Summer Transfer Window 2013/2014 aka Arsenal , we can afford folks and the mancs really want Fellani

robfosters · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:33

Robbo said:
The Guardian are reporting that Real Madrid have come in for Suarez now, they'll be more difficult to hold off than Arsenal, they will likely bid a bit higher though.

If they've just spent £93m on Bale, can they afford £50m for Suarez too... :/

Does this mean Ronaldo is on!

Either that or they are selling us Benzema and Di Maria and using that money.

robfosters · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:36

Spurs fans must feel well ****** off if this is true about Willian. Even as an Arsenal fan, I feel a bit bad for them. It is very poor form.

BaZ87 · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:42

Robbo said:
The Guardian are reporting that Real Madrid have come in for Suarez now....

Not quite. With talk that Arsenal are bidding for Benzema some people have speculated that Real might sell and bid for Suarez. Rodgers was then asked about the possibility of Real bidding and said it's too late for a deal to happen.

opethdisciple · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:43

robfosters said:
Spurs fans must feel well ****** off if this is true about Willian. Even as an Arsenal fan, I feel a bit bad for them. It is very poor form.

Are you refering to this?

robfosters · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:44

opethdisciple said:
Are you refering to this?

That's the one!

robfosters · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:46

BaZ87 said:
Not quite. With talk that Arsenal are bidding for Benzema some people have speculated that Real might sell and bid for Suarez. Rodgers was then asked about the possibility of Real bidding and said it's too late for a deal to happen.

Rodgers may say that, but this is the move Luis really wants more than anything and he may throw the biggest paddy the football world has ever seen. To the point where Liverpool just find it unable to turn a bid of around 60m down.

rhysduck · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:46

Wasn't he having his medical today at WHL?

Mark1989 · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:47

Well Rodgers latests quotes seen like an sly attack in the owners about transfers. Does not seem impressed at all

robfosters · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:49

opethdisciple said:
Despite all Arsenal supposed £70mill to spend on players, we are still going budget shopping.

Flamini on board now.

Actually very happy with Flamini. He is a quality DM. Exactly what we need. People are money orientated. It's only because he's played for us before and that he's a free transfer that people are "meh" about the whole thing.

If he was still a regular at AC and we was paying in the region of 10-15 million, people would be all over it.

robfosters · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:50

rhysduck said:
Wasn't he having his medical today at WHL?

Yes, he passed a medical. Then Chelsea apparently phoned his agent and said they were interested. They hotfooted it up there as quick as their money grabbing legs could carry them.

opethdisciple · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:51

robfosters said:
Actually very happy with Flamini. He is a quality DM. Exactly what we need. People are money orientated. It's only because he's played for us before and that he's a free transfer that people are "meh" about the whole thing.

If he was still a regular at AC and we was paying in the region of 10-15 million, people would be all over it.

But it begs the question why was he released by Milan?

Newbie007 · 22 Aug 2013 at 22:52

robfosters said:
Rodgers may say that, but this is the move Luis really wants more than anything and he may throw the biggest paddy the football world has ever seen. To the point where Liverpool just find it unable to turn a bid of around 60m down.

I thought he was going to throw a paddy after you lot won last night? Also weren't u convinced 40 million was the absolute limit anyone would be willing to spend on him.. ?

robfosters · 22 Aug 2013 at 23:01

opethdisciple said:
But it begs the question why was he released by Milan?

He wasn't released, he left.

He was offered a 2 year contract, but wanted longer. When it became clear that wasn't coming, he decided to leave.

cm1179 · 22 Aug 2013 at 23:01

robfosters said:
Spurs fans must feel well ****** off if this is true about Willian. Even as an Arsenal fan, I feel a bit bad for them. It is very poor form.

should've seen it coming really. oscar and hazard flirted with us and then chelsea gazumped us. it's not a dead cert that he's going to go to chelsea but they will throw more money at him and they have cl. if all he's after is a pay day then that's fine. we're building a team, we don't want people in for a pay cheque only.

still be very pleased if we got him. as good as were in the qualifier tonight, it was quite apparent that sig is not the person to give the service soldado requires. wouldn't surprise me if we sold him, he looked out of his depth.

capoue is out best signing of the window imo. great player. we are well covered for the physical and interception side of thinks we just need so creativity.

robfosters · 22 Aug 2013 at 23:02

Newbie007 said:
I thought he was going to throw a paddy after you lot won last night? Also weren't u convinced 40 million was the absolute limit anyone would be willing to spend on him.. ?

Why do people keep dragging up everything I say ffs. I meant last nights comment light-heartedly. And I never said 40m was the max a club would pay for him.

Calpol · 22 Aug 2013 at 23:02

cm1179 said:
oh guess who willian's agent is

joorabchian. screw that. move on.

I met him once. At an office he had near Euston Station. Strange character. He inherited a car dealership from his father who passed away suddenly and he proceeded to run it into the ground and blame everyone else. I had to tell him to either put some more money in or lose the franchise. He let it go bust instead.

cm1179 · 22 Aug 2013 at 23:04

Calpol said:
I met him once. At an office he had near Euston Station. Strange character. He inherited a car dealership from his father who passed away suddenly and he proceeded to run it into the ground and blame everyone else. I had to tell him to either put some more money in or lose the franchise. He let it go bust instead.

how the heck does one become a football agent? i'm considering it myself

BaZ87 · 22 Aug 2013 at 23:05

robfosters said:
Rodgers may say that, but this is the move Luis really wants more than anything and he may throw the biggest paddy the football world has ever seen. To the point where Liverpool just find it unable to turn a bid of around 60m down.

I seem to remember you saying similar things about Suarez proposed move to Arsenal. How did that work out?

The later it goes the less likely we are to sell Suarez and the more expensive he'll become. I personally think it's unlikely that Real will make a move for him. After what they're spending on Bale, I don't think they can make a serious move for Suarez, even if they sold Benzema (which is far from likely).

Anyway, that wasn't the point of my post. I was simply correcting what Robbo said the Guardian were reporting.

opethdisciple · 22 Aug 2013 at 23:05

Again Arsenal doing it wrong. Podolski, hasn’t been that great so far, but he has been playing mostly left wing. He doesn’t have the pace of trickery for that position. Play him upfront, might be a different story.

Shamikebab · 22 Aug 2013 at 23:12

Would you really want a player that would flip flop like that at the last minute anyway?

Anyway, I'm going away tomorrow morning, I'm back Monday evening. If there's no more Utd transfer news by then....