Up the Arse! Goons Thread

[The Filth Wizard]

All I saw this morning whilst doing the rounds on KickNews was a surge of Ospina signed, Khedira to be announced Monday and Balotelli is coming...

So yeah. Normal dross that perks my interest but means nothing until I see a printed jersey...

 

[Latro]

The main Nice paper is reporting it as done. Debuchy signed a week before being announced

 

[glenferry23]

Yes Ospina looks a formality.

The Carvalho links is an interesting one but also makes a bit of logical sense thinking through. Can play DM or centre half so perhaps that's what we're looking for. And TV could be offloaded.

 

[Crow-eater]

David Ornstein ‏@bbcsport_david 32s
Arsenal no longer pursuing Khedira but still in market for DMF, will sign GK & probably DF depending on Jenkinson/Vermaelen situations #AFC

 

[HODGEYROAD]

David Ornstein ‏@bbcsport_david 32s
Arsenal no longer pursuing Khedira but still in market for DMF, will sign GK & probably DF depending on Jenkinson/Vermaelen situations #AFC

Yeah thats okay but we better sign a quality CDM, If arteta is 1st choice 3rd is the absolute best we can hope for

 

[glenferry23]

Think the Khedira rumours were just wild media speculation. Perhaps there was some mild initial interest but it just snowballed through the press from there, even though not much about made much sense from an Arsenal point of view.

The fee, the wages, the fact that he's not really a traditional holding mid etc. Just didn't sound like a Wenger signing at all. Wonder where he'll end up, this mornings rumours suggest he could end up at Monaco as part of the Rodriguez deal.

Anyway, hopefully we are pursuing Bender or Schneiderlin still.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Think the Khedira rumours were just wild media speculation. Perhaps there was some mild initial interest but it just snowballed through the press from there, even though not much about made much sense from an Arsenal point of view.
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The fee, the wages, the fact that he's not really a traditional holding mid etc. Just didn't sound like a Wenger signing at all. Wonder where he'll end up, this mornings rumours suggest he could end up at Monaco as part of the Rodriguez deal.

Anyway, hopefully we are pursuing Bender or Schneiderlin still.

Schneiderlin is my ideal choice, sign him Ospina and another CB and im very happy with our squad

 

[Crow-eater]

Think the Khedira rumours were just wild media speculation. Perhaps there was some mild initial interest but it just snowballed through the press from there, even though not much about made much sense from an Arsenal point of view.

The fee, the wages, the fact that he's not really a traditional holding mid etc. Just didn't sound like a Wenger signing at all. Wonder where he'll end up, this mornings rumours suggest he could end up at Monaco as part of the Rodriguez deal.

Anyway, hopefully we are pursuing Bender or Schneiderlin still.

And the supposed wage demands were rather absurd.

Overnight there were rumours we bid for Carvalho. But of course, if nothing happens, we still have Abou "Like a New Signing" Diaby

 

[Cruyff14]

The Diaby jokes are old and not funny.

 

[NTRabbit]

If nothing happens, we still spent 30 mill on Sanchez and 8 mill on Debuchy this window, it's not like we've done nothing at all.

Another keeper is still a certainty anyway, nobody can enter a season with a #1, a hastily promoted reserves player and nought else.

 

[Cruyff14]

Ospina seems to be done.

 

[Benno_900]

If nothing happens, we still spent 30 mill on Sanchez and 8 mill on Debuchy this window, it's not like we've done nothing at all.

Another keeper is still a certainty anyway, nobody can enter a season with a #1, a hastily promoted reserves player and nought else.

We will not win the league with Arteta/Flamini in our starting XI.

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

 

[Benno_900]

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Seamus Coleman >>>>>> Debuchy

 

[glenferry23]

Carvalho's release clause is £35m apparently, but can't see us paying that. Reports suggested we've bid around £23m for him.

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

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Seamus Coleman >>>>>> Debuchy

Neither are elite and for price Coleman would have cost he wouldn't have been worth it.

Carvalho's release clause is £35m apparently, but can't see us paying that. Reports suggested we've bid around £23m for him.

Will be a difficult deal to complete for two reasons. One being his agent is Jorge Mendez, the other is we are negotiating with Sporting and I'm fairly sure he is owned by a third party.

 

[Benno_900]

Sporting want at least £24 mil upfront.

Apparently we've offered that over two instalments.

 

[glenferry23]

Yes it seems this third party ownership stuff adds more complexity to this deal. It's not the best written article but this was informative in outlining the payments upfront.

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/...l-s-carvalho-bid-30m-could-actually-be-accept

 

[Latro]

Sporting only own 60% of Carvalhos contract.

 

[Benno_900]

So why did we offer to pay it in two instalments anyway?

What happened to that £100 mil warchest?

 

[Latro]

Most transfers are paid in instlaments.

Kike Marin has linked Arsenal with Schneiderlin

 

[Shoei]

Very rare for most transfers to be paid up front.

 

[Benno_900]

Yeah but if that's what's holding up the deal, just give it to them if we've got it.

I want all our signings done early for once.

 

[NTRabbit]

Just a guess, but I don't think that's what is really holding things up. More likely the third party owner is making unusual and unreasonable demands.

 

[HolyRioli]

Actually, it's more that the 3rd party owners would get the first part of the payment, meaning that sporting only receive 7.1m pounds initially, which means that they might as well not sell him