Arsenal's Squad V Our Competition For PL 2012

[Vinny1967]

Might be a stooooopid idea for a thread but I thought we could keep track of the Ins and Outs and how our first team shapes up to our competitions Regarding the summer's dealings.

Arsenal.
In
Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) £13 Million
Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne) £11 Million
Cazorla (Malaga) £16.5 Million

Out
Bartley (Swansea) £1m
Robin van Persie (Manchester United, £22m),
Carlos Vela (Real Socieded, £6m),
Manuel Almunia (Watford, free),
Tom Cruise (Torquay, free),
Ben Glasgow (Stoke, free),
Gavin Hoyte (Dagenham & Redbridge, free),
Jeffrey Monakana (Preston, free),
Rhys Murphy (Telstar, free),
Oguzhan Ozyakup (Besiktas, undisclosed),
Pedro Botelho (Atlético Paranaense, free),
Sean McDermott (Sandnes Ulf, free),
Alban Bunjaku (Sevilla, free),
George Brislen-Hall (Norwich, free),
James Campbell (Dundee United, free),
Benif Afobe (Bolton, loan),
Denilson (Sao Paulo, loan),
Joel Campbell (Real Betis, loan),
Ryo Miyaichi (Wigan, loan),
James Campbell (released),
Sean McDermott (released)

Total Estimated Nett Spend £11.5 Million

............................Szczesny / Fabianski........

Jenkinson.........Vermaalen..............Koscielny......................Gibbs
Sagna.............Djourou..................Mersacker...................Santos

..................Arteta...............Song
.................Diaby.................Ramsey

Walcott...................Wilshire................................Ox
Gervinho.................Cazorla................................Rosicky

......................Podolski
........................Giroud

Other Notable Players Arshavin, Frimpong, Coquelin, Eisfeld.

Currently doubts about Walcott and Song staying.

Currently linked with Nuri Sahan & Lucas Biglia.

Still trying to offload players like Squillachi (I hope), Arshavin, Park, Chamakh, Bendtner ????????


Will post Chelsea, Utd, City and Liverpool Shortly.

Any updates I will edit the first five posts which will include the squads and Ins and Outs from the squads.

[Vinny1967]

Chelsea

In
Eden Hazard (Lille) £32 Million
Thorgan Hazard (FC Lens) Undisclosed.
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen) £7 Million
Oscar (Internacional) £25 Million

Out
Jose Bosingwa (released)
Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid) Loan
Ulises Davila (Sabadell) Loan
Kevin De Bruyne (Werder Bremen) Loan
Matej Delac (Guimaraes) Loan
Didier Drogba (released)
Salomon Kalou (Lille) Free
Milan Lakovic (Guimaraes) Loan
Romelu Lakuka (West Brom) Loan

Total Estimated Nett Spend So Far £64 Million.

............................................Cech
..........................................Turnbull

Ivanovic......................Terry......................Cahill...................Cashley
Ferreira.......................Luiz................................................Malouda

......................Lampard...................Essien
......................Jon Obi...................

..........Ramires....................Oscar.......................Hazard
............Mata......................Marin......................Meireles

........................................Torres
.......................................Sturridge

Chelsea still heavily linked with Hulk, Moses, Pereira, Cavani and are expected to spend more money.

Am not sure what Formation they will play in the coming season.

[Vinny1967]

Man City

In

Out
Wayne Bridge (Brighton & Hove Albion) Loan
Owen Hargreaves (released) Full story
Vladimir Weiss (Pescara) Undisclosed



...............................................Hart
..............................................Pantilimon

Richards.......................Kompany......................Lescott...................Clichy
Zabaleta.......................K Toure..........................Savic................Kolarov

Milner.........................Y Toure.......................De Jong..............A Johnson.
Nasri..........................G Barry........................Silva..................M Johnson

...............................Balotelli.....................Aguero
...............................Dzeko.......................Tevez

Other notable players, Adebayor Santa Cruz.

Linked with Robin Van Persie, Nani, Scott Sinclair, De Rossi, Agger, Niang.

Looks like FPP is kicking in at Citeh as Mancini has been critical of the hierarchy in not releasing funds until he sells. Problems with high salaries and over inflated fees paid means its not simple. It's great that Adebayor is still there and looks like he is not going anywhere which may mean they don't sign RVP.

