French defender admits Arsenal transfer talks

Posted on August 18, 2012 by admin

As usual Arsene Wenger is preparing to surprise everyone in the transfer market by lining up a relatively unknown defender playing in France. Cheikh M’Bengue is the first-choice left-back at Toulouse in Ligue 1 and came through the ranks at the Southern French team after joining them when he was just seven years of age.

He has always been rated highly in France and after making 21 appearances for the French U21 side, he opted to play for his parents country Senegal as a full international and made his debut last year.

M’Bengue made it quite clear that Arsenal were talking to Toulouse and admitted that it cames as a surprise to him. He said: “I do not expect it.

“When a big club like that think of you, it’s nice. It’s really flattering. In addition to the Premier League is a championship where I want to evolve,”

“I had not planned to leave, I have two year contract. But Arsenal, it can not be refused if everyone is benefiting.”

The 24 year-old is big and strong and would be a welcome addition to the Arsenal squad, but if he does arrive will he supplant Gibbs and Santos in the starting line-up?

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Nuri Sahin turns down Spurs as Arsenal talks continue

Posted on August 08, 2012 by admin

While Arsenal are continuing to haggle with Real Madrid over the terms of Nuri Sahin’s one year loan deal, there are conflicting reports about the possibility that either Tottenham or Liverpool could also be in with a chance of landing the Turkish international.

Both the Guardian and the Mail report that Sahin himself has turned down a move to White Hart Lane as a makeweight in Real Madrid’s negotiations over Luka Modric and that the Emirates is his preferred destination, but the Spanish paper Marca reports that Liverpool are now in the driving seat because of Brendan Rodger’s friendly relations with Jose Mourinho. There is also the fact that Sahin may be more likely to get regular playing time at Anfield than with Arsenal.

There are reports that say that Wenger wants to try and get the price for the loan period reduced (no surprise there!) but also wants the option to buy him next summer if Sahin fits into the team well, while Mourinho is adamant that he still has a future at Madrid.

But the Guardian is convinced that even if Wenger get an agreement with Madrid, it is simply so that he has a backup option if Alexander Song pushes him for a move to Barcelona or elsewhere, but I would have thought that Sahin is simply extra cover in midfield while Wenger waits to see if Jack Wilshere fully recovers from his ongoing problems.

They also reckon that Song has annoyed Wenger by asking him to let the midfielder at least consider offers from other clubs, which has led Wenger to explore other possibilities…

Only God (or Wenger!) knows whether any of these reports are true, but on the premise that there is no smoke without fire I would say that Arsenal are certainly discussing the possibility of Sahin coming to the Emirates!

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Arsene Wenger Talks About The Arsenal Transfer Dilemma

Operation “Clean House” Proving Difficult

We all knew this was coming. The difficulty offloading the players that do not want to play for Arsenal is even more complicated when trying to get “top dollar” for them (when they aren’t worth nearly the asking price).

Wenger was interviewed today talking about how he would like to bring in 2 new players but can’t because of the obstacles that are called Bendtner, Chamakh, Squillachi (and maybe others we don’t know about) Wenger wasn’t specific when saying which players are arranging departures. Here is what he had to say:

“We are still looking to add one or two players but it depends also on how many go out because we have to respect the squad number,” Wenger told Arsenal Player.

“It’s important to respect that so before we get players in we have to get some players out. That has not happened yet, the market is very quiet.”

“I cannot tell you anything concrete about the situation [regarding those who might leave] because if they are not finding clubs they will stay here and be players of the squad. At the moment I cannot give you any concrete or clear indication.”

Yeah, I would think “the market” would be “very quiet” for the players that we have languishing in the unwanted section of the club. I mean come on, look at this guy…he hates us.

Many said that the scenario of being “stuck with the dead weights” would happen because of how undesirable they are, and that looks like a more accurate prediction for every day that passes by without any of them leaving the club. In my opinion, if you have to let a couple of them go on the free to bring in players who at least WANT to play for us, then so be it, cut your losses; but then again, that would be a terrible piece of business. Anyway, let us know what you think.

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by JG

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Arsenal target admits about transfer talks

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