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Sources understand Manchester City are closing in on a £20million swoop for Arsenal star Samir Nasri.

The French midfielder has been heavily linked with a move away from Emirates Stadium this summer, with a host of top European clubs thought to be chasing his signature.

He has yet to put pen to paper on a new contract in North London, with his current terms set to expire next year.

Manchester United were previously tipped as frontrunners to secure Nasri’s signature, but it seems big-spending local rivals City have now taken pole position in the race to sign him.

The Blues are also reportedly close to capturing Arsenal left-back Gael Clichy, while Gunners captain Cesc Fabregas is expected to leave this summer, meaning manager Arsene Wenger could be left without several of his key players next season.

France international Nasri enjoyed an impressive campaign last season, but could not help the Gunners end their trophy drought, which has stretched over six years.

The 24-year-old arrived at the Emirates from Marseille in 2008 and has since notched up over 80 appearances for Wenger’s side.

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  • rellends

    no need to worry though as we won’t be reinvesting any of this money back in to the squad. the board want fucking shooting for this laughable state of affairs.

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  • Bektas

    This is just verging on the ridiculous with Arsenal now. Nasri, Clichy & Fabregas all possibly going this summer. With the usual inadequate replacements being bought in. Can’t shift the deadweight like Nik B or Denilson cause no one wants them. Our once great club is in turmoil. I may sound dramatic but come on? This is just silly now.

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  • M.E.

    I got a sneaky feeling that AC Milan could also be involved in a deal to seal a move for Nasri (a former Marseille player; As they have done previously for Flamini, coincidentally another former Marseille player, on a free). They have reportedly €50million to spend for a big signing, a certain Mr.X, (to fill Pirlo’s role)

    Of course, Milan themselves are also linked with Hamsik and Ganso for their team’s new playmaker position.

    Elsewhere, on the Cesc Saga:
    AC Milan’s Galliani quoted, “Fabregas? He will join another club,” Galliani was quoted as saying, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport.”
    http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2011/06/30/2554331/ac-milans-adriano-galliani-suggests-arsenals-cesc-fabregas

    Another club? Who else but Barca then?

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  • sam

    If Nasri goes to Man city, i will simply give up, even tho hes only had one very good half of a season, we want to be challenging for the title, not selling one of your best players to our rival,

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  • hec

    Bektas has got it spot on, its all going on all around us , Chelsea. Manu ,liverpool,Man city all buying and again Wwenger frozen in the headlights, apart from our star signing another 17 year old kid from Southampton, as Cloughie would say , Wenger “you are a disgrace” !!

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  • jekyll

    Perhaps this is what Wenger meant by a ‘very active’ summer.

    Have no confidence he’ll spend the proceeds on proper replacements either, I can see him now in September saying no one was available ‘at the right price’. He’ll accept overvalued fees for our players, but won’t spend them.

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  • www

    Hec really! who have they all bought?

    Man United have lost better players than they have signed, i doubt that any of their new signings would make our 1st X1.

    Chelsea have not signed anyone

    Man City have yet to sign anyone

    Liverpool have spent £20m on a kid that would get nowhere near our 1st X1

    Spurs have signed a 40 year old keeper

    Everton have signed no one

    Aston Villa have signed no one

    As for Clichy and Nasri, what should we do pay them more than they are worth? or let them walk for nothing next year? or sell them for more than they are worth?
    need i go on?

    £7m plus Bridge is an excellent deal for Clichy, even without Bridge i would take it. £20-25m for Nasri is an exceptional deal for a half season wonder.

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  • rellends

    can anybody tell me exactly what the board and wenger are doing whilst this sorry state of affairs goes on? apparently, wenger is in france whilst rome burns. it looks inevitable now that both nasri and fabregas are off. surely, that would mean then that we’d have about 90m to reinvest but as per usual we’ll end up buying bargain basement “potential” crap. we have 2 billionaires who own 90% of the club yet we’re currently treading water whilst all our rivals spend, and spend big. still, at least we can always win the champions league of accountancy. the silence from the club is deafening.

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  • rellends

    chelsea will spend. utd bought phil jones who we also bid for. ashley young would have been a good signing for us as well. city are getting proven premiership experience if they end up buying clichy and nasri. are we really to be bracketed with the likes of everton and villa? incidentally, everton are broke so they never buy anybody. the fact of the matter is that whatever money is raised from the sales of our superstars it will not be reinvested back in to the squad. what happened to the £40m we got for toure and adebayor? that year we went half the season without a proper striker just so we could get chamakh on a free the following summer. i really fear for us this season.

