By 1970's Gooner
Further proof that Perez is heading for his medical at Arsenal after it has been reported that Deportivo had agreed to sell as Arsenal met the player's buy out clause.
Perez has been withdrawn from their squad travelling to their next game in the La Liga. He is not injured and this is further proof that Arsenal have at last landed a new forward.
Wenger bid for Vardy for 20m but it seems that now he has landed a player that is quite similar in his style of play.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Sky reports Perez due for a medical!
By 1970's Gooner
It never rains but it pours.
Wenger has left all the deals till the last moments again. And all he has achieved is to end up paying more than he planned for.
Mustafi will come for 35m and Perez for 17m but again who cares.
Sky are reporting that Deportivo have agreed to let the player go after Arsenal met the buy out clause. The player is due to get a wage hike to 70,000 per week, more than Everton could pay.
Perez is due in London probably tomorrow for a medical.
Transfer business completed?
It never rains but it pours.
Wenger has left all the deals till the last moments again. And all he has achieved is to end up paying more than he planned for.
Mustafi will come for 35m and Perez for 17m but again who cares.
Sky are reporting that Deportivo have agreed to let the player go after Arsenal met the buy out clause. The player is due to get a wage hike to 70,000 per week, more than Everton could pay.
Perez is due in London probably tomorrow for a medical.
Transfer business completed?
Sky report agreement reached for Mustafi deal
By 1970's Gooner
Sky News are currently reporting that Arsenal have finally agreed a fee with Valencia for the transfer of Mustafi for 35m pounds.
It seems that Wenger had to reluctantly agree a higher fee than originally planned but hey what do we care, better late than never.
He is of the right age (24) and has plenty of experience in the Spanish League. He has also played most of the games for Germany in the recent Euro where he impressed.
Sky News are currently reporting that Arsenal have finally agreed a fee with Valencia for the transfer of Mustafi for 35m pounds.
It seems that Wenger had to reluctantly agree a higher fee than originally planned but hey what do we care, better late than never.
He is of the right age (24) and has plenty of experience in the Spanish League. He has also played most of the games for Germany in the recent Euro where he impressed.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Wenger walks away from Mustafi deal
By 1970's Gooner
Dick Law has been to Spain and now he is back empty handed.
Gulliem Balague, the Spanish journalist, has reported that Valencia are not really that cash strapped as they will unload other players to meet the FFP rules.
This makes sense as one would have expected that Valencia would agree a reasonable fee for Mustafi if they really wanted to sell and get their roster sorted before the commencement of La Liga. Yet they do the opposite.
They raise the price even further. They sense that Wenger is desperate, really desperate. And they aim to take advantage.
In the meantime West Brom hack up the price for their average ex man Utd central defender Evans to 25m!!!
I am laughing out loud as I write this. I really am. For Wenger's tactics for negotiating transfers have come back to haunt him. CLUBS DO NOT NEED TO SELL THEIR PLAYERS.
And if they want to they will do it only for crazy money.
And we all know that Wenger, under no pressure from the owners to win anything (apart from finishing in the top 4), will walk away.
And believe me he WILL WALK AWAY.
There is another real reason he will walk away.
The performances of Rob Holding have been outstanding especially next to a more experienced Koscienly. So Wenger will ask himself. Is a new addition at 30m a better value for money when compared to Holding's capabilities?
Wenger will stay put. He will wing it with Holding and Koscienly until Gabriel comes back and then decide, according to how Holding has been doing till then, who will partner Koscienly.
BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF KOSCIENLY GETS INJURED BY THEN?
Dick Law has been to Spain and now he is back empty handed.
Gulliem Balague, the Spanish journalist, has reported that Valencia are not really that cash strapped as they will unload other players to meet the FFP rules.
This makes sense as one would have expected that Valencia would agree a reasonable fee for Mustafi if they really wanted to sell and get their roster sorted before the commencement of La Liga. Yet they do the opposite.
They raise the price even further. They sense that Wenger is desperate, really desperate. And they aim to take advantage.
In the meantime West Brom hack up the price for their average ex man Utd central defender Evans to 25m!!!
I am laughing out loud as I write this. I really am. For Wenger's tactics for negotiating transfers have come back to haunt him. CLUBS DO NOT NEED TO SELL THEIR PLAYERS.
And if they want to they will do it only for crazy money.
And we all know that Wenger, under no pressure from the owners to win anything (apart from finishing in the top 4), will walk away.
