Merry-go-round all over again

Morning all,
Some bits and pieces to go on today.
More stories emerged yesterday linking us with Fellaini again. Sky Sports reports we've activated the release clause in the Belgian's contract, which can see us pay up to 25 million pounds in hard cash. Looking at the bright side (of the story, not the transfer), the second-largerst broker company in Britain (Landbrokes) thinks the odds of this happening are high - 2,1:1. On the not-so-bright side, there's been no confirmation from both clubs, nor was this even run as a fully-fledged article in the paper itself. Quite frankly, all of this doesn't stand up to much scrutiny.
In other news, Djourou and Bendther are still strongly linked with a move away and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Djourou had a decent spell at Hannover-96 and is likely to leave Arsenal to play some regular football. With our three centre-halves fighting for the place, he knows he's down the pecking order. At some point (last season, I think) the manager tried using the Swiss as a right-back stand-in for the injured Sagna, seeing as Jenkinson wasn't ready, and it was a failure for Johan. A complete and utter failure. I still think it is wrong to judge him on that period (many players don't fare well when played out of position, like Ramsey), but the manager seems to be thinking along different lines. Having only featured twice this season, Djourou is most likely to leave for good this summer. All that's left for us, is to get maximum out of selling him.

Some more talk

Morning,
Not much going on in terms of transfers. So much so, that newspapers started making things up again. They never really stopped, by they still manage to fascinate me by posting entirely unconvincing stories, like the one linking us with Matuidi. The story (more like a short message) was run in the Telegraph and said that "according to the reporters" Arsenal are interested in signing the French international. It is as though the fact, that we do have money, means we're going to buy every single footballer (regardless of his availability).
Onto more positive (and reliable) news, some of our players spoke up, the first being Santi Cazorla. Nothing groundbreaking, he's just again highlighted the importance of our run-in and the need to carry the positive attitude it created into the new season. Also, though he wasn't the first one here (see Giroud), Santi expressed his confidence in us challenging for the title, even with the players we have. Seems a bit far-fetched, but here you go.

Getting closer

Hi,
Quite a bit going on regarding transfer news today.
Starting with Ancelotti signing a three-year deal with Real Madrid. Quite to what extent it may or may not influence Higuain`s transfer remains to be seen, but, ultimately, the Galacticos now don`t have even a formal reason to stall the negotiations.
Higuain`s brother, who is, at the same time, his agent, confirmed once more, that Arsenal have made an offer for the Argentine, while also saying the Gunners are now favourites to win Gonzalo`s  signature. Juve (having announced Tevez arrival) seem to have lost interest in another striker. Maybe, they can no longer afford so marquee a signing. Napoli also popped up as a potential destination, but I am inclined to think it was only added to the mix heat things up. As far as I know, no offer has been made by Italians. So it looks like La Liga forward is inching ever closer to joining us. Arsenal being Arsenal, of course, one can never be quite sure, how all this will end, but things are looking good for now. Fingers crossed this one can go through.

Pilot

Hello,
In this blog I'm mostly going to write about Arsenal FC. Transfer gossip (I'll do my best to sort it) official deals and, of course, my oipnion on all of that. I'll try posting someting new on a daily basis.
Back tomorrow (hopefully) for more