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  • zdzis

    And now for some informational diarrhoea.
    Have you heard the ManU Nasri deal is actually a swap? They intend to give us Nani PLUS 20 mil in return. How’s that? And the Clichy deal is really Vincent Kompany and Romelu Lukaku PLUS 7 mil! They want to buy Lukaku and then give him back to Arsenal! Crazy, don’t you think?
    I can scarcely believe “hijacked deals” on the last day of transfer silence. Everybody’s running with their pants down today cause tomorrow we’d have already known the news were sh*t.
    To the people who get so offensive toward the Arsenal leadership: if you want a club that openly states all its plans and vows to spend zillions of pounds for thousands of players that will never make the starting XI, better become City fans. Of the top clubs, most are keeping their actual transactions to themselves. For all we know, Wenger might have secured expenses that extend beyond what Ferguson has actually paid to date.
    Anyway, get some sleep and go back to arsenal.com tomorrow, then you’ll get some REAL news.

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  • www

    Do you think phil jones would have got in our 1st team? Ashley Young as much as i rate him, England Manager’s dont, he is always over looked in favour of Walcott, Downing, Lennon, Johnson and in the past even JCole and David Bentley have been preferred to him. Everton and Villa, the next best teams to Liverpool last season, we might not be in their bracket but we all seem to want all their players Jagielka, Baines, Rodwell, Arteta, Fellaini, Downing, Young, Bent. Chelsea will spend and so will Arsenal. As for the Toure and Adebayor money we had already spent most of that on Vermaelen and Arshavin. Before you ask i know i attend the shareholders meetings. Where is Wenger, yes he has been on holiday, god forbid, the man should be allowed a holiday, especially when the transfer window is CLOSED. Yet even while he has been on holiday he has been meeting clubs, agents and watching matches.

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  • zdzis

    And another one: I’d actually welcome the news. Imagine Arsenal selling Fabregas for 35, Nasri for 20 and Clichy for 7. That makes 62 mil loose change. Know how many world-class players you could buy for that amount? Think Zidane ;)

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  • Stevie L

    Why are the fans takin it out on the board and arsenal not nasri. I say no players bigger then the club. Look at adebayor now lol. Clichy had a terrible season he aint good enough anymore and as for Fabregas his been great but his no legend. Who wants a player who loves another club as a Captain. Id rather have a team full of Players with Van Persies Attitude. Loyalty. Bring In Baines and Cahill thats the defence sorted. Give Van P The ArmBand. Bring in Mata and N Zogbia to replace Fab and Nasri with the money from the sales. Mata is open to a move if a bid is accepted. Id bring M Diarra for the stoke type games and to cover song. I THINK SOME FANS ARE FORGETTING WENGER BUILT THIS CLUB.

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  • rellends

    [quote name=zdzis]And another one: I’d actually welcome the news. Imagine Arsenal selling Fabregas for 35, Nasri for 20 and Clichy for 7. That makes 62 mil loose change. Know how many world-class players you could buy for that amount? Think Zidane ;) [/quote]
    don’t forget the £40m warchest we already have. that makes for £100m+ that we won’t be spending.

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  • Biscuit

    Twat – of the highest order. Go back to kissing Wengers arse.

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  • barrie clark

    what the f**k is goin on at arsenal is the club for real !!!! get rid of ya top stars nasri, fabregas, clichy jesus christ arsenal fans think back to last year we wanted shay given off city there reply? WE DONT SELL TO RIVALS correct! so why are we! The board are suckn every penny out that club and some of you cant see it we cant compete with the big boys anymore the club is in decline coz a bunch of stubborn old greedy b******s so what the stadium looks great the cabinet is empty players r going its time for fans to act now!!!!

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  • george

    i would take tevez as a straight swap for nasri or even both of them

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  • SuperRob7

    Which top class player is going to want to come to arsenal if the limit of our ambition is to finish in the top four and make a load of money in the transfer market? If Nasri and Cesc are sold, then we will be left with only RvP as a truly world class player and how many other world class players are going to want to join a sinking ship whose best players have all but left?

    For example, why would Mata want to come to Arsenal when he can get more money and more chance of success and the chance to play with many better players at a number of other clubs?

    Lets face it, everything in football is more expensive now and we don’t have a choice but to adapt and stump up the cash if we want to attract and keep the players who are going to make the club successful again.

    I’ve got nothing against developing rather than buying talent if you can produce top class players but how can you ever be successful on the pitch if you keep selling the best players you have spent so much time, effort and money developing?

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  • SuperRob7

    It’s not just the board. The manager has to take some of the blame as well. He is the one with all the power, even if it was the board who decided to give it to him in the first place.

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  • gats

    What has happened to the once mighty Arsenal football club? We have bcome a joke, and all the shareholders and manager care about is bloody money. We are being run by bloody sucking vampires. peter his a bloody disgrace, and like Lady nina said, they should all eb bloody sacked along with wenger. WTF has happened at Arsenal can some oen please bloody tell me. WTF!!!!!!!!!!

