number_0 said:Cool name though.
Thats my contribution to this thread.
Stuttgart's Germany international defender Serdar Tasci is happy biding his time before moving to a bigger club.
The 22-year-old stopper has previously been linked with moves to the likes of Arsenal, AC Milan and Juventus.
The Gunners are keen to bolster their back line, although Ajax's Thomas Vermaelen is now reportedly top of their wanted list.
Although he is in no rush to leave the Mercedes-Benz Arena, this has not stopped Tasci admitting his admiration for the trio.
Ambitious
"I have the ambition to move clubs one day, but the time and circumstances have to be right for me," he told spox.com.
"I have to admit I'm flattered that clubs like Arsenal, AC Milan and Juventus have had their eye on me in the past.
"But I'm not getting carried away with this. I'm focussed on Stuttgart and looking to return to action following my knee injury."
With Stuttgart losing star striker Mario Gomez to Bayern Munich, Tasci believes their hopes of winning next season's Bundesliga titles have been severely diminished.
Title hopes
"Now Gomez has left I don't see us battling for the title," he continued.
"I trust Horst Heldt (Stuttgart's general manager) and company fully. They will make sure we possess a strong team next season.
"I know they are after good signings and will spend money.
"I'd love to play in the Champions League this season. We'll have to show up in qualifying of course, but I don't mind who we play.
"We want to advance to the group stages. We might be paired with Arsenal, but we can beat them as well."
A_Gooner_Matata said:Too short (a wild guess)
Press reports in Germany suggest Arsenal are in deep negotiations with Stuttgart in order to sign their star defender Serdar Tasci. The 22-year-old has also been tracked by Italian giants AC Milan and Juventus after a superb season which has seen him break into the German international side on a regular basis.
The player was born in Esslingen in Germany to Turkish parents and played at youth team level for SC Altbach and Stuttgart Kickers before moving to Vfb Stuttgart in 1999.Tasci broke into Stuttgart’s second team for the 2005/06 season making 30 league appearances in the German 3rd division before being promoted to the first team the following season.
Tasci made his Stuttgart debut in August 2006 as a 68th minute substitute for Jon Dahl Tomasson in a 3-2 win over Arminia Bielefeld. He scored his first goal for the first team a week later against Borussia Dortmund. That season the defender made 26 league appearances (22 starts), scored 2 goals and was also red carded once. Such were his displays that Tasci soon had to face the dilemma of who to represent at international level Turkey or Germany. Tasci opted for the country of his birth and represented the U21 side in October 2007.
Webdesignlab said:OK with me Mr G.
Strange that we are 'after' 2 defenders (if true).