Arsenal in £36m star bid: Could be one hell of a deal!
by Mr Comfort on July 8th, 2008
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The Gunners are willing to sell their top scorer of last season, but only if the Serie A giants that want him are willing to pay their price….and boy it’s quite some price!
AC Milan’s hopes of signing Emmanuel Adebayor, the Arsenal forward, before the end of the summer transfer window appear to be fading after the two clubs failed to agree a fee.
The Togo international, 24, has suggested he wants a move to the Italian side, who are looking for a world-class centre forward and are also interested in Samuel Eto’o, of Barcelona. However, Adriano Galliani, the AC Milan vice-president, says the club are unwilling to match Arsenal’s fee, reportedly about £36 million (€45m).
“I have had contact with [Arsenal manager Arsene] Wenger and we are divided on an important difference in terms of value of the player,” Galliani said. Asked about his two targets, he added: “They are both great forwards. But they could both remain where they are.” (Times Online)
With Adebayor practically begging to leave or be given an astronomical wage increase, Arsene may be better off asking for a slightly more realistic fee for the Togolese hit-man. I am sure all Arsenal fans are well aware of Emmanuel’s limitations. Sure, he had a great season last term but, given the service received, he missed around half of the decent chances he was presented with. I would have thought that Wenger would take anything over 20m and he is probably just testing the water with this latest valuation. What do Gunners fans think Ade is worth on today’s market?
Alex - July 8th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
25m is realistic i think considering he has had only one good season but is still a quality forward. Afterall there are better forwards out there that could be available to AC Milan, Villa, Benzema (he’ll only go to barca though!), Ronaldinho, Drogba, all would be better than Adebayor and would cost an awful lot less than 36m.
Presh - July 8th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
The strikers market is pretty rubbish at the moment. There are hardly many strikers worth the value paraded. But Adebayor due to his age with atleast 3 seasons of prime left, is probably worth 30 million ppounds atleast.
Big Gadge - July 8th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Agreed. Get 30m for him and let’s get Huntelaar.
Darren - July 8th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
if he dosen’t want to stay sell him for as much as we can no one is bigger than the club.huntelaar could do the job as could santa cruz,david villa and there are others out there.as many as ade scored look at how many he missed,how helb can go as well he only had one 1/2 of a good season were are these players loyalty thank god for cese and then justin hoyte he still wants and fight for his place even though it seems he can’t get in the team.
dan - July 8th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
30 mil quid. if ade goes we retool the entire offense, not good. in an inexperienced young team, he’s one of the few experienced and quality players.
dan - July 8th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
35 mil quid. if ade goes we retool the entire offense, not good. in an inexperienced young team, he’s one of the few experienced and quality players.
on d gooner - July 8th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I wouldn’t buy him for £5mil, and this is how I genuinely rate the guy. It is therefore madness to be offering us over £20mil for this guy. Madness on the part of the club offering this sum and madness on the part of Arsenal not willing to bite off someone’s hand for such ridiculous amounts for a striker I DO NOT RATE as world class. The whole world has gone mad and lunatics are running the asylum!!
dan - July 8th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Huntelaar, he’s a manu fanboy, besides we’ve enough children in the squad.
Big Gadge - July 8th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I think Justin Hoyte would be a better back up RB to Sagna than Eboue. With the rest of the Adebayor cash after splashing out on Huntelaar and the supposed other transfer funds get a CM, CB and when Hleb goes another LM.
nicky - July 8th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
It was the apalling misses of last season that I remember and they just do not compensate for the 30 goals. AW should lower the asking price , get rid and replace……soooooon!!
Al - July 8th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I am a gooner and I say let him go! He is a disrespectful sod who has been give delectable service all year and scored around 30′% of chances (hard and soft). If you think 20mil could buy you Torres what could you get for 25mil? Sell him Wenger, his ruining the belief of the camp with his selfish demands. Best got rid of!
scottpuffin - July 8th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I often wonder if the David Villa rumours of him going “cheap” are actually true. If Adebayor is worth £30m then Villa for £25m-£30m is an absolutely bargain.
Personally, I’d love Adebayor and Hleb to go for a combined fee of say £40m and use that money to but Benzema. I’d be happy with Benzema, Nasri and Ramsey as our signings. Can’t see Benzema happening though.
