This gif summarises him as a player for me:

One of asa's old faves, Lucas biglia hasn't bothered to show up for anderlechts winter tour thing. Rumours are he wants to force a move

I'd forgotten how bad transfer windows are for us. We definitely dont go all out to improve the playing staff

Wenger & co. just haven't found anyone who would improve us...

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

I'd forgotten how bad transfer windows are for us. We definitely dont go all out to improve the playing staff

Nope, we don't, usually we're just trying to plug the gaping hole left by the departure of our best player(s).
Our inactivity is all the more mystifying when you read comments such as these

There will be business opportunities like never before," ex-Liverpool and Tottenham director of football Damien Comolli told BBC Sport."With the new £3bn TV rights deal starting in July, Premier League clubs have a clear vision of their income for the next three years and know they've got a big ability to spend a lot of money."In addition, the rest of Europe is struggling financially. Teams in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy are all looking at the Premier League and saying, 'You can have any of my players'.
"I've never seen a seller's market as it is now - you've got sides in Europe who are ready to write off their seasons and clear their wage bills. They are literally saying, 'everybody is for sale"

There will be hell to play if this moping around is all because we're trying to sort Theo out and it ends up with him not signing.
:gah:

Exactly. We've not been in such a strong position to buy in years. Strong financially and there are loads of top players around at the mo.

Wenger's too narrow minded.

Going back to Michu, here's an interesting piece of statistic:

Most clinical striker in Premier League this season.

Never gonna happen. Would kill Giroud.
7 days in. No new player.
Wake me up. 1st of Feb.

est wrote:

Wenger & co. just haven't found anyone who would improve us...

Understandable, Messi had to attend the ceremony in Zurich.

Wenger is just so slow at reacting

Don Pacifico wrote:

Yeah but the hype is getting out of hand. Who is to say whether he'll deliver this time next season? Could easily be a flash in the pan.

Anything could happen tomorrow mate.

They would probably bit our hand of for anything between £15-20 million. They're not going to get relegated without him and they're not going to play in Europe next season even if he stays. But they might play there the season after that if they take the money and invest it in the team. It would be a too good opportunity to pass up.

Tony Montana wrote:
Don Pacifico wrote:

Yeah but the hype is getting out of hand. Who is to say whether he'll deliver this time next season? Could easily be a flash in the pan.

Anything could happen tomorrow mate.

Forget Messi. Someone needs to sign this 7 year old up:

Imagine Wenger's press conferences for the next 25 years. "We keep our eyes open and if we see someone we like we'll buy them. But don't forget, we have Little Hiawatha coming [of age/ back from injury]. And Diaby is only a few weeks away."

Burnwinter wrote:
Tony Montana wrote:

Anything could happen tomorrow mate.

Forget Messi. Someone needs to sign this 7 year old up:

Did he ever make it to fame? Who is it? Must be 25/26 now.

Klaus wrote:

Going back to Michu, here's an interesting piece of statistic:

Most clinical striker in Premier League this season.

Imagine Suarez is more clinical... could potentially be world class

still bags 3 goals in every 4 games. smells like world class to me.

The only storm we're seeing at the moment is good players being ruled out of an Arsenal move.

I wish I could see the world from Wenger's eyes. I wonder what he see when we see wankers for wingers, dopes for defenders and muppets for midfielders.

I can't see why it's taking this long to get a midfielder. Theo going or staying shouldn't be relevant (fair enough that it is important for knowing how to set-up the attack, moving forward).

Grump grump grump

It's taking this long because he has zero intention of buying a midfielder.

It's most likely that they are trying to get players off the books.

And the endless cycle goes on

Yes, if you have a budget, you have to sell players before you buy. Hardly rocket science.

Or we could just try buying proven quality rather than gambling and then having to get rid of these gambles to make space for more gambles. And getting rid of the duds much more quicker would make it more acceptable rather than hoping they prove themselves

Captain wrote:

Yes, if you have a budget, you have to sell players before you buy. Hardly rocket science.

Why then is Wenger saying that his primary concern is keeping the players that are here?
Apart from Djourou and Chamakh he didn't seem remotely interested in moving anyone else on.

Arshavin and Squillaci are clearly available to anyone who will take them and have been for three windows now.

Just assume that the wage budget is all spent and we need to offload before signing anyone. Wenger gave it away with what he was saying last week with reference to wages.

Our wage budget is big and could certainly afford a big player but wenger would prefer squallaci and co to be earning a healthy amount to ensure they don't feel bad

He would prefer players he is clearly trying to get rid off and has actively frozen out to earn good wages? Okay.

Diaby, rosicky, santos, chamakh etc he was the one who offered them these wages knowing full well.

He offered them wages knowing what? That they would flop or be underwhelming?

That doesn't even make sense in your wildest fantasies.

Maybe so, but we know that as a transfer strategy clearing out before buying in leads to some very hit and miss last ditch dealing.

Yes it does but that's life.