Arsenal transfer target to sign with Schalke

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Bob

Barcelona’s Dutch midfielder Ibrahim Afellay will be playing at the Emirates this season, but only when the Gunners host the German club Schalke 04 in the champion’s league. Reports claimed earlier this week that the Dutch international was going to leave Barcelona on a year long loan deal, with Arsenal and Tottenham two of the favourites to land him.

Barcelona had told the player that they would not stand in the way of a permanent deal, and were only looking for around £5 million. Afellay, however, wanted to go on loan to get match fit and try to break into the Barcelona squad, but he seems to have changed his mind.

ESPN reports that the clubs have agreed a permanent deal for the midfielder. Schalke’s coach Huub Stevens was Afellay’s coach at PSV Eindhoven where he played 217 times. He will also be playing alongside his international team mate Klaas Jan-Huntelaar. The Dutch striker has already tweeted a welcome to Afellay, somewhat giving the game away before any official announcement has been made.

Gooners will now be hoping that Afellay does not make us rue the failure to sign him in the two champions league matches this year.

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Arsenal and Everton target signs for Milan

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Bob

It was reported last week that the teenage strike sensation M’Baye Niang was on the verge of signing for Everton. The 17-year old had previously spent a week at the Emirates on trial and had obviously impressed every body. Arsenal were said to have made an offer to his French club Caen but it was rejected.

The reported value of the offers varied wildly from £500,000 to around £5 million, so basically nobody knew. Manchester City and a number of European clubs then expressed an interest but it seemed that Everton boss David Moyes had pulled off another coup. Niang had visited Merseyside and Moyes thought that his offer of around £2 million had secured him the youngster.

Talksport reports today, however, that Niang has signed for Italian giants AC Milan. The youngster will now spend the next four years at the San Siro.

“I’ve made a big dream come true by joining Milan. Now it’s up to me to prove that I’m good enough to be in this great club.”

Niang was always going to be a project for the future for Arsene Wenger, and I am sure that he will be keeping a close watch on his progress.

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Arsenal target Sahin has not chosen Liverpool

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Bob

The story about the destination of Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin seems to change twice a day at the minute. Today all the rumours are suggesting that there has been a problem between Arsenal and Madrid about the details of the loan agreement, whether it is the money involved or the possibility of a permanent deal at the end of the year or the idea that Jose Mourinho does not want Sahin to come to Arsenal.

Well any or all of those might be true but nobody knows. Most of these rumours seem to be coming from the Daily Mail. Yesterday they reported that the deal was done and Sahin was a Gunner. Today they are saying that the deal has hit the rocks and he will now go to Liverpool. The truth is, quite simply, that nothing has been finalized so they are pretty much guessing.

Marca, the Spanish newspaper, have only one new story about Sahin today and that is saying that Mourinho has got no preference about which English club the Turkish international plays for. He definitely wants Sahin to come to the Premier league because of the high standard of football. He also believes that the English game is perfectly suited to Sahin.

Mourinho categorically denies that he has tried to influence Sahin’s decision in any way. Sahin seems to be fairly independent and strong minded himself. He has already rejected moves to three clubs that he does not want to play for.

In my opinion, the reason that the deal has stalled is nothing to do with the destination of Sahin. Mourinho and Real Madrid will not sanction the move until they are sure that Luka Modric will move from Tottenham to the Bernabeu. I do not think that Sahin will be given final confirmation to go until Madrid and Modric have put pen to paper, but that is just my opinion. I still think that he will be playing for Arsenal this season. Fingers crossed.

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Sneijder wants Arsenal target at Inter Milan

Posted on July 20, 2012 by admin

by AH

According to the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Sneijder has told his club Inter Milan that they should move quickly and fight off interest from other suitors to try and sign Barcelona player Ibrahim Affelay. Reports over the summer have seen Afellay linked with a move away from Camp Nou, with Arsenal being named as the favourites to land the Dutchman, whilst Italian giants Inter Milan are also linked with the player.

