Klaus wrote:
Gazza M wrote:

philipe auclair has said he's 99% sure we'll get at least 1-2 players in the janny tranny.  we're being proactive apparently

What was Auclair saying in the summer? I can't remember if he was one of the people who were positive we'd bring in a bunch of players.

Saying we wont sign players in July or December doesn't help sell papers in August and January.

Carvalho would immediately challenge Flamini and provide long term competition with Coquelin.

carvalho has just come back from long term injury. doubt we'll take the risk.

wanyama is a bit meh. don't think wenger wants this type of player in his midfield. if we get him and 1 other progressive midfielder with a high ceiling, and bin flameta, that would be good.

Qwiss! wrote:
Klaus wrote:

What was Auclair saying in the summer? I can't remember if he was one of the people who were positive we'd bring in a bunch of players.

Saying we wont sign players in July or December doesn't help sell papers in August and January.

Auclair doesn't usually do much idle speculation. Think he might have named a couple of players who he knew we held an interest in, but nothing much else.

Just get Rabiot. Watched the PSG match at Parc des Princes today and he looked exactly like the guy we are missing in midfield. Can be a dynamic duo with Ramsey.

Verratti is a class above, wish we could just pay 50m to get him.

That's true though. Wish we could tempt him with more first team football. He is at best a fringe player there.

Rabiot is back on the bench the second Verratti is back, and he knows it.

he asked for a jan loan, so he does know he's not ahead of veratti, motta, matuidi. we should test their resolve

id take a punt on a loan for him in january... with the option to buy

even if we don't have an option to buy Rabiot, a 5 month loan would be great. we need a warm body in midfield as much as Klaus does one in his bed.

Unlike Klaus though, we can actually solve the warm body problem. 🙂

Klaus, didn't your momma raise you to answer when people ask you a question?

Rex wrote:

Unlike Klaus though, we can actually solve the warm body problem. 🙂

Yes but unlike Klaus, Wenger isn't willing to pay to get a warm body. 

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I'm doing alright Dules. It was, err, kind of you to ask.

Klaus wrote:

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I'm doing alright Dules. It was, err, kind of you to ask.

Hey K Dawg, I think the phrase you are looking for is 'I'm holding my own'.

He's the dream as dules would say. He'll stay a dream though since it's a shitty Metro link

One can always dream! 🙂
I wouldn't say he is a player worthy of dreaminess status either btw, but would be a very good addition to our squad.

Is he a DM or box to box CM?

needs to sort out his disciplinary record, got sent off again today. Third time this season. Good quality though.

Yeah, big issue with him. But like Klaus said the other day that's a risk which also comes with some reward, a lot of crucial tackles he wins other players wouldn't even attempt, I liked the comparison to Vieira who also was a bit of a nutter.

i'd take xhaka. perfectly suited to the premier league. he could partner up with ramsey nicely

Good mixture of talents.

The next Yaya Sanogo.

😆 was actually thinking that when watching. A bit unfair perhaps, because this kid seems to be able to hit the ball cleanly. Looks more than a little clumsy though.

Arsenal have agreed £4.3m deal with Dynamo Moscow for striker Kokorin, France Football reporting. #afc

Are France Football reliable ?
Seems like a Wenger signing...4.5 milion, not a star etc.
I know what you will say...not the big name signing we want...or is he ? Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kokorin. That's a huge name really.

This better fucking be a hoax.

Isn't Kokorin useless?

I'm surprised we have not been linked to Feghouli. He only has 6 months left and would be free. He would be a great squad option to have.

Kokorin looks like a player Wenger may like.

Would have preferred Pato, seems like it's based on if Welbeck gets another setback.

Bryant wrote:

I'm surprised we have not been linked to Feghouli. He only has 6 months left and would be free. He would be a great squad option to have.

I wouldn't be surprised if we picked him up for free later on. We were linked to him a lot in the summer. Wenger loves to sniff out deals like these.