And believe me he WILL WALK AWAY.
There is another real reason he will walk away.
The performances of Rob Holding have been outstanding especially next to a more experienced Koscienly. So Wenger will ask himself. Is a new addition at 30m a better value for money when compared to Holding's capabilities?
Wenger will stay put. He will wing it with Holding and Koscienly until Gabriel comes back and then decide, according to how Holding has been doing till then, who will partner Koscienly.
BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF KOSCIENLY GETS INJURED BY THEN?
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Wenger's transfer strategy is revealed
By 1970's Gooner
Everyone is buffled by Wenger's approach to transfers. And rightly so. Every year he announces that we are active in the market and loking to add to the squad.
And every year he ends up being right. He buys one player of quality and a few youngsters from the lower leagues of England and France as well as the occasional Japanese or Korean forward.
And everyone gets exasparated...
Yet his aproach to buying a player is so obvious and predictable.
The player or players are scouted for the position that Wenger has identified as needing reinforcement. Thereafter the following criteria have to also be satisfied if the deal is to go ahead:
1. The player has to have the required quality
2. The right personality
3. He must want to play for Arsenal Football Club
4. His age has to be such that at the end of his contract there will be a reasonable resale value
5. The transfer fee inclusive of agent fees and his salary should be value for money
Once the first four above are satisfied Wenger has to convince the player's club to sell. Here he employs various tactics:
1. An initial low bid is made. It gets out in the media and in this way the player is made aware. This puts extra pressure on the club.They dismiss the offer.
2. A second increased bid is made which is just below where Wenger values the player and which he considers the player's club would probably and reluctuntly accept.
3. Leaks begin to appear in the media that Arsenal are actively looking at other targets in that position. The player and his club may begin to get apprehensive.
4. The deal is left in the balance until the last days of the window. In this way if the club is willing or needs to sell is cornered into accepting a slightly increased offer.
At least the above is supposed to happen in an ideal Wenger world.
It more often than not transpires that either the player is not that hungry to force his way to Arenal or that his club does not need to sell unless it is quoted crazy money.
The Lacazete transfer saga appears to be a case in mind. It may change of course as we get near the end of the window but it may not....
Which helps explain why Wenger always waits till the dying embers of the window in order to impose the price he considers right. Remember the Ozil and Arshavin transfers (while the xhaka transfer was agreed last season).
And if the price is not considered right Wenger walks away.
The crux of the matter is that Wenger is under no pressure to win titles which affords him the time horizon to not overextend the club's budget and to promote youth from the academies.
No other top Pl manager would walk away from a player he wants for a few million pounds or even wait till the end of the window to conclude business. Not in this age where clubs are now awash with crazy money.
Their life span is on average one and a half to two years and they need to make an almost immediate impact otherwise they are out.
Wenger's has far longer than that.
And even if he is going to walk away from his post at the end of this season he will not change.
Unless of course there is a new contract for him to sign which, considering his dithering in the transfer market, is my prediction.
Everyone is buffled by Wenger's approach to transfers. And rightly so. Every year he announces that we are active in the market and loking to add to the squad.
And every year he ends up being right. He buys one player of quality and a few youngsters from the lower leagues of England and France as well as the occasional Japanese or Korean forward.
And everyone gets exasparated...
Yet his aproach to buying a player is so obvious and predictable.
The player or players are scouted for the position that Wenger has identified as needing reinforcement. Thereafter the following criteria have to also be satisfied if the deal is to go ahead:
1. The player has to have the required quality
2. The right personality
3. He must want to play for Arsenal Football Club
4. His age has to be such that at the end of his contract there will be a reasonable resale value
5. The transfer fee inclusive of agent fees and his salary should be value for money
Once the first four above are satisfied Wenger has to convince the player's club to sell. Here he employs various tactics:
1. An initial low bid is made. It gets out in the media and in this way the player is made aware. This puts extra pressure on the club.They dismiss the offer.
2. A second increased bid is made which is just below where Wenger values the player and which he considers the player's club would probably and reluctuntly accept.
3. Leaks begin to appear in the media that Arsenal are actively looking at other targets in that position. The player and his club may begin to get apprehensive.
4. The deal is left in the balance until the last days of the window. In this way if the club is willing or needs to sell is cornered into accepting a slightly increased offer.
At least the above is supposed to happen in an ideal Wenger world.
