This name has been silently floating around for a while now. Yesterday, after news of Mertesacker injury, it got louder.
6'0ft, 24 years old, 12 caps for Germany, currently plays for Valencia. Would we be happy with him? Is he an acceptable, cheaper option to Manolas or Koulibaly?
Any actual links?
He looked very good in the Euros when called upon. If I remember correctly jones was singing his praises.
He is available. Valencia/his agent have been touting him all around. Its all about the money. Everyone want 30 mill for anyone these days.
I remember him having a decent world cup and then he got snapped up by Valencia.
His performances in Euros is what impressed me greatly. I remember him being extremely solid against Ukraine and then when he came on against France he did very well too (other than being bamboozled by Pogba's trick that led to the goal).
Segway wrote:He looked very good in the Euros when called upon. If I remember correctly jones was singing his praises.
You remember correctly!
Not just an alternative to Manolas and Koulibaly, he's better than both, comfortably I'd add. He's had a mixed season at Valencia but that was the case for pretty much everyone because of the clown of club owner, being managed by Gary fucking Neville certainly didn't help either. The season before though (his first in Spain) he was so good that there were persistent rumours of Barcelona paying up to 50m for him. If there's ever a time we should snap him up it's now, he'll probably be out of reach soon again and we could do with a starter of his calibre right now
jones wrote:Segway wrote:He looked very good in the Euros when called upon. If I remember correctly jones was singing his praises.
You remember correctly!
Not just an alternative to Manolas and Koulibaly, he's better than both, comfortably I'd add. He's had a mixed season at Valencia but that was the case for pretty much everyone because of the clown of club owner, being managed by Gary fucking Neville certainly didn't help either. The season before though (his first in Spain) he was so good that there were persistent rumours of Barcelona paying up to 50m for him. If there's ever a time we should snap him up it's now, he'll probably be out of reach soon again and we could do with a starter of his calibre right now
Wow that's high praise.
Just saw some quotes from Valencia coach Ayestaran that he expects Mustafi to leave this Summer and he bemoans the lack of transfer funds available to him:
“Mustafi? We’re not counting on him. We will if he stays. But we are looking for a centre-back. A forward? We’ll check the performance of [Paco] Alcacer, [Santi] Mina and Rodrigo [Moreno] and see what the market offers. And we also have [Luis] Nani, who can play in any attacking position but we see him more a wide player than a natural forward."
http://www.football-espana.net/59757/ayestaran-laments-valencia-situation
It is on.
marv3llous wrote:http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfer-news-rumours-shkodran-8493684
- Jan Aage Fjortoft.
Mirror are quoting Star who are quoting Emanuele Grimcunt. Jan Twatoft chipping in doesn't help either.
Serial liars all around. Safe to say that there's nothing in this. 
Huge fan of this guy. I really hope this is true.
Signing him means Wenger would have to admit Gabriel was a mistake. I think he's too stubborn to do that.
More links, this time from Sportbild. I cant make out if its a rehash of previous stories.
Edit:
[size=small][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Premier League club Arsenal will oblige the German international Shkodran Mustafi. The 24-year-old central defender, who is still currently under contract at Valencia, will replace in London Per Mertesacker. The reports of the Italian sports journalist Emanuele Giulianelli on Twitter.[/font][/size]
False alarm. Giulianelli is one of the biggest frauds on twitter. If the links originated from him, this is definitely not happening.
No, signing him is due to the fact that Per is out for 5 months ...
Fantastic Mr.Fox wrote:More links, this time from Sportbild. I cant make out if its a rehash of previous stories.
"The reports of the Italian sports journalist Emanuele Giulianelli on Twitter."
Why don't these papers do some of their own fucking research and journalism instead of rehashing shit off twitter?
Just saw that, Giulianelli is a fraud. If the links originated from him, little chance this is true.
A Koscielny-Mustafi partnership would be immense.
Concerned that this bloke isn't that physically imposing.
Rather Koulibaly or Manolas but I guess they are pipe dreams
koulibaly wouldn't fit in at the present day arsenal. he'd probably fit in better at chelsea.
Who'd win in a fight between Vieira and Sol, both in their prime?
Sol, pure power.
