Arsenal Close to Sealing £23m Player Swap Deal: Wenger Interested In Clichy for Melo Exchange

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 1:37 pm

Good deal if you ask me

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 1:41 pm

No clichy for melo no way Arsene go for melo but it should be direct business

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 1:42 pm

no way, clichy is a better player

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 1:42 pm

no never

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 1:43 pm

Melo is a complete nut job who will miss more games than he plays due to suspensions. Maybe Arsene is going back to his more violent early arsenal career when his team were constantly playing with ten rather than his modern crybabies who constantly claim everyone just kicks them.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:08 pm

no. it aint gonna happen. clichy is a valuable asset to the team , and furthermore he has developed into the role at left back quite beautifully. last sseason when clichy got injured, arsenal were in a shitstorm, gibbs is not nearly as good. i cant see wenger seling clichy to buy a player that compete for the same spot as song aqnd diaby sometimes. That would mean, weakening the side.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:09 pm

I just dont believe this one. Give them Traore though for Melo, i’ll be happy with that.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:10 pm

Clichy + 8m your havin a tin bath!!!
Melo was 16m last year, then had a terrible season & nows he’s worth 23m lol

Yes Gibbs is the future but Gaels one of the best in the World he had 3 or 4 poor games after a long lay off. Towards the end of the season he was in fine form!!

Sign up Ze big German now Arsene

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:10 pm

Why Juventus always want to make a crap deal.I still remember when Arsenal want to buy their Buffon.They want Van Persie in exchange.How f**k is that!!!!!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:11 pm

Perfect exchange.I really want to do this business. Arsenal would be perfect. Just a keeper and Mertesacker,Melo and perfect Arsenal is on TV.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:11 pm

im a huge fan of clichy and think he’s more important to the arsenal then melo would be!

real madrid came knocking and gael bluntly told them thanks for the interest but arsenal is my home away from home!

we need more players with that type of mentality!

sikhgunner

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

I don’t really believe it because it would send a very straight forward message to Song and I think he did really well last season. However, if it did turn out to be true it would be an absolute steal. Melo is exactly the kind of player we need in midfield – hard hitting, decent passer and provides good cover for the back four. Clichy has had two bad season’s now and I believe Gibbs is a better player. No hunger left in Clichy and he’s been guilty of some dreadful howlers. He was supposed to be the perfect replacement for Cole, but has just never really come good. If there was even a chance of this happening Wenger should jump at the opportunity, but alas I believe it’s recycled fibs.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:20 pm

fine with clichy leaving with gibbs ready to step up, but melo + £8m???? no way..clichy is 1 of the best left backs in the world.. clichy worth £18m because of his age.. Melo had a crap season last year and an even worse world cup. hes worth a mere £5m !id take melo + £10m for clichy.

or better still sell clichy for £15m and buy JOE HART!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm

No way, melo is not needed, we have song. and i belive that frimpong should be back up for him than denilson. We need to focus on getting a GK and CB

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:32 pm

It goes 10 Melo on every Clichy…. Sod that.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:38 pm

no way can i see us selling clichy plus 8m
for melo who to me is an average guy
may be they are saying melo plus cash of around 15m then we can do business

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:50 pm

Good joke

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:53 pm

the only reason clichy is considered such a good full back is because that position has a serious lack of world class talent!!!!!!!!
overated!!!!!!
melo would be a great signing!!!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 2:57 pm

bet ya’s would still take the cheating rat that is cashley back now if ya’s got the chance!!!!
arsenal wont be in the top four this season along with the dirty scousers!!!!!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 3:06 pm

noway, if they gave us melo + govinco for clichy.Melo has struggled to play for Juve.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 3:12 pm

“they will still expect the Gunners to cough up in excess of £8 million – plus Clichy – to land their target.” Go to hell Juve, Melo is a world class failure & cost Brazil a win over Holland.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 3:35 pm

MELO is good will handle the likes of Essien in the mido Clichy has lost the plot in the last two seasons and Barca is tapping him too.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 3:39 pm

Wenger shud pls leave clichy alone 2 celebrate wot he has been waiting 4 dc season.becos wt d power n strenght of hm,i’m sure we wl win trophies dc season.wenger shud go 4 direct business 4 melo.he s gud n great aditional 2 our squad.GOD BLESS ARSENAL.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 3:39 pm

Are any of these stories based on any fact at all? According to this arsenal page we had a deal done for joe cole (he then joined liverpool) and fab barca deal was already done (but he is still with us). Next story -Tony Adams to return?

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 3:56 pm

What a bunch of none sense! First, Even if melo had a rep for being a “no none sense” midfielder he definitely blew it with his immature display against the Dutch last Month.

Arsenal may just buy a DMF and move Song back into defense where Wenger believes he belongs but not for this sort of money. I’m more likely to believe a story that claims Wenger would swap Clichy for Melo + cash but even then you can’t really trust anything that originates from Goal.com

And Clichy in the Serie A? I think not!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 4:11 pm

Not going to happen. Why would Clichy leave Arsenal to go to Serie A? It’s only the 3rd or 4th best league in Europe.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 4:19 pm

No way, Clichy is not going anyway. Wenger should make a direct business.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 4:22 pm

If anything they should pay us 8 million plus melo, clichy is a much better player and younger!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 4:34 pm

Clichy hel no give them traore

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 4:35 pm

stop deleting comments just because you don’t like the truth. I’ve said nothing bad

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 4:39 pm

No deal! The £8m is a deal breaker and fyi gael is better @ lb than melo @ dmf. Furthermore song had a good season last term, ever seen aw or any coach replace a fit n performing player? Naaaah! From aw “….maybe al make just move 4 ONE defender”. Yo full o shyt!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 4:42 pm

terrible deal for arsenal, Melo is considered a flop, why on earth would Arsenal give them their first choice left back + cash for a guy who has flopped, who’s to say he would be a hit at Arsenal? Arsenal would then have to find money to replace Clichy.

