A frequent caveat in transfer stories pertaining to Arsenal of late, has been ‘as long as they qualify for the Champions League’. Various big name players could join the club, just as long as 4th spot is secured.
Well, now that requirement is fulfilled, Arsenal can look to the summer transfer window properly, and begin planning how best to strengthen the squad for bigger and better things.
Arsenal have got around £70m to play with, factoring in the Emirates advance and a possible advance from Puma’s kit deal this could rise to £100m. The big question is whether Arsene will spend it, and if so, on what.
Crunch time
Arsene Wenger’s favourite line of recent, more austere transfer windows, has been ‘if we find the right player, we will do it’. At times this has led to a signing, other times (most times), it has not.
Will this summer be any different?
There was a feeling last season that Arsenal might spend big, but that didn’t really materialise. A £33m outlay was tempered by the sales of Van Persie and Song.
There should be no such issues this time.
Arsenal are releasing a number of squad players this year, so they’ll need to be replaced. But will they? Will Arsene Wenger spend money in a big way, or only on select players like before?
Of course, you can do both at once, but I’m talking about quantity of ‘in’ transfers.
Arsene Wenger has said he will ‘be in the market in a very proactive’ way this summer, suggesting he wants to get business done early. Can big business be tied up by early July, say, or are there already, perhaps cheaper deals in place?
Names like Stevan Jovetic, Gonzalo Higuain and Cesc Fabregas’s return have been linked, along with the likes of Maxime Gonalons and Ashley Williams. That’s not to say those two are poor players, but they lack the ‘wow’ factor of the big names.
Can we expect a few transfers to make people stand up and take notice?
June 1 - August 31, 2013 - Arsenal transfer expenditures
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I have more change of humping the pope than that happening lol
I mean Fabregas,Van Persie,Flamini,Eboué,
Hleb,Reyes,Nasri,Dudu & King HENRY
who told u Casillas will leave his childhood club for ours arsenal....
Arsenal is dazzling the fans with figures like £70m that Arsene has to spend and another £100m from Puma contract ??? is this for real??? NO/NO/NO. The answer is to put all of the above into
action. Let's just wait and see. I am going to stop commenting about what is going to happen.
why are u saying like this..first of all casillas wont leave real madrid..he is something like adams,gerrard etc..and cesar not so good..asmir begovic is good option he may become the next lehmann..and sagna..one of the best RB of the world..already EPL experienced.. why we need to waste money on Piszczek..and at last where is Verminator in your line up...he is bad for some time and u started to forget him...and also Giroud,Poldi,Rosicky ,Ox,Jenkinson & Ramsey... you are a perfect ***..
First XI - Casillas, Piszczek, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Gonalons, Wilshere, Cazorla, Walcott, Higuain, Jovetic.
Or
Cesar, Piszczek, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Gonalons, Wilshere, Arteta, Cazorla, Walcott, Jovetic.
Very good pick James.. but is Fazio,Gonalons and Adler so good..We hv one premier league experienced keeper for sale Asmir Begovic..and Lars Bender who is also good in scoring too..and Fazio..dont know but i dont want to see any of our 3 leaving the Emirates...
The Arsenal board will be saying - not too bad
I think they will agree to two more players.
Our defence came good at the end of the season. We have a strong midfield and plenty of choice.
I think we will see only a new striker and a stand by centre back.
Arsenal will stand by the existing midfield expecting it to get better next year.
GK Adler 6m
RB Piszczek 12m
CB Fazio 5m
DM Gonalons 12m
ST Jovetic 18m
ST Higuain 18m
Sell/loan remaining deadwood (Djourou, Santos, Denilson, Diaby, Chamakh, Bendtner, Park etc) and also Sagna and Gervinho if we receive reasonable offers (around 7/8m each).
Adler/Szczesny
Gibbs/Monreal
Koscielny/Vermaelen
Mertesacker/Fazio
Piszczek/Jenkinson
Gonalons/Arteta
Wilshere/Ramsey
Cazorla/Rosicky
Jovetic/Podolski
Walcott/Chamberlain
Higuain/Giroud
Hey Daniel that would be great if Wenger signed that many players, I just don't see it. And really other then another CB to develope I really don't think we need more defenders. Look at how awesome our defense has been since mid-season. I wouldn't mind a winger or Attacking midfielder, I just don't think they're a priority right now, we would be better off just letting Chamberlain & Wilshere play more games.
No defenders? At CB we got kos, per and verm. Thats a little bit light dont you think.
We need:
1. A big name center (20-30 millions)
2. CB, he should be good enough to put pressure on the other 3 (5-10 millions)
3. Winger, a specialist a la Valencia or robben/ribery (10-15 millions)
4. Creativ MF to put some pressure on santi and mozart (10-15 (millions)
5. 30+ GK to replace vito and good enough to have a shot at no:1 (5-7 million)