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  • Transfer Business at Other Clubs (aka the other Wish List)

C'mon Kroenke, we can't let them get Jones and we go for Samba/Dann/Johnson seriously.

Jones must not go to Liverpool! That is a race we can definitely win. No excuses Arsenal.

I think Wenger wants someone with more experience in the league. Maybe he really eyeing for Samba or Cahill.

Are we even in for him? Seemed like our intentions were firmly on signing Samba.

Nobody knows what our intentions are.

Well we at least know that we bid £8M for Jones last summer - confirmed by Blackburn themselves. So we know there is a genuine, pre-existing interest there.

If talk of the £16M release clause is true, at least that gives us a fighting chance of not getting blow out of the water by City, United and possibly free spending Liverpool, and not being able to get an offer accepted to talk to him. Although they could offer him absurd amounts a week, he'd probably get no more than about 50 or 60K here, but I think Wenger knows this kid is the real deal. Just what we need long term.

Whoa, SkySports reporting that Jones is having a medical at United.

Doesn't look like we're anywhere near this transfer.

It makes me sick, I really, really hate United. Do something Arsene!

Yeah signing by United.

So they have Smalling Evans Vidic Ferdinand and is signing Jones + Varane?

Who's Varane?

Young centrehalf from Lens.

Maybe our 'youth policy' would have some success if we actually signed talent from the very top tier.

I'm glad we wont be signing Jones. As talented as he is we need a defender for now and he is still a few years off.

You won't be saying that this time next year, QS.

Gurgen wrote:

Maybe our 'youth policy' would have some success if we actually signed talent from the very top tier.

Depends on how you define success! 8)

Gurgen wrote:

Maybe our 'youth policy' would have some success if we actually signed talent from the very top tier.

Unless we made strong moves to try and bring him here, I'm absolutely disgusted.

I know, it's like Wenger never even played FM 2011.

qs! wrote:

I'm glad we wont be signing Jones. As talented as he is we need a defender for now and he is still a few years off.

Weird you think so, because Jones is absolutely ready to play at the top level.

Sky Sports saying Wenger spoke to Jones last night and he said he wanted to go to United.