Arsenal OUTLINE FIVE STAR £47m JANUARY SHOPPING LIST!
by Mr Comfort on December 24th, 2008 41 commentsThis source suggests that Arsene has a lengthy wish-list for the coming transfer window!
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Scrooge Arsene Wenger last night admitted he may be forced to spend big this Christmas after Cesc Fabregas was ruled out for the season.
The Arsenal manager’s worst fears were realised when his captain was told he would be sidelined for four months.
Wenger has drawn up a hitlist featuring £20million-rated Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Andrei Arshavin, West Ham’s Mark Noble, Manchester City’s £10m out-of-favour Michael Johnson, Barcelona’s £8m defender Yaya Toure and Villarreal veteran Marcos Senna. (Daily Mirror)
This source believes that Arsene is well and truly ready to splash the cash and has a decent list of players to pick from. Andrei Arshavin will definitely leave Zenit in the coming weeks and the question is where will he go? It seems Barcelona and Arsenal could be the main bidders for the Russian. Marcos Senna may be too long in the tooth to be a Wenger target at 32 but then the club did bring in Silvestre and may feel another injection of experience is needed at the club. Even before Michael Johnson was hit by a groin injury he wasn’t apparently a part of Mark Hughes’s immediate first team plans so he could be on his way but surely not until he is back to full fitness. Mark Noble is just one of many West Ham men linked with a move from the financially stricken club but it’s Yaya Toure that seems the most likely player that the Gunners turn to and I think it is very possible he could join his brother at the club in January. Who out of these targets do Arsenal fans think the club will actually sign?
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Doug - December 24th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Please Arsene, sign Andrei!
GoonerBoy - December 24th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Arshavin–not so sure he will spend that much money
Senna-Expiry date over
noble and johnson possible targets
yaya toure–cant accept his wage demands
Gersch - December 24th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Arshavin? Nah.
Half the time he doesn’t even show up. Too physical for him, too fast a pace and waaaaaay too much moneys.
Rubbish - December 24th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Arshavin has signed for REAL MADRID.
Steve - December 24th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
To Rubbish
Arshavin has not signed for Real Madrid, where did u read that? It may well happen but it certainly happened yet.
arsenal - December 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
no arshavin wil not sighn for real madrid cauz real brought huntelaar and theyve got raul arsenal need to spend on arshavin, sergio ramos swap deal with gallas buy ben arfa for right mid and alonso or xavi for center mid and buy cruz if u cant buy arshavin
Gersch - December 24th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
^Sounds simple enough
*Rolls f****n eyes*
Dines - December 24th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Arshavin..! A great idea to win the league..
Poor Spuds - December 24th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Velloso / Inler seam to be probable (& perhaps t best possible) midfield reinforcements….we can get yaya if we can manage his wages… senna wont be comin… he’s too dedicated to the yellow submarine to leave them…
sell bendtner… he aint worth t hassle.. n get maybe podolski… or rather use bendtner in a swap deal to get either podolski or santa cruz from blackburn….
for the defences thers barca’s Martin Caceres… he’s unsettled.. lookin for 1st team football…n most importantly aint in the scheme of things for pep…. plus arsenal can use its good relations to price away t defender from barca….
as far as t players mentioned here i dont think any of them stand a chance of landing at t emirates this jan…
arshavin’s in for another disappointing transfer window period.. zenit’s askin price is just too much… their greed’s again gonna screw poor arshavin’s happiness….
cuz frankly speakin 4get arsenal… no1 in their right minds on this planet wud pay 20 million euros to secure his services….
we can maybe get yaya if we can manage his wages (highly unlikely)…
senna wont be comin… he’s too dedicated to the yellow submarine to desert them…
Poor Spuds - December 24th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Velloso / Inler seam to be probable (& perhaps t best possible) midfield reinforcements….
sell bendtner… he aint worth t hassle.. n get maybe podolski… or rather use bendtner in a swap deal to get either podolski or santa cruz from blackburn….
for the defences thers barca’s Martin Caceres… he’s unsettled.. lookin for 1st team football…n most importantly aint in the scheme of things for pep…. plus arsenal can use its good relations to price away t defender from barca….
as far as t players mentioned here i dont think any of them stand a chance of landing at t emirates this jan…
arshavin’s in for another disappointing transfer window period.. zenit’s askin price is just too much… their greed’s again gonna screw poor arshavin’s happiness….
cuz frankly speakin 4get arsenal… no1 in their right minds on this planet wud pay 20 million euros to secure his services….
we can maybe get yaya if we can manage his wages (highly unlikely)…
senna wont be comin… he’s too dedicated to the yellow submarine to desert them…
Joe James (Gooner) - December 24th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
We also get linked with players but wenger never buys and i have got the feeling he wont buy.
