** Summer Transfer Window 2011/12 Season Rumours/Signings **

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I'm surprised no-one has worked it out yet, but I believe Wenger is going for a 2-7-1 formation this season.

Quite clearly the "score one more than you" belief didn't quite work out last season so he's going for a Cesc/Nasri/Theo/Jack/Gervinho/Mata/Arshavin midfield setup.

And for any matches where Wenger fancies a change, he can put Vela on and play 2-8-0. The blokes a genius.
 
I don't know if its just my mind playing it down for me but I don't believe this Mata and Jagielka thing.

We are going to pay £15m+ for a player with injury concerns in recent seasons and who is almost 29 and also be lucky enough to get away with spending £17m(ish) for a player who seems to be universally proclaimed as amazing?

Pfft. It's so unArsenal.
 
B1gbeard said:
I don't know if its just my mind playing it down for me but I don't believe this Mata and Jagielka thing.

We are going to pay £15m+ for a player with injury concerns in recent seasons and who is almost 29 and also be lucky enough to get away with spending £17m(ish) for a player who seems to be universally proclaimed as amazing?

Pfft. It's so unArsenal.
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I can't say I believe it either, but it would be very nice. I'd still rather Samba instead of Jagielka though. (Not complaining about Jags though, seeing an ex sufc player at Arsenal would be amazing! :D)
 
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I can't say I believe it either, but it would be very nice. I'd still rather Samba instead of Jagielka though. (Not complaining about Jags though, seeing an ex sufc player at Arsenal would be amazing! :D)
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I'm not a massive fan of Samba but consider him less of a risk than Jagielka (cost/age/french lineage). The fact that him and Vermaelen as a pairing would scare the pants off most anyone helps as it's certainly something we've been missing since Keown and Adams.
 
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Tell me about it.
One's stepped up to the plate and pretty much carried a team left low on confidence after their top striker was sold to Barca, and did a mighty fine job.

The other looked above average in a team nearly relegated.


.. not happy. Not happy at all.
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One will provide us with width - something we've lacked for god knows how long - and crosses that our £35m striker will thrive on. The other will cut inside and will play very much in the same way as Suarez does.
 
Mata could be awesome for us, please happen! The deal seems absurdly cheap, but I'm sure Arsene won't moan about that.

Cahill > Jags > Samba imo
 
BaZ87 said:
One will provide us with width - something we've lacked for god knows how long - and crosses that our £35m striker will thrive on. The other will cut inside and will play very much in the same way as Suarez does.
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Mata is still a good crosser though yes he can cut in but im sure KK could at times ask him not to.

Tbf we could have got both i think if we didnt bother with Henderson/Adam, Since we did have Aquaman coming back.
 
You couldn't, fairly sure it's been repeated by his father a few times that Mata wouldn't have joined a team who aren't in the CL
 
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Mata is still a good crosser though yes he can cut in but im sure KK could at times ask him not to.

Tbf we could have got both i think if we didnt bother with Henderson/Adam, Since we did have Aquaman coming back.
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I can't recall Mata ever staying wide and putting crosses into the box. He prefers to play off the front rather than on the wing to begin with and when he does play on the wing, he cuts inside.

In an ideal world we'd have signed 2 wingers/attacking midfielders (we still might) bu the priority always had to be somebody that would compliment Carroll.

You need to get over Aquilani too. I'd love it if he could have stayed with us but it's almost certainly not going to happen. He wants to move back to Italy and as we saw with Torres, if a player doesn't want to be here, Dalglish will happily let them leave.
 
Looking forward to seeing Mata play for Arsenal altho i have this feeling that we might not get him but im hopeful we will.

As for Jags??..hmm dunno, we do need to toughen up our defence desperately but id prefer us going for Cahill in all honesty or maybe Samba...but not so keen on Jags to be perfectly honest.

I suppose if Mata comes in then Fab is off??...would be good if we kept Fab for another season but i have no qualms about getting shot of Nasri who just seems to want more money than hes entitled to....he only had half a decent season with us last yr.
 
Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has labelled Manchester City's recruitment policy as "unfair" after the title contenders once again splashed out to land Sergio Aguero.

The Argentinian joined City in a deal worth around £35million to add to a squad already bursting with world-class talent.

Perennial big-spenders Chelsea have, so far, been unusually quiet despite seeing most of their title rivals invest heavily in new players.

But Villas-Boas feels City's financial dominance gives them an unnatural advantage in the transfer market.

"I think it's unfair. I think it's pretty clear that they are building a squad to fight for the title," he said ahead of Chelsea's clash with Aston Villa in the final of the Barclays Asia Trophy.

"It's for Mancini to say what his objectives are but my personal perspective is that they are making good signings and that they can threaten for the league."
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He cant be serious?

Chelsea could have easily bought Aguero. He must have forgot the 50m they spent on Torres last Jan.
 
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