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  • rellends

    furthermore mate, what’s going to happen if rvp hits 30 goals next season and we end up finishing 8th? he’ll be the next one off to barcelona or whoever else shows some interest, money and ambition. we are an absolute joke and but for phoning up fans to remind them to sort their season tickets out and a very well managed meeting with the supporters trust the club’s silence has been deafening. you pay super footballers super wages because then they sell super amounts of merchandise in the markets we are trying to open up. don’t get me wrong i think footballers are all a disgrace for demanding so much but that is the way it is at the moment. we have 2 billionaires who own 90% of the club. one appears to be a mute and the other one is not allowed to sit on the board. laughable.

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  • zdzis

    I’m better off being a twat and honing my reading comprehension skills than you being a loudmouth and showing off your fake muscles, thank you.
    Btw: if I actually get to choose whose ass I kiss, be so kind as to let me.

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  • gats

    [quote name=Stevie L]Why are the fans takin it out on the board and arsenal not nasri. I say no players bigger then the club. Look at adebayor now lol. Clichy had a terrible season he aint good enough anymore and as for Fabregas his been great but his no legend. Who wants a player who loves another club as a Captain. Id rather have a team full of Players with Van Persies Attitude. Loyalty. Bring In Baines and Cahill thats the defence sorted. Give Van P The ArmBand. Bring in Mata and N Zogbia to replace Fab and Nasri with the money from the sales. Mata is open to a move if a bid is accepted. Id bring M Diarra for the stoke type games and to cover song. I THINK SOME FANS ARE FORGETTING WENGER BUILT THIS CLUB.[/quote]
    Wenger built this club? am I FUCKIGN MISTAKEN into thinking 100+ years of history and trophies long b4 wenger arrived was some sort of bloody illusion? Supprot Arsenal not wenger u bloody disgrace, wenger didnt build shit, hell he canteven build a team with his own players, his sucess was born from the players from preious managers. You are a bloody disgrace, herbert chapman would be rolling in his grave, i doubt you know who he is u silly bastard.

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  • zdzis

    don’t forget the £40m warchest we already have. that makes for £100m+ that we won’t be spending.

    well, I know I won’t be spending it – will you?

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  • barrie clark

    ill tell you something else aswell what happens when wilshire gets better and maturer he will want more money and to play with better players its a vicious circle with all players. We are ranked 3rd richest club in the world people below barca & man utd out of the too 5 richest clubs we r the only club who will not buy big names coz of the price tag liverpool, tottenham, villa spend bigger than us doesnt that tell u somethn if the board r listening times have changed pay up or ship out your making more than enuf money buying sunday league players doesnt wash anymore we r arsenal one of the top sides in europe we deserve big names get david dein back asap hillwood time for you to go !! Top club top players top wages enuf said i h8 what there doin to the club

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  • SuperRob7

    To be fair to him, he did build the invincibles team. Most of the players in that team were brought in by Wenger. Keown, bergkamp and parlour being the only exceptions.

    But of course I agree with you on the general principle that it is ARSENAL FC NOT Arsene fc

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  • Notoverthehill

    SO far it would seem that the lunatics have taken over this site?

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  • SuperRob7

    No he won’t. It will be spent on those mysterious “other costs”.

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  • up the arse

    Are you lot having a laugh…. Nasri is nothing but a modern day football mercernary who we are much better off without. He’s played well for three months since he’s been with us & like half of our squad has no backbone when it comes to putting it on the line as he showed in the second half of the season. I’d gladly drive the dickhead to manchester myself. As for cesc i have nothing but respect no matter what happens, how can you criticise someone for wanting to play for the club they have always supported & besides when has he ever slated our great club? If barca never existed he would be a gooner for life, not money motivated in the slightest so thanks cesc & good luck! So Wenger take the money for Nasri & buy Alvarez with it he has everything Nasri has & some physicality about him aswell. I am Arsenal til i die… NO MATTER WHAT! Some of you need to take a good hard look at yourselves..Nobody is bigger than the club .. NOBODY!!!!!!

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  • SuperRob7

    Who would get in whose team now or whether one manager thinks this player is good or not ISN’T THE POINT.

    The point is how much ambition the clubs show by how much they spend and who they spend it on.

    Man Utd have spent over £50 million already on players who could be their best players for more than 10 years.

    Chelsea have spent big on the manager that could be successful for them for the next 10 years.

    City are busy buying the best players of one of their biggest rivals.

    Meanwhile we are selling two of our three best players and continuing to spend millions on failures.

    If Cesc and Nasri leave, how many players in our squad are recognised as being world class? ONE and he spends half of every season on the bench. How can we expect to improve if we constantly sell our best players and replace them with players who aren’t as good in the hope that they improve to about the same level as the players who we’ve sold?