He should giorgio chiellini gokhan inler and andrey arshavin hu we have benn linked with i think we may got gokhan inler as he will only cost 8 mill but arshavin 20 so he wont buy him although i would love him to!
If he dont buy anyone then goes on and finishes outside top 4 hes gotta go if he buys two players i reckon we can mount a challenge and answer all are critics!
gunner fan - December 24th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
arshavin is good but also look at the others weve benn interested in pato villa all occuring to caughtoffisde
jedwards - December 24th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
i think yaya toure would be the best buy
but if not him then arshavin
also who thinks the swap deal bednther for ribery will happen ?
ARSENAL 4 LIFE
AM - December 24th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
we need at least 3 players this jan,but idealy 4 should b the best option.
1-YAYA arsene should evrything he can 2 get him
2-Diego capel(4 me he is better and much cheaper than arsavin)
3-arshvin
4-Veloso
we should mainly concetrate on midfield this winter.
i would have liked 2 add a keeper and a big cb,mayb summer 4 them tho.
given and hangleand would b beast options i thnk.peace marry xmas goonerz
Patrick - December 25th, 2008 at 1:40 am
“arsenal” with what Gallas has been through these past few months would you swap a player who has been recently stripped from captaincy and has past his sell by date for a young starlet who has tons of potential and is already a star so why would arsene want him?
maxx - December 25th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Rubbish AW nevers speds the cash!
hafidz - December 25th, 2008 at 4:49 am
please arsene sign villa and da silva ,yaya ,
Wenger shall apologize arsenal fan - December 25th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Arsene wenger has already put gunners into diffucult condition as a result of realising big players like flamini &others.
the goonerz goon - December 25th, 2008 at 10:01 am
we need to central midfielders(toure/alonso), a right winger who isnt afraid to beat players and another good, big strong defender in the january window just to stay in the top 4.
in the summer we need to get rid of benter for anyone coz everyone is beter than him.
but the bottom line is even if money is spend it still will not be anywhere near as much as it should be for a top 4 team that is in danger of missing out on the champions league. given the fact fact that we have already lost few very good players.
alan - December 25th, 2008 at 11:38 am
if arsenal are going to spend 20 mil on a player it should be diego of weder bremen!!!
paul - December 25th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
i belive that wenger is still the man for arsenal..however wenger let go of flamini and diarra far to easily, leaving an obvious gap in our team which we have been unable to fill all season long, we certainly need to get rid of a few players, and bring some proven pro’s to strengthen our team..id like to see another centre back silvestre is still unconvincing in the middle,a holding midfeilder whos big and strong denilson has great potential but is still learning his trade i think he is more proven as a cover for fabregas. others who have had there chance have not produced it out there on the field need to be let go..
attacking wise i think we have a very healthy group maybe one player who can bring some vision to the money end like a bergkamp..arshavin is a player i think can bring us greatness..one area i have been seriously concerned at all season is our goalkeeper, almunia is utterly rubbish, this has been reflected in his perfromances and lack of clean sheets he seems to be well in favour with wenger but i cant understand why , i cant belive the club cant see it he continues to be beaten at the back far to easily we must replace him.
lets hope arsene makes us proud this january,
we are patient at arsenal but we have waited to long to see
some proven names arrive at our great club.
