As usual, we've bought some players in (more, and better, than I'd have thought we would), and some are leaving after an eventful summer, and the two biggest names not to be on next year's team sheet will probably be Vermaelen and Fabianski.
Firstly, I'm glad Fabianski played in the cup final and won it with us. After years of bad luck and unfair derision it was good to see him pick up some silverware for his troubles, especially after seeing Szczesny get promoted ahead of him and Wenger blindly keep faith with Almunia after one mistake followed by another. I'm hoping Fabianski takes the starting spot from Vorm and gets the chance he always deserved.
The Vermaelen situation was sad too - years of service ending on the sidelines as an absent captain. Unfortunately, after injuries laid waste to his starting place and the Kos-Per partnership became unbreakable in his absence, Vermaelen slowly had to come to the realisation that, as a starter, we simply didn't need him anymore. He will leave a void - we will need someone more experienced than Chambers but competent and happy to perform largely as a deputy to act as a suitable replacement for him. Hopefully Vermaelen has enough time left to restart his career in Spain, and good luck to him. A £6m profit on a player who gave us decent service and is replaceable is no bit of bad business.
I still feel that, although we have brought in some good and needful players in Sanchez, Debuchy, Chambers and especially Ospina (glad to see Wenger is determined force Szczesny to prove himself or be replaced), we need a commanding midfielder (I'd like Khedira) and another centre half to deputise. Hopefully we aren't finished in the market by a long shot, but it's a decent start.
Summer so far
posted on 8/8/14
comment by Hello My Name Is Ramsey (U3896)
posted 2 minutes ago
Carvalho + Cavani will ensure we win the title next season, does wenger have the guts to do it, I don't think so
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Cavani and Carvalho would be perfect.
posted on 8/8/14
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 4 minutes ago
A CB on 8k? Dartford have a couple you may be able to get on those wages.
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Adam Green would be perfect for us...
posted on 8/8/14
And we still haven't dealt with the two most glaring weaknesses in our first XI.
posted on 8/8/14
Rusky
Sagna is way past his best glad the tlt is gone.
posted on 9/8/14
Definitely need a top defensive midfielder, decent centre back cover and in reality a quality striker to challenge for the title. We've spent very little in regards to wages with Bendtner and Park leaving amongst others, despite Sanchez's wages.
The idea of Wilshere playing DM or watching Arteta getting annihilated away from home at the bigger teams again is what I fear. Still miss Viera, Gilberto & Edu.
posted on 9/8/14
Cant see wenger bringing one in tbh.
posted on 9/8/14
Tiki
Wasn't vela sold to sociedad for 3mil euros in 2012.
And you didn't get any money from the cesc sales to Chelsea.
Where are you getting these numbers from?
posted on 9/8/14
comment by Fasheezy (U14359)
posted 6 minutes ago
Tiki
Wasn't vela sold to sociedad for 3mil euros in 2012.
And you didn't get any money from the cesc sales to Chelsea.
Where are you getting these numbers from?
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We had a clause in Vela's contract where we could pay around £3 million to get him back but Real paid Arsenal £12 million to terminate the clause. We had a clause in Cesc's contract where if a club(Chelsea) bought Cesc for over a certain amount, Arsenal would get 50% of that which was £5 million.
posted on 9/8/14
What nonsense.
You could only make 50% of the profit barca make. They didn't make a profit so you got nothing.
As for vela, you are just lying. Where's your source?
posted on 11/8/14
comment by Fasheezy (U14359)
posted 1 day, 17 hours ago
What nonsense.
You could only make 50% of the profit barca make. They didn't make a profit so you got nothing.
As for vela, you are just lying. Where's your source?
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Who is this idiot?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2656914/Cesc-Fabregas-transfer-Chelsea-earns-Arsenal-5-6m-sell-clause.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27996066
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10922727/Arsenal-receive-12-million-as-Carlos-Vela-agrees-new-four-year-deal-to-stay-at-Real-Sociedad.html