    Is this a football club or a profit driven business?? Its called a transfer market but the main aim of it is NOT to make money!

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  • gats

    [quote name=up the arse]Are you lot having a laugh…. Nasri is nothing but a modern day football mercernary who we are much better off without. He’s played well for three months since he’s been with us & like half of our squad has no backbone when it comes to putting it on the line as he showed in the second half of the season. I’d gladly drive the dickhead to manchester myself. As for cesc i have nothing but respect no matter what happens, how can you criticise someone for wanting to play for the club they have always supported & besides when has he ever slated our great club? If barca never existed he would be a gooner for life, not money motivated in the slightest so thanks cesc & good luck! So Wenger take the money for Nasri & buy Alvarez with it he has everything Nasri has & some physicality about him aswell. I am Arsenal til i die… NO MATTER WHAT! Some of you need to take a good hard look at yourselves..Nobody is bigger than the club .. NOBODY!!!!!![/quote]
    Yes and that includes wenger, you traitorous dog.

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  • bpod

    [quote name=Bektas]This is just verging on the ridiculous with Arsenal now. Nasri, Clichy & Fabregas all possibly going this summer. With the usual inadequate replacements being bought in. Can’t shift the deadweight like Nik B or Denilson cause no one wants them. Our once great club is in turmoil. I may sound dramatic but come on? This is just silly now.[/quote]Sadly your not being dramatic at all,sack the board sack the board.Europa here we come.

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  • SuperRob7

    OK so he is a mercenary.
    OK no player is bigger than the club.
    so what?

    How many players were better than him last season?
    In my opinion only Wilshere and RVP (and him, only for the half of the season he was fit).

    So how can we expect to do better next season if we sell our 3rd best player to the club who finished one place above us last season. Even if you don’t rate him he’s still one of our best players because people are willing to pay him 180 grand a week.

    It doesn’t matter what you or anyone else thinks of him personally, if he is sold we will be a worse team, and City will be a better team.

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  • number10den

    Ok, look I may be alone in this but I don’t blame Clichy, Nasri or Cesc.
    WHAT AMBITION HAS ARSENAL SHOWN THEM? We replace Lehman with Almunia, Campbell with Silvestre/Squillaci, Vieira with Denilson, Henry with Bendtner!

    I am actually really sad tonight, I can’t believe what is happening to our club, it’s beyond a joke.

    I have been saying for the past 3 years that Usmanov was the way forward and Kroenke would be bad for us and all I got was abuse, well…. welcome to the Stan Kroenke Arsenal.

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  • up the arse

    [quote name=gats][quote name=up the arse]Are you lot having a laugh…. Nasri is nothing but a modern day football mercernary who we are much better off without. He’s played well for three months since he’s been with us & like half of our squad has no backbone when it comes to putting it on the line as he showed in the second half of the season. I’d gladly drive the dickhead to manchester myself. As for cesc i have nothing but respect no matter what happens, how can you criticise someone for wanting to play for the club they have always supported & besides when has he ever slated our great club? If barca never existed he would be a gooner for life, not money motivated in the slightest so thanks cesc & good luck! So Wenger take the money for Nasri & buy Alvarez with it he has everything Nasri has & some physicality about him aswell. I am Arsenal til i die… NO MATTER WHAT! Some of you need to take a good hard look at yourselves..Nobody is bigger than the club .. NOBODY!!!!!![/quote]
    Yes and that includes wenger, you traitorous dog.[/quote]So why am i a traitorous dog then Knobhead? Cos i dont hang on the word of a traitorous bitch like “Lady”(dont make me laugh) nina… idiot> I tell you what lets pay Nasri £200,000 a week & chant his name every week as if we are chelsea fans even better lets put in a bid for Cashley Cole whilst we are at it.For the record if Wenger aint realised he needs to spend & dont buy some quality to replace who he sells then he should fuck off too.

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  • number10den

    As laughable as it is I am quite sad tonight as a gooner.
    To see what has/is happening to our club.

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  • up the arse

    debatable mate but like you send its all about opinions aint it. Personally id rather replace him with somebody who wants to be at the club & wears the shirt with pride … something we now know nasri will never do unless of course he’s paid some ridiculous amount of money. Like i said sell him & get Alvarez in.. better than nasri in my opinion!

