jan signings part 2,000,054

tomkingsbury · Post by **tomkingsbury** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:05 pm

anyone got any opinions on mikel arteta. I have to say i havent seen a great deal of him before or the type of player he is, but he seems to be having a blinder for everton. Also seems comfortable in an attacking position across the midfield, so could he be a useful addition to the squad, or do ya think we dont need him??

Cesc is God · Post by **Cesc is God** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:51 pm

I could put my life on it that he will not come

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:57 pm

who is he?

gus ceasar is a legend · Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:02 pm

Another central midfieler........

Part 39390493858!

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:04 pm

Great, lets buy hm before Leyton Orient do.

gus ceasar is a legend · Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:37 pm

Lets buy him and loan Cesc to Leyton Orient!

Magic Hat · Post by **Magic Hat** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:53 am

Thought he played on the left for Everton? Good player but not Arsenal quality

tomkingsbury · Post by **tomkingsbury** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:11 am

yeah i was under the impression he was a wide playing midfielder, thats why i started the thread. To be honest, id prefer him to eboue!

nuttys left foot · Post by **nuttys left foot** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:16 am

tomkingsbury wrote:yeah i was under the impression he was a wide playing midfielder, thats why i started the thread. To be honest, id prefer him to eboue!

You leave my mate alone

Post by **REB** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:24 am

Magic Hat wrote:Thought he played on the left for Everton? Good player but not Arsenal quality

arteta's a fine player,, and he's evertons best by a mile but he plays like rosicky so we wouldnt buy him

daz10_uk · Post by **daz10_uk** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:42 am

Dont think he is Arsenal quality

26may1989 · Post by **26may1989** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:14 am

Arteta is an excellent player and if we needed his type of player he'd certainly be good enough to be an Arsenal player. To be honest, I can't believe everyone who watches English football doesn't already know about him and rate him highly. If we didn't have Cesc, Hleb, Denilson, Rosicky, Walcott and yes Eboue, I'd love to have him join us but we don't need him.

26may1989 · Post by **26may1989** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:21 am

nuttys left foot wrote:
tomkingsbury wrote:yeah i was under the impression he was a wide playing midfielder, thats why i started the thread. To be honest, id prefer him to eboue!
You leave my mate alone

And for those in the anti-Eboue brigade, this from Bacary Sagna in today's Guardian: "I like playing with EbouÃ©, I think we are very complementary. He can take my place if I go forward. He understands the right-back role and it's double protection for the right-hand side."

So not only is Wenger wrong to be picking Eboue, but Sagna (arguably our player of the season so far) is wrong too.

(PS: This has nothing to do with Eboue's overreactions - we all agree he should cut that out. It's only re his ability and contribution.)

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:41 am

Can Arteta play at centre half? If so we should sign him.
We desperately need some world class cover there and I think the bosses focus will be more on that area and the GK.

I still think that Modric is a good bet to come in January. I believe that it was mentioned that we had a pre-contract agreement when we signed Dudu.

JakeN13 · Post by **JakeN13** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:45 am

I've said for ages that Arteta is Premierships most underrated player but we don't really need him and Everton wouldn't let him go easilly.