It more often than not transpires that either the player is not that hungry to force his way to Arenal or that his club does not need to sell unless it is quoted crazy money.
The Lacazete transfer saga appears to be a case in mind. It may change of course as we get near the end of the window but it may not....
Which helps explain why Wenger always waits till the dying embers of the window in order to impose the price he considers right. Remember the Ozil and Arshavin transfers (while the xhaka transfer was agreed last season).
And if the price is not considered right Wenger walks away.
The crux of the matter is that Wenger is under no pressure to win titles which affords him the time horizon to not overextend the club's budget and to promote youth from the academies.
No other top Pl manager would walk away from a player he wants for a few million pounds or even wait till the end of the window to conclude business. Not in this age where clubs are now awash with crazy money.
Their life span is on average one and a half to two years and they need to make an almost immediate impact otherwise they are out.
Wenger's has far longer than that.
And even if he is going to walk away from his post at the end of this season he will not change.
Unless of course there is a new contract for him to sign which, considering his dithering in the transfer market, is my prediction.
Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Wenger finds perfect new striker only few considered. Now for a centre back
By 1970's Gooner
Gabriel's injury, which will keep him out for up to 8 weeks, coupled with the long term injury suffered in another pre season game by the BFG have forced Wenger to concentrate on getting at least one new central defender asap.
As analysed in a previous post on this site the available money will now be utilised for a new defender. There is no money left for a new forward and we all should be ready to come to terms with it.
BUT there is another very good reason as to why Wenger will not be buying a new forward.
The answer has been staring us in the face for a long time.
Alexis Sanchez is the perfect number 9. He played the role so well against Man City. He ran their defenders rugged making those darting runs in between the lines as well as being very mobile around the dangerous areas.
Such a player is a perfect compliment to the big but not so mobile Giroud allowing Wenger to choose one of them according to the needs of the game in front of him or indeed play them together in the front positions if he so chooses.
Playing Sanchez up front will also allow Wenger more flexibility in giving more games on the wings to Iwobi, Walcott who was very good against City, the Ox and even Ramsey and Wilshere.
There will be no new centre forward bought this window.
This is my prediction.
Gabriel's injury, which will keep him out for up to 8 weeks, coupled with the long term injury suffered in another pre season game by the BFG have forced Wenger to concentrate on getting at least one new central defender asap.
As analysed in a previous post on this site the available money will now be utilised for a new defender. There is no money left for a new forward and we all should be ready to come to terms with it.
BUT there is another very good reason as to why Wenger will not be buying a new forward.
The answer has been staring us in the face for a long time.
Alexis Sanchez is the perfect number 9. He played the role so well against Man City. He ran their defenders rugged making those darting runs in between the lines as well as being very mobile around the dangerous areas.
Such a player is a perfect compliment to the big but not so mobile Giroud allowing Wenger to choose one of them according to the needs of the game in front of him or indeed play them together in the front positions if he so chooses.
Playing Sanchez up front will also allow Wenger more flexibility in giving more games on the wings to Iwobi, Walcott who was very good against City, the Ox and even Ramsey and Wilshere.
There will be no new centre forward bought this window.
This is my prediction.
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
Dutch fitness coach rates Arsenal injury record the worst in Europe
By 1970's Gooner
Dutch fitness coach Raymond Verheijen speaking on Talksport radio station has criticised the way English and foreign clubs carry out their pre season training.
He insists that almost all teams compress fitness training before friendlies begin in the opening 2 week period. This puts too much pressure on player's bodies resulting in muscle and related injuries.
He recommends that this type of training be spread over the 6 week preseason period so as to relieve the burden on the players.
Mourinio's sides, he said, suffer much less injuries than others becaucse Mourinho aspises this philosophy and incorporates it in the preseason schedule.
In contrast to Arsenal who do not and as a result have suffered the worst rate of injuries in Europe!
Dutch fitness coach Raymond Verheijen speaking on Talksport radio station has criticised the way English and foreign clubs carry out their pre season training.
He insists that almost all teams compress fitness training before friendlies begin in the opening 2 week period. This puts too much pressure on player's bodies resulting in muscle and related injuries.
He recommends that this type of training be spread over the 6 week preseason period so as to relieve the burden on the players.
Mourinio's sides, he said, suffer much less injuries than others becaucse Mourinho aspises this philosophy and incorporates it in the preseason schedule.
In contrast to Arsenal who do not and as a result have suffered the worst rate of injuries in Europe!
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