The Arsenal Thread XII

I just got done reading the reports, and I'm stunned. He doesn't want to stay at Arsenal. They are all over the internet and twitter. I can't believe he just came out and said he wants to leave. I don't know if there's anything we can do at this point. It seems that he's made up his mind. I don't know who is to blame for this, the board, Wenger...

Best of luck to you, Fabianski.

If Fabianski is leaving then we will definitely need to buy a keeper. Almunia is leaving and this would leave us only with only Szczesny and Manone as first team keepers. Manone will probably want to go out on loan again and Damian Martinez is not quite good enough to step up to the first team just now. I don't know which keeper would want to join us just to sit on the bench though.

I think we need a keeper that is loved by our fans & can produce game changing moments, which would mean more confident performances, we've seen fabianski's & almunia's performances drop due to this. Someone like Martin Fulop fits this criteria, who is also a free agent at the moment & would happily sit on our bench.

Demba ba anyone? 7 million release clause I've heard. Great scoring record when cisse wasn't up top, which he would be at Arsenal.

Only 26 as well, I'd take him given his proven in the premiere league

Quite sad to see Fabianski leaving. He's the number 2 goalkeeper for god sake, and that means that he doesn't need to be world class contrary to what seems to be popular belief on this thread.

Fabianski was a solid backup keeper, but now that he seems to be going, we should look for a veteran keeper that is willing to play number 2. Does anyone know the situation on Jaaskelainen?

Juve need at least two strikers - del Piero is going, and Borriello will most likely go back to Roma. They seem intent on building on what they have.

Bit more than just nasri altogether I thought. Its just watching a number of our first team players leave for city over the last few years just for cash.

Who are the former arsenal players who have left and flourished?

They don't really 'need' two strikers though, do they? Even with those two departing, they have Vucinic and Matri (both excellent) and Quags (sporadic but capable of brilliance, worthy back-up). An all-conquering force like RVP or Cavani would certainly represent an improvement, but they don't need any investment in depth.

No. Ba is not good enough. We need to get one of Europe's best strikers. Ba isn't one of them.

I don't know....Fabregas?

But we don't really talk about them because they didn't run their mouth like Nasri and were quite civil about this.

I don't know....Fabregas?

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M'Villa in the Nike advert, think we need him now.