Juve are just being cheeky, thinking they can recoup their money on a player who has flopped

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 5:15 pm

Good idea to exchange since we have Gibbs and Traore. However Arsene to top up $8mill is not a good part. Its simply too excess considering that Melo had a absymal season at Juventus. Straight swap would be fair considering that Clitchy is a finished article (can defend and attack and backtrack on time).

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 5:34 pm

clichy and melo are worth the same amount juventus are trying to con arsenal if you ask me juventus should be paying 8million plus melo

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 5:52 pm

This has to be a joke. I would take Barry, Dejong, or Parker over Melo, for half as much any day of the week. Clichy is 1 of the top 3 or 4 LB’s in the premier league while Melo is the flop of Italy. Melo should be worth no more than 10 million. Before any midfield signing arsenal need to take care of their defensive problems. A Goalkeeper, and a first choice Centerback. GK’s: Schwarzer, Given, Sorensen, Gordon, all quality, experienced premier league keepers. CB’s: Cahill, Hangeland, Jagielka, Mertersacker, all quality, all should be considered.
Ideally Given and Cahill should come in, but I would be happy with any pair with Schwarzer as my last choice GK.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 6:01 pm

No way as clichy worth more than melo and songs a better player anyway

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 6:16 pm

gael clichy is much better i dont know y arsene wenger would do this i think its just rumours if we had melo we would play as 10 me not 11 every week

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 6:28 pm

Melo is a good player but he is not needed at Arsenal…………..We have Song & Diaby who wud be better than him this season………He wud be a surplus……we rather buy sum1 else maybe a defender or a goalkeeper

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 6:29 pm

You Guys Need to watch football since when melo is a good player? he is just way Overrated and you all Believe he is actually a good player…

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 6:35 pm

Give them Glenn Helder, Igors Stepanovs and Gus Caesar

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 7:19 pm

who would replace clichy, i think arsenal have enough midfielders already and diaby and song are two strong and creative midfielders. if arsenal wish to replace clichy all they have is gibbs and traore arsenal will obviously want another left back because arsene wenger wants to add experience into the team which gibbs and traore dont have.

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 7:39 pm

No way Wenger would give up another defender for a player who is not needed espically after Alex Song had a cracker last season and well deserves a first team spot.

Any way Melo is far over price and a swap of Melo for Clichy would be a total diaster for Arsenal

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 8:31 pm

No way. He is the Brazilian Joey Barton, proved at the WC. And Clichy + £8m…… for that, NO WAY! I would prefer Nigel de Jong, as he would be cheaper, Man City won’t need Clichy and he knows the type of football in the PL very well. Him and/or Song in the DCM would kick ass. La Prof. now needs to get a good gk, not fussed about who, just someone to replace Almunia (sell). Stelekenburg, Marchetti, Schwarzer, Given really. Hart/Lloris/Neuer are too young; won’t let Mannone and Szczesny break through to the first team. Get Cahill as a no-nonsence CB, and Richards for cover at RB and CB. Eriksen, Lukaku and Wickham would also be fantastic signings, loan out a couple maybe. Fabregas will stay one more season and will lift a (or more) trophy in a gooners shirt. You watch. Bring in Ozil when he leaves; he is the perfect replacement.
Sell: Almunia, Gallas, Silvestre, Senderos, Campbell, Rosicky, Eduardo and Sunu.
Next season, Van der Wiel, Vertonghen and Hazard are MUSTS!
IA,WT!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 8:58 pm

why is nobody mentioning denilson in all of this! Song is the future of our midfield alongside Ramsey and A other. denilson is shockingly lightweight an is not improving, sell him for £1 m cos at best he’s a championship player. Also OH MY GOD bendtner is gonna miss start of season.. THANK GOD, here’s hoping he misses as many games as chances then hopefully he’ll never play for my beloved team again, like denilson he’s bloody useless

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 9:24 pm

If we give them Denilson and Traore for melo, I would take that any day
But Clichy ……. HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anonymous - July 29th, 2010 at 11:49 pm

Song in defence – Melo anchor man – Gibbs or tharoe left had side. Whats the problem.

Sagna – Song – Vermelaen -Gibbs

Melo
Nasir——————————– Diady

Fabregas

Chamakh——————- Arshavin

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 12:00 am

reporting from Goal.com is just a disgrace, am definitely not reading caught offside anymore

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 12:16 am

just what Arsenal need…. more midfielders, file this story under fiction.

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 6:52 am

will never happen anyway no new keeper and maybe 1 more cb.

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 9:56 am

eboue for melo…NOT, i repeat NOT clichy…

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 10:22 am

i think its a bad deal ,clichy is our man and we won’t want to lose him

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 12:17 pm

LET PROF BUY MELO SEPRATLY

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 12:40 pm

There is no way this will ever happen. Clichy is one of our senior players and probably a future captain. He has stated in the past his love for this club and how London is his home away from home!

This story is simply noise…!!

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

bye clichy go now

anonymous - July 30th, 2010 at 1:49 pm

Is good chance for Wenger sign Mello whatever condition is laid. Mello’s additon to Alex Song would have solved counter balancing Chealse’s midfield strength so far the strongest just because of Essien and Obi.Playing two holding midfielders would give us extra strength to be stronger than Man U, Real Madrid,and others. Go for Mello than additonal striker. JACKSON DRADU