Wenger weighs up bid to bring Blaise Matuidi to Arsenal for £13m

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Isn’t he only a bit older than Song? Surely we won’t keep two first-XI DMs happy, unless one performs the box-to-box Jack Wilshere role. And what about the opportunities for Frimpong and Coquelin? Would be a solid addition, but I think we need to spend the money elsewhere on the pitch.

I mean I did not see him play.

we need proven players. not coq or frimpong.ther for the future we need players for NOW

Gunnerule – Football is a squad game, if we are going to worry about keeping players happy if they are not in the first X1 we may as well give up now. Just a reminder Song only started 39 of our 58 matches last season and this January will be off to ACN where he could miss 8 matches. Bear in mind too that if we sign Samba & Gervinho, we could have 6 players at the ACN. Song, Samba, Gervinho, Eboue, Chamakh and Frimpong if he gets into the Ghana squad.

A DM would be an important signing. However not convinced by this at all. There are so many better DMs than him in france let alone in europe. Yann M’vila, Steven N’zonzi, Felipe Melo. Not Jose Enrique, the guys severely overrated, it should be a hint when liverpool are sniffing around. Hes got no pace and he is about as subtle as rape.

What other jose enrique is there ? Would be much better off to keep clichy. But wenger is so stubborn at moving players on that dont want to be here – bar cesc.

This year Matuidi was voted best tackler in Ligue 1 so he’s quality, plus he’s left footed I think we hsould get him.

he isn’t the perfect replacement but he is good, and still young. The perfect replacement would be baines, someone who can actually cross the ball in dangerously and add some vemon to our free-kick situation again. Not sure what happen to RVPs free-kick game, because he used to be lethal, but can’t complain hes doing everything else right.

This is probably just recycled junk, we have been linked with blaise for about 3 years now. Personally i’d be giving frimpong a go because before he injured his knee he was playing really good football. Unfortunently hes whinging about the lack of game time already though. Not sure why when he just came back from a serious injury, hope hes not another diarra

you are forgetting that the opposition were also boozing and smoking, so it was a level playing field…

Maybe, but no Premiership experience and just been relegated!

We have one of the hardest opening fixture lists in the Premiership. There is no time for players to get acclimatised to the pace of the game. We have to hit the ground running.

Baines and Enriques both know what to expect.

You were talking about DMs and then said that jose enrique was overrated and I was confused as to how this was relevant

I actually think the opposite. If you look at the stats half our goals were conceded from set pieces so our defence from open play wasnt that bad last season. He actually has a major advantage over them in that he is miles quicker and we often get hit on the break, when some of our lazier players dont like tracking back (arshavin). He has a high work rate and speed to track back. Also we typically average about 60 % ball possession so i think its more vital for us to be more penetrative in possession of the ball. Having a more attack minded full back would give us alot more options in possesion. Clichy spends most of his time as an outball around half way and when he does get foward its so telegraphed that the opposition comfortably track back and clear any crosses. We could do with more players that look at getting in behind defences as opposed to playing so much in front of the opp. e.g. blackburn and liverpool at home.

ok fair enough. Its a choice really, whether we want to defend by not letting out oponents have the ball or to defend by having good defenders.

I know lots of our goals are conceded at set pieces but I think most of the ones that were conceded from open play had an individual mistake in the build up. So maybe what I really want is a left back who, like sagna, may not be brilliant going forward but rarely makes mistakes at the back and i think that its more likely that players who think of themselves as defenders first are probably less likely to make silly mistakes like we have seen from clichy.

Really there shouldn’t have to be a compromise between the full backs either being good going forward OR backwards but for whatever reason there aren’t too many really top quality full backs at the moment.

agree there, plus it adds some versatility to the defence. However i feel man city would price us out of a move for him,as they tend to save on scouts (like liverpool) and going for who we target at times e.g when liverpool added a couple extra to the babel and torres deals when wegner was targeting them

Will you be using the land you are having to sell to buy players on this signing ? I bet cash converters are shitting themselves in case Gazidis tries selling the Heavy oak empty trophy cabinet yet to be used at the emirates, first person in North London to spot Wenger selling off his stuff at a bootsale gets a signed David Hillier suitcase ! ha ha LMFAO you’re skint and you know you are, you’re skint and you know you are..selling things to buy players !!! ha ha………xx

By the way close to the end he talks about having his hair cut one day.

Sorry I just woke up and did not read your comment carefully. I checked the video carefully and it’s very difficult to understand as he has an accent (and does not articulate the words) and the quality of the sound is poor. Maybe a born French speaker can translate it. It’s at 06.40 Vahid Halilhodzic and the cut of Gervinho’s hair.

Get me a written article. I can translate that for sure.

I always like to read about the “targets” that Arsenal are chasing, last week, according to The Mirror, it was the Spud’s diminutive, and far from prolific, striker Defoe. This morning The People has a story about Wenger preparing a bid for… wait for it… Joey Barton!

Where do these tabloid hacks get their stories? OK I know they have to earn a living, but why make up outright lies to do so.

Stone me!!! I’ve just seen a whole herd of pigs fly over my back garden!!