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yeh, real bargain, lol
Madrid didn't want Sahin and tried to unload him onto Spurs as part of the Modric deal and we didn't want him
there is a reason that no one wants him so I wouldn't get too excited if you manage to land him
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Try reading. "Cazorla" doesn't spell "Sahin".
Bunniesman said:
You were talking about him not being a bargain. I never mentioned Sahin and bargain in the same sentence. So obviously you confused the two.
Arsenal have signed some very good players, no doubt.
But do you really think Spurs are done this window? We've been trying for players like Falcao FFS lol. Also have to laugh at what you say about Sigg and Vertonghen. Both are very highly rated and cheap additions to the squad. Did you watch Swansea last season? He was superb and highly coveted, we stole him out from Liverpool's nose. Vertonghen has been one of the most highly rated young CBs in the past few years, there have been plenty of clubs interested. The reason you don't hear about them is the same reason you mentioned that Cazorla didn't have too many bids either; Vertonghen's heart has been set on Spurs for at least a year now, maybe longer.
Not world class buys but we've still got lots to do, you watch. We've still got (rumoured) potentially Adebayor, Lloris, Leandro, Moutinho amongst others to come in. If we sell Modric as I expect us to we should do some serious recruiting. Adebayor might not be RVP but he was still the 4th best striker in the league last season in terms of goals and assists (I think he was the highest or second highest striker in terms of assists). Lloris is one of the best young goalkeepers going around at the moment. Leandro is a superstar in the making.
Just saying, hold your horses before you say either club's recruitment is done. RVP may still leave you know.....until the window is over, it's all up in the air.
Oh and by the way.....you should be thanking Harry Redknapp you finished above us last season. He completely screwed the team over in the second half of the season.
Just more ammunition for us to want to get ahead finally!
Haha, i didn't think it'd be long for you to come along.
You're not going to get Falcao. It's like Liverpool fans thinking they'll get Cavani.
You might get Damiao but you guys were talking about him in the Jan window saying he was close to signing and it never happened. So i'll believe that one when it happens.
Nope, you're right. Sigurdson was great last season, i'm not going to dispute you on that. I was just replying to Twizzle who seems to think a players quality is proportional to who they are linked with. If it wasn't for you guys Sig would've signed for Liverpool, they're pretty much midtable these days. And not too concerned about Vertonghen. If we wanted him we would have got him years ago.
You're welcome to any of those signings. Adebayor will try for 6 months of the season and lose focus like he did last season/every season and there's a reason Lloris is worth a third of what he once was. Granted I know f**k all about Moutinho, but i think i'm safe in assuming he's not as good as Modric.
Everyone knows you're not done with your spending. But there's what? 9-10 days till the season starts, and you have no recognized strikers? Better get a move on.
I don't expect Van Persie to stay. But we've signed two decent strikers as well as a CAM who will create triple the chances that muppet Ramsey produced. A shit load of things will have to go wrong for us to perform as badly as we did last season. I can't see us repeating the start we had, even if RvP and Theo leave, and i know Arsenal fans say this every season but surely we can't be hit as badly with injuries as we were last year, (Wilshere the whole year, Vermaelen for 6 weeks, Mertesacker for 3 months, Arteta for the last 5 weeks, 5 fullbaks out all at the same time for like 5 weeks, Sagna with two broken legs).
Where as you guys are going to need a lot of things to go well for you if you're going to perform as you did last year. I can't remember any of your starters being out for a prolonged length of time (aside from King obviously, but he wasn't really a starter anyway).
The only reason you were so far out in front of us in the first place was because of Redknapp. That run and gun shit he had you guys going with was getting the best out of your players. Sure he overplayed them and they were fckd near the end, but if he hadn't played them pretty much every game then you wouldn't have had the start you did.
Anyway, I hope you guys have a decent year and finish above both Liverpool and Chelsea. I'm happy for you guys to end up anywhere you want, just as long as it's not above us
(sorry for the long post, at work and bored as shit)
I know we won't get Falcao, it's just clear that we have really high targets when we actually did inquire about him. I think Leandro keeps stalling because Inter are playing hard-ball, that and Leandro's value keeps rising, which doesn't suit Levy. I think Levy is going to pay for not being more aggressive on this front; we seem likely to get him, but as you say, it's been that way for a while. No doubt he'd be a massive signing though. I don't know how he would cope at first but the potential is there.