curi 4 cesc - December 25th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
SELL
almunia 5m
mannone 2m
eboue 6m
hoyte 3m
gallas 6m
silvestre 1m
djourou 8m
diaby 10m
bischoff 3m
rosicky 8m
bendtner SWAP – 12m Ribery
BUY
GK akinfeev 10m
RB fanni 3m
CB albiol 7m
CB alex 6m
CB lescott 8m
RM Ribery 12m + bendtner
CM Yaya toure 14m
CM Inler 8m
CM koren 3m
FW agbonlahor 8m
LINE UP
akinfeev
sagna
toure
albiol
clichy
ribery
fabregas
yaya toure
nasri
adebayor
agbonlahor / van persie
SUBS
fabianski
lescott
alex
walcott
inler
agbonlahor / van persie
eduardo
curious - December 25th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO
squad
GK almunia SELL
fabianski SELL
mannone SELL
RB sagna KEEP
eboue SELL
CB toure KEEP
gallas SELL
silvestre SELL
djourou SELL
song KEEP
senderos KEEP
LB clichy KEEP
traore KEEP
RM walcott KEEP
CM fabregas KEEP
diaby SELL
denilson KEEP
ramsey KEEP
Bischoff SELL
LM nasri KEEP
rosicky SELL
CF adebayor KEEP
van persie KEEP
eduardo KEEP
bendtner SELL
vela LOAN
selling of the players add up to 65 million
BUY
GK akinfeev 10m
volkan 6m
landreau 2m
RB fanni 3m
CB albiol 7m
alex 6m
upson 5m
RM ribery 12m + bendtner
CM yaya toure 14m
de rossi 16m
LM young 12m
CF kalou 6m
marti - December 26th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Arsenal has signed 15 year-old Brazilian Starlet Kerrison from Fluimenese.Kerrison has been on 7 day trial at The Emirates Stadium and has impressed AW and the staff members too.
john - December 26th, 2008 at 5:43 am
Arsenal fans want to buy a whole new team it seems like. Like many others Diego would be the cheapest and most talented solution to all your problems. Not sure if he would fit into the premiere league but that can be said of all international players.
wondrinfree - December 26th, 2008 at 9:09 am
It seems a few people here got fifa 2009 for christmas.
Were we to buy and sell all those players we would have a hugely disjointed side who had never played together. Most of the BUYs aren’t actually any better than what we have got. Many of them have done well in one competition or show the occasional peice of brilliance but we have a team full of that already. We need players who can be kicked all day and still play day in day out. We need reliability and mental strength and there aren’t too many youtube vids of that.
marti - December 26th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Arsenal need to sell only couple of players and they are Eboue and Denilson.And Barnetta and De Rossi.
marti - December 26th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Arsenal need to sell only couple of players and they are Eboue and Denilson.And get Barnetta and De Rossi.
bert - December 26th, 2008 at 11:29 am
diego and veluso for centre midfield. ben arfa as we are lacking some pace and upson at cb. don’t need arshavin, diego is much better, and would probably adapt better to prem anyway.
can’t belive some people would want to see akinfeev in goal, he is as mistake prone as the clown at the lane
dare - December 27th, 2008 at 11:33 am
sell buy
almunia 5m xavi
mannone 2m xabi
eboue 6m Rossi
hoyte 3m Ribery
gallas 6m Torres
silvestre 1m Young
djourou 8m Inler
diaby 10m Arshavin
bischoff 3m
rosicky 8m
bendtner SWAP – 12m Ribery
GoonerC - December 27th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
arshavin is a good player that will create chances for the strikers. Yaya toure, thorsten frings, or marcoss senna for our holding midfielder. Upson for cb and we should try to sign owen for next season on a free and get rid of bendtner in the summer. And if that isn’t enough then a winger with real pace would be nice somebody like valencia.
GoonerC - December 27th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Arshavin £17million
yaya toure £10 million
upson £8 – £10 million
Owen – free (next season)
there you go arsene this could be your apparent £40 million budget for signing players which you should use.
Poor Spuds - December 27th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Keep dreaming guys…
wenger wont buy ny major names this jan transfer window…
n he wont get rid of t mediocre names some of u hav written here… cuz wenger loves bendtner, eboue,almunia,diaby,gallas,silvestre,djourou n song (4giv me if iv missed some names but t list is so large its gettin more n more difficult to remember) …
he’s happy wit t mediocre 4th position in t prem…( im hopin n prayin tat we dont finish 5th this season which looks very likely)
wenger wudnt spend or do nythin until t board tells him to cut t crap n strt winnin trophies n matches 4 us…
t board is busy makin money, removin english ppl outta t board n gettin paranoid abt takeovers…. if arsenal finish 5th or they finish 17th… until t money is comin & until arsenal’s in t prem t board doesnt giv a damn…
so its better we stop creatin false hope n strt prayin tat god gifts some of our mediocre n terrible players wit some talent overnight (so tat they can turn into superstar players overnight n strt playin as per our expectations)…
and yeah im also prayin tat t villans 1st team r hit wit a bout of flu so tat they lose a few games n let us finish 4th in t end….
PATHETIC….
Pleaseeee - December 28th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Arsenal Should Forget Andrei, He is Hmmm SHIT!!! doesnt turn up half the time, not physically built for the prem and the prem is too fast for him, if i were AW i would:
Sell: Djourou, Senderose, Eboue, Denilson and that lump of lard Bendtner..
