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lee1001 said:CreatorSupreme said:Cristian Abbiati of Milan. One of my company's clients, scouts for Arsenal across Europe. In the course of our business discussion, I turned the conversation towards Arsenal and he confirmed that Wenger will move for Abbiati in the summer.
I asked about Frey and was told "He's mad, has a bad attitude, is too small for English football and wont come for crosses. He has the quickest reflexes you will ever see on a goalkeeper, but wont command the penalty area. You need a big strong goalkeeper in England and Abbiati is technically excellent, agile and brave, Arsène likes him and will get him in the summer"
I believe this guy.
The quote from this "client" has a lot of truth in it. Wenger does like keepers that come for crosses and command their areas well so our players can be released on the counter attack quickly which is Lehmann's biggest strength and reason for him coming out of his area so much and even Almunia has been doing that more recently so its clear they are encouraged to do so.
I think you do need a strong keeper in the premiership and maybe explains why we have never moved for Frey or will not move for Hildebrand.
We did move for Abbiati a couple years back, but he wanted to fight for his place. So its clear Wenger does indeed like him.
Its as clear as day Lehmann and Almunia are not good enough and Wenger isn't stupid, he knows this. So im sure we'll see a new keeper for the start of next season
JoseReyes29 said:hilderbrand has gone to seville u muppets!
CreatorSupreme said:Regarding Hildebrand, I'm going on a) What I read in both the Independent and the Times and b) From a work colleague who used to work for Reuters and is pretty clued up on European Football, and his contacts have told him again and again that Hildebrand and Lahm will be Bayern players next season.Legend#1 said:CreatorSupreme said:I'd love to see Hildebrand at Highbury as much as any of you, but Bayern have done a deal for him. To be honest I've only seen Abbiati a couple of times, he looks good, but I dont know how good he is, but he is Wenger's choice.
No they haven't..
Where's your source then..
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Mostarac said:Haha, yeah Taylor is only a RESERVE for Leicester, and Stack has lost his place to Marshall at Millwall. And you call them Arsenal-material? Haha.
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Gazza Martinez said:He never said he worked for a company which scouts for Arsenal, he just has contacts which do.
I'm taking it with a pinch of salt, mate. But two weeks ago Bayern said they weren't signing Hildebrand, yet this guy maintained that they were. Now Hildebrand has signed a pre-contract deal with Bayern, so either this guy is a lucky guesser or he actually knows something.