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dan - July 8th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
A NOTE ON CURRENT TRANSFER ATMOSHPHERE:
Arsene knows what to do but, as he has stated, the transfer market has been ruined by the prodigious sums one or two clubs are happy to pay. Now smaller clubs are holding out and demanding ridiculous sums for un-established players. Huntelaar for example, is routinely mentioned by the media speculating a move. But his club is asking for the moon, and why not, they’re in a win-win situation. If he goes then they get a huge sum, if he stays they keep a quality player. The likely result is that he stays where he is another season, and contrary to fergie’s view there will be less transfer activity this summer, not more. Another example, Veloso, who didn’t feature for Portugal at euros are asking 20 million quid. Veloso has qualities, but he’s no scoring threat, he’s not the finished article, as such this sum is badly miscalculated. Now these clubs, who can’t make any sense, leave it to us to make some sense of what’s happening. Any club who grossly overprices it’s players, which include most clubs these days are telling the marketplace that their player is not interested in a move to Arsenal. Why? Because Wenger’s reputation and transfer policy are well established, AFC doesn’t pay stupid money, any self respecting club knows this well, as should any player interested in playing for us. If a player wants to join AFC two things must happen, he’s priced right and he keen to play and succeed at AFC.
Now, to be fair and comprehensive, as Vieira has stated, we’ve had to review our pay structure and with our vital players we certainly have, but at AFC the players must earn their pay. It is entirely misplaced that Ade demand an Henri level salary after one good season. Henri was 29 and he earned it, Ade at 24 years is either developing a massive ego problem or is on the receiving end of some horribly bad advice. Ade, let me help you, one off-season at Milan and you’re on the bench, later to be shipped out to a smaller club with no ambition left to wonder where it all went wrong, someday, maybe you’ll make it back ala Anelska, but past your prime and not much to show for your ‘lost years’. Stay at AFC, stay humble, work hard, earn it, be a leader and help grow the club.
Back to the main point. So now what’s Wenger left with? Well, a youth policy only gets you so far, and as he’s stated some time ago ‘the club could benefit from experienced proven talent’. What does experienced talent mean? It means world class players who can calm the youngsters, solid role models on and off the pitch, are not intimidated by other big players, can rise to any occasion, and are determined to win and likely have won a lot. Will these players cost extra, sure, because they’ve earned it as have their clubs by keeping faith and a sound relationship between the two.
Things change, and to reclaim trophies AFC must also change and adapt to a market that is silly by paying a bit more but not compromising our principle beliefs. As Arsene knows better than most, if the price goes up the risk goes up and with all the ‘rotten mercenary’ players out there who exhibit little gratitude and loyalty beyond hollow press statements, the vetting process just has to be more than thorough. Which, I believe, brings us to where we are and why things are taking so long. Wenger can spot a talent, no question, but what of the players desire to play for AFC? Therein lies the major hurdle to signing experienced talent. Spending big sums and then players leave for whatever reason(Reyes got scared of rain), and far earlier than hoped. We must only sign such players determined to succeed at AFC, fact is such players are harder to find these days. If a player and club are just shopping around for money, ala’ Arshavin, Huntelaar, Veloso, and de la Red(who, btw, looks like my sister only prettier), Eto’o(who also has an ego issue, all too perfect replacement for Ade) these are not the ones AFC need. The player must have a dream to play at AFC. To players one and all, come to AFC with love for our football, come with class, and if you earn it, we’ll gladly pay. And if you’ve established yourself as world class we’ll pay for that too(we’re not poor, just smart).
49 Unbeaten - July 8th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
It’s all very well saying “get rid” but with the length of time it’s taken to get Nasri in (which STILL isn’t sorted) i’m not sure we’d manage to get ANYONE in let alone a world class replacement…
alan - July 8th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
get rid of them booth it sends bad vibs to rest of squad, no players bigger than club
loves2spooge - July 8th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
It’s a value to scale, he’s not worth it, but then who is. If lets just say Crouch is worth 11 million then a fair price in my eyes is 20 million. 30 goals in a season doesn’t happen by fluke he is a quality player better than most i have to say. He adds a different dimension to the team and has a good ONFIELD attitude. Arsenal won’t be as good a team without him. and isn’t that the bottom line. In the long run title challenging teams make more money than fourth or fifth placed teams. So i suggest a compromise be met regards his wages.
Igor Likmanov - July 8th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Wenger doesn’t want to sell so he is inflating the price. The boy will be gone once £27m+ offered as that will be sufficient to cover the cost of Wenger’s targets and still leave a profit.
Wih RVP back, Eduardo on the mend and Vela coming in, all of whom are either naturally more gifted or better finishers than Adebayor I suspect he won’t be the loss some might think.
I suppose a degree in economics like the professors is useful when supply and demand is the only game in town!