Buy: Ribery, Yaya Toure and a Good CB then i would lay the team out like this
Almuina
Sagna, Toure, The Good Cb & Clichy
Nasri, Fabregas, Yaya & Ribery
Adebayor & VanP
Subs:
Fabianski
Song
Silvestre
Rosicky
Diaby
Eduardo
Vela
Please AW sort it out…..
Walcott
Ashenafi Girma - December 28th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
I want to see at least 4 new players.Unless other wise
1,Andria Arshabin (20mill)
2,Daniel De Rossi(20mill)
3,Raul Albiol(8mill)
4,Gk Akinfeev(8mill)
5,Diego Copel(10mill)
chris andrews - December 28th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
OHHHHH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been an arsenal fan all my 27 years of life and never have i felt so dissapointed in arsenal as i have the past 2 or 3 seasons and its just getting worse every year. As you most prob agree with me i remember the good old days of 97/98 season and the unbeaten season. arshavin is a good player i will say that but he is an att mid player and what do we need a deff mid player like Yaya or Toulalan!!! There aint many mid players as good as them and Toulalan wont cost as much as Yaya. we need a strong deffence (CB) player and stop playing the deffenceive line so far up the pitch we are getting caught all the time!!! Since the summer i have lost all respect for ade because he didnt know if he wanted to leave now in my eyes AW should of said go if you dont want to be hear end of. We need a good striker like (owen, (when not injured) Pato, someone with pace to play up with RVP. Thats all i can think of really but i just wanted to say im dissapointed like never before and we really need 3 of 4 players in the transfer window world class not kids again.
anso_alex - December 31st, 2008 at 7:47 am
as a fan out side…most of us see the bIG Pictures what happen with arsenal..
which position were weak or already strong.more Opinion was better than one.
team:
ARSENAL FC
coach:
arsene.W
team mentality:
CONTAIN \ pressing
passing:
SHORT PASS( ground/direct)
attacking:
COUNTER
team like this need a :
easy dive and one on one GK
1-kasper schemicle————(man CITY)
hard tackler and pace at DEFFENSE
1-gael clichy——————(arsenal)
2-sagna———————–(arsenal)
3-wes brown—————–(MU)
4-collocini——————–(new castle)
5-zabaleta——————–(man city)
6-micah richard————-(man city)
creative and strongholds at MIDFIELD
1-marcos senna—————(villareal)
2-giovanni dos santos——-( tottenham)
3-ribery —————————(bayern munich)
4-arteta—————————(everton)
5-elano—————————(manchester city)
6-geovani————————(hull city)
high dribble ability and fast at both WINGER
1-arron lennon ———————-( tottenham)
2- THEo walcott——————— (arsenal)
3-jermine pennant—————– (liverpool)
4-ryan babel————————-(liverpool)
5-Rodrigo PALACIO—————(boca juniors)
6-simao
7-arjen robben———————–(real madrid)
8-damien duff————————( new castle)
QUICK footed and HIGH shoot ACCURACY at STRIKER
and can survive ALONE on TOP.
1- samuel eto’o—————(barcelona)
2-podolski———————-(bayern munich)
3-TUNCAY sanli————–(midlesbrough)
4-carlos VELA—————–(arsenal)
5-DIDIER drogba————-(chelsea)
6-kevin kuranyi—————-(shalke 04)
all those player in line-up were almost creative,fast,sharp,experienced and full with adrenalin. some of them not really happy with current club,young,some of them less than 10 mill. need a first team more often, also can be swoop deal to get them.
this advise just to make my favorite team(arsenal) always win….history can be repeated. if you know how………..
good luck wenger….good bless arsenal….
tanod - January 2nd, 2009 at 6:13 pm
arsenal is big club and, I love arsenal but arsenal in january can buy arshavin and arteta, because this player play very god game arsenal arsenal olle olle
tanod - January 2nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
R.Van Persie Adebayor
Nasri Yaya toure Arteta Arshavin
Chlichy Chiellini Mexes Sagna
Almunia
Sustitute:Shay Given
Fabregas
Denilson
Diakhate
Eduardo
Carlos Tevez
I Love THis
kennedy 1 - January 6th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
yes cant belive were gettin arshavin never thought wenger would spend the cash nice
arsenalfc - July 7th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
this goes to arsene wenger the arsenal manager i think because carlos tevez wants to leave manchester united why dont we try and get him and score some goals for us if we want trophies next season