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re: 2013 Summer Transfer Thread

Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:24 pm to
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:24 pm to
20 Minutos, a glorified subway rag, says


Özil to Arsenal, official, €45M is the figure.

and

Kaká has signed with AC Milán.
This post was edited on 9/1/13 at 3:25 pm
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:25 pm to
transfer deadline fever my lad. All the Ozil rumors + winning the NLD have me all amped up.
Posted by LSUSOBEAST1
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:28 pm to
Dos you even read the sources? Not saying it won't happen, but don't link @agent012's twitter
This post was edited on 9/1/13 at 3:29 pm
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:29 pm to
76% of those who have read the supposed Özil to Arsenal deal done article of 20 Minutos, have replied to the online poll, saying he shouldn´t be sold.
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:30 pm to
Not really no, as I said it was a compilation of tweets. And in the comments after reading it they mention that only two of the sources are somewhat reliable which is still fine by me.
Posted by LSUSOBEAST1
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:34 pm to
Now that would be spending just to spend - the transfer wouldn't make a lot of sense to me personally. Seems like Arsene is just trying to get the fans off his back
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:36 pm to
quote:

€45M

Seems a good price (it´ll fund a Falcao deal).
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:37 pm to
Not necessarily..

-----Giroud-----
Santi--Ozil--Theo
---Arteta-Ramsey-

Rosicky as a super sub and Wilshere in rotation with Arteta/Ramsey
Posted by LSUSOBEAST1
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:39 pm to
Playing Santi centrally and buying a proper winger would probably be more beneficial..
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:40 pm to
If only Tottenham had money left (they could REALLY use Mesut Özil).
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:41 pm to
Probably so, but I think the combination of opportunity and timing for a player of his quality is too good to pass up.

I'd still love a proper backup striker and a proper left winger but after this summer I'm not really prepared to complain.
Posted by crazy4lsu
Member since May 2005
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:42 pm to
quote:

Now that would be spending just to spend - the transfer wouldn't make a lot of sense to me personally. Seems like Arsene is just trying to get the fans off his back


Long term it makes a ton of sense. A 24 year old AM who essentially replaces a 32 year old AM in Rosicky. I guess Wenger feels Sanogo and Walcott is enough cover at striker, Flamini enough cover at DM and the fullback positions, and Sagna enough cover at CB. This would be the most amazing transfer business Wenger has ever done.
Posted by crazy4lsu
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:43 pm to
quote:

Playing Santi centrally and buying a proper winger would probably be more beneficial..


Eh, we are much more prone to defensive lapses when we play with two direct wide players. Wenger has played with an inverted winger on the left side for as long as I can remember. I'm guessing Wenger is sticking with Miyachi and Gnabry as our back up wing options too.
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:46 pm to
I still hope we pick up someone like Damiao as a second striker though. Also either a RB or a CB cover wouldn't be bad.

ETA: not that I have seen anything linking us to him (lots of LFC chatter for him) just pointing out him as an example.
This post was edited on 9/1/13 at 3:47 pm
Posted by crazy4lsu
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:51 pm to
I'm guessing its Sanogo and no one else. Sanogo looks a promising prospect though. If we can have some injury luck I like the way this team is looking.
Posted by glassman
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 3:56 pm to
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I was just about to take a mid-afternoon nap as well. I might have similar dreams to Glass now with Ozil in an Arsenal jersey


My nap worked...
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 4:02 pm to
bad news for America guys...

quote:

@Gedion34 Ozil to arsenal, my dream... He is sooooo sick
Posted by tigerfan88
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 4:02 pm to
Sounds like someone is afraid of us getting Mesut... just kidding I see your point. But take today's game for instance, our bench was abysmal. Thank goodness we got the early goal so we could make defensive subs but if had needed to go for the win there was no one to turn to. Ramsey has already played 90 min in all 5 matches, Rosicky and jack are injury prone, Rosicky and arteta are 32 years old. Also flamini looked really solid as a defensive minded midfielder and with Vern coming back and sagna able to slide in at CB in pinch I think we're fairly set there as well

Plus it's fricking Mesut Ozil. A top 15 player in the world coming to us in his prime. It's a message of intent. Not to mention all of the sudden we look like the destination of choice for German players coming to the PL
This post was edited on 9/1/13 at 4:06 pm
Posted by Jumbeauxlaya
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 4:05 pm to
bad news for America guys...

quote:

@Gedion34 Ozil to arsenal, my dream... He is sooooo sick
Posted by joey barton
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 9/1/13 at 4:05 pm to
Something something double post
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