TOP £12m target warms to idea of an Arsenal move: Always looked like a Gunner!
by Mr Comfort on July 30th, 2008
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One Wenger target makes noises that will encourage the Gunners boss greatly!
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Portsmouth midfielder Niko Kranjcar has stated that he is not paying any attention to the transfer speculation at the moment, although Premiership powerhouse Arsenal are said to be keeping an eye on him.
The 23-year-old Croatian international has established himself as a key player for Pompey after having moved to the Fratton Park in 2006 from Hajduk Split.
Pompey boss Harry Redknapp has maintained that he is determined to keep his best players after FA Cup-winning season last term, and Monaco are reported to have failed with a bid for Kranjcar, who has two years to run on his contract.
“My perspective is I’m a Portsmouth football player until the club want to sell me,” Kranjcar told The News.
“I’m not thinking about the transfer talk which is going on.
“Obviously, every player has ambitions to play for the biggest clubs in the world.
”Of course I dream of playing for the top four clubs in England or the top three clubs in Spain or Italy.
”Of course I dream of playing in the Champions League and winning the Champions League with the kind of sides who can achieve that.” (Premiershiplatest.com)
Whilst these words are not a come-and-get-me plea, they do seem to highlight a healthy interest in moving upwards in the game. The £12m-rated Croat has ambitions, and at least he isn’t unsubtly trying to orchestrate a move like some have this summer. It does illustrate that he could well be thinking ahead to a move to a big club.
No disrespect to the south-coast outfit who have done incredibly well with arguably England’s finest man manager of his generation in Harry Redknapp, but Niko will not play Champions League football at Fratton Park. Kranjcar has always looked like an Arsenal type of player. His style, vision and speed of thought would fit in perfectly at the Emirates, so it’s no wonder that Arsene Wenger is said to be a fan.
It’s nice to see that the 23-year-old isn’t turning his back on the club that forked out £3.5m on a relative unknown two years ago, but I can see him making the move to north London in the not-too-distant future. Do Arsenal fans like the look of the fleet-footed attacking midfielder?
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Tagged Under: Arsenal FC, Portsmouth FC, Premier League, Transfer Rumours
Greg Goon - July 30th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
You can always tell a caught off side story
Arsene to sign a midfielder.
then they add a sub header.
much better than flammini.
comon guys i know you wont even publish this comment but at the end of the day your stories always lack credit and you have these canny little sub headers so i normally avoid them but it got me lol.
The Voice Of Reason - July 30th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Stop recycling rumors from 2 months ago!!! If you’re going to post some utter bullshit, at least make up something new and interesting!!!
keith - July 30th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Comfort is at it again, delusional! why are you writting random speculative thoughts, save the shit talk for your mates in the pub!
Simgoon - July 30th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Another non-story.
Boring.
Anonymous - July 30th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
The reason they write these random, delusional, speculative thoughts is that random, delusional people like you keith, reads it. Get it? You’re his mate in the pub, the difference is this is the new age of the internet and you are in his world. If you so despise these rumours and speculative thoughts, don’t come here and moan.
garry k - July 30th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
it will gud sighning if wenger sign him but i think pompey dosnt want to sell him and dnt wanna come either….we need a 1 defender too andwe need get rid off senderos pleeees.
THE CHOSEN ONE - July 31st, 2008 at 12:24 am
THE VOICE OF REASON LOL- I LIKE THAT NAME
YES WENGER IS GOOD AT BUYING PLAYERS LESS THAN 13 MIL
ILL GIVE HIM THAT. AFTERALL THE GOONERS ARE A FEEDER CLUB, GOOD ENTERTAINERS BUT HUFF AND PUFF AND DONT USUALLY BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN.
IM A BIT SURPRISED THAT NOT MANY GOONERS DEBATED ON THE ISSUE OF WHETHER THEY ARE A FEEDER CLUB OR NOT SO IVE ONCE AGAIN COME TO BUG YOUS.
YOU GOTTA TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD SO HERE THE POST I WROTE OUT AND ID LOVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM TRUE GOONERS. ILL LISTEN TO YOUR VEIWS. NO COMMENT TO ME MEANS YOU ALL AGREE. CHEERS
TOPIC-ARE THE GOONERS A FEEDER CLUB?
Seems someones been reading some of my posts here lol, its now proving my point that gooners are a selling club.
a bit tired so wont chat much but make a few points, Does wenger really sell when he wants to or is it players who decided to stay or go. Anelka wanted to go so wenger had to sell, cleb or clegg, Edu and the other midfielder you guys lost on a free transfer due to the imcompentant nature of the board, oops and of course flamini.I heard it was henry who wanted to go to barcelona and btw has his form really dipped or is the system of play and not the free role that was given to him effecting his play?I think its more the fact hes always played at his best in a 4-4-2 and not 4-3-3 Lets put it this way if he chose anfield hed still be scoring goals.Barca aint getting the best out of him.
The point about the gooners system of play being unique yes I agree however if you can play in the gooners system then is will be easier to adapt to any other simplified version of play as a midfield player.
