Balotelli to Arsenal and the 62 players listed this summer as joining him

15 Replies to “Balotelli to Arsenal and the 62 players listed this summer as joining him”

1. You had me for a moment there Tony. LOL they will bring him up one of these days. Balotelli that is of course….

2. It’s sad to think that despite all the evidence Tony has presented which shows how journalists make up and recycle transfer rumours you can bet that quite a lot of fans will fall for it and will be blaming Arsene Wenger for failing to sign x, y and z.

3. Talking of goalies, we have a fourth great goalie, Emi Martinez, only 23, been on loan to Wolves. I forgot about him till I saw a tweet from him on the Arsenal web site.

4. You can add Jovetic to the list, his transfer saga from a couple of years ago appears to have been resurrected…..

   http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/arsenal-transfer-stevan-jovetic-again-striker

5. I just don’t have the time for it, nor the experience to make a ‘market study’ of this quality, yet I wonder what we would come up with if instead of looking at Arsenal transfer rumors (or inventions ?) someone would do same for Spurs or MU or another club.

   My take is that we would find the same crap as they have to sell clicks and adverts anyways and don’t care about the club and player, and agents (and or players) need to make a fuss to get what they hype are better deals.

   Guess it has become the same incestuous relathionship as between the ‘people’ press and the (so-called) people.

6. Superb writing Tony. You make all the Wenger out pseudo gooners look like a rented St Tottering drum majorettes band. Wenger this, Wenger that, my unbooted smelly foot, Arsenal is in a good space and I cant wait for the new season. But please elaborate on the fate of the Nigerian youth players, one is said to have signed, the other is said to have bolted. Whats up on that?

7. Apparently Neil Lennon compared our newest signing to; wait for it…. Charlie bloody Adams. That’s like comparing a fine caviar to a doner kebab!

   Already the pundits and commentators are voicing their concerns about his tackling capabilities. The commentator last night, also questioned his work-rate. I was under the impression these were meant to be one of his strong points? He has yet to even put on a Arsenal shirt and already the slight digs have begun.

8. Who was that dickhead on the BBC who kept having a go at Granit? He obviously had an “idiot screen” in front of him that kept him saying things that weren’t what the pictures showed. To top it off, as both games were on at the same time, how can the BBC get away with continuously mentioning the score in the other game?

   FFS, we, the taxpayer, actually pay for this shite!

9. On the honest side of things and on a reality note, the Boss has appeared to have told the media rumour mill machine yesterday to soft pedal at churning out more Arsenal transfer rumours in this current summer window. But they could resume at churning out more rumours for Arsenal during the next winter window next year.

   Because, Arsenal are more than contented with the transfer rumours being churned out for the club as the Boss may not go beyond signing 2 more senior players they’ll likely to sign this summer after they’ve signed Granit Xhaka.

   On the contrary, I was appealing to the Boss yesternight on this same media site, the UA, to be more dignified in the numbers of his signing new senior incomers for Arsenal this summer to increase the numbers from 3 to 4 signings.

   Save if the Boss has a youth player he will be promoting from the Arsenal Under 21 squad into the senior team midfield squad who is almost clocking 20 years in his age, to in quality makeup the numbers of the 3 midfield Gunners who have left just before the signing of Elneny and after the arrival of Xhaka, the Boss could then stop at 2 additional senior player signings of a CHB(Rod Holding?) and a highly graded versatile striker who can both efficiently lead the line for Arsenal and operates very well from the right side of the forward line(still Vardy or who?).

   But if the Boss will not promote a matured midfield Gunner youth player to the senior team midfield(Chris Willock?), or convert Mavididi for his body frame and goals scoring prowess to a CAMF for Arsenal, despite the likely return of Jack Wilshere into full action for Arsenal at the start of next season and the presence of Walcott still at Arsenal, both of whom are more of 2 mid-right wingers for Arsenal. The Boss should then be more magnanimous to us we the Arsenal fans and the prospect of his team during the long season campaign by signing 1 CAMF, a Striker & a CHB for Arsenal all in this window after his signing of Xhaka.

10. I think the reason the transfer stories have dried up is simply because the Euro’s have started. A finite number of journo’s, a finite number of pages. And the latest on Roy’s selections and so on is of more interest right now. Also, most international managers try to get their players 100% focused on the tournament. Indeed, I think England have banned agents from the hotel?

    As soon as the tournament ends, or England are eliminated, the volume of rumours will turn up several notches.

11. Dont know when this was written but Chiori Johnson has been with us for ages. has played as a full back and and a winger.

12. Tony
    On a slightly different tack, I read an article by Oliver Kay of The Times on Saturday, entitled “Toothless Germany highlight dearth of high quality European goalscorers”
    The main part of the article was about Mario Goetze being used as a false 9 by Germany in match vs Poland.

    But half-way down the article Kay wrote:
    “more and more, one is reminded of Arsene Wenger’s diagnosis of the dearth of pure strikers produced by European countries due to the decline in “street football” “South America is the only continent to develop strikers today”

    (Kay later blotted his copy book by criticising Arsenal for “its lack of ruthlessness, decisiveness and aggression in both areas”)

    But my take on the main thrust of the article was: if you’re a club with one of these scarce “true” strikers, why would you let them go? Even if you put a high price on the player, and sell, you then have to get a replacement from a shrinking talent pool.

    Why would Napoli let Higuain leave, ditto Madrid with Benzema, Morata or Bacca. The AWOBs demand that Arsene buys one of these “top, top” strikers to replace Giroud. But the chances of any of them going anywhere soon is frankly limited.

    Ditto with the top strikers in the EPL: Kane would not join us, Vardy is likely to stay put, Sturridge (a big injury risk) the same, and Lukaku (who I think would be a great fit) is likely to cost £50mill.

    We need someone to complement Ollie and add another 15+ goals to convert some of the many chances Ozil creates: that’s why Vardy was a clever move. I would give Joel Campbell and extended run in the team – he combines well with Ollie and Alexis, and he works hard on defence (just probably needs to be a bit fitter).

    P.S. Vincent Janssen from AZ Alkmaar should also be on the list

13. BarryL
    We have another 15 plus goals player, but he’ll probably return shattered from Copa America and we’ll not get the best from him till mid November, if then.

14. My apologies about Chiori Johnson – yes he has been with us for ages. He did pop up on a bloggetta as a new signing, we spotted that he was already with us, but not how long he had been! Sorry.

15. “I think he looks an Arsenal type player,” Murphy said.

    “My only concern is his defensive abilities. He’s not a super athlete and he’s not someone who will get at you and close you down. But from a footballing perspective, he’s very good.”