Undoubtedly the team to beat this season and I think everyone is still expecting them to spend significant monies.


What I'd give for Kompany and Y Toure

[Vinny1967]

Man Utd

In's
Shinji Kagawa – Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United £17.6 Million
Nick Powell - Crewe to Manchester United £4 Million
Robin Van Persie £24 Million

Out's
Tomasz Kuszczak - Manchester United to Brighton - Free
Paul Pogba – Manchester United to Juventus - Free
Park Ji-Sung – Manchester United to QPR - £2m
Fabio Da Silva – Man Utd to QPR - Loan
John Cofie – Manchester United to Sheffield United - Loan
Reece Brown – Manchester United to Coventry - Loan
Ben Amos – Manchester United to Hull - Loan

Total Estimated Nett Spend = £43.6 Million.


..................................................De Gea
................................................Lindegaard

Rafael..........................Ferdinand.........................Vidic...................Evra
Phil Jones......................Evans.........................Smalling.

Valencia......................Scholes.........................Carrick........................Young
Nani...........................Kagawa........................Cleverley......................Giggs

..............................Rooney..........................Van Persie
............................Hernandez..........................Wellbeck

Other Notable Players Powell, Fletcher, Anderson, Bebe.

Doubts remain over Berbatov and Nani staying.

United still Linked with Isco, Neil Talylor and Usain Bolt

[Vinny1967]

Liverpool

New Manager in Brendan Rogers.

Ins
Fabio Borini – Roma to Liverpool £11 Million
Joe Allen - Swansea to Liverpool £15 Million

Outs
David Amoo – Liverpool to Preston North End – Free
Dirk Kuyt - Liverpool to Fenerbahce - £1 Million
Toni Silva – Liverpool to Barnsley - Free
Stephen Darby – Liverpool to Bradford City - Free
Joe Rafferty - Liverpool to Rochdale – Free

Total Estimated Nett Spend £25 Million


..........................................................Reina
...........................................................Doni

Johnson...........................Agger.........................Skrtel.........................Enrique
.................................Carragher.....................Coates.............................Wilson

Adam...........................Gerrard.........................Lucas.......................Downing
Cole..........................Henderson........................Allen.................Spearing

................................Suarez..........................Carroll
................................Borini..........................Bellamy

Still question marks over Carroll staying although Suarez looks like he is staying now.
Question marks now over Bellamy staying as apparently they are in negotiations with Cardiff.

Heavily linked with Joe Allen, Daniel Sturridge, Vergas, Sahin and Tello.

[flash gunner]

Locked

[Vinny1967]

Locked

Will delete the Lot when Sneijder signs for us

[1989]

Our squad looks very strong. Could all change should RVP leave though.

[GranadaJoe]

What! No mention of the Scum's dealings in the higher echelons of the international transfer market?

I love it when I see "Spurs linked with Madrid / Inter / PSG target xxxx". I wonder if their supporters get their hopes up.

By the way, I'm currently being linked with Tom Cruise ex, Katie Holmes. I wonder if I'm in with a chance.

[1989]

And since when did the Mousers become our rivals?

If you're gonna include them lot then might as well include Newcastle, Everton and half the bloody league.

[flash gunner]

And since when did the Mousers become our rivals?

If you're gonna include them lot then might as well include Newcastle, Everton and half the bloody league.

oh dont tell him that its hard enough reading the stuff he has posted already

[Vinny1967]

oh dont tell him that its hard enough reading the stuff he has posted already

http://www.specsavers.com/

[Vinny1967]

And since when did the Mousers become our rivals?

If you're gonna include them lot then might as well include Newcastle, Everton and half the bloody league.

I thought it was a good idea at the time

I debated about the Victims but I included them because of what they have spent to build the squad and some of their players are on 120k a week.

Just thought it may be an idea to look at possible formations, compare our squads, and keep track of who the competition are buying.

Obviously not

[Vinny1967]

Our squad looks very strong. Could all change should RVP leave though.

I agree with this. Looking at it and comparing squads it does look good but take RVP out we would be relying on Giroud and Pod hitting the ground running which is a big ask.
Would still like strengthening at left full and replace Song with Sahin/M'Vila.

[Vinny1967]

Looks like Joe Allen is going to the Victims.

Various news company's have reported that they have released his 15 million release clause.