The Summer 2014 TRANSFER THREAD

[mcdowell42]

It is only a rumour

[SteveO 35]

I know that it was only a friendly and it was only against norway, but I have to say that griezman impressed me tonight He looked bright, his movement was outstanding and he looked a threat - of course it should be noted that tonight he had no responsibilities to track back with cabaye and matudi playing as DM's and pogba just ahead of them, so how he would fare when he is asked to play as a wing back in wengerworld is anybodies guess

It also should be said that remy scored within minutes of being brought on for him

Griezmann is very good but Vela is twice the player. Sociedad have apparently offered us Griezmann for a cut price as long as we give up our buy back clause for Vela.

Griezmann is a Walcott type forward who loves to make runs in behind. I think an all round striker is what we need, and that would be Vela.

But when Vela left in 2012 you were saying....

TBH, Vela is the biggest fanny I've ever seen in an Arsenal shirt. I know his role doesn't require him to be 'tough' but fuck me, he was a proper pussy. Never challenged for any ball and looked like a frightened mouse whenever given a run out.

Good work Kiwomya my old son ! This fella would be proud of our 1989 !

[mcdowell42]

Arsenal are reportedly preparing a £24m move for Benfica striker Rodrigo. (Daily Star)
8:29pm - 28 May 14

[OneBardGooner]

Álvaro Morata will join Arsenal next season. Real Madrid have the option to buy him back for the next 2 years. #AFC (@la_informacion)
6:14pm - 28 May 14

What's the point?

Basically on loan until he gets good then they call him back.

Besides he'll get injured and our medical team will finish him off for good then they can have him back.

[SteveO 35]

Arsenal are reportedly preparing a £24m move for Benfica striker Rodrigo. (Daily Star)
8:29pm - 28 May 14

Rodrigo isn't coming

[SteveO 35]

Álvaro Morata will join Arsenal next season. Real Madrid have the option to buy him back for the next 2 years. #AFC (@la_informacion)
6:14pm - 28 May 14

What's the point?

Basically on loan until he gets good then they call him back.

Besides he'll get injured and our medical team will finish him off for good then they can have him back.

Calm down fellas - there's no need to worry because........

Morata isn't coming

[OneBardGooner]

But apparently Marshall (Cardiff Goalie ) IS - we have to deal with firm of accountants that do work for Cardiff City and pre - (next) season taxes forecast and expenditure put aside to include funds for a new/replacement goalie.

[QuartzGooner]

regarding Milner, hed be a great utility player,you know what you are getting with him,no thrills,no pussy footing,no half baked performances just a solid all rounder who knows where the net is

Agree with what you say although can't really understand why you'd hate him so much unless I'm missing something. Strong player who'll run all day. But not sure if he'd move to be a squad player again. Anyhow with our injury record he'd probably get 20 starts minimum.
If we can get him then I say go for it.

I am inclined to agree.
Strong bench option, knows how to close out a game as Arsenal Till I Die said.

I would not have him as our priority signing, but worth a go if we have secured much needed striker, defensive midfielder and right back and have some cash left over.

Honestly, this may seem controversial, but I would have little problem with Kallstrom on a two year deal.
Not for any big money or as a priority, but he looked reasonable as a squad player, a bench option to close out games.

Of course we would be well stoked with midfielders, but next summer I reckon Arteta and Diaby will leave, and Rosicky will be a year away from leaving too.

Looking ahead:
Ramsey, Flamini, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Milner as central midfield options are not bad, Milner able to fill in a few other positions if needed.
And much better if we add a top class defensive midfielder too this summer.

IF Morata comes on a "buy back" deal, I can only guess that Wenger is biding time until one of Sanogo, Afobe, Akpom, Crowley is ready, though that is a gamble?

[1989]

I know that it was only a friendly and it was only against norway, but I have to say that griezman impressed me tonight He looked bright, his movement was outstanding and he looked a threat - of course it should be noted that tonight he had no responsibilities to track back with cabaye and matudi playing as DM's and pogba just ahead of them, so how he would fare when he is asked to play as a wing back in wengerworld is anybodies guess

It also should be said that remy scored within minutes of being brought on for him

Griezmann is very good but Vela is twice the player. Sociedad have apparently offered us Griezmann for a cut price as long as we give up our buy back clause for Vela.