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  • Stevie L

    [quote name=gats][quote name=Stevie L]Why are the fans takin it out on the board and arsenal not nasri. I say no players bigger then the club. Look at adebayor now lol. Clichy had a terrible season he aint good enough anymore and as for Fabregas his been great but his no legend. Who wants a player who loves another club as a Captain. Id rather have a team full of Players with Van Persies Attitude. Loyalty. Bring In Baines and Cahill thats the defence sorted. Give Van P The ArmBand. Bring in Mata and N Zogbia to replace Fab and Nasri with the money from the sales. Mata is open to a move if a bid is accepted. Id bring M Diarra for the stoke type games and to cover song. I THINK SOME FANS ARE FORGETTING WENGER BUILT THIS CLUB.[/quote]
    Wenger built this club? am I FUCKIGN MISTAKEN into thinking 100+ years of history and trophies long b4 wenger arrived was some sort of bloody illusion? Supprot Arsenal not wenger u bloody disgrace, wenger didnt build shit, hell he canteven build a team with his own players, his sucess was born from the players from preious managers. You are a bloody disgrace, herbert chapman would be rolling in his grave, i doubt you know who he is u silly bastard.[/quote]
    Once youve finished crying about ur great grandad herbie. I was talking about the club today. Henry, Overmars Vieira Just to Name a few did you know these players before wenger. We wouldnt have our stadium or our Champions league status with no wenger. Wenger is Arsenal. Was you as upset as this when toure and adebayor left too ?? coz i hear toure doing well with his drugs ban and adebayor is about to sign for that massive club blackburn ???? dunno why ur worried about players who dont give two shits about the club leaving.
    If you go on the Arsenal website they sell memberships on there if your wondering how to get one.

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  • luke

    number10den could not agree more..
    just praying its medai BS and we’ll keep nas and cesc and 3more quality players come in..
    If not im going to doorstep hillwood
    tomorrows the start of what could will be the making or breaking of us next season.
    clearly the board want to STOP BEING SO FUCKING GREEDY.

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  • gats

    Twat everyone and theier mother knew who overmars was, bloody hell thiery henry was in the french wor cup team and playing at Juventus, so are yopu trying to say these were unknown players? Wenger is Arsenal? are u on some sort of bloody drugs? Dont mistake your bloody rose tinted fanoism for being a fan, you are nothing more than a bloody apologist and a bloody shit one at that. WTF does adebayor and toure have tdo with anything? they left it has nothing to do with the state of affiars at Arsenal, if you didnt notice adebayor and toure won the fa cup with man city. yes right more inconseqencal information for you. The AKB really have a tight grip at Arenal. N Arsene wenger is not arsenal, because years after wenger goes, arsenal will still be there, likee 100 years before he came, and trophies as well, before he came, unless that was all made up, and the stadium we built before wenger came was an illusion, along with the trophies, along with the likes of wright, adamas, berwinterburn,dixon, etc etc. i guess wenger also founded the club 100+ years ago as well, i guess he also built highbury,i assume he won the fa cup,league titles,european super cup, the league cup aswell all all prior to he coming. OH thats right sorry we were winning all that before he came. Wenger is not Arsenal, let me tell you who arsenal is,it is the fans, NOT THE AKB u fucking disgrace. Domix uop your loyalities for wenger, with being a fan of Arsenal you bloody silly bastard. You know how the stadium was built? Yes thats right with fan money and loans from banks, NOT WEngers money u thick ape. I am sick of you WENGER bloody apologists and have bloody had it with the lot of you, if it was upto me id put all you wenger apologists on bloddy island and NUKE the lot of you, maybe then we could move on as a club, but alas we aretuck with yuo bastards everywhere pretending everything is fine.

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  • up the arse

    [quote name=www]Hec really! who have they all bought?

    Man United have lost better players than they have signed, i doubt that any of their new signings would make our 1st X1.

    Chelsea have not signed anyone

    Man City have yet to sign anyone

    Liverpool have spent £20m on a kid that would get nowhere near our 1st X1

    Spurs have signed a 40 year old keeper

    Everton have signed no one

    Aston Villa have signed no one

    As for Clichy and Nasri, what should we do pay them more than they are worth? or let them walk for nothing next year? or sell them for more than they are worth?
    need i go on?

    £7m plus Bridge is an excellent deal for Clichy, even without Bridge i would take it. £20-25m for Nasri is an exceptional deal for a half season wonder.[/quote]i couldnt have put it better myself… well said mate!

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  • Jay

    Ok everyone here is a good way to find out who might be leaving Arsenal this summer…..
    ****look at the Explosive Arsenal Away Kt Catalogue****if you are a Arsenal Member you would of has a
    copy in the post,or just go on to the Arsenal Website.

    WHICH BIG NAME ARSENAL PLAYERS ARE MISSING!!!!!

    This is a very very big summer for Mr Wenger & Arsenal Football club,it looks like once again some big names are moving on.

    Money has to be spent well in This Transfer Window & then in January if needed,
    Arsenal Fans,Supporters, have been hit hard in the pocket with over priced Season Tickets and match day prices.

    Football as a whole has gone mad,to much Money is involved,the kissing of crest on the shirt means nothing these days.When this new rule comes into play when Clubs have to show how they are balancing there books.We will then see the spending slow down.

