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Arsenal Supporters Thread (Part 14)
Belligerence wrote: »I don't understand why his future is up for negotiating now. If Arsene has any decency left, he would walk away next summer. Especially as he seems more negligent and stubborn than ever before!
Maybe this bid is to appease the fans that the club are trying to sign a big name and have something to fall back on when nothing changes come September 2nd. :rolleyes:
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Bidding for him right now sends out the wrong message to Higuain, who should be signed asap now. Another quality midfield and defensive sigining alongside Cesar would do nicely and would make us at least (a lot more) competitive.
He is obviously a flawed character and not the sort of player we would normally take a risk on.
Add to that that we do not comment on transfers until they are done and Liverpool have refused to comment on it I ask where this story can have come from?
I thought it had been confirmed by both clubs ? The BBC are reporting it as fact anyway.
I don't believe it's a serious bid though, in my opinion it's more of a statement of intent, and a flexing of their financial muscles to get the ball rolling on other deals.
As a matter of interest, are Arsenal supporters particularly thrilled about the prospect of signing Higuain ?..I've never been totally convinced about him myself.
The longer this goes on I do get that feeling
This is going round in circles but noticed this bit:
Sources have told ‘AS’ that Ancelotti is planning to sit down with Higuaín when the squad returns for duty on July 15th to try and convince him to stay. It will not be an easy task for the coach however as Higuaín has stated quite categorically that his spell at Madrid is over. José Mourinho did manage to persuade the player to stay put when he turned up wearing a shirt signed by his team mates during Madrid’s league title-winning celebrations in 2011. But those conversations included a verbal agreement to improve and extend Higuaín’s contract – a promise which was never fulfilled. Furthermore, the player has asked his agents to step up negotiations so that he can seal his move to Arsenal before the players are due back on July 15th.
:yawn:
http://as.com/diarioas/2013/07/08/english/1373289665_459785.html
Higuain wants out
We want to buy him
No one else in for him (yet).
No idea but as it's in several papers it seems they have had a leak (accurate or not) from somewhere. I think it's more likely to be a ridiculously obvious gambit by Arsene to get Madrid to lower the price of Higuain. Why the hell he just doesn't pay the asking price for once I'll never know.
And if it falls through (which is clearly quite likely) you can hear him saying 'we spent so much time on this deal we haven't had a chance to pursue other targets but we'll definitely spend in January'. Same story, different year. Nothing changes.
And simply because it bears repeating, this is the manager who spent three months negotiating a loan move out for Armand Traore!
I have to say I'm quite willing to believe that!
2 summers ago was terrible, ugh
The Board should send AW on a nice holiday then and drive Higgy to the airport themselves
It looks right now as if Ancelotti wants to keep Higuian. There's a World Cup coming up and Argentina are not exactly short of strikers. Higuian presumably wants assurances that he will be a regular first team choice. IMHO he'd have already signed if he was sure he wanted to come to London. He probably just wants options if Carlo doesn't promise he will be first choice.
Punxsutawney Arsene.
I agree. If he messes this transfer window up (and all the signs are there already) I really don't think the board are going to extend his contract. I suspect behind the scenes they are as frustrated with him as we are.
Never to return! I tell you, that man is a megalomaniac!
If Gazidis had anything about him (which he doesn't) he'd grow a pair and publicly sack Wenger now.
Why would they say that? Higuain said he wants to leave and his dad gave permission for us to talk to Madrid, etc?
So all the "bids" we made (£21m and supposedly £23.1m) are lies...
The problem is a sizeable proportion of our fans (albeit fast shrinking) still thinks Wenger is a god and can do no wrong. Gazidis probably doesn't want to split the club down the middle.
Linky here: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/gonzalo-higuain-switch-to-arsenal-in-doubt-after-real-madrid-claim-the-gunners-have-not-even-made-a-bid-for-the-striker-8695861.html who knows what the truth is?
Looks like Sanogo then :rolleyes:
Enjoyed this anyhow http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/08/the-fiver-luis-suarez
Transfer dealings continue to be falsified and dragged out. When was the last time the job was done right and proper, with minimal fuss? If a few bob is needed to smooth out a deal, so be it. It's not like the club can defend prudency, given the duds bought in the past. Chamakh could have been signed a year earlier, yet we got him on the cheap. It was only six months down his career before Dear Leader realised that sticking Van Persie upfront was the only option. :rolleyes:
I expect Higuain to be signed, yet any hope of addressing the areas which need to be bolstered have been vanquished. A last minute dash on deadline day would do nowt. My only prayer is more work is being done to eradicate those defensive errors.
The board and Arsene are cut from the same cloth. One gets away with dithering, the other doesn't use their power to stop the same mistakes from happening. Made for each other.
Wenger does not negotiate transfers he never has, that's down to Ivan and Dick Law.