Burt Lindon - July 8th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Sell adebayour and offer 10m for Darren Bent
Great striker and Spurs are lookin to sell
Come on you gunners
dan - July 8th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
We must only sign such players determined to succeed at AFC, fact is such players are harder to find these days ‘rotten mercenaries’. If a player and club are just shopping around for money, ala’ Arshavin, Huntelaar, Veloso, and de la Red(who, btw, looks like my sister only prettier), these are not the ones AFC need. The player must have a dream to play at AFC. To players one and all, come to AFC with love for our football, come with class, and if you earn it, we’ll gladly pay. And if you’ve established yourself as world class we’ll pay for that too(we’re not poor just smart). Don’t come to AFC for money alone. We only want players who want us.
harry brown - July 8th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
well, adebayo is a good player, though he is not worth the amount, he is worth 25 million pounds, wenger should not sell him, becos he will put the money in the bank and will settle for bendtnar to fill the gap, i want wenger to realise that arsenal cannot compete as a top club in europe without trophies, he should also that things have changed, if want trohies need to spend big for quality esperience players, he should also realise that player play football for money rather passion, so that so called strict wage policy should be addressed, otherwise good players will be shy to come to arsenal. arsene wenger needs to fortify the defence, that is a major broblem., and look for a quality replacement for flamini and not gilbeto.
harry brown - July 8th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
wenger is not a coach
he is arsenals problem
sadlot - July 8th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
why dont you sell your ground then buy to strikers and pee off back to south london, mugs!
sadlot - July 8th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
oh in fact get two more french strikers then pee off to south london! or even better france!
Grimandi - July 8th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
sad sad sad spudlot.
Lunar Emirate - July 8th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Is he worth more than David Villa onthe strength of one inconstent season?
£20m is reasonable £24 bite someones hand off at £25m
He doesn’t want to play, like Barry, he should go.
Arsene Wenger - July 8th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
My Genitalia is absolutely miniscule!
Arsene Wenger - July 8th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
24/26 mil
daymee - July 9th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Money wise Ade regardless of his goals is not worth more than 18m
Team wise at Arsenal, he is priceless. I believe Arsenal will go through another barren spell if/when Ade and Hleb leave. A lot of Arsenal followers are underestimating how much Hleb and Ade affect the offensive side of our game. Losing Flamini, Hleb and Adebayor in one season will have its drawbacks, regardless of players brought in.
I just hope Cesc is got his heart set at Arsenal.
Anonymous - July 9th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Personally I believe that Wenger should jump on any offer that is £25 mil +
abi - July 9th, 2008 at 1:13 am
25 mill would be good for him but get it done soon coz his replacement has to be found and lets hope its not martins.lol. i prefer huntaleer or benzema but maybe realistically santa cruz
Saintkuma - July 9th, 2008 at 3:59 am
Let Adebayo go and lure in Obagoal
Zekk67 - July 9th, 2008 at 4:54 am
You arses like to speculate but have no logic or brains to think. Basically you think Barcelona is dumb, and you think you can get good deals. Think about this, if Villa/Huntelaar is worth less than Adebayor, wouldn’t Barcelona choose to buy Villa/Huntelaar instead. No club would be dumb enough to buy an inconsistent player if there’s a class player who’s cheaper. You think you can dispose players at insane prices and yet you think you can get new and better players to replace at a lower price. Fools!
Roy N. - July 9th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Very nice thot. Sell Ade n Hleb. That will be around 40mil. Ofer that to valencia. Get villa n Silva. We’l be set!
bob loves gooner boys - July 9th, 2008 at 5:14 am
Never seen so many jackoffs .30 or 35 mil. for Adebayor, you’re dreaming idiots.If that cunt is worth that much then Villa,Drogba or Huntelaar are worth 50 mil. each.
GoonerIndia - July 9th, 2008 at 5:28 am
5 tins of Coke but If milan are giving 32 mil it must be fine we can buy Martins or even better VIlla with that money.
I prefer MArtins as he is a EPL player and looks good when he plays.
WE also have surplus 17 mil so we can go and buy a world class DM.
GO gooners
Dave - July 9th, 2008 at 7:05 am
loves2spooge makes very good sense with his comments. Adebayor missed plenty of chances but which striker doesn´t? He is a good stiker who worked his nuts off for the team playing up front by himself (against massed defenders) and still scored plenty of goals. If we can compromise with him on the pay matter I say keep him, otherwise sell him for as much as we can squeeze out of the buying club - just don´t let him go for a miserable 20-25 million quid.
As for so many comments recently about Hleb not scoring goals…. he´s a creative midfielder, not an out-and-out forward. Have you ever heard of Alex James? Probably the best player ever to play for Arsenal and bought because he scored lots of goals in Scotland. But when he came down to us he hardly scored at all, yet became one of the best MAKERS of goals ever.