    One thing is for sure Arsenal Football Club will never be looking over there shoulder
    or have to worry about Fifa knocking on there door, can you think of any other teams in the top four every season that can say that?

    Its a big summer and big changes will happen, sit back Arsenal Fans and enjoy the ride.

    Wenger its time to step up once again,yes we play great football and i for one enjoy
    watching it,its time to spend so we can defend!!!!!!!!

    Good Luck Arsenal in what every you do this summer and lets hope for a season that does not crumble before our very eyes once more.

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  • ahmadkb

    I have a Q for you all
    what can AW do if Nasri wants 120,000 a week would you give him that he is out of contract next year and will go for free and with his mentality (not only him 99% of the players)you can be sure that he will ask to leave after 2 year(if we renew his contract) same as Cesc. and I don’t believe the (I want win things) it is all lies the truth is ( I want more money) if I was in AW place I will sale him if we can get 20m out of him. what do you think about Cesc’s last season I can tell you that he did not want to play and does not care anymore he wants to go back. on that if he does not care I would not care about him 2 I would put him on the market and let the highest bidder take him even if he want to go to Farca I don’t care.get the money and lets move on. One thing I’m worry about is what AW will do is he going to buy or not.

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  • ahmadkb

    and 1 thing how many good seasons Nasri gave us? not even 1 season I would say 10 games. any player who does not want Arsenal we don’t want him also.

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  • M.E.

    (I copied my original post from another thread, with a few add-ons)

    News report from Express.co.uk, Link -> http://www.express.co.uk/football/view/256107/Samir-Nasri-is-next-up-as-Roberto-Mancini-raids-Arsenal

    With regards to Cesc, Nasri & Clichy could be departures, what say we:

    1) Cesc to Barca (£35million + £5million performance bonus add-ons + £12million rated Ibrahim Afellay)?

    Afellay has already won La Liga & Champions League titles with Barca. Ask if he would like to a new challenge at EPL next. (since we might be losing both Cesc and Nasri this summer)

    2) Nasri to (ManU or ManC or AC Milan)
    3) Clichy to (ManC or Pool or Roma)

    Both players on last year of contract and if they do not sign new contracts with club, they can go for free at the end of next season.

    Some bad man-management from the club when not being able to renew both players’ contract before their last year (that is IF the club really WANTS to retain both players initially). Had the club be prepared to negotiate earlier and it had been known that both players ,on their part, do not wish to extend their contracts then, we could have put them on sale to the highest bidder.

    Now the ball is with both players (& their agents) and they are either wanting to go (Clichy) or demanding higher wages (Nasri).

    Refer to a radio blog @ talksport,
    “If Nasri doesn’t want to stay then Arsenal should let him go” Link -> http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/kickoff/blog/2011-06-29/lewis-if-nasri-doesnt-want-stay-then-arsenal-should-let-him-go

    And another radio blog @ talksport interviewing French football expert Philippe Auclair and Manchester correspondent Mike Whalley.
    “Auclair: There is something in reports of Nasri moving to Man City but it might not happen that quickly”
    Link -> http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/kickoff/blog/2011-06-30/auclair-there-something-reports-nasri-moving-man-city-it-might-not-happen-quickly

    Just a guess at the end of it all:

    (1) Cesc to Barca (looks no brainer). Barca have now offered to withdraw a threat to complain to FIFA about Arsenal signing two of their best teenagers – Jon Toral and Hector Bellerin – if the Fabregas deal can be pushed through.

    (2) Clichy to ManC (Jerome Boateng moving to Bayern Munich; Wayne Bridge also linked with move away) Clichy to battle with Aleksandar Kolarov for starting place at LB.

    (3) Nasri in a surprise move to AC Milan (linking up with Flamini and the awesome attacking force of Pato, Robinho, Ibrahimovic & Cassano) Link-> http://www.soccernews.com/milan-ponder-move-for-nasri/76090/

    Time for Gibbs/Jenkinson(LB), Wilshere, Ramsey & Lansbury (CMs) to get more involved.

    Formation: 4-1-2-1-2 (less new players)

    (GK)Szczesny
    (RB)Sagna, (CB)Koscielny & Djourou
    (LB)Vermaelen
    (DM)Song, (CM)Ramsey & Wilshere
    (AM/FW)van Persie
    (FW)Walcott & Chamakh

    Subs: Fabianski, Gibbs, Frimpong, Lansbury, Arshavin, Miquel, Jenkinson

    1) Vermaelen at LB (He shall be our version of the legendary Paolo Maldini)

    2) We do not have natural wingers anyway, so our CMs and FWs alternate at the flanks.

    With hope, we shall sign Gervinho, Cahill, Samba, Ricky Alvarez, Oxlade-Chamberlain.

    :sigh: I got 2 sentences for the club.

