Comments on: Cesc Considering United as Arsenal Waste Time on Suarez

By: Alex AFC

Alex AFC — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:12:13 +0000

It would seem as I was writing my comment, Higuain landed in Rome for his medical with Napoli and Liverpool are apparently trying to out bid Tottenham for Valencia’s Soldado.
Higuain to Arsenal seems to be over and are Liverpool readying for life without Suarez?
Earlier I said, should Higuain go to Napoli Suarez will go to Real. The optimist in me hopes after reading Real are ready to pay £130 million pounds for Bale, that will leave Suarez for Arsenal, and not to mention Fellaini’s buy clause expires soon, will Arsenal make a last minute bid??

By: Alex AFC

Alex AFC — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:42:22 +0000

You could call it a publicity stunt… but, I don’ think so. Having been an Arsenal fan since I can remember, I have gotten to know the club I support very well.
Knowing the club so well, what do I make of this £40,000,001 bid?
1) Never rule out the possibility it’s not true
2) The Arsenal I know have always been reluctant to spend over £15 – £20 million. The pressures on this year and Arsenal do want to make a marquee signing, but from what I can see they are still trying to get the cheapest price possible.
It is more likely that Arsenal are trying to get Suarez to do the work for them. Having paid the amount to activate this supposed clause in his contract, that means Liverpool now have to inform Suarez of the bid.
Suarez can either choose to stay with Liverpool, or he can hand in a transfer request. I will guarantee you the moment he hands that transfer request in, he will instantaneously become the most hated man in Liverpool. The KOP won’t want Suarez about and will most definitely boo him come the start of the season. Will Liverpool really keep him if he hands in that transfer request? probably not. Will his value drop? most definitely.
On the other hand why hasn’t Suarez said anything so far? Obviously Suarez has stated he wants to play somewhere else next season. Suarez doesn’t seem to be pushing the agenda on a move to Arsenal, maybe thats because Arsenal isn’t where his heart lies. My guess, the reason Suarez hasn’t and probably won’t hand in a transfer request for Arsenal is because he is waiting for Real Madrid to make their offer.
In steps HIguain. Apparently the richest club in the is waiting to offload Higuain before they buy Suarez. More likey, Ancelotti is trying to decide which one he would rather have. Higuain does want to leave with Arsenal and Napoli his most likely destinations. Well, let me my correct myself. Arsenal was a likely destination, before Real upped his worth and Arsenal started bidding for Suarez, who they probably knew Madrid were after.
This is really quite a mess.
In a Dream world Arsenal would land Suarez, Napoli get Higuain, leaving Real all their funds for Gareth Bale.
In reality, Napoli will probably land Higuain, Suarez will go to Real, Bale will stay at Spurs 🙁 and Arsenal will still have Yaya Sanogo.
HOWEVER, like i’ve been saying for years. Arsenal have never had a problem scoring goals, it’s what we do better than most in the premier league. Arsenal scored 6 more than Manchester City and they finished second.
It’s Arsenal’s defending that we should all be paying attention too. Although we conceded less than every other team bar City, I’m still not convinced Arsenal are capable of holding a lead or a clean sheet and it shows. Arsenal drew and lost more games than any other in the top 4. It’s all down to sloppy defending and the lack of a quality defensive midfielder, like Fellaini *HINT! HINT!*
I remember a lot of the goals we conceded were down to sloppy defending. Backline too far forward (Mertersacker), defenders falling over (Sagna and Vermealen). Obviously Kocsienly and Gibbs have still got some experience to catch up on, so I won’t blame them as much.
A class Centre Half to lead the line is what Arsenal need, someone to show Koscienly the ropes.
Sort out the defence and then go buy a Striker please Wenger LISTEN TO ME!!!

By: Chris O'connor

Chris O'connor — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:15:00 +0000

Its out of Liverpools hands if the bid is over £40 million according to the contract if such a bid comes in it has to be offered to the player,a lot depends on what his wages are to be because it is likely to be more than Arsenal have payed before and Suarez had a healthy payrise from £40,000 to £110,000 when he signed his last contract which has 2 years left to run,but Suarez wants champions league football so depending on the small print IMO Suarez will sign for Arsenal,as for Fabregas to Arsenal that wont happen they want a striker not a midfielder and half of his signing on fee to United would go to Arsenal again due to the clauses in the contract ,who would pay that I dont know,SO to round this off Fabregas to United would be in Arsenal favour and would help to fund their signing of Suarez!!

By: Imraan

Imraan — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:51:19 +0000

Wenger is so joking with our sense if he want alter his promise let him do it directly,a world is in full of wise pupils.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:14:02 +0000

I believe it is just a way to divert the media’s attention. Everyone knows how Wenger likes to conduct his transfers totally out of the blue.

By: Jordangooner

Jordangooner — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 07:09:02 +0000

I completely support Wengers srategy, we should sign Suarez even if we have to go to £45 million, he is a fantastic player. Who cares about his attitude, RVP had a terrible attitude when we signed him. If Barcelona accept Uniteds bid, we will immediately match, and Fabregas would sign for Arsenal, he loves the club!

By: Goon

Goon — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:43:07 +0000

Typical Arsene Wenger, found a new way to fool the supporters. PRomised to spend big and then bidding for players they cannot possibly sign. In the end he can say, atleast i tried to sign. RUbbish

By: Jonaz

Jonaz — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 06:40:56 +0000

Yes, Arsene Wenger and his Arsenal are just wasting their time. This money can buy fabregas, and Higain and even loan three players on top. So any sourse close to Arsene Wenger should try and advise him that the other teams are signing all the players in the market and they’ll get finished if he doesnt hurry up. But Suarez is not for sale.