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The Shopping List—aka We've got flipping great wadges of cash

y va marquer

The Londoners opened preliminary talks with cash-strapped Atletico and were given encouragement that a deal could be possible.

By now, Arsenal had reached an agreement with Montpellier to buy Giroud for £12m and, with France eliminated from Euro 2012, the deal was nearly over the line. Wenger took a surprising course of action.

“He tried to pull the plug on the Giroud deal to sign Lopez instead,” a source close to the situation has told Goal.com. “But by then it was too late and the Giroud transfer had already been signed off.”

:hmm:
Hmm. I know it's goal.com and normally I would not believe a word but us preying on cash strapped Spanish clubs seems very summer 2012.
Suspect that we will go back for him if Theo does not sign.

Probably not quite wishlist thread material though is he?

http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2012/10/18/3459240/revealed-how-arsenal-nearly-pulled-plug-on-giroud-deal-to

lorddulaarsenal

Why isn't he wish list? Cracking player

y va marquer

He might be wishlist, but I couldn't say for sure myself as I've seen very little of him.

Cannon

Not exactly a wish but this Konoplyanka chap from Ukraine looks very very good. A bit hazard like

Rex

That's a stretch.

lorddulaarsenal

He was very impressive against England.

If you dont wanna bust the bank, some of those Montpellier players looked very talented.

Back to wishlist striker. Higuain.

lorddulaarsenal

A top player for the forward line and a decent keeper

Conor

Michel Vorm
Iker Muniain
Tom Ince
Adrian Lopez

Vorm
Sagna - Mertesacker - Vermaelen - Gibbs
Arteta - Wilshere
Muniain - Cazorla - Podolski
Adrian Lopez

GK: Vorm, Szczesny, Martinez
RB: Sagna, Jenkinson
CB: Mertesacker, Miquel
CB: Vermaelen, Koscielny
LB: Gibbs, Santos
CM: Arteta, Coquelin, Frimpong
CM: Wilshere, Diaby, Ramsey
RW: Muniain, Chamberlain
AM: Cazorla, Rosicky
LW: Podolski, Ince
ST: Adrian Lopez, Giroud, someone else

Rex

A striker that is good enough to play for one of the top 10 clubs in Europe.

We had one, sold him, replaced him with a donkey. 🙁

Cannon

Diaby out/ Arshavin out/ Chamakh out

mak

Llorente, Cabaye

-----------------Szczesny
Sagna Mertesacker Kos/Verm Gibbs
---------------Arteta Cabaye
-------Cazorla Wilshere Podolski
------------------Llorente

lorddulaarsenal

What's the point in llorente, as good as he is, if he's just going to get the same type of service giroud did yesterday

Get Nani or a livewire striker. Hernandez

mak

What's the point in buying any striker, or having one at all, if they're going to get the service that Giroud got?

Yesterday we were seriously off our game, but normally we create sufficient chances. Llorente would score goals here.

est

Alex Song. Why the fuck did we sell him?

Fuck off Wenger, Gazidis, Kroenke, Hill-Wood and Dick fucking Law.

Clrnc

Selling Song wasn't the problem

est

Of course it is.

You don't think that selling one of our most consistent players and a certain starter without replacing him is a problem?

asajoseph

Well, for all his flaws, it was the Alex Song / Robin van Persie combo that got us out of game like yesterday's on more than a few occasions.

ludovicvanzis

Nah, it was just Van Persie.

But Song should have been replaced anyway and Wenger admitted as much himself. Late in the summer window he said he wanted a midfielder and a defender and then he said the stuff about december. So he's waiting for a good deal to pop up.

asajoseph

Nonsense. For all his faults, some of the passes Song played into Van Persie were sensational last season.

ludovicvanzis

Song is a decent passer but very erratic. And while some of his passes were great, Van Persie's movement and finishes were even better.

Cazorla is a far better passer and creator than Song. Him behind Van Persie would have been amazing to watch.

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