    (1) You reap what you sow.
    (2) At the end, you get what you deserved. (I know it hurts, I know it hurts)

    What the fans/supporters could do on 1st/2nd July 2011:

    1) Take a road trip away from London, away from all media on transfer outcomes/rumours.

    2) Prepare a pitchfork and a torch for a public demonstration outside The Emirates.

    3) Make dartboards with cut-outs of Peter Hill-DeadWood, Ivan “The Terrible” Gazidis & Arsene Wa*k*r and organise a contest to see who hits the targets most. (no pun intended!)

    4) Stay calm and relax at home because it is not the end of the world.

    5) Lower expectations in that EPL and CL titles might be a bridge too far, perhaps the FA Cup could be a more realistic target. That way, there would be no major disappointment and depression.

    Lastly, an radio blog update (Link-> http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/kickoff/blog/2011-06-29/olley-i-believe-gervinho-had-medical-arsenal-today) at talkSport in that Gervinho has gone for a medical at Arsenal.
    (Comments on Arsenal starting at 04.15; comments prior were on Chelsea and Villas-Boas). Also mentioning Gary Cahill coming next (cash + a player going to Bolton deal).

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  • zdzis

    twats are flying low this season.
    a small comment: everybody knew who Overmars was and everybody knew he had a knee injury in the previous months. Wenger made a bargain by investing in a player that others thought might not make it back to the top.
    Henry was at 1998 WC alright, but he spent part of 1999 at Juventus, patently unable to fall in with a team that was not up to his skills. Not everybody thought he still had it in him to make it big.
    Wenger is not Arsenal, true, but it was under his leadership that Arsenal got 3 league titles (out of 13) and 4 FA Cups (out of 10). Besides, it’s been said before, most of the decisions for which some fans hold him accountable were actually made by other people. He did not orchestrate the move to Emirates, which I think was the crucial factor behind the club’s recent title draught. He does not choose those teenagers that are later bought by the club.
    If your only points are that Arsenal have existed prior to Wenger’s arrival and that all those rumours make you mad, these are fine cards, but they’ve already been on the table. It takes a fine mind to believe all the crap the media sell, and an even finer to think that all the people who think differently must be stupid/twat/kissing Wenger’s ass/Wenger’s apologists. I don’t enjoy watching Arsenal “lose beautifully” and the last season was tough in that area. But Arsenal had title draughts of considerable length before Wenger and they were about to have another before he came. He did deliver in the past and he still can. Of course, you could always bring in another, English manager, or someone completely different – Capello? Passarella? The problem is, this would definitely prolong the draught, while here Arsenal have a chance to end it. If you’re not up to it, then sorry, but you don’t know what you’re in for. Unless you so love taking it out on the club you supposedly support.

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  • zdzis

    I didn’t know Lehmann, Campbell, Vieira and Henry were playing from the bench.

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  • Stevie L

    Message to the Sheep following the flock of Scape goats !!!

    Stop living in the past. Im talking the Club wenger built TODAY. Not 100 years ago. are you still riding around on your Horse and Kart??

    Toure Drugs ban = No FA CUP
    ADEBARNDOOR REAL MADRID = NO FA CUP

    Many of these great players have left to do zilch.

    Look at the big picture.

    Who Could Do a better job then wenger right now ?? And if we keep sacking managers after no success we might as well be Called Chelski. The money we paid to go see the success that wenger created built the stadium.

    Blame the Players AND Luck Not Arsene

    Nasri sitters v Bolton

    Clichy Against Alves Repeatdly leaving him to run. Not Good Enough

    Fabregas = Arsenal Leader Who Loves another club who passed the ball to barca for first goal.

    Kocielney and Shezza Carling Cup Final

    Gallas Hissy Fit

    Benthead sitter against barca

    Just to name a few moments in recent Arsenal History.

    I aint saying they dont need to spend but not that much.

    IF HE spends the money this summer we will still be ARSENAL F.C AND IF HE DONT Were still be ARSENAL F.C and so will I.

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  • M.E.

    I will refer to 3 links on Wikipedia, in regards to the transfer/extension of contracts history timeline leading to why Clichy and Nasri are now left dangling with 1 year contract remaining and on the verge of leaving the club.
    (Focusing on the Years 2009 to 2011)

    Link1 (2008–09 Arsenal F.C. season): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Arsenal_F.C._season

    5 January 2009: Midfielder Jack Wilshere signs a professional contract with Arsenal.

    3 February 2009: After protracted transfer negotiations, Arsenal announce the signing of Russian international Andrei Arshavin for an undisclosed fee.