The biggest problem in football today is the agents - all they do is hype up their players, hawk them around the world and tell the players how much more money they can earn elsewhere. Then they go home and count the millions that they´ve made without even breaking sweat (let alone their legs).
aNaKiN99 - July 9th, 2008 at 7:19 am
I dont know wat ade’s worth.. but i definately know that milan are ready to shell 30 million euros… whilst arsenal want 36 million… if a deal can be struck then we can get huntelaar in easily with that money.. he was valued at around 35 million euros by ajax before the euros… but due to his non playin in euros his value in t market has decreased reportedly n ajax may sell him at around 25 million… ajax rejected a roma bid worth 18 million cos they’ve had a bad experience with roma b4 when roma bought chivu from ajax… (problem was tat roma dint pay t money right away and caused a delay in paying up the money even after chivu had joined)… add to this… huntelaar doesnt want to go to italy…
he wants to play in t epl… he may have expressed his desire to play for manu but i dont think he’de reject arsenal… especially considerin the fact tat he’s gonna be no1 striker at the emirates… a privilege which he obviously wont enjoy at the old trafford considerin he’s got competition from the likes of tevez n rooney… real madrid are too busy chasin ronaldo n barca are busy tryin to get aarshavin… so i guess @ 25 million ajax will sell him happily… it wud be wise if wenger hurries n bids for him before ade leaves… though i have to admit wenger may be tempted to go for the younger n cheaper martins…
lets wait n watch wat’s gonna happen…
matt - July 9th, 2008 at 7:28 am
This guy should just go and @36mil pounds for that matter.Barca buy funny players like Abidal etc and yes they can rate Ade more that Villa,Wenger is an economist and will thrive on that.At Arsenal you just need to be a hitman coz of all the supplies you get and Ade is not a hitman he missed far too man chances.This guy should appreciate where Wenger took him from coz nobody knew him and now he has a big head he should learn from Gilberto and Toure who are gentlemen in my view.
Guys everyone is replaeable and we will do very well and with a good amount of money too.Hleb hold the ball too much and he should be sold not to Barca but some funny clubs for even less the asked amount,and i can see that happening so that he will respect us.We this players from the bushes of east Europe,Africa and show them the lights of london then all of a sudden they grow big heads.Go Ade go mercenary go..now for 36mill pounds
aNaKiN99 - July 9th, 2008 at 7:40 am
correction matt…
36 million euros… not pounds… he aint worth 36 million pounds and no club in their right state of minds will pay 36 million pounds for ade… the askin rate is 36 million euros… while milan are ready to give 30 million…
coxy - July 9th, 2008 at 7:46 am
i hope he goes for that much he is good but he needs to improve on his finishing a bit more i believe heshould go and we bring in someone like huntelaar or eto’o and if we got change spend it on another cm or lm or even a cb.
brazy - July 9th, 2008 at 8:00 am
The professor is no fool, he knows what he wants and should be left alone to do his job.
a real arsenal fan - July 9th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I still hope we sign David Villa. He looks cute in an Arsenal shirt.We have to buy him if not we need him but we have to snatch him from liverpoooo.
a real arsenal fan - July 9th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I hope Ade Bye Or leaves cause he will flop in Milan and maybe Ac will stop chasing our improving players. We still get big bucks to pay our debt or improve our squad. Look guys Arsenal should buy me cause I scored 8 goals in 14 matches when my team created 10 chances for me. I missed only two goals.
alan B'stard M P - July 9th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Villa and Huntalaar are not interested. Huntalaar has stated his reference for Man U
Rob Bright - July 9th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
But Dan. Wenger himself is a Frenchman. Not even English and has no ties accept commercial ones with AFC.
Not only do we have mercenary players, but the fucking coach has no emotional ties either
C.Dan - July 9th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
it’s funny after all of those comments, i only agreed with 3 person.
dan, dave and loves2spooge
others are simply very much very naive thinking. I think these 3 person i mention have an average age of an adult. Assuming wisdom comes with age haha.
I just hope not all arsenal fans are like the rest who comment.
Anyway, to get to the point, i like how dave described Alex Hleb. I was reading another blog somewhere i can barely remember, but people were all cursing him before he even leave the club just yet, or even if he did, haha i mean by what right should we curse the great lad…
first of all, get the points right, the media did twist his comments. Wonder how most of his quotes didn’t come with the question from the journalist. After all, most players pityfully have been picked by the media to write something about them, and stir up some big conflict. isn’t that after all what makes people sick to live in England. haha.
It’s the press, and you’ll be dumb enough to listen to these rumors.
