The Wish List

[Thommybhoy]

Matej Delac. Definitely.

Where did You hear about him?

 

[Floating]

WE MUST BUY:

1 Experienced, Ready-Made CB = Brede Hangeland (£8m)
1 Experienced, Ready-Made CM = Xabi Alonso (£18m), Mathieu Flamini (£?), Felipe Melo (£12m), Gokhan Inler (£10m), etc.

LUXURY BUYS:

1 Promising CB: Sebastien Bassong, Cristian Zapata, Mamadou Sakho
Edin Dzeko for Adebayor!
Yuri Zhirkov

After those two changes, our team next season could look like this!

Almunia/Fabianski
Sagna/Eboue - Touré/Gallas - Hangeland/Djourou - Clichy/Gibbs
Nasri/Walcott - New CM/Song - Fabregas/Denilson - Arshavin/Rosicky
Eduardo/Van Persie - Adebayor/Bendtner

Just Hangeland and a new CM with experience and leadership would improve us IMMEASURABLY. Our team needs its spine ripped out and replaced with Adamantium, and hopefully we can make two signings that would give us that boost.

 

[Spam]

Matej Delac. Definitely.

Where did You hear about him?

Ah, you're Croatian! I've known about Delac for a few months, and for Inter Zapresic, he is Immense. A clean sheet during a 3-0 win over the weekend wasn't it?

 

[Thommybhoy]

Yeah, but against so crappy team it's beyond possible almost.
He is great prospect, only 16, very young and yet very calm, smart and "grown up" like he was much much older.
But on Arsenal wish list, dunno....

 

[Kraig]

gareth barry rumoured to only cost 8 mill this summer

yes please!

 

[Klaus Daimler]

Barry is too slow and defensively he's a liability. He works well as a central mid with a more defensive one behind him though. Or as the more defensive of two central midfielders lying very deep perhaps. We probably won't play like that though, considering the players we've got for next season, and if we did I rather Nasri or Denilson in that role. To replace Song with Barry is not an option and hence I don't think he is what we need, reduced price or not.

 

[FunGun]

agreed, barry is not an arsenal player in my opinion.
i'm liking the look of federico fazio for central defence
and miguel veloso in midfield
bite and the energy we are lacking

 

[Klaus Daimler]

Well, I'm gonna put Mertesacker on here. I think he's had a good season at Bremen. Been linked to us quite a bit in the past, hasn't he? Probably won't cost much more than the Lescotts and Hangelands of the world while he's both younger and has got a higher roof. Not to mention, he's taller than both. How often do you find 6 ft 6 tall defenders with good technique who also happens to be Arsenal supporters?

 

[Lord Dula]

He's a gooner?

 

[Klaus Daimler]

Yeah he's a crouchy lookin' gooner who can defend and head the ball. Imagine that!

 

[Clrnc]

But he always look very weak defensively when he played for Germany. He is a good prospect like Tasci, just a little thin and shaky.

I think he will cost alot. at least 12m

 

[Klaus Daimler]

That's becaus he's forced to play with Lahm and Metzelder whenever he's with Germany, though - possibly the two defensively weakest defenders in top football. I have this feeling that if we don't get Mertesacker now he'll cost £25 million the next time we might be interested. Right age, right height, technically good enough... give him one season to adapt and he's there physically as well.

 

[Gurgen]

Mertesacker is not really the 'animal' people on this board are calling for though. In fact he is the kind of defender who specializes in defending without making any fouls.

 

[Lord Dula]

Yeah not overly aggressive but still good mind.

I think there are a lot of good defenders and players for that matter lurking in the fatherland.

 

[Floating]

THOSE WHO KNOW, tell me about the following players:


* Angelo Palombo - CM/DM, Sampdoria, 5'10", 27 years old

* Moustapha Bayal Sall - CM/DM, St. Etienne, 6'3", 23 years old

* Federico Fazio - CB/DM, Sevilla, 6'5", 22 years old

* Alessandro Gamberini - CB, Fiorentina, 6'1", 27 years old

* Cristian Zapata - CB, Udinese, 6'2". 22 years old

* Demba Ba - ST/AM, Hoffenheim, 6'3", 23 years old


Good enough for the Arsenal? :?:

 

[Klaus Daimler]

As I wrote in the other thread, I like Zapata and Sall but I wouldn't trade Djourou and Song for them. Haven't seen enough of Demba Ba.

 

[kamikaze80]

i've seen a little bit of ba, he's quick and wiry, like a basketball player. great athlete. i think he'd be a good signing for a team like everton, fulham, etc trying to secure a uefa cup place.

 

[entropy13]

Gamberini: Highly unlikely to be let go by Fiorentina; that's why they let Ujfalusi go in the first place

Fazio: Sevilla is in a difficult position with their defense; they're either quite old or quite young. It would be hard for them to part with Fazio, very promising player.

Palombo: Very versatile, can play as CB as well; have been off the radar lately though (i.e. not exactly being exceptional this season)'

Zapata: Promising, quite good but would be like having another Djourou or Song, only he has to adapt first.

 

[Spam]

Zapata hasn't been the same player since his injury, I'd love Montolivo from Fiorentina for us. Like a younger Andrea Pirlo.

 

[Floating]

What about Simon Rolfes?

He's a tall (6'3"), 27-year-old, German international who plays DM/CM.