A good replacement for Bendtner, I guess.
Carlos Vela
Well, well ...
He's a steal at that price. Just hope he isn't our only signing up front.
Solid signing.
RW: Chambo/Vela
LW: Caz/Podolski
One of Podolski or Cazorla to leave next summer once Theo is back to full fitness.
So we're taking Marin's word that he's going to be signed then?
Why?
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He said it on twitter. Must be true.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's just agent talk still.
Gurgen wrote:He's a steal at that price. Just hope he isn't our only signing up front.
My sentiments too.
Given Wenger's refusal to play him up top in his first stint, I wonder what he has in mind for him this time around? Out wide I'm guessing. Leaves us well stocked in that area though but a good mix of players.
Direct: Podolski/Vela/Walcott
Non-direct: Ox/Santi/Jack
Carlitos!
Vela is alright at right wing these days. He is also a guy to chuck on as a second striker when needed.
And so it begins, 12 year old Arsenal fan's ridiculous comparisons:
You also have to pro-rata upwards vela's stats to consider he plays for a weaker team
Bloody kids didn't think of that did they?!
Irish gunner wrote:And so it begins, 12 year old Arsenal fan's ridiculous comparisons:
Ridiculous indeed. Vela has scored more and costs €87.5m less. Bale clealry doesn't hold a candle to him. 
So this is a done deal?
Good. This is a really solid bit of business even if he never kicks a ball.
According to the contract signed when his transfer was formalized, the Real could sell Vela and pay Arsenal the percentage share of the operation, but did not, hence the Gunners have now executed the purchase option, pending what sports decision making Arsène Wenger. Ie if it has the Mexican striker for his team next season or whether, by contrast, puts it in a calculation or accept any of the offers that your representative has for him. In both cases, the second seems the most logical, Arsenal must take into account the views of Vela.
From his whole article
The report seems to indicate he will be brought back and sold. Makes sense in a way actually. If Arsenal let Sociedad sell him we make a total of 3m plus half of his release clause of 25m so a total of a max 15.5 million. If we buy him back for 4m that puts us at -1m but if we sold him for anything more than 16.5m which we could easily than we would earn more this way.
There's no way Vela would agree to that, and if we were secretly planning to do so the journo wouldn't know about it. You then also have to consider that he'd not play much next season if he's not deemed good enough so his value will dip. It'd be a silly move.
If this does happen it's just because Wenger senses a bargain.
Not sure if this is correct but remember reading a player can't register for 3 clubs in one year under UEFA/FIFA rules so we wouldn't be able to buy him back just to sell.
Demichelis did it