Arsenal Consider Shock £17m Move for Aston Villa Striker Agbonlahor
by Christian Bailey on November 25th, 2009 23 commentsWenger wants England International.
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Failing that, the new new Henry would be Gabriel Agbonlahor, the £17m-rated Aston Villa speed-merchant for whom Wenger may move in the summer if he manages to remain consistent. (Guardian)
The one stumbling block preventing a great deal of interest in the Aston Villa striker in recent years has been the lack of consistency shown by Gabriel Agbonlahor up until 18 months or so when he started to perform well regularly and found the back of the net far more often than in his early days at Villa Park. Some would perhaps point to the fact that the 23 year old manages to scrape a dozen goals a season and therefore isn’t exactly prolific without taking into account the other facets to his game.
I can see why Arsene is looking into such a move and it could well be a goer but they will have one hell of a fight on their hands to persuade Martin O’Neill to cash in on the England international. Wenger may be looking to add more English players into his armoury ahead of the up coming ‘homegrown’ Premier League guidelines.
Other members of the top four club may also be interested in getting involved in a potential bidding war but Gabriel may feel he has more of a chance of making an impact at Arsenal as opposed to the likes of Chelsea and Man United.
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anonymous - November 25th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I think given the fact that he manages a dozen goals a season plus for Villa I can see him scoring twice as much for us.
anonymous - November 25th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Unfortunately, I don’t think he is Arsenal class – we could play him in the Carling cup maybe !
anonymous - November 25th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Dream on, this is a nothing story.
Gabby’s going nowhere and certainly not for £17 mill.
anonymous - November 25th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
As a Villa fan I’m delighted Gabby is not French. Arsenal class? Do Arsenal have the European Cup in their trophy cabinet? Villa do. Now that’s class.
Arsenal fans…possibly the most boring, dull, pathetic fans in the prem.
anonymous - November 25th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
that would be great for arsenal for some reason i have bought him on fifa 10 to arsenal for 18 mil
anonymous - November 25th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I think Arsenal should consider themselves being told to f**k right off in the very near future. Who writes this rubbish?
Godzvilla
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 1:05 am
@ 3:44 pm -A European cup does not make you a big club in that case Nottingham forest is a bigger club than Villa. Arsenal 13 league titles and 10 FA cups and the only club in Europe to qualify for champion’s league 10 years running now that is class. As for Bangahor I hope we don’t buy him he is just not good enough. Maybe Chelsea or Liverpool can throw some money at you.
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 3:32 am
IN ARSENE WE TRUST…..WAYBE WENGER OBSERVE A LONG TIME BEFORE HE’LL THINK RIGHT..PAST, BEFORE THE LEAGUE BECOME STARTED SOMEBODY THINK HE ‘SICK’ & ‘CRAZY’ COZ PRESENT A YOUNGEST TEAM TO EPL & UEFA LEAGUE BATTLE INCLUDING FRANCE’S LAGEND MICHELL PLATINI SAYS ” ARSENAL TEAM IS RUIN OURS EUROPEAN FOOTBALL HERITAGE”..WELL NOW I THINK HE SEES DIFFRENT & PULL BACK HIS WORD..ANYWAYS WE KEEP IN VIEW AND GIVE A VILLA’S FORWARD 3-4 TIME GAME APPEARENCES AND THEN WE DECIDED…
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 6:17 am
I love the Villa fan bringing up their European Cup from ages ago. Is that the last thing you’ve won? F**k off to the Europa League.
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 6:24 am
It was only seven years ago Villa were almost relegated, so let’s not get too excited about a European Cup from the early 80s.
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 11:11 am
if this happens i will be happy as he is english and i feel is actually a good player giver 25 we will sing agbonglahor agbonglahor pass him the ball and he will score its a great chant dont let it go to waste because of one indivisual that make us gooners feel angry, remember guys this is just rumour
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
we r not dull, just becuz we don’t hav a reputation 4 being holligans, b4 u mention adebayor take this in mind those were a minority and should be banned, the abuse was uncalled 4 but every team has them. We are one of the most supported teams in the world. Do you know every gooner in the world no u don’t so shut up
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Villa fans thinking that their club is bigger than Arsenal
Now that is funny.
anonymous - November 26th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
i wouldnt pay 2m 4 gabbarge lfc
anonymous - November 27th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Arsenal will get it him we have more money than villa anyways i thin khe loves Arsenal more than Villa So villa fans F**k off
anonymous - November 28th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Gaby Agbonlahor is a good striker bt lacks consistency.its very evident in his last season performance.i tink Arsene shud flex muscle wit Ferguson,Rafa,& Ancelloti for Carlton Cole’s signature.
anonymous - December 1st, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Wenger really has to try hard to prise him Away from Villa, Gabby is a Villa fan. He is like another Gerrard at Liverpool or Giggs at Man Utd.
He has already said he doesn’t care about playing for England just playing for his club Aston Villa, if he gets picked for England then its a bonus.
I must laugh at the Arsenal fans moaning about Villa all of a sudden you never had a bad thing to say about them before they became competition & nearly knocked you out of the top 4 last year, beat you convincingly at Emirates & should of been 4-0 up in the 1st half on boxing day at Villa park (yes I watched both them games). Its Villa vs. Arsenal again this boxing day too!
anonymous - December 6th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
stupid coach like wenger can’t afford him, he loves the idea of rasing young kids no wonder he wins nothing @ the end of the day
anonymous - December 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
fuck all you arsenal haters, suck ur pathetics stinking ass
anonymous - December 17th, 2009 at 10:55 am
all u arsenal fans are fucking glory hunters support ya local team u fucking fake cokneys
anonymous - December 17th, 2009 at 10:57 am
at least us villa fans watch are club when were under performing u arsenal dont u probally go to man utd
anonymous - January 19th, 2010 at 10:27 am
a real strike arsenal should sign is edin dzeko. all-round class.
David Villa and Adriano pop in my mind also.
UP THE GUNNERS!!!
anonymous - January 19th, 2010 at 10:35 am
When people say support your local team, they are not considering, background, for example my dad is from London and has supported Arsenal since he was a kid in a family of Spurs fans, although I live in Basingstoke, my London background, makes your comment rather dumb, this is for anyone who has that mentality, I am no glory hunter I have supported them since 98 when I was 4