Afellay recently rejected an offer from French club Lille. He stated that the reason was that he was undecided over his future with Barcelona. However, after talks with new Barcalona coach Tito Vilanova, Afellay has been informed that he will receive limited playing time and that he may not be featured in all of the match day squads. It’s also been reported that Barcalona have officially put Affelay on the transfer market and that he is available for £4.5 million.

The Dutch midfielder missed the majority of Barcelona’s season last year due to injury but returned to feature in all three of Netherlands group games at the tournament and impressed clubs across Europe. This sparked rumours that clubs from across Europe were interested in the versatile midfielder.

Afellay must now consider his future and he will have to decide on his future soon with both Arsenal and Inter set to make offers in the coming weeks. He joined Barcelona in January 2010 from Dutch club PSV in a £3m deal. Afellay has since made 28 appearances, scoring two goals since.

Afellay has the chance to join a personal friend at both clubs, with Robin Van Persie at Arsenal and Wesley Sneijder at Inter Milan, however both of those players’ futures are also in doubt.

I would love to have Ibrahim Afellay at Arsenal as he offers flair, versatility and his ability to change a game is unbearable for opposition defences. If Van Persie was to stay the pair could really link up well in the Premier League. I would expect Affelay to be our main Centre Attacking Midfielder whilst Wilshere is still injured and then a rotation between a Winger position and an Attacking Midfielder position would be key in making sure our team was fresh and unpredictable.

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Arsenal target told he can leave Barcelona

Posted on July 18, 2012 by admin

Barcelona and their new manager Tito Vilanova have resumed pre-season training this week, although many of the squad are still on extended breaks after Euro 2012. Ibrahim Affelay did not have to join the squad until July 23rd but the Dutchman has gone back early to discuss his future.

Affelay had an excellent start to his Barcelona career, making 29 appearances in all competitions despite only joining the Spanish club in January. Injury ruined what was supposed to be another productive season last time. Now he has been told by the new manager that he is not likely to feature in the team this season and should seriously consider accepting a transfer.

The versatile 26-year old has already rejected a move to French club Lille. Juventus and Inter Milan are thought to be interested, but Affelay would prefer to join Arsenal. Barcelona are blessed with an abundance of attacking midfielders but need to strengthen the defensive side after Seydou Keita moved to China.

Surprisingly, Barcelona are working to a very tight budget and may need to sell Affelay to finance any transfers they need. Arsene Wenger could do some very good business here but he will need to be quick. Anytime Arsenal are known to be interested in a player, the vultures start circling. Don’t be surprised if you hear about Man City putting a bid in next week.

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Arsenal target ‘new Thierry Henry’

Posted on Sunday, 10th April 2011 by Nelo Lemashon

A number of reports are claiming that Arsenal are closely monitoring Feyenoord’s attacking midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum.

The 20-year-old, who is primarily a central playmaker, can also be utilized on either wing. Wijnaldum possesses incredible pace, skill, great ball control, and is regarded as a potent threat in the final third for the Dutch outfit.

The Dutchman has so far made 29 appearances for Feyenoord this season whilst managing to bag 8 goals and an assist.

In my opinion, the youngster would be a good addition to our squad, purely for the fact that he would add more attacking depth to our midfield. Wijnaldum may not be the most experienced player out there that the fans particularly want, but the youngster’s versatility would certainly provide us with more depth and options.

I think the signing of the Dutchman this summer is very realistic, especially with the two clubs relationship with each other.

The Eredivisie side is known to produce some great stars and it would be very interesting to see (if we sign him this summer of course) the midfielder follow in the footsteps of Robin van Persie, or better yet, be as good as the legendary Thierry Henry.

Georginio Wijnaldum is believed to be priced at approximately £5-8 million, and with only a year left on his current contract, Feyenoord may look to offer the youngster to Arsenal this summer.