Bordeaux has first crack on him.. 15m cost for them... if someone else wants him, they will probably have to cough up 18m...guinertron said:Yoann Gourcuff seems to be big news again, he is having a blinding spell at Bordeaux. I've been a fan for ages, but he could be part of the deal breaker for Man City. Reports suggest he is likely to be called back to italy if Kaka goes. But Bordeaux are ready to pay to keep him. Which would leave Milan short of a natural replacement.Are we not aware that he is available for sale and why have we always gone cold on him? Anyone know?
The actor?number_0 said:Martin lawrance
kamikaze80 said:in:
arshavin
a good CM, whoever that may be
agger
out:
silvestre, senderos, denilson, traore, simpson, merida, rui fonte
net spend: ~20m
theyre not going to be international quality, so theres no point. we're not going to win or lose the league based on their presence or absence in the squad.USArsenal said:you want to get rid of Traore, Simpson, Meride and Fonte already?
Silvestre, Sendy and Denilson, OK.. I wonder what will actually happen to Phil after his "loan" at Milan...
kamikaze80 said:the starlet fetish has to stop. i'm all for having an outstanding youth system but obviously not all of them will turn out the way we'd like them to, and they should be sold for profit while their value is highest.
ARSENAL are steadfastly sticking to their £12million valuation of Andrei Arshavin and have given Russian club Zenit St Petersburg a January 26 deadline to sell him.
Zenit are now expected to compromise by reducing their initial £20m asking price in the next 48 hours and extending Arsenal’s payment time to try to prevent the deal from falling through.
The UEFA Cup holders also insist Arsenal are the only club they are doing business with – ruling out a Kaka-less Manchester City. Maxim Mitrofanov, the general director of Zenit, said: “The situation has not changed since Friday, which means Arsenal would like to pay only £12m, not one cent more.
“And we, at Zenit, are ready to discuss with them about maybe a better offer from our side.
“We are ready to make a step forward to them, but they should also do the same.
When they made their original financial plan in September/October, the value of the pound was much more to the euro. But now the pound and the euro are very similar.
“However, I have told the people from Arsenal we are ready to discuss a lot of things which could make the situation easier for them.
“They have a deadline, as I understand, until January 26, because, after that, they should have some time to get another player and I respect this position.” Mitrofanov would not confirm or deny that Zenit would be prepared to accept £15m for the player who is desperate to join Arsenal.
But the Russians are ready to spread the length of time and payments from the Gunners from one to two years.
And, even though City have missed out on Kaka from AC Milan, they have not entered the race for Arshavin’s services
JazzG said:The Arshavin thread hasn't been locked :?