The point is wenger has said it, the great i has said it, Ian right my friend has said it and yet we are still debating it!!! Is it the pride of the gooners at stake? The realism where they stand in the big equation of football.t he humilation of accepting that when bigger clubs come their players will turn not accepting minimum wage at the club.
The question of gooners being a feeder team I find boring however the question of Gooners being a team that can attract young merceneries who need that 3 year publicity as well as good developement, knowing they could get their chance for 1st team football quicker….. now that I find interesting.
Ashley cole was right, he might be playing worse but hes got a better chance of winning something.
One last thing.All managers on the world stage at the top want to be winners.Dont u think wenger is so envious of sir taggot ,jose and sir rafa.
if 30 mil more would of gareteed him the title he would of spent it. His stupidness at not strengthening the team in the january window is one hell regret for a long time to come. Remember woodgate was available 10 mil and sanderos wouldnt of been seen crying , there were also other plasyers in other positions good available for the same price.
The gooners lost the title , man shite didnt win it and people may say hinsight is a good thing but common sense i say is a necessity!!!
Ok so ive annoyed you gooners again but hey it hurts when you hear me tell the truth only an idiot will feel you guys have more money than you actually have and that you guys are not a feeder club.
On a good note congrats on keeping fabregas hes a believer, give him 3 years tops and hell realise hes fighting a lost cause on his own.
WAITING PATIENTLY WITH MY CIGAR .
Charlie - July 31st, 2008 at 12:55 am
Re Chosen One
I cant see the argument with Arsenal being a feeder club.
In my opinion being a feed club would be seeling players who would go on to achieve in there career. No player who leaves Arsenal ends up improving on there form.
Anelka - Down Hill
Edu - Can even get a game
Henry - Not the same
And the list goes on.
Another point is that that most the players have been at arsenal for a long time already. Seing as they are brought at youth they have been at the club for a while before they get to the top of there game. In this day and age no player stays at a club forever especialy forign players.
THE CHOSEN ONE - July 31st, 2008 at 1:16 am
CHARLIE BOY-NICE POINTS AND ILL RESPECT THAT, HOWEVER LET IT BE SAID THAT ANELKA IS NOW AT CHELSEA WHO ARE FAVORITES OR ONE OF THEM TO WIN THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR. HENRY HAS MOVED TO A BIGGER CLUB OR CLUB WHO BEAT YOU IN THE CHAMP FINAL.ASHLEY COLE CHELSEA. MY POINT IS THE PLAYERS ARE GETTING MORE MONEY IN THE MERCENARY WAY AND IF WENGER IS THIS GENIUS THEN THE CLUB COULD OF GAINED AN EXTRA 14 MINUS WAGE IF THEY SOLD HENRY A YEAR B4. 8 MILLION MINUS WAGE IF THEY SOLD VEIRA. I TAKE THAT TO 30 MILLION. NOW THATS SAVING MONEY MAN!
POINT ALSO TAKEN ON FOREIGN PLAYERS BUT DIDNT WENGER SAY THAT FABREGAS AND FLAMINI ARE THE BEST PAIRING IN THE MIDDLE HES HAD SINCE HES BEEN AT THE CLUB. HIS WORD NOT MINE!! SO WE CAN SAY FLAMINI HAS HIT HIS PRIME WHY LET HIM GO?
BUT GOOD POINTS M8S
NEXT…..
Taggart - July 31st, 2008 at 2:22 am
Flamini was in his prime, but even in his prime he wasn’t a fantastic player, just a good one. I do tend to think that Arsenal isn’t so much a feeder club but just a very very fiscally tightly run club. They get the best value for their players, then toss them out. I think it’s a possibility with Cesc (although I think gunners would riot if Arsenal dealt him), and it’s been seen in the past with the names linked above. I don’t think the players necessarily do worse after leaving Arsenal, but they just aren’t as high value anymore when they want large money contracts. Instead, Wenger will pluck a Fabregas from Barcelona or another big club, a young player with potential, suck out as much as he can from him, then leave him behind as he searches for another young gun. It leaves them in contention, but I’m not so sure it wins them silverware.
a worry - July 31st, 2008 at 3:09 am
Gomes, Hutton, Woodgate, King, Bale, Bentley, Modric, Jenas, Lennon, Dos Santos, Arshavin.
Good luck next year, Ars*nal!
myGoon - July 31st, 2008 at 3:12 am
Jack Wilshere…. wowwwww!
wenger - July 31st, 2008 at 6:30 am
jack wilshere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cris b - July 31st, 2008 at 10:43 am
jack wilshere , great player but he’s 16! he cant play prem footy at that age! kranjcar wud do the job until wilshere was 20 then we cud sell him! or keep him he has a great footballing brain so go get him gunners
jackman (arsenal fan) - July 31st, 2008 at 10:59 am
No, No, No
We do not need another creative midfielder and kranjar is crap
We already have Rosicky, Walcott, Fabregas and the list goes on……..
