Re: January Transfers

by Joey Schwab Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:59 am

A U-19 player with a dodgy knee... Oh boy.

by Zaid Derweesh Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:07 am

This would signal the end of our interest in Gotze, I think.

And I wonder if Chelsea's signing of de Bruyne would end their interest in Hazard?

by Alejandro Perreira Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:17 am

for 400k you cant go wrong, stop complaining.

by Jason Morrison Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:30 am

Alejandro Perreira wrote:for 400k you cant go wrong, stop complaining.

Exactly, could be a great piece of business, and if not then not much of a loss ala bischoff.

by Vijay Saibola Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:58 am

Alejandro Perreira wrote:for 400k you cant go wrong, stop complaining.

What a waste of 400K. For a 19 yr old crock. Typical Wenger.

by Jenks1981 Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:01 am

Vijay Saibola wrote:
Alejandro Perreira wrote:for 400k you cant go wrong, stop complaining.

What a waste of 400K. For a 19 yr old crock. Typical Wenger.

Shu uuuuuuuuuuuuuup!

by Michael Foster Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:04 am

Alejandro Perreira wrote:for 400k you cant go wrong, stop complaining.

Actually you could complain...19,history of injuries...quite bad I must add....and only 400k says it all

by Jenks1981 Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:06 am

Has anyone seen him play? If not, shu uuuuuuuuuuuuup!!

by Michael Foster Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:12 am

Jenks1981 wrote:Has anyone seen him play? If not, shu uuuuuuuuuuuuup!!

Well I have searched for a good hour or two and found on YouTube and so on....

Nothing...

I know he wenger picks them well but...really....why not for now,

by **Chris Chan** Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:27 am

Someone should teach Wenger how to spell Goetze

by Alejandro Perreira Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:56 am

an acl injury is not the end of the world, and hes scoring at a good rate. and no one else has signed goetze yet, so a bunch of other managers are in the same boat as wenger.

by Stephen Mitchell Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:08 am

Alejandro Perreira wrote:an acl injury is not the end of the world, and hes scoring at a good rate. and no one else has signed goetze yet, so a bunch of other managers are in the same boat as wenger.

Quite. For example, Van Nistelrooy had a past ACL injury when he signed for Man U. Pires came back from a similar and was still very effective after one too. There are countless other examples, I'm sure.

As has been said, for £400k it would be by no means a disaster at all. Indeed, we have spent more than that on several players since Wenger arrived who never broke through. In terms of our financial base, it's a negligible fee, and I trust that he must be relatively promising as I doubt we'd be going for him otherwise.

Also, explain why this means that we won't go in for Goetze in the future? Not that I frankly think he'd be the saviour for us, but I genuinely don't see how this signing would necessarily mean that.

by vyom.chaudhary Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:22 am

http://tv.dfb.de/index.php?view=3879" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This is the highlights of the Gladbach u19 vs Dortmund u19s back in November. Eisfeld is number 10 with a yellow shirt. He makes a great assist for the first goal and had 2 other good moments in those short highlights.

by vyom.chaudhary Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:27 am

how reliable is this site:
http://www.arsenalinsider.com/4175/wenger-linked-with-arsenal-bid-for-schalke-star-holtby/

and also this..
Gooner Tom @GoonerTom13 Close
Arsenal are reportedly in negotiations with Seville, to sign 20-year old Japanese striker Hiroshi Ibusuki.

Arsène's strategy this window is to find as many obscure players as possible. Very Happy

by Zaid Derweesh Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:34 am

Stephen Mitchell wrote:
Alejandro Perreira wrote:an acl injury is not the end of the world, and hes scoring at a good rate. and no one else has signed goetze yet, so a bunch of other managers are in the same boat as wenger.

Quite. For example, Van Nistelrooy had a past ACL injury when he signed for Man U. Pires came back from a similar and was still very effective after one too. There are countless other examples, I'm sure.

As has been said, for £400k it would be by no means a disaster at all. Indeed, we have spent more than that on several players since Wenger arrived who never broke through. In terms of our financial base, it's a negligible fee, and I trust that he must be relatively promising as I doubt we'd be going for him otherwise.

Also, explain why this means that we won't go in for Goetze in the future? Not that I frankly think he'd be the saviour for us, but I genuinely don't see how this signing would necessarily mean that.

Stephen, I say that because one of the articles posted mentioned that this kid was frustrated because his path to the first team is blocked by Gotze, who is only a little bit older. That was the basis behind my thinking. However, it depends on whether Wenger sees this kid as being good enough to be near the first team already. If he's just someone for the reserves, who may come through someday, then Gotze is still a possibility.

by Zaid Derweesh Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:38 am

Someone posted this on the goal.com article about the kid:

Bayern Fan Munich, Germany
20:30 30 Jan 2012
Arsenal fans he's good trust me!! I know he is not Mario gotze but he is very attack minded player I've seen him play here!! he is like Thiago!! his passing sense and vision is awesome he's really good and Arsene Wenger knows that!! Dortmund tried to keep him but he said he want first team football!! he is a good buy Arsenal fans congratulation!! (Sorry for my bad English)

by vyom.chaudhary Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:43 am

hes 6 foot5 i heard

by Joey Schwab Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:21 am

I heard he's faster than Usain Bolt, blacker too

by **Christopher Flanagan** Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:52 am

I find it quite funny that people are already writing the kid off. Nearly all of our best players under Wenger have been signings like this, from Viera (who arrived pre-Arsène on his recommendation) right up to Chamberlain, via Anelka, Toure, van Persie and Fabregas. Arsène likes to buy young, cheap and mouldable.

by Alejandro Perreira Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:26 am

Christopher Flanagan wrote:Haha, we buy someone no-one has ever heard of in a palosition where we already have two (three if you include the Ox) of the best youn players in the world. Oh, Arsene, you are a parody of yourself.

by Samritpal Singh Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:54 pm

Man City has signed David Pizarro on loan from AS Roma. They can make it permanent deal if they want.

good signing! Will be good under Mancini.

by rschalala Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:40 pm

finally some action:

Chelsea signed Kevin de Bruyne (20, Genk) for 8 million. He'll stay at Genk on loan this season.

Fredy Guarin on loan from Porto to Inter. Inter could buy him next summer for 11 million.

Luca Toni from Juve to Al Nasr Dubai.

Lucho from OM to Porto.

Corluka on the way to Bayer, Ballack about to leave Bayer.
Pogrebnyak in talks with Fulham.
Barrios will stay in Dortmund.

by luke_kennedy Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:57 pm

SkySportsPeteO Pete O'Rourke
Anzhi Makhachkala in preliminary talks with Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin. #AFC #Gunners

by rschalala Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:43 pm

QPR signed Djibril Cisse for 5 million from Lazio.

Transfer list of Germany: Barrios, Corluka, Pogrebnyak on that list. No Podolski (if someone still believes in that rumour).

by Stephen Mitchell Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:47 pm

luke_kennedy wrote:SkySportsPeteO Pete O'Rourke
Anzhi Makhachkala in preliminary talks with Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin. #AFC #Gunners

Interesting. If this were to go through, will we see a mad rush at 10.30pm tonight as we realise how light we are in attack? Surely we'd have to sign another winger/forward, we'd be 2 or 3 injuries away from having literally *no one*.

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