Given all the to-ings and fro-ings, this is the team I would like to see for next season, which could all be done within budget. I don't want Cesc etc. to go but it looks like they will so....
Arsenal first XI season 2011/12
Given
Sagna Cahill TV L. Baines/L. Enrique
Song
Whilshire
E. Hazard Alvarez Walcott
RVP
Bench:
Sczeczny
Kos
Gibbs
Diaby
Arshavin
Gervihno
Chamach
Cost:
In - Given £5m
Cahill £17m
Baines £10
Hazard £19m
Gervihno £12m
Total: £53m
Out - Cesc £38m
Nasri £20
Clichy £8m
Bendtner £8m
Total: £74m
Sorry about any misspellings of names.
Go on AW and use the change to buy Lukaku as well.
My team for 2011/12
posted on 4/7/11
True, the last promising English defender Everton let go was Lescott for £24mil. Baines would easily cost upwards of £15mil.
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posted on 4/7/11
Doesn't Cahill only have one he's left in his contract? If so, then 17M is absolute madness surely?
In any case, I thought Arsenal fans rated Koscielney very highly.
posted on 4/7/11
very true, i like koscielny but that doesnt mean that our defence has heeps of depth lol
posted on 4/7/11
Perhaps Arsenal should swap Clichy for Given + 3mil that would be very good business.
posted on 4/7/11
Id go for Enrique at £13m
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Enrique is in his last year of contract so he would cost about the same as Clichy.
posted on 4/7/11
Andy, don't come please to this board. I don't understand why you would give us negatives here. we want something we would like to put hope. everything you say is against our wishes and hopes. you are not arsenal fan. so why are you here?
posted on 4/7/11
Also from what i've seen of hazard he's quality in the number 10 role.
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Lille have played him on the wings all season in their double winning campaign.
posted on 4/7/11
u really are an idiot. out of those signings, i can only really see gervinho, alvarez, enrique and maybe cahill.
what is the point in buying given?! he plays second string to JOE HART!! Szczesny is much better than both of them.
Lille have said they will only sell one of gervinho or hazard, and i think we have basically gotten gervinho, so hazard is a no go.
baines, as previously people have said, would cost 20 million. if he were from somewhere other than england, it would be more like 12 million, but he's english so...
cahill has a host of clubs after him, and when that happens to a player, they rarely go to arsenal because wenger just won't offer enough money.
also alvarez is more of a 50/50 because inter have stepped in and we might not sign him after all. plus, do u honestly think he is better than ramsey?! no way...
posted on 4/7/11
Drudeboy:
You must be a real idiot. Out of all those signings I can only see Gervinho, Alvarez, Enrique and maybe Cahill.
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Wow, out of the five signings I thought possible/might work for us you agreed with four, but still called me "a real idiot". Is there some knee-jerk reflex on this kind of forum whereby punters automatically insult each other for the sake of it?
Re the GK debate, I agree that Szczezcny has all the potential but he's only played a handful of games and actually made lots of mistakes, which mostly (CC final apart) he got away with. Although Given didn't play last season he is a top quality experienced GK. Also, he is old enough to allow Szczezcny time to develop without having the number one spot hogged from him for years to come. He is available so cheaply what's to lose?