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I think he would. Different to Gordon - he'll get more chances, and he's wanted out of BB for a while. He may be better in the air, but both are much better than him on the ground. He'll be Vermaelen's cover IMO.
bit of a random link but hey 
Nasri to stay at Arsenal as Chelsea over Spurs £22m for Modric - Premier League, Football - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Nasri to stay at Arsenal as Chelsea over Spurs £22m for Modric - Premier League, Football - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
heard it on SSN, barca are lol
They seem to have completely forget the fact that we aren't even slightly desperate to sell. We are in the driver's seat, we have the player contracted and therefore Wenger is the one who places the price tag on him, nobody else. Certainly not Rosell.
Pay what Wenger asks for him or GTFO, seriously boring now.
This. Plus Cesc's comments yesterday (regardless of what that **** from the Times says) push his price up, or at least mean he won't try and push for a transfer and knock the price down...
Barca's situation is as simple as: Pay up, or shut up.
The comments are real by the way - said at a press conference, in which he also said: "Clubs like Chelsea and Manchester City are heating up the market by offering prices out of the market" - Chygrynskiy ring a bell? Villa? Ibrahimovic? Dani Alves?
Apparently Eto'o is keen on a move to the Premier League to test himself before he hangs up his boots. No doubt he's still in the top 5 strikers in the world, despite being 30 years old.
Would be perfect for Arsenal, and considering the other clubs around Arsenal have a main striker in place, Arsenal could benefit. Seeing as he's 30 now I doubt he would command a hefty fee, would you guys prefer him to Defoe?
Would be perfect for Arsenal, and considering the other clubs around Arsenal have a main striker in place, Arsenal could benefit. Seeing as he's 30 now I doubt he would command a hefty fee, would you guys prefer him to Defoe?
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Apparently Eto'o is keen on a move to the Premier League to test himself before he hangs up his boots. No doubt he's still in the top 5 strikers in the world, despite being 30 years old.
Would be perfect for Arsenal, and considering the other clubs around Arsenal have a main striker in place, Arsenal could benefit. Seeing as he's 30 now I doubt he would command a hefty fee, would you guys prefer him to Defoe?
As I said earlier, Defoe rumour is paper talk. Don't really want Eto'o, personally. He's always been on high wages with high transfer fees attached to him... Some way passed his best IMO. Was terrific at Barca 3/4 years ago, not so much any more.
And we do have a main striker in place? Robin van Persie ring a bell? Scored more than any of your players in half a season.
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Woah, chill out mate. Was just informing some of his situation at the moment, and Arsenal could do with a player like him. No need to have a cheap dig at my club.
Of course, you lot have RVP. In my opinion the best striker in the league when in form. But the reason I feel Arsenal need another TOP striker is because RVP is hardly reliable to play the majority of the season. Wasn't a dig at Arsenal. If you look at the other teams around you, United have Rooney-Berba-Hernandez. Chelsea Torres-Drogba-Anelka-Sturridge. City Tevez-Dzeko-Balotelli. Compare that to Arsenal's strikers and you'll see what I mean, plus the fact about RVP injury problems.
Back to the Eto'o situation, he argubaly had his best season of his career last season. So I'm guessing you didn't watch him?
I wasn't having a dig at Chelsea either. You seemed to suggest that while other clubs have good strikers, we don't. I pointed out that we do. Having a good season in Serie A is hardly a pre-requisite to the PL. Pace is a valuable asset against ageing defenders there. I wouldn't mind him, but on the wages he'd inevitably demand and his lack of PL experience, I personally don't think he's worth it.
That's not what I meant. The reason I named the other clubs strikers is because if you compare them to Arsenal's back-up strikers they are of a higher quality - It doesn't mean I think Arsenal's strikers are ****. For a team like Arsenal challenging for the title you need to better quality in reserve should RVP get injured.
Also, Eto'o isn't blessed with the pace that he once had. But he makes that up with his technique and skill to find half a yard in tight situations to get a shot off. People always use the 'Old Italian defenders' as an excuse, but that's quite a tad wide off the mark.
Eto'o > any striker in the Premier league..
You do underrate Serie A a lot. It is not easy scoring in the league as in La Liga.. And Eto'o carried team on his own. Scored close to 40 goals.
He wont even join Arsenal as you wont pay his wages. The man has got heart of a lion. Past his best? Lol. Just 30, at his peak now.. You think as if player is finished as soon as they are 30. Maybe Wenger transfer policy has taken the toll.
Why all this, Eto'o is a winner, twice treble winner playing key role. Scored twice in champions league finals. Arguable best ever African player. He can walk into any team as a starter..
Please, Sunil. Remove your **** from Eto'o's ***. He's not better than every PL striker.
I sit halfway between Sunil and Joss here, actually. Eto'o has been truly superb, still a blisteringly quick striker who has improved with age if anything. He's not better than any striker in the Prem though. I mean, we have Bent.
Name one please.. As an out and out striker there is none better than him..
How many class strikers we have in League? Rooney, RVP, Torres, Drogba, Tevez (Irrespective of the form), Eto'o is better than all of the mentioned players. (As a striker).
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Heskey is only exception.
Apart from him Eto'o is better than anyone (Bent included
)I'd rather Tevez (Minus him being a complete incompetent fool) over Eto'o.
I'd say Torres, RvP, Rooney, maybe Tevez, are all better players than Eto'o. If you're talking about being a poacher, then again, I don't think we need one - Eto'o would be on massive wages. That's not Wenger's transfer policy failing, that's him not being worth it IMO.
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Eto'o: 37 goals in all competitions and 13 assists in a Inter that has been rubbish after Mourinho left, isnt that world class?