He does...purely based on that youtube comp!

"I’ve made a decision [to join Arsenal] and I’m not going to change it," he said. "I am looking forward to an agreement between the heads of the clubs.

"I realise that the negotiations may take some time. I am, however, confident it will happen soon," said Bielik, who could be the next Arsenal youngster to develop under Wenger.

the poles are usually tough buggers, so im all for it

That quote is apparently from the Polish version of The Sun, so I hear

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Finally our midfield problem may be solved.

by a £2m rated kid!     isn't this why we have problems in the 1st place?

Don't think Arteta and Flamini can be considered kids.

Vieira on the other hand was a 2m rated kid...

Anyway, signing top young players is a must these days, not just to save money, but to make sure you get these guys before someone else does and they become out of reach.

no they aren't kids but they are bog standard average, over the hill but never great in their hey day. Yes it's all good signing the best kids but if you don't coach them well and/or don't have world class players for them to sponge off, if they don't earn their place in the squad but are promoted because..well they play in that position, they end up like the majority of the talented kids that have cone through the Arsenal revolving door in the last few years, average, mediocre or outright dissapointment.

When people are already looking to a kid to solve our defensive mid problems, there's a;lready pressure and you know it's not likely to end well.

Our problem in midfeild and in most positions is that we try to solve a problem by being cheap, either by buying average players or shouldering kids with responsibilities before they are ready, rinse and repeat, neither of which solves the problem or realizes the potential in the said kids.

I'm all for buying kids for the future, but you start expecting them to solve the problems of a top club and all you are going to do is kill the potential of kid like many before. Firstly because they haven't had had to develop the mental attitude and hunger from the reserves/bench to displace someone of true quality and secondly because the pressure then gets to them and affect their confidence because they hadn't developed the said right hunger/mental attitude.

oh and £2m in Viera's days is probably closer to £10m today. £2m is nothing for a kid today, This kid is 17, Walcott cost £10m i think, Ox cost an initial £12m rising to £15m, Aguero cost £16m @ 18, Pato, Lukaku, the list goes on and on. I doubt in these days where everyone has access to youtube that a player supposedly so good that he is ready to solve Arsenal's midfeild problems would go for a mere £2m. More likely especially untested in the Pl and under an incompetent coach he will end up another disappointment.

I haven't even seen the video, we saw zelalems, tell me we are signing a £10-15m youth and maybe I'll get excited.

lagos wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Finally our midfield problem may be solved.

by a £2m rated kid!     isn't this why we have problems in the 1st place?

Calling a 16-year old kid the solution to our problem is very far fetched. Even Vieira wasn't that young. I don't think we brought him in as a DM either, and players in defensive roles only really get going when they're a lot older.

That said, we haven't over-relied on kids for a while now, and if anything it goes to show it's not the youth policy that's the core of the problem.

I'd love it if this kid joined us, hopefully when he eventually joins the first team we'll have a manager who knows how to use him.

lagos wrote:
Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Finally our midfield problem may be solved.

by a £2m rated kid!     isn't this why we have problems in the 1st place?

style reminds me of ballack

That gif is priceless...espespecially in this context!

Aaaanyway, really hope we sign this kid up.

Why? If that comp is all you're basing your rating on, I do wonder what you see. Doesn't look special to me at all.

really need that sarcasm font for lagos

I thought I was the only one, Flobs.

We are doing all over again what we were doing that summer we signed Campbell, aren't we? Spending time and effort trying to sign some kid when there are glaring holes in the first team. Infuriating!