Replacement or expansion?
Today is the day when we get to rejoice the signing of French International Samir Nasri, he is a wonderfully exciting player who for a couple of seasons has been heavily fancied by Euro pundits to go on to have a top class career.
This is a great signing for the Gunners although he is pretty well seen as a replacement for Alexander Hleb. In terms of a replacement Nasri is a class choice, especially if we make a profit over the two transfers, however i heard many gooner saying over the course of last season that we need to expand our squad rather than just replace our players, an extra one or two in numbers compared to what we have last season could have made all the difference.
So far this season we have lost Flamini and Lehmann and signed Ramsey and Nasri, plus Vela is finally coming. However reports are rife that we are also losing Adebayor, Hleb and Gilberto which would make 5 outgoings or 4 out field sales as Lehmann is a bit different.
The players we are set to lose are quality and no doubt the sale of all 3 should land us with a figure marginally over £40m. Even if we were to spend some of that cash on a couple of decent players such a Huntelaar (i doubt), or Falcao (could be?) and maybe sign one other that will be 5 players out and 5 players in which is not expansion at all.
Whilst quality is leaving it should be noted that quality is also coming in and we are making a profit too which is always good for our financially sound but also financially restricted club. However in terms of the numbers game we have not really made any headway.
My question to you my fellow gooners is should we expand our numbers or is just replacing the outgoings good enough?
July 11, 2008 at 4:50 pm
True talk! That has been my question as well. To compete with the other top teams we needed added about 2 or 3 quality players to the Squad of last season. Now Instead of adding, we are loosing our players. I don’t understand that. Will this coming reason be other season of building yet other young team?… or keeping the sqaud and adding anothe r 2 or 3 players to compete in full cylinders next reason. Eduardo is still out no one knows how he will fare when he comes back….
July 11, 2008 at 7:07 pm
expand…
adebayor to AC Milan for Gourcuff and 20 mil
hleb to barca for Yaya and 7-8 mil
brought in Nasri
Gilberto to greece for 3 mil
lehman (1 mil) and flamini out (free)
ramsay in (1-2 mil)
buy a winger (Zhirkov), a central defender (Richards?) and a forward (Falcao) and another keeper (veteran for cheap 1-2 mil)
that makes 5 out and 8 in. should be able to do it with either breaking even or very little expense
July 11, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I think instead of signing new players. They should ask barcelona to give us messi or ya ya toure exchange of adebayor. that will be good for both sides.
And we should sign schweinsteiger. In midfield, fabregas, rosicky, nasri and schweinsteiger. Maybe next year, we will sign sergio ramos or kompany.
or mertesacker from germany. For the forward, podolski or david villa. they should sign akinfeev from russia.
The complete 2009 squad for my favorite
Gk. Akinfeev, Alumania
Rb. Eboue, Sergio Ramos
Cb. Toure, Gallas, Sendros, Sanga, Hoyte, Kompany or Mertesacker
Lb. Clichy, Abidal
Center. Nasri(can play wing), Fabregas, Ramsey, Rosicky, Daiby, Arshavin if we can sign him.
Wings. Nasri, Schweinsteiger, Vela, Denilson, Eboue, Ya ya toure.
Att. Walcott, Eduardo, Van Perise, Bendtner, Messi.
Adebayor will go to barca and messi and ya ya will come.
This is my favorite line up.
They will be unbeatable in eurpe.
I know this sqaud can’t be possible.
July 11, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Zenith, i think there’s no chance of Messi, but Gourcuff and money for Ade with the money to be spent on Huntelaar, would be a good plan (imagine a real finisher on the end of the chances Ade gets?) (yes i know dudu is an excellent finisher but he needs to be weined back into the team). Yaya to be part of the Helb deal, wouldn’t mind that either!! and Diaby to be given a chance in midfield with Cesc, Him and Diaby interchanging would be immense (this is a real make or break year for Diaby, remember Flamini last year? do you think he was going to be our midfield dinamo?). I agree Schweinsteiger would be an excellent addition!! would love him at arsenal. I wouldn’t like arse shavings, he costs too much and hasn’t beem proven/ is too old for the price tag, considering he wants to play in the spanish league and so if is bought would be another summer transfer scandal if he was any good. I agree we need a goalkeeper but anyone good seems to be too expensive or not worth buying!, as for defenders, I’d love a fit Kompany or some unknown ‘Wenger buy’ for the centre (like the amazing Sagna aquisition last year), but Wengers knack of buying players doesn’t seem to include defenders for me, it just hasn’t been his thing so far. I wait to be proven wrong. I dunno how many in that is and how many out but it seems a good enough squad. I just wish there was more stability as it seems the way to win things
July 11, 2008 at 11:04 pm
it can’t be possible Zenith as a). YaYa doesn’t play on the wing b). Sagna at centre half ????????? c). Mertesacker is shit d). No Walcott?????? and e). Wenger see’s Vela as a striker……
July 12, 2008 at 12:22 am
are you out of your mind?!?!?!?! no way messi would even think about coming to arsenal and why would sergio ramos come as well, they’d both get their wages reduced severely
July 12, 2008 at 1:37 am
zenith….wow messi to arsenal?? Messi will NEVER come to arsenal. EVER. YaYa is not coming either cause berca not gonna sell him either. Sergio Ramos never coming either. Abidal no .Akinfeev prob not cause AW wont need young keepers. Mertesacker shit but he is tall… Komp in a few years maybe. Arshavin wont come. Schwein wont come
GK Almunia Fabianski Mannone
LB Clichy Traore
CB Gallas Toure Senderos Song Djourou Hoyte
RB Sagna Toure Hoyte2 (Eboue never coming back to RB unless the defense gets serious damage)
Wings Rosicky Vela(ifneeded)Eboue Rambo Denilson RVP Walcott
CM Fabio Diaby Rambo Denilson Song Djourou
Strikers Walcott RVP Eduardo Bendtner Santa/Huntelaar Vela
I think bayor is leaving so i expect if rumors true we get gourcuff and with the cash we get Huntelaar or Santa. Not both Maybe not even any of them.
The Startig XI i think AW with pick is….
GK Almunia
RB Sagna
CB Gallas Toure
LB Clichy
RW Eboue
CM Fabregas
CDM Diaby
LW Rosicky
ST Eduardo with BENDTNER!!!