Former Arsenal midfielder linked with a January move back to the Premier League

Details: Written by Liam Moyles; Published: Saturday, 07 December 2013 15:24

It comes as no surprise that today Alex Song has been linked with a transfer away from the Nou Camp, with Arsenal and Manchester United monitoring the players’ situation.

The Cameroonian has struggled to maintain a spot in the first team since his £15 million move to Barcelona due to the vast amount of talent available in the midfield.

I knew this would happen. You knew this would happen. Alex Song was destined to become the ‘new Hleb.’ Was Song ignorant enough to not think it would happen?

Would you take him back?

When Arsenal announced the sale of Alex Song, it came as a bit of a shock. It happened suddenly and quickly, but the reaction from the fans was a rather mixed one.

Everybody was still fuming with Robin van Persie’s decision to join Manchester United that nothing else could make the fans more upset.

For the 2011/12 season, Song and RVP were central to Arsenal’s push for Champions League football and with Song’s contribution to the Arsenal attack the club managed to finish 3^rd in the Barclay’s Premier League.

Nevertheless, Song was primarily a defensive midfielder and he regularly left large spaces between the midfield and defence. Defensively Song was a liability. He could not tackle and was undisciplined.

Since joining the Catalan giants, Song has only managed 27 league appearances and scored just the one goal. Back in April this year, Song’s cousin revealed he was extremely frustrated with life at Barcelona and wanted to return to the Arsenal.

Reports today suggest Barcelona are willing to make a £5 million loss on Alex Song as they are prepared to let him leave for as little as £10 million in January. There is no doubt Song is a talented player, and still fairly young, but do Arsenal need him? And would you take him back?

Personally, it would be a waste of money. He is not good enough defensively and we managed to resign Flamini for a bargain price this summer. Arteta is also playing remarkably this season.

Wenger may as well save that £10 million and use it to buy a world class striker or another central defender. If Moyes wants him they can have him, because right now, they need Song more than we do.

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+1 #11 Legborsi 2013-12-08 14:52

I think arsenal needs Song back so that Arteta will start playing his normal place and it will also boost arsenal tittle ambition,i love him and i know we need him back.

#10 Alex 2013-12-08 07:06

Let him come back home-we need him for the future-lets not forget our own-he has arsenal blood in him just like cesc Fabregas-Good2go, let him come back Wenger

-1 #9 osman godana 2013-12-08 04:09

We need him song, he ïs strong and young let him come back home

+2 #8 TC 2013-12-07 22:31

I hope never to see this judas in an Arsenal shirt again, he wasn't the best when he was with us last time, nuts to him.

#7 Dawn 2013-12-07 18:39

He is a great player - would rather he played for us, than play against us in the PL

+1 #6 mark malta 2013-12-07 18:16

yes we need him back because of the age of flamini and arteta. song is still young

#5 Janizi 2013-12-07 18:02

Of course a big YES. I was shocked when he left. Song has formidable ball control in the midfield, he is the missing link to hold the midfield with the back, he is also unpredictable, remember the assist for rvp against b.dortmund, brilliant, all the game arsenal was without ideas and he just came up with that spectacular move on the flank. He is also a good crosser even from the central part of the pitch, something arsenal lacks during the game, you know those 3 to 4 crosses in each game from the centre we lack as a team just to do something different from our style. We should go back for him, we still eran 5 million from the price. Flamini is good but he's not the Flamini we're used to who was a much more unleashed dog!

-4 #4 yankee 2013-12-07 17:34

We need him Arteta is ageing,diaby is prone to injury. We need depth in the team.

-3 #3 Hotkaga 2013-12-07 16:36

We made him, why not have him back? I guess we all hv learnt from Flamini wat it it to be a Gooner is always a gooner. He does not need to learn he already know the Arsenal ways.

+8 #2 David 2013-12-07 16:16

The thing is, he is great defensively, but he doesn't show it. He doesn't seems to be interested in defending.

But no, I would not take him back.

-3 #1 Sam 2013-12-07 15:44

hell yeah i would have him back. flamini wont stay here forever. arteta is NOT a defensive midfielder and diaby is always bloody injured so yes get song back. we still have plenty of money to but a striker

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