The Arsenal Society VIII

Original post by Mr Smurf

Wenger - We’ll look around for a centre half

Wonder who he might buy :s-smilie:

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spaheec ?

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Well there's been reports flying round since the summer about the possibility of us signing Gregory van der Wiel, so I guess that wouldn't surprise me.

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Jeppasloth

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Isn't he a wing back? :s-smilie:

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antonfigo

Original post by Jeppasloth

Isn't he a wing back? :s-smilie:

left ?

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antonfigo

Looks likely that Verm wont be back this season :facepalm2:

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ahq

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van der Wiel is a right-back, so I doubt he'd be a realistic signing, especially seeing as Eboue just signed a long-term deal. I'm guessing that the likeliest acquisition would be Spahic - Mertesacker, Cahill, etc. would be first-teamers, Wenger is only looking for some emergency backup.

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I don't know much about Spahic other than that he's Bosnian and his first name is Emir. I've heard good things about him though.

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Colonel.

Vermaelen is out for the season, you're looking for a ****ing first teamer now, even if it's just on loan.

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Deshi

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Good thing Djourou has become good all of a sudden then? :p:

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Skaiyote

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Original post by antonfigo

Looks likely that Verm wont be back this season :facepalm2:

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I sincerely hope Vermaelen doesn't become another Rosicky. :colonhash:

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ahq

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marcusmerehay

I don't know much about Spahic other than that he's Bosnian and his first name is Emir. I've heard good things about him though.

He seems like a tough nut. I posted a video in the previous (?) thread when we were linked to him last summer, showing him slapping Marko Marin in an international game. :coma:

Vermaelen is out for the season, you're looking for a ****ing first teamer now, even if it's just on loan.

It would be pretty much impossible to find a first-teamer on loan. I think we'll be looking to do with Djourou-Koscielny leading, and a new recruit providing backup.

Alternatively, if Wenger feels that he's made a mistake in signing Koscielny - i.e. if Kos hasn't lived up to Wenger's expectations - we may sign a youngster like Sakho, with a view of incorporating him into the first team in the long run. This again is reliant on whether Wenger still has little faith in Djourou's long-term quality.

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