I pop out for a bit and come back to find 10 more pages in about 3 hours, wow!

Ozil, Di Maria, El Shaa... MADNESS 😃

Ivansen wrote:

I'm just enjoying surfing the wave of optimism. The come-down won't be any less hard if I play it cool at this point, I'd just have missed out on the interim fun.

Agree. Playing it cool is a bit of a waste of the eve of deadline day time.
I tried earlier and it lasted about ten minutes.

😆 Hilarious that link

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

I sense this will be a classic thread

Safe to say it's already well on the way

Is this Hernandez lad any good?

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

I sense this will be a classic thread

The cynicism, followed by the optimism, the hope, the joy, then the suspense, the heartbreak, the renewed hope, then utter joy! Then gleefull sleep.

Irish gunner wrote:

Abel hernandez any good?

He's very pacy but he hasn't really proved anything in his career yet

Would rather have Fabregas, but can't say no to a guy like Özil. Less injury prone too, I think.

40m for Ozil is crazy. The guy is inconsistent, lazy, and does nothing on big games.
he's worth 30m, not more.

this would the closest equvalent of us signing cesc back

Ozil link just reported on MotD....duuuude!

Motd 2 as well reporting that we're in advanced talks with Ozil.

I fear all the Özil talk in the media is just going to make the humiliation worse when he signs for one of our rivals.

I've got my first day of work tomorrow - would give anything to just refresh this thread all day! 17 pages already. 😆

18 pages. Keep up.

As I said, wont mind Abel Hernandez, Ba, Kalou as long as Ozil is signed.

Cross saying it could be a loan move. He spouts a lot of shit, and it seems like Madrid need the cash, so I doubt there's a lot of truth to it

lagos wrote:
Klaus wrote:

For those who think that money isn't better spent on Özil than a striker, here's what you get with him in the team:

Bloke has 87 assists in league and Champions League in the last three seasons. If we pull this off it will be the best signing we've made since Henry.

don't you need to have decent strikers to can complete the assists?

Well played.

ozil is only 25 this october btw.

It's true about us needing a striker though. Not that I don't welcome ozil. But I watched about 3 minutes of that assists clip and most had ronaldo blasting shots into goal or the like ,from the edge of the box etc. the kind of goals you see very rare at arsenal. Like I said earlier, I'd like a striker in addition to this one.

how long do they do the advanced talking?

Wenger said that it was late into the night last night and would be late as well tonight.

If Oezil pledged his future to Madrid on Wednesday what's changed apart from the inevitable signing of Bale?

IBL wrote:

If Oezil pledged his future to Madrid on Wednesday what's changed apart from the inevitable signing of Bale?

He's getting a friendly push out the door. Madrid just dropped 80-90 million on Bale and need some funds.

IBL wrote:

If Oezil pledged his future to Madrid on Wednesday what's changed apart from the inevitable signing of Bale?

It looks like R.Madrid will prefer to use Isco ahead of him and they have a lot of competition for places. Think he has fallen out of favour there which is why they are considering letting him go

asajoseph wrote:

If we sign Özil, I will wank myself to death.

Sure I've never seen you excited about a transfer. 😆

Laudrup said that there won't be any transfers out from Swansea, think that ends the iffy Williams links.

just get Ozil in and we can worry about others later. A defender would be nice. Any solid links to one?

Claudius wrote:

just get Ozil in and we can worry about others later. A defender would be nice. Any solid links to one?

Think Flamini as back up full back and Sagna as 4th choice centre back will be us done there.

we should keep stock piling krauts imo. make arsenal their home away from home

Don't think we're after a defender.
Have to make do with Ozil, di Maria and Abel Hernández 🙂

Hernandez looked good against Tahiti but we ought to be going for someone much more experienced/proven.