After a fairly quiet January, Arsenal fans will be hoping that their club bursts into life in the last few days of the January transfer window.
After all, they’ve hardly been up to snuff this season. Errors all over the pitch, a lack of exertion and a void of passion seems to have plunged the club into a full on crisis. For the first time in just about forever, there’s a genuine possibility that Arsenal won’t secure a Champions League place next season.
That’s a pretty sad state for a club that used to compete for titles to be in. The fact that Arsene Wenger hasn’t been active in the transfer window only seems to underline the club’s complacency. Is this how things are going to be from now on?
But there is some hope.
According to The Metro, Arsenal are moving closer to signing Barcelona’s ace striker David Villa. Now that would be kind of signing that acted as a signal of intent!
It’s also claimed that Arsenal’s chief contract negotiator, Dick Law, has flown to Spain to hash out the details with Barcelona and attempt to finalise a move before the transfer window slams shut this Thursday.
The Gunner’s interest has been triggered by Villa’s failure to fully regain his place in the Barca team, after suffering a pretty serious injury last season. He’s back to full fitness now, but is still spending a lot of time warming the bench.
I’m sure he’d favour the regular football that Arsenal would offer, to watching the likes of Leo Messi and Iniesta run the game, whilst he’s on the sidelines. On the flip side, I’m sure Arsenal could use a striker of his quality. Somebody whose goals could help launch them back up the Premier League table and help them secure one of the coveted Champions League slots.
The Metro claims that Arsene Wenger is prepared to splash out £13.8m for Villa, and match his current wages of £110k-a-week. That’s a pretty big money commitment from the Gunners, who aren’t usually known for shelling out a great deal of money on new players.
As things currently stand, however, it’s looking more and more essential. If this signing comes off, it may well save the Gunner’s season.
What’s your take? Should Arsenal be in the market for David Villa?
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far to expensive for his age
That is just to please the ever unhappy Arsenal funs.Teams that have the will and the money to sign players have done so long ago.At the end AW will say he tried so much but failed.Sorry for the Gunners.
Insult,how could Law and Gazidis open Villa’s bid with a derisory sum of £8m? If I were Barca or the player,Id turn the other way because you can not undervalued an excellent talent.This is a deliberate ploy to tell fans,”well,you see,we tried to buy him but Barca simply refused to sell,so,we pocketed the money to splash big at the summer window”. We now know better.
Fuckin sick of this Villa crap.
Why can’t some twats just stop spreading these shitty rumours and worse still stop feeding them to the susceptible?
Where from this crap? Wenger, on BBC Sports website have ruled out any Villa signing.
Another great article, backed up by solid quotes. That Pulitzer is nearly yours, friend!
We need a world class central defender and fullback not a striker. Our defence is embarassing!
Absolutely our strikers have been scoring goals but it’s our defence which sucks they have been conceding more goals and hence we are in this position
AW !!you are full of crap..long list of players but not sign even one..AW pls leave this club!! U are no more required here!
I’m glad every body or all Arsenal fan know that AW full of sheet he know that he will make it when he leave Af that y he’s trying to demurrage d d club but inshallawo suma inshallwo he will not succeeded to barricade arsenal into d mood
Wenger will not sign any player as usual. we need to kick him out! 4get about top four finish, fuckin shame!
Wenger is a professional liar bcos when d last window open, he promise to buy player but at the end of it all, he did not buy, pls fans don,t kill urself on winger issues of transfer. A stingy man we not like to release money for any thing. Until I see d player at emirate I will not believe wenger bcos he is full of lie.
Am really tired of dis man wen hi w’ll leave us
To all Arsenal supporters
Wenger is a clown,Arsenal is a circus.its all a joke.If you do not want to get stress or ulcers,maybe its best to support any other club except Man United.We are sick of hearing lies,like we want to buy maybe 2 or 3 top players.Where are they???????
Mr Wenger
Please leave the club.Many other Managers will be only too willing to run the club and take it to its glory and they will spend monies to buy class players and not wait for ‘bargains’.We as supporters want our club Arsenal to be no 1