Transfer Rumours Thread

Revgoon89 · Post by **Revgoon89** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:02 pm

How long do medicals take? Surely we would have some confirmation about Per and Santos by now?

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:04 pm

Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:
augie wrote:
flash gunner wrote:Sneijder seen in pub on Holloway Road

He was meant to meet mertesacker for a drink but the big kraut is on a pub crawl and god know's which pub he is in now
Apparently he was off to Phibbers but the cabbie taking him there told him it was being refurbished.

Well fuck my old boots and call me Shirley!

Buck Choclit · Post by **Buck Choclit** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:04 pm

Revgoon89 wrote:How long do medicals take? Surely we would have some confirmation about Per and Santos by now?

Wenger's doing the cough test. Could be awhile.

Post by **flash gunner** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:06 pm

Boomer wrote:
Its Up 4 Grabs Now wrote:
augie wrote:
flash gunner wrote:Sneijder seen in pub on Holloway Road

He was meant to meet mertesacker for a drink but the big kraut is on a pub crawl and god know's which pub he is in now
Apparently he was off to Phibbers but the cabbie taking him there told him it was being refurbished.
Well fuck my old boots and call me Shirley!

Its Up 4 Grabs Now · Post by **Its Up 4 Grabs Now** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:06 pm

Buck Choclit wrote:
Revgoon89 wrote:How long do medicals take? Surely we would have some confirmation about Per and Santos by now?
Wenger's doing the cough test. Could be awhile.

He's got his fingers in a lot of pies, has Arsene.

JakeN13 · Post by **JakeN13** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:06 pm

Bergkamp-Genius wrote:
Either that or maybe he's not even the one doing the spending. Perhaps the club are forcing these deals through now. Unlikely imo, but no weirder than Arsene suddenly turning trigger-happy on the old credit card.
..

Just had an image of Wenger trying to pay for these players on his credit card over the phone

AFCWozza · Post by **AFCWozza** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:07 pm

So, things are starting to happen, we have signed Ju-Young-Unsung-Wung Park on loan from the Korean Military service for 2 and a half years, until Joel gets his work permit

Aggro Santos the Brazilian born famous rapper who goes by the lyrics of "You.. You.. You.. Yeah You.."

Per Mertersacker, the absolute BEAST of a fellah i mean, 6ft 6, can head the ball, has over 75 international caps, is at the peak of his career and the perfect age..

Two 26 year olds and a 28 year old, all international players.

Please, please now let us sign a fooking quality center midfielder..

Post by **flash gunner** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:09 pm

AFCWozza wrote:So, things are starting to happen, we have signed Ju-Young-Unsung-Wung Park on loan from the Korean Military service for 2 and a half years, until Joel gets his work permit

Aggro Santos the Brazilian born famous rapper who goes by the lyrics of "You.. You.. You.. Yeah You.."

Per Mertersacker, the absolute BEAST of a fellah i mean, 6ft 6, can head the ball, has over 75 international caps, is at the peak of his career and the perfect age..

Two 26 year olds and a 28 year old, all international players.

Please, please now let us sign a fooking quality center midfielder..

Arsene knows!!! 'ey Wozza

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:10 pm

Buck Choclit wrote:
Revgoon89 wrote:How long do medicals take? Surely we would have some confirmation about Per and Santos by now?
Wenger's doing the cough test. Could be awhile.

Cough or Crouch?

MK Gould · Post by **MK Gould** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:10 pm

Just to bring us back down to earth for a few mins.....today's issue of The Fiver courtesy of the Guardian:

It was a great weekend for the Arsenal, who scored two goals at Manchester United in the league for the first time since 1985 and were a Robin van Persie penalty away from the heady heights of notching three, a feat not achieved since 1971. A season-defining performance, and one that allowed Arsene Wenger to slip into a post-match state of serenity: according to reports, he sat in the Old Trafford dressing room after the game in total silence, lost in the moment, staring blankly at the walls, no doubt letting wave after blissful wave of satisfaction crash over him, his wholesale commitment to progressive attacking football having once again been completely vindicated.

This pioneer refuses to stand still, though. Like all the great managers, Wenger can spot minor flaws which the untrained eye of the average punter misses, and to this end is about to improve on perfection with the Â£10m capture of Per Mertesacker. The 6ft 6in German international is a class act: the captain of Werder Bremen, he was the senior figure in a defence that was one of only four to concede 60 or more goals in last season's Bundesliga. But that's not really the point.

Most important, of course, is Mertesacker's attacking potency: dangerous at set pieces, he's scored 19 Bundesliga goals since his top-flight debut for Hanover in 2003. At nearly 2.4 goals per season, that's a rate not far off established top-class strikers such as Marouanne Chamakh or Nicklas Bendtner. A couple of training sessions with Wenger and this guy will be the new Gerd Muller for sure (although even better, one would assume, as Muller shoddily insisted on taking shots at goal without pausing to consider aesthetics, or whether an attempt could be made to slowly walk the ball into the net instead).

