alongside vermaelen with the french/polish guy as back up with djouru

now that would be a young and quality defence.

which means we're not getting it

Its Up 4 Grabs Now · Post by **Its Up 4 Grabs Now** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:34 pm

augie wrote:Kjaer would be an excellent signing in my opinion and would line up as 1st choice alongside vermaelen with the french/polish guy as back up with djouru

Agreed. I thought Kjaer's Â£10m buyout clause had expired at the end of May but apparently it's June 30. I'd say unless we agreed a deal before the WC he'll have plenty of suitors now & if we get to June 30 & haven't signed him there's no way we wont be outbid in any auction.

Cant see Wenger spending Â£8m on this Polish guy for him to be a back-up either. If he's here I guess he's 1st choice.

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 6:46 pm

What about Jagielka? He would cost about Â£15m.