Shkodran Mustafi close to Arsenal move
According to Sky Germany, a deal for Arsenal to sign Valencia defender Shkodran Mustafi will be completed next week.

The German international has reportedly agreed to sign a five-year deal at the Emirates stadium, and is currently awaiting permission to undergo a medical.

Sky Germany claim that the 24-year-old is expected to cost Arsenal a £28m.

Guys, how do I pronouce this guy's first name. Is it exactly as it is spelled? Shkod-run? Or something else?

Feels like this is just a formality now.

Wish we could just get the bloke in. Fast.

We're beginning our premier league with two centre backs that are just out of their teens. We need a CB just as desperately

If I were his club I'd add 20 mill to his asking price.

Why would he want to come?

Yeah. They definitely should. We have no central defenders. Mustafi and Koscielny need to start.
Wenger the asshole should've done one or both of the following when Gabriel got injured: put in a real bid for Mustafi, and/or ended Koscielny's holiday.

This should be done. We should have signed him already and paraded him today to get the crowd up. Then he could play next week. Everything takes too long with Arsenal.

Qwiss! wrote:

This should be done. We should have signed him already and paraded him today to  get the crowd up. Then he could play next week. Everything takes too long with Arsenal.

We're probably still haggling over a difference of a couple million! 😆 

I think every club in the world knows we need a CB, we're going to have to overpay to get one. 

Well Valencia aren't going to drop their price after seeing our shit show today.

I dont care anymore... This Shit happens every season

we knew about mertesackers injury for a long time, and knew kos would be slow coming back from the euros. he's been saying he'll recruit a new defender for at least 3-4 weeks now. what possible reason is there for the delay, other than us haggling over 5-10m

Yeah, either we're haggling or there has been no serious discussion. We might just have enquired about him. Kicker claimed that there are no agreements in place either with the player or the club. They didn't make it sound like a transfer was imminent.

If we really wanted to bring Mustafi in I think this would have been done weeks ago. Valencia probably quoted us a fee that wasn't in line with what Wenger would consider spending on a defender who isn't world class. He expects to get Mats Hummels or Sergio Ramos for £30 million, not the guy who warms the bench behind the former in the national team. So now we're probably evaluating our options again in order to find someone who hits that sweet spot between age, talent, availability, resale value and quality hair.

just watched a snippet of wenger's post match, and he did drop a comment about 'willingness of the player' also being important in a transfer. henry also questioned whether players actually want to come here after the game, so i'm wondering if we're getting 'vardyed' by our top targets. wenger's uncertain future probably doesn't help either. the club is in for a tumultuous period when he goes - not because he's a success juggernaut, but his methodology is ingrained at every level of club and our limp board hide behind that all the time. and agents and players would be aware of that as well