Ever heard of the story Mr. Market? well it’s by Ben Graham, (sort of mentor for Warren Buffer) , anyway to relate to mankind, and most of you here is that, you all swing like Mr Market.
Let me save you from your suspense next time in future those who still haven’t got into the share market, is to never step into it. I wonder how you guys will be looking at the share price everyday, and some dumb analysis who makes money to comment on it, says something bad about it, you’ll quickly sell the shares off.
-hleb-
Back to football, i’m just trying imply to you guys is that, when one of the blog talks about Hleb, they showed how many assist Cesc had and goals he scored, between the two of them, Cesc was much more superior. If i wasn’t mistaken the numbers were pretty superior for Cesc and for Hleb it’s pretty terrible.
let me tell you something, those 17 assist by Cesc, would it have happened if it wasn’t Hleb who creates space out of an eye of a needle for Cesc to just run and pass the ball to Adebayor to score? Just a basic illustration, i’m not implying every 17 goals to be the case that Hleb created for Cesc to assist.
-overrated player-
I’m just saying, numbers don’t tell you a story. I felt Cesc was always overrated in the team, always take the credit, at least by the media. I don’t meant this guy is lousy, he’s good, undeniable. It’s a fact. he has the prospect to be a scholes, something alike. But you ought to know that he couldn’t play as freely as he had been if it wasn’t Hleb & Flamini who does all the dirty works. If everyone is to assist 20, then who does the work to allow the assistor to assist?
I didn’t put Rosicky in, because this lad missed out most of the games last season. The reason we did so well last season was because we had players like Hleb who would bring 3 defenders to him to slip the pass to Cesc, when Hleb was heavily tackled by those players, just so that Cesc could make it happen. It’s a team game lads….. team game. You can’t just judge them by numbers to compete against each other. Just because C.Ronaldo scored 40 goals last season, as a winger… would meant Hleb should score at least half of it. They are both different class of players. hleb isn’t even a winger at first place to talk about it. And he wasn’t obscure before he arrived at Arsenal.
-Flamini-
Another thing i wanna stress onto is Flamini. Though he’s gone, but i trully wanna let you guys know that, Flamini is the only player last season, who gave something we lacked all these past 3 years…. it was influence with passion! The way he plays, it’s like it’s the last game ever or the last day on earth. He gave his heart all out. He’s like the engine of the midfield. Don’t judge the player cause just cause you compare him with Hleb, flam didn’t have a skill that matches that, and his passes aren’t as good as Cesc… this is not how you see a player’s contribution.
When we were a goal down, how did we come back? It was determination! If you trully observed, it was what we needed, and Flamini gave the sort of determination. He wasn’t credited much, and in fact not at all.
You can have a team with all the skills of the world, the best technical side, but if you don’t have a player to marshall the team up, with heart, fire, passion to run the team like every second is the very last, then you won’t be able to succeed.
In case you all don’t know, losing Flamini and replaced by Denilson, all you name it, Song, here n there, we’ll still lose Flamini. believe it or not, nobody can perfectly replaced someone, they’ll only create a new dimension. but i missed having a roy keane in our club…
Wish him all the best and succeed in Milan… because i know clearly he won’t be like the others who left Arsenal who struggle in other clubs. Flamini wasn’t known for his defensive qualities, not his technical part of it, not even his attacking fluency of it, it was his heart of passion that he gives to every game that makes him the one and only flamini. And players like that will never be neglected by the coach. You need a very determined player to drive the team at bad times, rainy days my friend…
-Conclusion-
Then be an egoistic Arsenal fan, but be humble to recognise our mistakes. We can always acknowledge that we always replace players with players, but we always fail to. We created new dimension, but not as good as the ones we had. That’s why we go trophyless for ages….
C.Dan - July 9th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
LOL reading back that was a long ass post. And i only touched on Hleb and Flamini. Mostly flamini, i respect this lad. He went to Milan knowing that they don’t have CL to play next season, a sacrifice he made to play for in Italy which he always dream of. Well, footballers have a very short career life, so hope he can join up with world class and winners to learn more from likes of gatusso, ambrosini, pirlo, kaka, nexta, dida seedorf to learn from them and make himself established in the France squad. hopefully Domenech isn’t blind again…
every game he played for us, he gave 101%, we all saw it. Games without him we trully suffered.
The reason i wrote all about him is because i couldn’t get it posted anywhere else haha. Besides, i didn’t posted my thoughts when people we all flaming him back then, was pretty busy …
We arsenal fans are generous lads, aren’t we…. let’s not curse this guy with all these bad luck, and hope the next time heplays against us, will be in CL that he’ll lead Milan’s new generation.