Just brushed up my knowledge of him, and he is class. Forgotten the talent he's showed. Anyways, he has been linked to us again. Year to run on his contract so surely value for money that Wenger bangs on about
http://www.football-italia.net/aug21k.html
He's a top player that needs a new challenge. I'd love to have him at Arsenal. This is the guy Chelsea should be getting instead of pissing about with Modric.
Here's another clip that shows a bit of his passing range:
Doesn't Montolivo play Wilshere's position?
Yeah. He can play pretty much everywhere though. Got the intelligence and raw skills to adapt. You have to think we'd use him as a central midfielder if he comes here though. Maybe with Jack in a slightly advanced role instead?
I don't know although I'm not so sure that Wenger sees Wilshere moving forward at this stage. Quality is always welcome but I can't figure out what our transfer strategy is supposed to be in this window.
You do think we HAVE a strategy?
Me neither. I suspect that we've been actively looking for a central mid for a while though. We've been linked to Montolivo a couple of times in the past too. If Wenger is a fan of the player this seems like too good an opportunity to ignore. Player refuses to sign a new deal, Fiorentina strip him of captaincy but are reluctant to sell him to Milan...
id keep jack deep though, he does more damage driving from deep with the element of surprise. we'll negate his best qualities by advancing him.
our engine room is cack atm. we need someone capable of good forward passing, and montolivo has that
how is he defensively? does he read the game well?
Definitely. He even played as a defensive midfielder for a while a season or two back but he's more comfortable as a deep-lying playmaker. He's a replica of Pirlo, more or less. Plays the same way.
Replaced Pirlo during the WC, didn't he?
I remember him being very highly rated a few years ago, haven't followed his career but he seems closer to the level we should be looking to sign.
Yeah, he's a regular for Italy nowadays. Man of the match when they beat Spain in that friendly two weeks ago. Prandelli seems to play Motta in an almost sweeper-like role that gives De Rossi, Pirlo and Montolivo room to do what they want in the creative end.
Sounds promising, then. How long has he been captain of Fiorentina?
it helps that Florentina don't want to sell him to a rival but it is unusual for an Italian to move outside their own league.
General Mirth wrote: Sounds promising, then. How long has he been captain of Fiorentina?
I think he took over the armband when Danielli was sold last january.
Apparently his price tag is 10 million. We are in desperate need of some creativity and technical skill in the midfield. An alarming amount of our midfielders can barely control a football and pass it five yards without giving it away.
Wenger is mad so he'll probably not sign him.
Link
Reports from Italy are linking Spurs with a bid for Fiorentina midfielder Riccardo Montolivo.
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chelsea just got mata, so presumably they no longer have any need for modric, which means spurs would have no need for montolivo.
Wenger saying in his press conference we haven´t made a bid.
Did he say we weren't interested though?
