Flamini Saga..........

[A.Hussain]

i feel the moral highground is a flat plot of land next to the bernabeu.....

NOT!

 

[brianfrance]

Isn't already an arsenal player :mrgreen:
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[kin4ever]

When the problem can be solved by money? That's not a problem!

 

[thegreatbriton]

Im glad that we are fioghting back. We got P*ssed on by other clubs when wenger as just starting (first 2 or 3 years)

Anelka-Us, Not at all happy
Overmars-Us, Not at all happy
Petit-Us, Not at all happy
Vieira ??? :cry:

Other teams do it, and dont have morals, lets fight back.

 

[Loylz]

It's bollocks. We'll just give them some cash and they'll shut up....

As for Wenger taking 'the moral high ground', no manager in World Football has as heavy a rep for nabbing young players in dubious circumstances - hell, just look at the list of names:

Anelka - PSG, not happy.
Pennant - Notts County, not happy.
Cesc - Barcelona, really, really not happy.
Aliadiere - French Football Federation not at all happy.
Flamini - Marseille, not happy.

In fact the one young player we tried to nab who we actually had an agreement for was Pique .... who ditched us and went to Man U.

Moral high ground my balls. Wenger will get whoever he needs however he has to, no matter what he says in public.

He is almost forced into doing so as he doesn't have the funds to go for established players. So he does what he has to do in order to compete.

Well said Lewd, that was what I was getting at!! mind you he will not break the rules, plus he is willing to screw over clubs (big spivvy businessmen) but he won't screw over the honest player (e.g. letting players like upson go)

As for him using loopholes etc because he has no other alternative, I just don't think that is the case. Those sort of deals, those sneaky bargain/investments is what makes wenger tick, I'm sure he'd much buy a 17year old kid with potentional for peanuts, than a fully fledged superstar for 10-20million quid!

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He might, but then again if he did have the money he probably would get more established for the right price, so we don't get screwed over. Remember Reyes. We got him for potentially 17 million. He did this because we had the money, and AW thought he was worth it.

 

[juz7_pi12es]

another saga that i hope will end a.s.a.p :roll:

 

[kin4ever]

Ok now~ is it?

 

[Arnie]

they say marsaille 'have failed to block the move'. so what can they do now? the player is ours and marsaille have to accept what we give them surely?

he's ours, but they want compensation!!

 

[hayesstreet]

I'm not sure what's immoral or sneaky about any of these transfers. If it's allowed by the rules then what's the problem? There is a difference between another club being unhappy at a signing and a signing being illegal, immoral, or otherwise underhanded.

 

[efurze]

Arsenal.com Link

In the pre-match preview for the Everton game on Arsenal.com Wenger was quoted as saying that Flamini's transfer has been completed.

New-signing Mathieu Flamini is set to travel with the squad now his eligibility has been finalised following his move this summer after 15 years at Marseille.

Seems strange that it wasn't announced on the main page.

You guys think he'll start ahead of Cesc? I still haven't seen him play.

 

[bobbypires]

Really great news.

Allez Flamini!

 

[patrick42uk]

fantastic news. our midfield is now complete. four cms with a youngster waiting to take over from any slackers. vieira, watch your back

 

[brianfrance]

I've always been confident :mrgreen:
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[Soler]

Great news. :mrgreen: