Official Arsenal FC Thread

MaliBrah · Post #921 » by **MaliBrah** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:53 pm

chamakh was a free transfer wasn't he? pretty sure he was

ardee · Post #922 » by **ardee** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:19 pm

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:You guys bought Chamakh for 6 mil and all he has done since then is degrade his value. In what world is he going to fetch a million profit let alone be sent out for a million loss?

I really doubt teams will take him just because of his salary and you know.. the overall ineptness.

He was a free transfer.

Post #923 » by **5DOM** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 4:09 pm

He's probably talking about the signing bonus although I'm not sure about the actual amount

Don't think anyone's going to pay 6M for him myself tbh. Think I'd rather go after Berbatov even considering his age

Post #924 » by **Slava** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:35 am

Tbh Wenger has taken so many fliers in that price range that I lost count. You could say the same thing about Fergie but occasionally someone like Chicharito always worked out.

IronChef · Post #925 » by **IronChef** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:24 am

Park is gone, they've already given his (cursed) no. 9 shirt to Podolski. Vela is gone, Denilson is on loan for the year, Squid is gone, Bendtner says he'll be gone by the end of the window, Chamakh would be gone if Besiktas hadn't tried to pay us in I.O.U.'s (should have taken them anyway). I think some French team would take a chance on him, he was very productive there. We got a mil for the Squid should get two or three for Chamakh. Arshavin looks to be headed to Fulham after they sell Dempsey.

diddykong · Post #926 » by **diddykong** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:30 pm

any news on m'vila?

MaliBrah · Post #927 » by **MaliBrah** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:10 pm

haven't heard anything on him lately really , don't think we're seriously targeting him anymore

for the time being at least

ardee · Post #928 » by **ardee** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:43 pm

This hurts so very much. I feel betrayed as not only a sports fan, but as a person.

MaliBrah · Post #929 » by **MaliBrah** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:34 pm

I would rather sell for 10 mill abroad then 24 to UTD , disgusting show of loyalty by the player

diddykong · Post #930 » by **diddykong** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:41 pm

rather have had city take him than united. at least we could have swapped for dzeko

Post #931 » by **kdawg32086** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:54 pm

You'd think the other big clubs could actually do a better job of scouting young players, rather than just poaching all of Arsenal's good players...

MaliBrah · Post #932 » by **MaliBrah** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:56 pm

its either that or they read transfer rumours to see who wenger is interested in and then they scout them and then sign them... lmao

i can picture abromovich and mancini googling arsenal transfer rumours when they feel like spending

MaliBrah · Post #933 » by **MaliBrah** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:08 pm

we should reinvest that money into cavani or jovetic right now or even llorente if the price is right

MaliBrah · Post #934 » by **MaliBrah** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:27 pm

watching this spain friendly ... cazorla is going to be a monster

GS Warriors 1 · Post #935 » by **GS Warriors 1** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:03 pm

Is Song next to leave?

MaliBrah · Post #936 » by **MaliBrah** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:32 pm

we've rejected an 11.8 million offer for him today, barca probably going to come back with an improved offer

bbms · Post #937 » by **bbms** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:49 pm

Giroud and Podolski signing wouldn't make sense if they brought another expensive strker. Giroud always seemed to me replacement for the Target Man role. Arsenal should focus on looking for a starting quality left back, a holding midfielder and a creative midfielder. M'Vila, Natxo Monreal and Isco would make sense. Sign M'Vila and free Song from such defensive duty.

MaliBrah · Post #938 » by **MaliBrah** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:15 pm

it's about depth man bendtner and park are leaving , rvp has already left , we'd only have giroud , podolski and chamkah as our strikers, we can't trust giroud already so we're going to need more options and chamakh is not reliable. Besides giroud and podolski will probably start together , so chamkah as first striker off the bench is not an option!

MaliBrah · Post #939 » by **MaliBrah** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:17 pm

Looks like song is gone as well , wenger better reinvest asap in a defender mbiwa from montpellier or debuchy, a midfielder m'vila or capoue , and a striker dont know who that might be.

bbms · Post #940 » by **bbms** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:51 pm

nmabdi28 wrote:it's about depth man bendtner and park are leaving , rvp has already left , we'd only have giroud , podolski and chamkah as our strikers, we can't trust giroud already so we're going to need more options and chamakh is not reliable. Besides giroud and podolski will probably start together , so chamkah as first striker off the bench is not an option!

You might be right, but Giroud doesn't miss a lot of games, hasn't player less than 36 games a season since 08/09, and you probably won't miss Podolski and Giroud at the same time, probably you'll have a better Gervinho than it was last season, Walcott and Ox.

Even if it's not deep, I wouldn't worry about a blockbuster deal now. You just signed Giroud for a huge fee, Wenger probably have faith on him.