Arsenal

[The Fox]

Ornstein has confirmed it. :S

 

Don't understand that at all tbh, he's nearly 30 and heavily reliant on pace. Also seemingly not that effective outside of a counter-attacking system.

 

Still, I guess if no one else good is available...

[suzzopher]

I'm sure it won't actually happen but that is.....odd

[hercules]

I am genuinely shocked, not sure it's the best idea or the best fit but finding this all very surreal as an arsenal fan atm. We seem to be making all the moves.

[Guest]

But he's a snip for £20m. Considering how much you have to pay nowadays for anyone.

[Baring]

He is a snip but really isn't for Arsenal.

I wanna say he won't be your 20 goal striker who will win you the league but...

[Shook]

Not sure about the fit, but I can see it happening for sure. Nearly 30 and hasn't played at a big club. The money, the club, the move to London. He still gets his Champions league run. I'd be very into the idea if I was him.

 

[The Fox]

Oh yeah I can't imagine he's gonna say no, depends if Leicester pull a Liverpool though.

 

Really not keen on this, he's a racist prick and I just don't see the logic on a footballing level when every team we play camps super deep.

[humdrum]

5 minutes ago, The Fox said:

Oh yeah I can't imagine he's gonna say no, depends if Leicester pull a Liverpool though.

 

Really not keen on this, he's a racist prick and I just don't see the logic on a footballing level when every team we play camps super deep.

 

Agreed I've seen Vardy at his best when he is playing on the counter, not sure how well he will do against teams that defend deep. also I know he had a great scoring record but one thing people seem  to forget about Kane and Vardy is their goal stats are boosted by being penalty takers and its not like we have had many penalties recently.

[Shook]

10 minutes ago, The Fox said:

Oh yeah I can't imagine he's gonna say no, depends if Leicester pull a Liverpool though.

 

Really not keen on this, he's a racist prick and I just don't see the logic on a footballing level when every team we play camps super deep.

 

I'm not sure. Might be an unexpectedly good signing, I bet he'd convert a few passes from Ozil, but can't see Arsenal changing their setup just to include him. 

 

I'd prefer Morata I think. 

 

Xhaka, Rodriguez, Vardy. 

 

Crazy times. Fuck, at least Wenger seems intent on changing things up. 

[wev]

 

Agreed I've seen Vardy at his best when he is playing on the counter, not sure how well he will do against teams that defend deep. also I know he had a great scoring record but one thing people seem  to forget about Kane and Vardy is their goal stats are boosted by being penalty takers and its not like we have had many penalties recently.

We'd have to have players in the box to gain penalties, rather than stop around it passion to each other.

[Danster]

4 minutes ago, wev said:

We'd have to have players in the box to gain penalties, rather than stop around it passion to each other.

 

Le Passion

[wev]

Fucking iPhone autocorrect!

Ozil lovingly strokes the ball to Alexis, Alexis with a cheeky tap to Ramsey who takes a skip and a twist before caressing the ball to Bellerin, who loses possession when the defender gets a bit physical

[Pavey]

Exciting if we do get him. Do they make bandages in red though?

[BlinkyBear]

This only really makes sense if we're shipping out Fenton. Vardy is a British passport to replace a departing one who's as quick and is a better finisher. Vardy isn't the wide player like Theo is (though Theo's barely that) but as an option who can score goals he's much more of a threat. 

He is an odd fit for Arsenal though and personality wise is clearly not a Wenger person (imagine Vardy & Jack together), but this does seem to suggest that Wenger is abandoning his principles of the last recent years in search of an all-out assault on the League. 

 

However it's looked at and analysed, it's odd and personally speaking, an uncomfortable fit. 

[Gotters]

I'm very keen on Vardy for £20m (release clause is this much apparently but only for a team in the CL).

 

He's a here and now player, none of this one for the future stuff. With the massive hike in TV money and fees £20m for a proven prem striker who is good for 2-3 seasons and £100k a week wages represents good value. Sure he has no resale but that's why he costs 40% of a Raheem Sterling.

[The Fox]

He does still have decent resale value after a year if he flops.

 

Maybe AW has a formation change in mind, or Vardy is playing wide? He doesn't seem to have the right profile or sufficient technique to play lone CF for a team like us.