Wenger please get a world class superstar like arshavin, yaya toure, miguel veloso and others!!!!!!!!!!!
The Chosen one - July 31st, 2008 at 11:06 am
TaGGART im sorry your opinion respected but not mine.Best value foe players? disagree,theyve lost alot on people leaving on a free as well as held on to players a year to long. yes they manage well and pick up good young talent however how many players has wenger bought over 15 mil that has been a succees? maybe he has fond his level and just maybe his developement skills are only for youngsters and is a failure with stars with bigger ego especially english players. I think he would be better served as an assistant manager dont you? or even a chief scout ……
mk gooner - July 31st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
RE A WORRY:- Your line up is good on paper but to many changes can upset a team as you need to gell together. Also your centre backs are very injury prone GK is ok at best Arshavin you havent got yet but poss, and hasnt got the stamina to play against the big boys why do you think barca or the prem top four go for him !!!!. Dos santos only played a hand full of senior games and only scored in 1 game all season cant see him scoring 20 a season . Bently is overated good passer that is it. So as for you saying good luck Arsenal i for 1 am definately not worried bout you finishing higher than us i say good luck trying to get in europe.!!!
gunner2008!!! - July 31st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
LOL Same old spurs!! buying arsenal rejects that caught offside link us with!! Dos Santos - Money Grabber / Bentley - Mr Mouth / Modric- Rather play for bayern than arsenal because we didn’t go in for him??? / And finally if you sign him (ARSE-SHAVINGS)- one good game in the euro’s and all of a sudden he is a saviour!! Did Ramos actually want to sign any of these players or does he and the board read too much caught offside and go in for every player linked with Arsenal??? Not Scared!
Simmeister - July 31st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Well Said, Tottenham Just Buy Arsenal Rejects LOL. That Is Why We Will Never Come Behind Yuu!
Wenger Says He Is Still Looking For One Or Two More Players, Fingers Crossed A CM (Veloso, Johnson Or Yaya) And A CB (Zapata).
We WILL Win The League Next Year.
And Can I Just Say…Jack Wilshire Looks SO SO SO SO GOOD!!
In Arsene We Trust
MM - July 31st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
TO GUNNER ALL YOUR BEST PLAYER ARE LEAVING ARSENIL WHY ? BECAUSE THERE IS NO FUTURE AND ALL WENGER IS BUYING ARE REJECTS NO ONE WANTS.
Charlie - July 31st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
RE MM
All our best players are leaving??
Cesc is still there, clishy, toure and sanga where are best players last season and there still there.
Losing Hleb is no big deal after signing Nasri. We’ve also got what I see as a big signing with getting Vela back from loan.
Add in the fact that if we keep Van Persie and Rosiksi fit were will be up there challenging with the best.
Plus once again tottenham youve brought a whole new team and will be laying a diffrent way of football. Is that going to start straight away? No. Your do the same as last year. Shit start but a great finish.
RAYMOND - July 31st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
CHARLIE WE STARTED BADLY YES BECAUSE OF CHANGE OF MANAGER, BUT YOU CANNOT CALL RAMUS SHIT HE IS ONE OF THE BEST MANAGERS
Gunner2008!! - July 31st, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Who are all our best players exactly??
PLEB
FLAMONEY
Yeah they are great players!! Considering FLAMONEY almost went to BIRMINGHAM the year before last!!!
And PLEB can only run around in circles!! He is the only player from 5 yards out that will play a pass!! what a Nob Jockey!!
Hold on a minute!! Wenger only buys rejects!! NO ONE WANTS?? if we didn’t sign them, then im 100 percent sure you would come in for them!! Your such a dirty stinking yido! I think i can speak on behalf of every arsenal fan on that one!! Now get off this forum and go take a bath you stinking yid!!
MAC - July 31st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
YOU GOONERS ARE ALL WANKERS STARTING FRON GUNNER2008, YOU HAVE GOT TO FACE IT YOU WILL BE SHIT THIS SEASON YOU HAVE NOT BOUGHT A DECENT PLAYER AND I STILL SAY YOUR BEST PLAYER YOU EVER HAD HENRY LEFT YOU AND NOW HE IS GOING TO MUNT HE DON’T WANT TO GO TO SHITARSENIL
gunner2008 - July 31st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
ohh yeah!! you have brough some quality players!! either arsenal linked or arsenal rejects that were once linked!! i think you are a litte bit grumpy because of keane its okay though!! Henry wont go to munt!! Dont be foolish!! you goat striker Bah Bah Tov will!
Me - July 31st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
MAC 07.31.08 at 2:16 pm
And my dad’s bigger than your dad - now sodding well jog on idiot.
37 points behind last season. Your just a small club from Middlesex
Greg Goon - July 31st, 2008 at 8:57 pm
@ totenham mug who mentioned his lineup lol
adebayor, rossicsky, wallcott, RVP, eduardo, nasri, FABREGAS, toure, sangna, clichy, vela, gallas,
once berbatoffy fucks off you will be left with a load of players that have never even played in the PREM you idiots lol
how funny are they