Our first signing of the summer should be wrapped up in the next day or two:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009 ... nal-wenger

Now to keep Gallas and Toure, or let Gallas/Toure go and get in someone whos 6'4. Id rather keep Gallas.
But a bit of a shock, Wenger's probably signed a defender!!

HELLO vermaelen!!!

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archiv ... to-arsenal

now for that DM...and we're good to go!

also, please Arsene keep everyone unless its silvestre or diaby/denilson...

This is a good signing and done early on. Good work Arsene...

im very happy with the signing, but 182cm...was hopin he'd be a bit taller

perfect scenario woulda been if we got the CB from fulham...

mash wrote:im very happy with the signing, but 182cm...was hopin he'd be a bit taller

I don't think height matters all that much, it's the vertical leap that's important...just look at Tiny Tin Cahill!

lol..I meant Tim!!

very good point actually, honestly he's probs one of the best in the air in the PL atm

Just had a look on YouTube, some nice headed goals - not the best way to judge a player, especially a defender, but he looks good and strong in the highlights and he's got big wraps in the media. Hope we don't lose anyone now.

Good signing...... I HOPE

AW gets it right most of the time...now all we need is a DM and I'll be happy. I just hope the Vermaelen deal hasn't put too much of a dent in the war chest..

we will have around 15mill left i think (assumin a 25mill war chest) n we can use the sale of silvest, senderos, diaby/deni to raise funds...financially we should be aight to get a solid DM

Sell Senderos to Florentina and throw in some cash and get Melo... that would be a great bit of business.... Buy Bassong and sell Gallas... keep Toure he deserves a career ending contract at Arsenal.. If Ade wants to go let him and buy Klaas Huntelaar get RVP locked in .... job done.... bring on August 15th

chrisl wrote:Sell Senderos to Florentina and throw in some cash and get Melo... that would be a great bit of business.... Buy Bassong and sell Gallas... keep Toure he deserves a career ending contract at Arsenal.. If Ade wants to go let him and buy Klaas Huntelaar get RVP locked in .... job done.... bring on August 15th

i like ur thinkin chris, spec the sell senderos/buy melo bit

mash wrote:

chrisl wrote:Sell Senderos to Florentina and throw in some cash and get Melo... that would be a great bit of business.... Buy Bassong and sell Gallas... keep Toure he deserves a career ending contract at Arsenal.. If Ade wants to go let him and buy Klaas Huntelaar get RVP locked in .... job done.... bring on August 15th

i like ur thinkin chris, spec the sell senderos/buy melo bit

+1

great signing for u guys! just wish we could do something like that all our players are s**t.

well i didnt think he would be comming..but welcome to him and i hope it spells the end for gallas

5 pointsa wrote:great signing for u guys! just wish we could do something like that all our players are s**t.

We know, Arsene Knows

Interesting, it was a former spuds manager who sold him to us, although he didn't want to let Vermaelen go.

jol only just got 2 the club.. i dont think he had 2 much to say abt this one..but if he did..it wouldn't surprise me..he's gona make ajax worse

Jake wrote:jol only just got 2 the club.. i dont think he had 2 much to say abt this one..but if he did..it wouldn't surprise me..he's gona make ajax worse

i see your logic

took Tottenham and Hamburg to 5th.

chrisl wrote:Sell Senderos to Florentina and throw in some cash and get Melo... that would be a great bit of business.... Buy Bassong and sell Gallas... keep Toure he deserves a career ending contract at Arsenal.. If Ade wants to go let him and buy Klaas Huntelaar get RVP locked in .... job done.... bring on August 15th

I'd like us to keep Senderos as I've always thought that we haven't seen all of him yet and he's still got a step or two to rise, but I don't mind selling Gallas and Ade, and most importantly, SELL SILVESTRE or just give him away!

Oh, and WELCOME ... THOMAS VERMAELEN!!

I'd like to see us give Senderos another chance.

He's a decent defender, he just struggles under pressure a little.

As for Silvestre, apparently Bordeaux want him.

Give him away for free if they want him. He's useless and never should've been signed.

I reckon Toure will be a really important player for us this season. Remember that he didn't have a preseason last year because he had malaria. He'll be much better off with a full pre-season under his belt.

Can't see us getting KJH, he's likely off to Stuttgart as Gomez's replacement. Madrid have apparently accepted a 20m bid for him.

What do people think.....

Early on when we signed Vermaelen I said that he would also make a good DM... seeing the way he pushes on and the bullet left foot he posesses what do you think about swapping him and Song around or even dropping Diaby and playing Big Phil with Gallas and playing Song and Vermaelen behind cesc.... I think it would be worth a look as that would provide us with a hard hitting midfield pair and allow us to win the ball further up the pitch and not let teams out of their own half. It would all hinge on Big Phils performances though....

chrisl wrote:What do people think.....

Early on when we signed Vermaelen I said that he would also make a good DM... seeing the way he pushes on and the bullet left foot he posesses what do you think about swapping him and Song around or even dropping Diaby and playing Big Phil with Gallas and playing Song and Vermaelen behind cesc.... I think it would be worth a look as that would provide us with a hard hitting midfield pair and allow us to win the ball further up the pitch and not let teams out of their own half. It would all hinge on Big Phils performances though....

I think that would be a bit of a waste to be honest. Gallas and Verminator really work well together and should not be split up in any avoidable situation. Their partnership is greater than the sum of its parts.

ye im not for that at all. keep it the way it is and hopefully these rumours of vieira comin in jan are tru. he'll be able to cover song n provide experience to our team as well as mentor song n denilson

In 94 games for Ajax he scored 8 times in the league, In only 7 games he has bulged the net 4 times with us.. Nice stats at this stage

I think he's scored 5 actually.

4 in the league, one in the CL.

you are right Richard that is why i mentioned the word league