    8 May 2009: Striker Theo Walcott signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

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    Link2 (2009–10 Arsenal F.C. season): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Arsenal_F.C._season

    12 June 2009: Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsena

    19 June 2009: Defender Thomas Vermaelen signs for Arsenal from Ajax.

    1 July 2009: Midfielder Aaron Ramsey signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    2 July 2009: Midfielder Jack Wilshere signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    3 July 2009: Defender Kieran Gibbs becomes the third player in as many days to sign a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    8 July 2009: Striker Robin van Persie signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    2 September 2009: Striker Nicklas Bendtner signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    2 September 2009: Midfielder Denílson signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    8 November 2009: Striker Eduardo signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    24 November 2009: Midfielder Alexandre Song signs a new contract that will keep him at Arsenal until at least 2014.

    10 December 2009: Striker Carlos Vela signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    31 December 2009: Midfielder Abou Diaby signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

    4 January 2010: Midfielder Tomas Rosicky signs a new contract with Arsenal.

    16 January 2010: Arsenal confirm defender Sol Campbell has rejoined the club until the end of the season.

    5 January 2010: Goalkeeper Vito Mannone signs a new “long-term” contract with Arsenal.

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    Link3 (2010–11 Arsenal F.C. season): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Arsenal_F.C._season

    21 May 2010: Striker Marouane Chamakh joins Arsenal on a free transfer from Bordeaux on a “long-term contract”.

    1 June 2010: Midfielder Aaron Ramsey signs a new “long-term” deal with Arsenal.

    7 July 2010: Arsenal confirm the signing of French central defender Laurent Koscielny on a “long-term contract for an undisclosed fee” from Lorient.

    6 August 2010: Arsenal captain Cesc Fàbregas commits his future to the club stating that he “will be 100 percent focused on playing for Arsenal”, ending speculation that he will move to FC Barcelona in the current transfer window.

    14 August 2010: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger signs a contract extension that will keep him at the club until June 2014.

    26 August 2010: French defender Sebastien Squillaci joins Arsenal from Sevilla FC on a three year contract for £3.5 million.

    1 November 2010: Midfielder Jack Wilshere signs a new “long-term” deal with Arsenal.

    11 November 2010: Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny signs a new “long-term” deal with Arsenal.

    31 December 2010: Arsene Wenger confirms that defender Emmanuel Eboue signed a new “long-term” deal with Arsenal “one or two months ago”.

    1 January 2011: Striker Ryo Miyaichi joins the club from Japan.

    11 April 2011: – Arsenal Holdings plc, the club’s parent company, confirms that Stan Kroenke, who currently owns 29.9% of its shares, has agreed to purchase those of Danny Fiszman and Nina Bracewell-Smith to increase his shareholdings to 63%. This triggers a mandatory offer for the remaining shares, as required by the Takeover Code, an offer that values the club at £731 million, and one that the club’s directors recommend fellow shareholders to accept.

    Reading from the above timeline, THERE ARE NO MENTIONS in any case of either Clichy or Nasri getting extensions to their contracts. Is it a hindsight by the board, Ivan Gazidis and Arsene Wenger in missing out on these two players OR that the club has no intention at all in the beginning to extend both players’ contract ???

    The incompetencies of the board ->
    Peter Hill-Wood & company
    on the protracted backroom power struggle b/w Stan Korenke & Alisher Usmanov (with roles played by David Dein, the late Danny Fiszman, Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith ). That sort of put some of the decision making process of the club in limbo as there is No outright Leader among the board members to make those final decisions.

    The inadequacies of -> Ivan Gazidis and his “so-called” experts in the business side of contract negotiations (Either a player extends his contract or the club shall put a want-away player on sale to the highest bidder immediately, not wait for the player’s contract to expire)

    The hypocrisy & failings of -> Arsene Wenger, in wanting the retain the services of Clichy and Nasri. If he wanted them so much at the beginning, why wait till the last possible minute to retain their services and the nerve to tell the press, “Oh … I really wanted Clichy and Nasri to stay and am trying my best to persuade them to do so.” Should have done that in 2009 or 2010, not 2011.

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  • Andy Mack

    You’ll look stupid if we don’t sell any players to our rivals. Why didn’t you wait a few days to find out if there is any truth in these stories?

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  • TJ14

    You use the word could be in relation to United and Chelsea. Also, we sign 18 year olds and get slagged off but when United sign them, ‘they could be’ their greatest players for the next 10 years. Need some perspective here….

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  • TJ14

    Nasri and Fabregas were bought as bargain basement ‘potential’ crap. As was Clichy also. So let’s be fair to AW. He isn’t half bad when buying bargain basement potential crap.

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  • TJ14

    Man City are paying James Milner, Gareth Barry and Wayne Bridge 100K a week each. Is it because they are the equals of Fabregas, twice the player Modric is and on par with Lampard, John Terry etc??? You can’t use City paying X amount a week as a sign of how good a player is…..

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