The more I think about it, the more I like this move. A deeplying playmaker who can also put in a defensive shift. I was watching videos of Yann M'vila and thinking the Frenchman doesn't do a good job of releasing his attackers. He's a bit like Gattuso, and would benefit most from having an orchestrator (a la Pirlo) playing next to him. Given that we already have Song and Frimpong, I would prefer Montolivo over M'Vila. We can then push Jack up a little further. That would give us a 3 midfielders with the right overall combination of ruggedness and attacking ability.

We can do better than Song, and it's too early to think of Pong as a reliable back-up of any sort. M'Vila would do nicely, Song can rotate between the dm/cb positions as required, and Pong can chip in the cup games and the odd league game. This also eliminates the gaping hole when Song goes to the ANC.

Humble Rex wrote:

Wenger saying in his press conference we haven´t made a bid.

means nothing, since he obviously wouldnt admit to it if we did.

we've seen with cesc and nasri that we should totally ignore Wenger's public remarks regarding transfers

theres no point in ever quoting anything wenger says. we already know his position on everything, and he's stubborn, so his positions never change.

Iam not too bothered about anything he says regarding other teams players. The smart and sensible thing for him is to say we have not bid. He makes a big fuss about other teams tapping up our players, so the less he says the better. With him on this one

I can´t remember Wenger downright lying. He is often vague or chooses the "no comment" route. Is there a player though where he has publically ruled out as a player we are in for and then signed him though? I can´t think of one.

Anyway, it could be as easy as we hadn´t made contact at the time or something. We are probably not in for him though, which is a pity I think. He could offer a lot of what we are missing.

Humble Rex wrote:

I can´t remember Wenger downright lying. He is often vague or chooses the "no comment" route. Is there a player though where he has publically ruled out as a player we are in for and then signed him though? I can´t think of one.

Arshavin?

Reyes too.

Stop bumping this thread! I get excited for nothing every time I see it at the top of the page.

Klaus wrote:

Stop bumping this thread! I get excited for nothing every time I see it at the top of the page.

....

oops!

Honestly can't see us going for this guy. Which is weird. Maybe Wenger feels he would kill Ramsey and he'd rather have M'Vila?

Jack van Gercott wrote:

Guys just a quick reminder - you mustn't bump this thread mmmkay

thanks for the link.

Calcio_RH_UK Richard Hall
@MattLawExpress Im hearing news from Italy that Montolivo is on his way to London and is Arsenals midfield signing for today