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Petr Cech

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Rex wrote:
IMO those situations are different. Cazorla was playing on the flank at the time we bought Özil, and you always have the possibility to move attacking players around a bit. For the LB position Wenger was certainly fed up with Santos and was in fact looking to replace him. With goalkeepers you only really need two. Getting a third means you have to let one of the others go.

Not at that time, Cazorla spent some time on the wing while Ramsey was playing at number 10 but Wenger pushed Ramsey deep when it was clear things weren't working out and played Cazorla there instead.

GaelForce

Nah, he'd been playing on the left for a while by that point. Rosicky or Wilshere playing as the 10, front three of Caz/ Giroo/ Theo.

JazzG

Some more reports coming out that Cech wants to join Arsenal as he wants to keep living in London. Seems to be the only thing that could scupper or delay the deal is Mourinho. Personally I think that is one of the main reasons we should keep trying to sign him, would love to knock his ego if his boss overrides his choice and lets Cech join us.

Rorz wrote:
Don't see Wenger considering goalkeeper as a priority either. I'll be hugely surprised if we don't start the next season with the same keepers as this one, I reckon Wenger has a lot of faith in Szcz and he won't want to get rid of Ospina after one season either.

Think it is clear that Wenger has lost faith in Chesney hence why he never bought him back in the league. Ospina didn't exactly cover himself in glory either so can definitely see us bringing a GK in. Chesney either needs to be sold or loaned out, he hasn't progressed as a player for years now.

MistaT

Bizarre end to the GK scenario with Chezney not playing the final game, but then starting the Cup Final.

Nela

How good is Cech these days anyway?

We desperately need a world class keeper, but there's something about taking Chelsea's clear number two that just doesn't sit right with me. We should have our own DeGea or Courtois.

Plus, I suspect that cap he wears is always going to bother me somewhat. Not that he should risk his safety or anything. I just hate looking at it.

Gazza M

i'm not convinced curtois is that much better than him tbh. he's not what he used to be, but he's a significant improvement on what we have. still looked sharp a few days ago against sydney fc. at 10m it's a no brainer to me.

Klaus

I hate his hat too. I wish he'd wear a wig on top of it so he looked semi-normal.

Klaus

Now he just looks like the unfortunate kid at the playing ground who got outfitted with helmets and padded protections before he was let out to play with the other children.

Rex

But that is exactly what it is, no? 🙂

lorddulaarsenal

What if it were red Kla?

That Oblak looks good by the way

Biggus

Klaus wrote:
Now he just looks like the unfortunate kid at the playing ground who got outfitted with helmets and padded protections before he was let out to play with the other children.

😆

I paused to watch a game on in a local park looked like 13 year old girls, one of the goalies was wearing and Petr Cech helmet.

So Cech wears a girls hat.

Gunner89

World class save from yesterday.

Big Willie

Strong wrists to push it wide (then again not wide enough as it fell to one of their players) but a pretty standard save I'd expect from any decent goalkeeper.

Gunner89

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11654368/Chelsea-will-allow-Petr-Cech-to-join-Arsenal-or-Manchester-United.html

Hope this doesn't turn into another summer of faffing about targets.

JazzG

Nothing will happen until after the Euro qualifiers so lets hope we can wrap this one up quickly. Seems like he wants to stay in London and a few people have said we have verbally got a deal in place.

Will be a world class signing imo, guy is still top drawer and much better than what we have available.

FantasticMrFox

I'm still very skeptical Chelsea will sell him to us. It would be an incredible signing, if it happened.

Rex

I like Sneezey and think he can still grow into a top goalkeeper, but I'd easily sell him if we could take advantage of this opportunity to get a truly world class goalkeeper. Thinking about it, I'd sell the one of Ospina and Sneezey who least fancies to be relegated to the bench for the foreseeable future.

marv3llous

Ospina is class act as a man and a very professional athlete. Szczesny is a clown. I know who i would sell.

mdgoonah41

i have moderate concerns about cech. he hasn't been "the same" since the head injury. hes still shown he can perform at a high level, but hes conceded some reaaaally bad goals over the last few seasons, and that is with an ultra defensive team in front of him
given my concerns, id still rate him above sneezy.
£10m is a lot to pay for someone his age, and would be very anti-wenger, since he basically will have no resale value at all.
i think sneezy should leave. after the southampton game, it was written that he wouldnt play in the league again, and everyone thought that was far fetched, but it turned out to be true. ospina wasn't amazing, but he was solid, and he did it without any theatrics. i think that may have made up wenger's mind. people say wenger has been a bit more ruthless with his selections and decisions, this would solidify that.
ospina is only 26, he is settled here now, and he showed that he could basically come into the team cold and perform. we have enough games where he'll still get starts next season even if he is the backup to cech, and given that cech is older, he could always have injury issues and ospina would get plenty of games
ospina doesn't really have much competition for the #1 spot anymore for colombia, so i dont think he'll freak out about losing his place if hes not the automatic #1 here.

Claudius

Fantastic Mr.Fox wrote:
I'm still very skeptical Chelsea will sell him to us. It would be an incredible signing, if it happened.

Mourinho is not daft. If that 10 million puts him closer to an upgrade on Oscar, a new star striker, or Terry's replacement, he'll bite. Before then, he wil draw it out to assert his power of Wenger. Might even wait until the day after the Communty Shield.

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