[Jonathan_Kerr]

I'd rather we got Mahrez.

I'm calling misdirection on this one. 

[The Fox]

Really doesn't seem like it's misdirection. Can only assume that Morata and so on are just not available, and with Welbeck injured and Alexis in need of an extended rest, we have to sign *someone*.

[Shook]

I can see this happening.

 

Questionable person and fit, but he is direct and ballsy - as is Xhaka who I think will turn out to be an excellent signing. I doubt Wenger would stop there either, I wonder whether the looming end to his tenure is switching on a desire to shake things up a bit.

 

More, please.

[Jonathan_Kerr]

1 hour ago, The Fox said:

Really doesn't seem like it's misdirection. Can only assume that Morata and so on are just not available, and with Welbeck injured and Alexis in need of an extended rest, we have to sign *someone*.

 

What I don't get is why everyone is signing players up before the Euros. Obviously, I know that players want to know their futures before the tournament but there are gonna be some injuries at the tournament so wouldn't it make sense to buy after the dust has settled? There's also bound to be some performances that'll draw the attention of buyers too.

[humdrum]

If its a release clause they normally have dates specified in them, which then in theory give the club losing the player, time to try and replace them.

 

 

[Sirloin]

It's time limited I think before new terms kick in later in the summer.

[footle]

And you sign before the euros so that your target doesn't have a really good tournament that makes their value go up.

 

not that that will be an issue if you're targeting English or Welsh players

[Shoes]

I remember before the 2006 Euros we signed Rosicky, who was a bit of an unknown quantity, and went on to have a stonking tournament.

 

 

 

Fuck, I'm old.

[Loik V credern]

As a neutral it would be a shame to not see the same Leicester side go up against the best sides in Europe. Trying to steal Vardy away on the back of a sensational season seems like missing one of the great successes of Leicester's season, of taking previously either unknown, or overlooked players who have certain striking traits and getting the right team balance to get the absolute best out of those qualities. It's been so refreshing and satisfying to see that, actually, in fact, unbelievably, whoever could have guessed, that there are more than the same 20 players bandied around who are capable of being consistently high quality. Seems so lazy and lacking insight to me to want to sign Vardy now. Is he really the only hungry no-nonsense very fast ruthless centre forward in the entire world? Yeah I get the difference between signing a striker who has already scored 20 in the league to one who potentially could, but if a striker can't flourish with Ozil behind him then that would be freakish.

 

I hate the transfer window because rather than widening peoples exposure and awareness of unknown players, it mostly represents a kind of laziness, snatching at players who have already proved themselves and then throwing a load of money at desperately hoping they'll re-create their performances over here.

[ryodi]

Arsenal have been buying potential for years and all they've ended up with is players like Nicklas Bendtner. Sometimes you have to buy existing talent and Vardy will run forever for the team and you know if he gets the ball in a goal scoring position he's actually going to shoot. It's always as shame when successful smaller teams are broken up and if Vardy was younger he'd probably stay at Leicester but this is his one chance to move to an established bigger club so I can understand why he'd take it and why Arsenal would spend so much money on him.

[One Eye]

There's a difference between buying existing talent and buying a 30 year who relies massively on pace with one good season under his belt. It's not like they're splashing out on Higuain.

 

edit - there's also the style clash. Vardy needs space in behind to break into. Arsenal don't really do that. But styles can be changed. Couldn't see him ever being much use at the Emirates though. 

[gizmo1990]

Must admit, I think it's a shame he might leave Leicester, he could have given them a year imo. However the flipside is that in another year chances are high he might not get another shot at a bigger club. Decisions decisions I guess, but not terribly hard ones when you're pushing 70k odd a week.

 

If he does move I wonder what that might mean for Leicester's other big players'..? Damn shame if we don't get the opportunity to see what Leicester could have done in Europe with their original team.

[hauk]

Can hardly believe we are going to sign a striker who isn't a French under 21 player, but is the genuine article and from a rival Premiership side. Cannot understand why people are complaining after the shit we have seen over the past few years (Bendtner, Sanogo etc.)

[Jonathan_Kerr]

If Leicester are fine with letting him go, then makes you wonder if they think he's won't have another season like his last one too.