He just seems so right - age, skill set, experience.
I really hope this happens, i don't think our interest and it's seriousness can be doubted.
Santi Cazorla
gah this potential signing has gotten under my skin in the last 24 hours. he's pretty much the best we could ask as far as available quality AMs go.
i'm going to have lie down and cup of tea.
If I were a betting man, I'd say Malaga end up standing firm on this one.
Actually, I am a betting man...
Arteta on Cazorla
"I cannot talk about the actual situation but I can say that I know him as a player really well.
"And he's a top, top player. He has got unbelievable quality and talent and that is all I can say."
"I share the opinion of Mikel Arteta. Cazorla is a great player," said Wenger.
"We bought Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski but we are not at the end of the transfers. We will still bring players in."
Mmm hmm 
I'm not sure the Malaga situation is quite as simple as some make out. I can't believe that their billionaire owner would let things get as bad as they have only to swoop in at the last minute and fix everything. Time will tell I guess.
He doesn't have to fix everything - he just has to pay their wages & refuse our offer.
The owner recently tweeted a picture of a racehorse he owns and quipped "worth more than any footballer".
Think the suggestion doing the rounds is that he's bored with his Malaga toy and is none too keen on paying the tax debt (or the players wages ).
He also has to settle other debts otherwise they could face relegation among other things.
And what if Carzola still wants to leave, which I'm fairly certain he would?
He'd be mad not to want to leave that setup.
Why would anyone want to stay at a club where it's not certain that wages will be paid at the end of each week?
Not much point in having a contract agreeing a big fat salary when you have to take action against your employer to force him to honour that contract.
asajoseph wrote:He doesn't have to fix everything - he just has to pay their wages & refuse our offer.
And pay debts owed to other clubs and their tax bill. Apparently Hierro left because the club is a shambles top to bottom.
Certainly not saying this shiekh geezer won't sort their problems out at the last minute, billionaires are sometimes a little whacky like that, but it still begs the question why let things get this messed up in the first place.
It's the tax debt and the money owed on the transfers that is the issue. Wages were sorted according to reports last week or whenever it was.
that deleted quote... such cockteases
WHY HASN'T HE SIGNED YET. :mad::gah::mad::gah:
Pepe LeFrits wrote:WHY HASN'T HE SIGNED YET. :mad::gah::mad::gah:
all are in China - we's about to play Citeh
just ooooone ca-zorlaaaa, give him to meeeeeeee aaah
Pepe LeFrits wrote:WHY HASN'T HE SIGNED YET. :mad::gah::mad::gah:
No worries, we'll get it done as soon as Gazidis is back from his two week holiday...
Cazorla has been left out of the Malaga squad for their pre-season tour to Venezuela.
Could be because of him being part of the Spain Euro squad but i'd like to believe it is because he is destined to move here
God I hate this. Miss the days when the first time you hear about a new signing is when he's holding the shirt.
timBO! wrote:asajoseph wrote:He doesn't have to fix everything - he just has to pay their wages & refuse our offer.
And pay debts owed to other clubs and their tax bill. Apparently Hierro left because the club is a shambles top to bottom.
Certainly not saying this shiekh geezer won't sort their problems out at the last minute, billionaires are sometimes a little whacky like that, but it still begs the question why let things get this messed up in the first place.
He doesn't have to sort all that out - all he has to do is decide that selling Cazorla isn't part of the solution.
Anyway, apparently AS are reporting we haven't bid yet.
asajoseph wrote:timBO! wrote:And pay debts owed to other clubs and their tax bill. Apparently Hierro left because the club is a shambles top to bottom.
Certainly not saying this shiekh geezer won't sort their problems out at the last minute, billionaires are sometimes a little whacky like that, but it still begs the question why let things get this messed up in the first place.
He doesn't have to sort all that out - all he has to do is decide that selling Cazorla isn't part of the solution.
Those are precisely the things he needs to sort out, or they will have to sell players to pay their debts.
Sure - and unless they have to sell their entire squad, I'd be surprised if selling their best player at a less than extravagant fee was where they look to start. They may of course be forced to, but if it comes to that it'll be a long, drawn-out process, not one where we wrap up a transfer in couple of days.
Selling the players that bring in the highest fees is usually where indebted clubs start.
asajoseph wrote:Sure - and unless they have to sell their entire squad, I'd be surprised if selling their best player at a less than extravagant fee was where they look to start. They may of course be forced to, but if it comes to that it'll be a long, drawn-out process, not one where we wrap up a transfer in couple of days.
It depends on how quickly they want to raise funds. As we've seen from experience, it's not easy to sell off your shit players for high money.
A quick look at their squad makes Cazorla their most valuable player by miles.
Of course they'd happily keep him but if he agitates for a move it might just make things easier to sort two problems out at once. Plus, seeing as they're rolling in millions it'll be similar to Man City selling Robinho.
Cazorla deal losing steam already.
I never believed it for a second
squallkid wrote:Well both of those are true.......
Damn it I'm excited now
They could probably move Rondon for a fee around the same as we're offering Cazorla, but I was pretty surprised at how old their squad is. Obviously knew they'd taken on quite a few veterans, h
They could probably move Rondon for a fee around the same as we're offering Cazorla, but I was pretty surprised at how old their squad is. Obviously knew they'd taken on quite a few veterans, but at 27 he's one of their younger players!
Anyway, we'll see. Personally, expect their sheikh or whatever he is to fork out.
qs! wrote:
Cazorla himself wants out though no?
I would have thought that he'd have strong grounds to force his way out given the non payment of wages issue (even if the wages have subsequently been paid).
Plus isn't there an issue regarding Malaga still owing part of his transfer fee to Villareal?
Still quite confident about this.
Oh and just because there hasn't been any tweets in the last couple of hours doesn't mean this transfer has "gone cold". Theres obviously stuff going on behind the scenes.
The Mail (I know) are reporting this deal as if it's pretty much done and dusted. Said we've agreed both fee and personal terms.
The mail was the first who broke the Oscar story remember...
Guillem Balague has surprisingly not said a word about this, gives me some hope.
I need this!
Clrnc wrote:The mail was the first who broke the Oscar story remember...
They were away ahead of the posse with the Podolski news as well.
They are curiously reliable and quick in terms of latching onto real transfer stories.
I'm a right saddo for knowing that
Any news?
I'M CLOSING THE FORUM AS A PROTEST AGAINST ARSENAL NOT HAVING WRAPPED THIS UP YET!!