The 2015 Transfer Rumours Thread

[defleppardisking]

10 yrs of no Vieira replacement
11 yrs of no PL title
18 yrs of fucking around in the CL

No wonder they said Arsene knows.

It is the single issue that upsets me most over the past decade - Bergkamp is the best player to ever play for the club imo and is missed greatly but at least we bought arshavin to replace him (even if he wasn't utilised properly). We have NEVER replaced PV4 and I would argue that we have never even tried - people will point to gilberto but he wasn't the strong physical DM that PV4 was, and he was never gonna be the guy who protected our smaller ball playing midfielders

I am so desperate for us to sign a big physically dominating DM that I would nearly ask PV4 to come back and fill the role now

I can't believe a manager like Wenger would drop the idea of getting a good strong DM to replace Veiria and turned to playing dross like Song and worse Denilson. It's totally unacceptable. Who knows what would happen if we have a good strong physical DM for the past 10 yrs.

[augie]

if we dont buy anyone else will even the most blinkered AKB finally accept that Wenger has no ambition beyond getting into the top 4?
if we sell Ozil then the club becomes a laughing stock.

On the face of it maybe, but I wonder if it might be a bigger picture move - I am a big ozil fan and would def class him as world class, but at the same time I don't ever see us getting the best out of him in this system and wonder if it would make more sense to sell him and buy a player more suited to wenker's tactical shambles For ozil to shine he needs (at least) a striker with pace in front of him - personally if we were not to go back to 4-4-2, then I would prefer if we had 2 strikers with ozil floating in behind but I haven't managed for 30 years so what do I know ?

[Redarmy]

if we dont buy anyone else will even the most blinkered AKB finally accept that Wenger has no ambition beyond getting into the top 4?
if we sell Ozil then the club becomes a laughing stock.

On the face of it maybe, but I wonder if it might be a bigger picture move - I am a big ozil fan and would def class him as world class, but at the same time I don't ever see us getting the best out of him in this system and wonder if it would make more sense to sell him and buy a player more suited to wenker's tactical shambles For ozil to shine he needs (at least) a striker with pace in front of him - personally if we were not to go back to 4-4-2, then I would prefer if we had 2 strikers with ozil floating in behind but I haven't managed for 30 years so what do I know ?

Can understand the logic in that statement, Ozil is not being allowed to truly show his range of passing and vision in this set up
But then again how many players have been bought and played out of position until their confidence is drained, Chambers suffered last year brought in at centre back, not saying he won't eventually make it in that position though

[Gunner Rob]

If we assume that the top four is the target, which it is, then I don’t suppose it would be such a surprise if we didn’t add anyone else but Cech.

Doing the bare minimum, right?

You all know the old coot won’t move until 31/8 though.

you are probably right

what I find most alarming about this summer though is that there appears to be a real acceptance amongst Arsenal supporters that the club just aims for 4th place. There is no real desire for us to go for broke and try and challenge for the league by the board, the manager or the supporters.

this season is going to be oh so predictable.....zzzzzzzz

[GranadaJoe]

I hope the Sanogo to Ajax thing happens.

A year working with Bergkamp can only do him good. If he returns as shit as ever we'll know he'll never make it.

[augie]

If we assume that the top four is the target, which it is, then I don’t suppose it would be such a surprise if we didn’t add anyone else but Cech.

Doing the bare minimum, right?

You all know the old coot won’t move until 31/8 though.

you are probably right

what I find most alarming about this summer though is that there appears to be a real acceptance amongst Arsenal supporters that the club just aims for 4th place. There is no real desire for us to go for broke and try and challenge for the league by the board, the manager or the supporters.

this season is going to be oh so predictable.....zzzzzzzz

Because now that the club is winning fa cups again, many supporters are satisfied with that The lack of ambition within the club has seeped down and into large sections of the fanbase, and the days of aiming to be amongst the world's elite clubs has long gone

[DB10_TH14]

I hope the Sanogo to Ajax thing happens.

A year working with Bergkamp can only do him good. If he returns as shit as ever we'll know he'll never make it.

He peaked too soon scoring a hat trick in the Emirates cup

[nut flush gooner]

Every Soton player that has gone to a bigger club has flopped, £25m is laughable.

Fucking hell are you sure?

Well we have Theo and the Ox probably the best of a bad bunch, ohh and monkeyboy but hes not human so it doesn't count.

[DB10_TH14]

Will this thread be getting locked down on 1st September

[GoonerMuzz]

Let's be honest, we can speculate and bemoan all we want but none of us really have a clue what he's going to do in the transfer market, mind you i don't think he does either....

Ivan: 'Transfer market opens soon Arsene, how you going to save money this year?'

AW: 'What's the transfer market Ivan?'

Ivan: 'C'mon Arsene we go over this every year, it's where you sell some of our players to save us money and on occasion you spend a bit to keep the whinging plebs happy if Stan is feeling generous!'

AW: 'Um... not sure what you're talking about Ivan, guess i'll wing it as usual!!'

[Top Londoner]

Ooh ooh, who are we gonna sign next?
I can't wait, I tell ya I can't wait.










WENGER OUT

[OneBardGooner]

I hope the Sanogo to Ajax thing happens.

A year working with Bergkamp can only do him good. If he returns as shit as ever we'll know he'll never make it.

Even Denis (God) Bergkamp can't solve a problem like the postman.

[OneBardGooner]

Have we nearly, almost, kind of thought about signing anyone yet?

[Ikechukwu1]

From the Sun:

"Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, 26, fears being played out of position this season and is seeking talks with manager Arsene Wenger. (The Sun)

Hilarious. Guy has barely been there and already the rumours of a rift are majorly surfacing. If this is legit, Ozil would have a big point too. It's just yet another example of it having nothing to do with money and everything to do with Wenker's incompetence as a manager. Signs a £42m player and has absolutely no idea how to use him, doesn't surround him with the requisite quality, and alienates him. Happened with Arshavin, Podolski I don't at all rate but happened with him too, and now shot rumours with Ozil.

Bloke is a joke manager and unfit to manage any elite club. Total dinosaur. The FA Cup? Yeah I'm sure Neymar and Aguero will be banging down our doors to join us after the cup wins

[g88ner]

From the Sun:

"Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, 26, fears being played out of position this season and is seeking talks with manager Arsene Wenger. (The Sun)

Hilarious. Guy has barely been there and already the rumours of a rift are majorly surfacing. If this is legit, Ozil would have a big point too. It's just yet another example of it having nothing to do with money and everything to do with Wenker's incompetence as a manager. Signs a £42m player and has absolutely no idea how to use him, doesn't surround him with the requisite quality, and alienates him. Happened with Arshavin, Podolski I don't at all rate but happened with him too, and now shot rumours with Ozil.

Bloke is a joke manager and unfit to manage any elite club. Total dinosaur. The FA Cup? Yeah I'm sure Neymar and Aguero will be banging down our doors to join us after the cup wins

On the other hand, the Mirror and Mail recently reported that Ozil was being given the number 10 role...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... -best.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... 10-6020097

Is The Sun more reliable? - they all belong in the same bag of bullshit if you ask me.

News today, but thankfully they're tomorrow's fish and chip paper.

Could be true, could be bollocks... but either way, I reckon those journalists haven't the foggiest.