Lars. Better of the two in my opinion and at a 'smaller' club. Would be a great signing.

General Mirth wrote:

Lars or Sven?

Who cares?

Tambourine Man wrote:

Lars. Better of the two in my opinion and at a 'smaller' club. Would be a great signing.

Agreed. Would love Lars here.

Lars is more Vieira and Sven is more Gilberto. Both good players.

Vieira and Gilberto? Let's get both then!

He's supposed to have a 15m euro release clause, don't know if it's genuine.

Make it happen.

would be an extremely useful buy. seen plenty of bundesliga on setanta, and bender has impressed me alot in the last year. good age, experienced, plenty of stamina, good timing in the tackle. would be a good arteta replacement.

Lars deputized at RB for Germany at Euro 2012 and he did remarkably well. Shows his versatility and general football intelligence.

How big is he? I know he's fairly tall, but is he powerful?

Irish gunner wrote:

How big is he? I know he's fairly tall, but is he powerful?

not a brute, he's actually quite lean, but he's not a push over. what i like about him is he doesn't 'sit', he covers alot of ground and supports his teammates defensively. his timing, positioning, and stamina are his best traits. his passing game is pretty basic though

Similar build to Koscielny I think. Hard to tell by just tv sometimes.

I'm not even that bothered about signing a first choice CM, i think a decent squad player would be ok and leave us with 4 good options in midfield. However a good squad player might cost 7 or 8 million - if Bender is available for around the 15 mark then we should be very interested.

Nice! The better one of the two Benders. Surprised that Dortmund haven't signed him yet.

I wish this was in another paper than the dailymail so that I could get excited by this link. They seem to be churning out endless articles about Arsenal and who we're going to buy.

Promising German international. 22 years old. Cheap. Got to be Dortmund territory, hasn't it? Would've thought there would be a queue of better clubs lined up for him. We'll never get him. We are so shit. What's the point of everything. I hate football. Lets just sign Kalou and get on with it.

Well, that article says Chelsea are interested.

^^ One of his better performances apparently.

Interesting player. I think Captain's comment that he has a Koscielny-esque physique flatters him—doesn't have an upper body.

Gazza M wrote:

Not a brute, he's actually quite lean, but he's not a push over. what i like about him is he doesn't 'sit', he covers alot of ground and supports his teammates defensively. his timing, positioning, and stamina are his best traits. his passing game is pretty basic though

This certainly seems to fit the above. Lots of energy and moves across the pitch very quickly. If you keep watching the vid he tries a few flashier passes in the second half, one or two with success.

He would be pretty much ideal signing.

But we have Ramsey that is growing into similar mould.

So we definately wont sign him.

Double pivot with him n Rambo?

Or would you like us to sign a 'regista'

If we want to be even more hip, lets get an Asian one from die bundesliga

I'd like such a double pivot actually. Ramsey-Bender would be a super energetic midfield and a good alternative to Arteta who's lack of physique has been a hindrance against the bigger sides.

Would love this signing. Top, top player. Would give us a nice set of options in midfield amongst him, Wilshere, Ramsey and Arteta for the bottom two positions.

I don't think we'll be in for him for that very reason. Would reinforce the "Wilshere problem" we already have. Shame.

Wilshere will eventually find his way into the advanced midfielder slot.

Think that is Wengie's plan too. He needs to step up though.

Not for me, Wilshere will develop in to a box to box central midfielder.

Anyways, we need another proper centre mid, cos at the minute we have just three; Arteta, Wilshere and Ramsey. We had to play Chambo there in the last game of the season. Coquelin should be gone and Diaby is Diaby.

Burnsy, we can't ignore one of the best young DMs in the world because Wilshere still hasn't found a position. Maybe we'll play him as a false 9 as Lowe does Gotze, but wherever we place him, I don't see why he can't play on the same field as Bender as a starter.

And it's not just Wilshere. There is a real question of where you play all of Wilshere, Ox and Cazorla

Ramsey-Bender-Wilshere.

Fap-fap-fap.

Burnwinter wrote:

Well, that article says Chelsea are interested.

Chelsea part relates to Schurrle.

Arteta, Bender, Cazorla
Fap-fappity-fap

Captain wrote:

Chelsea part relates to Schurrle.

I knew that, honestly. Brain fade. Meant Liverpool.

He is the more versatile Bender right?

Still can't get the difference between the 2 Benders 😆 Too similar.