Griezmann is a Walcott type forward who loves to make runs in behind. I think an all round striker is what we need, and that would be Vela.

But when Vela left in 2012 you were saying....

TBH, Vela is the biggest fanny I've ever seen in an Arsenal shirt. I know his role doesn't require him to be 'tough' but fuck me, he was a proper pussy. Never challenged for any ball and looked like a frightened mouse whenever given a run out.

I've already stated that I was happy to see Vela leave, but his spell in La Liga has led to a turnaround in my opinion of him. Don't know what you're trying to prove here.

[OneBardGooner]

Vela!!!??

Oh feck I thought his name was VERA! - well he played like a tart!





See there is a strikers resemblance!

[StuartL]

the 10 million is because he is 30 this summer and has one year left on his contract.

very good player, can't understand why he'd leave munich.

i'd guess he's bound for Paris, Barcelona or Turin due to the wife :





Schweinsteiger is coming, but not to us.

Has she been spotted in a bar on the Holloway Road yet ?

[northbank123]

But apparently Marshall (Cardiff Goalie ) IS - we have to deal with firm of accountants that do work for Cardiff City and pre - (next) season taxes forecast and expenditure put aside to include funds for a new/replacement goalie.

Don't think that's a huge surprise, he's a sure-fire bet to be moving somewhere after the season he's had. People tend to get a bit carried away with keepers at relegation sides because they might make a few great saves in a vital result that is promoted on MOTD and then nobody realises when they drop an absolute howler in a 2-0 loss at Stoke the following week. Compare that to the sort of scrunity keepers at the big clubs are under - take de Gea in his first season for example - and it's not really a level playing field.

But I really have been impressed with Marshall's all-around game and consistency every time I've seen him. I would love to have him as a #2 but I think at 29 and with his stock so high he would probably prefer first-team football, especially with an international place not beyond his reach. Much better than that arrogant fuck McGregor imo. I think Marshall would be a great signing for Southampton who are really really lacking in that area.

[brucegrove]

1) I'm not too enthusiastic by the names of potential attacking signings that've been mentioned recently because what we really require above all else is speed down the left wing and in the centre forward position and we could also probably do with a box-to-box runner as back up to Ramsey. I don't see Morata or Benzema providing this thrust but clearly Suarez has that burst and runs the channels non-stop.

I think that Ozil and Giroud were completely nullified by the long term absences of the runners- Wally and Ramsey- in the second half of the season but i'm pretty sure that Ozil would've been a revelation in any of AW's teams in his first 6years where we broke at speed like the red arrows with few touches and carved the opposition open.

I have a theory that had we signed the toothy time bomb he may have been played on the left of a 4-3-3 with Giroud retained up front rather than as a direct replacement at centre forward. Imagine the supply he would've had from Suarez and Wally

2) Re AW's comment about waiting till after the WC to sign players (which riled a lot of people):
I think that we are playing the secondary market..we're not troubling the moneybags teams by competing for the cream but we're hanging on for the crumbs i.e. if Real sign Aguero then they'll need to sell a forward to finance that and create a space in the team for him, if Pigface doesn't rate Mata then he could become available for a knockdown price, if Cesc is surplus at Barcstads and ManU don't want him then his price drops and i think we're playing the long game by waiting to see what happens with other teams, Notably no significant business has been done so far by anybody else

3) Does anybody else think it's weird that everybody just seems to accept this premise that AW wants to sign Draxler for a small fortune and change him into an RvP style centre forward? Where did this theory first come from and why has the media just blindly accepted this without question? To spend £30m odd on an established striker would be a lot but to spend it on a young guy who got two goals last season believing that he could be a 25 or 30goal a year striker is bizarre.

[northbank123]

I said last summer if we signed Suarez he'd spend a lot of time at left wing. Which would be utter folly imo. He's undoubtedly good enough to prosper there but does anyone want to see him babysitting Gibbs whilst Giroud continues to bundle round up front?

All hypothetical sadly.

[kiwomya]

Swansea announce shock Lukasz Fabianski signing

http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/29/swansea-a ... o-4743353/