Mertesacker is due to have a medical late this afternoon, though getting an appointment with Arsenal's quack might prove tricky, as most of the squad are camped out in his waiting room hoping to get some of those special boxes of Nurofen Plus that really take the edge off the old central nervous system. The feelgood factor at the Emirates doesn't stop there, either. Striker Park Chu-young of newly-relegated Monaco has already joined today, as will Brazilian full-back Andre Santos, who is all about bombing down the wing and scoring goals and leaving acres of grass behind him, and will be fresh and raring to go having come from Fenerbahce, where he won't have played a competitive game in quite a while. It's a great time to be a Gunner, and it's going to get even better!

Henry Norris 1913 · Post by **Henry Norris 1913** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:11 pm

according to wiki Mertesacker is 6ft 6!

he'll look like a freak lined up next to short arse sagna

AFCWozza · Post by **AFCWozza** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:12 pm

flash gunner wrote:
AFCWozza wrote:So, things are starting to happen, we have signed Ju-Young-Unsung-Wung Park on loan from the Korean Military service for 2 and a half years, until Joel gets his work permit

Aggro Santos the Brazilian born famous rapper who goes by the lyrics of "You.. You.. You.. Yeah You.."

Per Mertersacker, the absolute BEAST of a fellah i mean, 6ft 6, can head the ball, has over 75 international caps, is at the peak of his career and the perfect age..

Two 26 year olds and a 28 year old, all international players.

Please, please now let us sign a fooking quality center midfielder..
Arsene knows!!! 'ey Wozza

I dont know what the fuck is going on

augie · Post by **augie** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:14 pm

MK Gould wrote:Just to bring us back down to earth for a few mins.....today's issue of The Fiver courtesy of the Guardian:

It was a great weekend for the Arsenal, who scored two goals at Manchester United in the league for the first time since 1985 and were a Robin van Persie penalty away from the heady heights of notching three, a feat not achieved since 1971. A season-defining performance, and one that allowed Arsene Wenger to slip into a post-match state of serenity: according to reports, he sat in the Old Trafford dressing room after the game in total silence, lost in the moment, staring blankly at the walls, no doubt letting wave after blissful wave of satisfaction crash over him, his wholesale commitment to progressive attacking football having once again been completely vindicated.

This pioneer refuses to stand still, though. Like all the great managers, Wenger can spot minor flaws which the untrained eye of the average punter misses, and to this end is about to improve on perfection with the Â£10m capture of Per Mertesacker. The 6ft 6in German international is a class act: the captain of Werder Bremen, he was the senior figure in a defence that was one of only four to concede 60 or more goals in last season's Bundesliga. But that's not really the point.

Most important, of course, is Mertesacker's attacking potency: dangerous at set pieces, he's scored 19 Bundesliga goals since his top-flight debut for Hanover in 2003. At nearly 2.4 goals per season, that's a rate not far off established top-class strikers such as Marouanne Chamakh or Nicklas Bendtner. A couple of training sessions with Wenger and this guy will be the new Gerd Muller for sure (although even better, one would assume, as Muller shoddily insisted on taking shots at goal without pausing to consider aesthetics, or whether an attempt could be made to slowly walk the ball into the net instead).

Mertesacker is due to have a medical late this afternoon, though getting an appointment with Arsenal's quack might prove tricky, as most of the squad are camped out in his waiting room hoping to get some of those special boxes of Nurofen Plus that really take the edge off the old central nervous system. The feelgood factor at the Emirates doesn't stop there, either. Striker Park Chu-young of newly-relegated Monaco has already joined today, as will Brazilian full-back Andre Santos, who is all about bombing down the wing and scoring goals and leaving acres of grass behind him, and will be fresh and raring to go having come from Fenerbahce, where he won't have played a competitive game in quite a while. It's a great time to be a Gunner, and it's going to get even better!

storrmin571 · Post by **storrmin571** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:22 pm

I want Cahill signed now. Then we get Kaka and Benzema then I may be happy. Hell I will even accept Scott Parker now. Not benyoun though. Joe Cole Jagielka and Hargreaves anyone even a panic buy.

Buck Choclit · Post by **Buck Choclit** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:23 pm

Boomer wrote:
Buck Choclit wrote:
Revgoon89 wrote:How long do medicals take? Surely we would have some confirmation about Per and Santos by now?
Wenger's doing the cough test. Could be awhile.
Cough or Crouch?

At 6'6 I wouldn't want to be the one asking him to cough while holding his nuts.

Just had a look at Santos on youtube.. Fucking hell, are we sure he plays LB!!! The lad knows where the goal is and doesn't seem worried about beating half the opposition team to get there..