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Benzema

Captain

Would be an idea to ship both of them to be honest. I'd be marginally more against Chamakh being sold but would quickly forget it if we addressed the situation properly.

Pepe LeFrits

We need to get some little kid to hold up a 'Please buy Benzema' banner at the Emirates Cup. Worked for United that season they signed Rooney :p

Rex

Benzema always looks so lazy and immobile on the pitch. What makes you guys think he can do a job on either flank here for us? Offensively - possibly, defensively - can´t see him being any better than Arshavin. Or do you only see him as back up for RVP?

kamikaze

our scouts did a great job on chamakh. no one noticed that he doesn't know how to kick a ball?

Pepe LeFrits

Benzema does a lot of his best work starting from the left. I'd expect him to be plenty better than Arshavin there.

Captain

He's a straight up striker for me and not suited to a wide position.

Timbob

Play him through the middle with Van Persie just behind. I think those two alone would be an incredible handful for any team in the league.

Then build a balanced midfield behind them. If that means we have to sell Arshavin and put Nasri and/or Walcott on the bench some weeks then so be it.

Timbob

Captain wrote:
Klaus wrote:
I'm still a bit sceptical about Benzema as a player

Same but he should do well here.

Also feel the same. Not completely sure about him, but I suspect he'd score a lot of goals for us.

goon

Benzema at Lyon was fantastic, honestly think him and Robin would be fantastic. Don't think he's a wideman though.

Timbob

Iloveyouarsenewenger wrote:
How much wage is Benzema on? I doubt, he'd like a wage cut and I reckon he's already getting more than Cesc.

€90'000 a week apparently.

Iloveyouarsenewenger

That's not that much. I reckon we could pay him that. But, I still don't think we'll go for someone of his stature if we have both Chamakh and RvP here.

flobaba

He's performed really poorly for Real this season. Not sure he's the same striker. Another Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

Gurgen

He's lazy and lacks pace. Quality player but there are better options out there for that money. If we want to play 4-4-2 I'm pretty sure it would work well with Walcott and RvP up front too.

goon

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/05/09/2478316/arsenal-ponder-swoop-for-real-madrids-karim-benzema-report

From Marca via goal.com

Pepe LeFrits

Well if Goal.com and Marca say so, I'm off to get BENZEMA 88 on the back of my shirt!

goon

It's better than caughtoffside at least!

Clrnc

Gurgen wrote:
He's lazy and lacks pace. Quality player but there are better options out there for that money. If we want to play 4-4-2 I'm pretty sure it would work well with Walcott and RvP up front too.

Not sure I'd agree with that, he works quite hard when things ain't going his way and is more pacy than RVP for a start

Qwiss

He's not Theo but he has pretty decent pace IMO, certainly isn't slow.

Qwiss

otfgoon wrote:
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2011/05/09/2478316/arsenal-ponder-swoop-for-real-madrids-karim-benzema-report

From Marca via goal.com

£22m would be grand. WE should be spending that much on a striker and I'd happily take Benzema for that much. Get him in, if theres one thing Wenger is good at its getting French strikers to play well.

Claudius

That move alone would allow me to suppress my Wenger hate for a few months. We NEED that type of player to show our fans and players that we are serious, and to strike a little bit of fear into opponents' hearts.

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