v3nom4eva:

a single match can't determine how well a player plays. . .he's gotta be consistent and NOT average, and THAT's wenger's going for experience (i just hope say d guy no go fall our hand dis time around). .

My ideal buys would be

Gokhan Inler
Lorik Cana
Mahmadou Diarra
Xabi Alonso. . . I smell a rat wif this guy, Wenger might pull a fast one on liverpool wif this deal (if it comes up)

umm. . .there's more, just gotta upd8 my list, thats all

debosky:

@ rasputinn

Mahmadou is the other Diarra at Real - after his stint at Lyon and at Madrid, I would very much fancy him given that Madrid will have something close to a fire sale in August to reduce the wages on their books.

Alonso is dead in the water - we can't afford him at the ~30m price Benitez wants. Cana is possible IF Wenger wants him, but that is far from being certain. Inler? Don't know.

biina:

If you are waiting for a fire sale at Madrid, forget it. Most of the players would be gone by the end of the month. and anyways we dont deal with ijebu clubs

biina:

We have sold Saviola (€5M) and Garcia (€7M) . Also on their way out is Negredo (likely at €20M to spurs, but he wants to stay in spain), Huntelaar(€20M), Drenthe, Van der Vaart, Ruud (possibly monaco), Heinze (marseille), and Robben.

The club debt as at the end of last season was €125m from €200m the last year with a pre tax profit of €58m. Enough room to accommodate the debt in question.

debosky:

Yeah right - they've been on sale since June and how many sales are confirmed?
Only 12m of sales - all the other sales are stalling. . . . the fire sale is coming.

biina:

A lot of the sales are being held up by the coach, who is still evaluating the players (he just had like 2 wks with the team). For example, one of RVN and Negredo is likely to stay, but there is no confirmation yet on the expected productivity from RVN. Metz is no longer for sale, while Robben seems to have joined the list after the coach requested for Granero. Drenthe is trying to make a case for a position at LB etc. The only confirmed player leaving is huntelaar, others are free to leave but may end up staying depending on who comes in.

By the peace cup there should be a more definite list of exit bound players. Unfortunately for you, all will be outside your price range

debosky:

We shall see - I guarantee there will be a fire sale of some sorts when players/the club get desperate.

Spend it well: New City signing Adebayor's parting shot at Arsenal

Emmanuel Adebayor claims Arsene Wenger was forced into selling him because Arsenal needed the cash.

In a parting shot at the club and their fans after his £25million move to super-rich
Manchester City, the unpopular striker insists he was the victim and not the agitator in the deal.

With clouds of doubt gathering over the Emirates after another quiet summer in the transfer market, Adebayor’s advice to Wenger to ‘spend the money well’ will impress few of the club’s fans.

But after the Arsenal faithful turned against him last season and then cheered his departure, the Togo forward has hit back.

Adebayor said: ‘I came back from holiday and in my first training session they told me that they had accepted an offer for me.

‘I asked Wenger why he wanted to sell me. I found out that Arsenal needed the money and that I was the target. I never wanted to leave. I’m happy they get their money and I hope they spend it well.

‘I scored 30 goals for Arsenal two seasons ago and it was not my fault that AC Milan, Barcelona or Real Madrid wanted to buy me.

‘The way the fans turned against me was not nice. They didn’t turn on Cesc Fabregas when Barcelona showed interest in him. When a player plays well clubs come in for him. The fans never understood that and I cannot understand why they went after me. I played my heart out for that club and gave it my best and the way the fans behaved towards me was not nice at all.

‘I was in the same position as Cesc. Every summer Barcelona tried to sign him, but the fans never turned on him.’

debosky:

@ rasputinn

Mahmadou is the other Diarra at Real - after his stint at Lyon and at Madrid, I would very much fancy him given that Madrid will have something close to a fire sale in August to reduce the wages on their books.

HNIC:

Expect more vituperation from Ade
Only pray that he will be cured of his 'Mouth Dysentry' which also invariably led to his exit from Arsenal.

HNIC:

@ Debosky
Wey Abou Diabolical
Or AW has banned him to the sidelines just to watch so that he doesn't break another leg?

dayokanu:

Are these the cretins Arsenal is hoping to file out this season?

debosky:

DK has been released from The Urbana-Champagne Mental Institute Welcome back bro!

Ibime:

DK having finally succeeded in his coup to oust Sharon from the comity of Nairalanders. . . . an outstanding feat considering the putsch was executed from the solitude of his prison cell. . . . reminds me of OBJ coming back to take the throne from KiriKiri Max.

dayokanu:

Are these the cretins Arsenal is hoping to file out this season?

dayokanu:

biina are you clowning? Lorik cana in Sunderland? Abeg gimme link.

MrCrackles:

BIINA

Just because Lorik Cana was linked with Arsenal in the past doesnt mean he's top draw!
Sunderland signing him doesnt affect us in anyway. . . . . .
We were never out for him in the first play anyway, because if we were, he wouldav joined Arsenal!