Good evening everyone.
Yesterday I wrote about a preliminary transfer report, in the hopes I'll have something to report in 23-hour time, but seems I was wrong. So just a short one for you today.
As of yet, we still have not completed a single deal, which is quite horrific, seeing as the transfer window shuts in less than 5 hours. There are, however, encouraging signs about quite a few players, so I'll start with those.
The most heavily linked player is Mesut Ozil, with all and sundry blowing their trumpets, the move has already taken place. Goal.com even went as far as to tell as the exact sum, we'll pay for the Turkish German. They also mentioned his wages, something close €150 thousand per week, making Ozil (hopefully) our highest paid player. Fingers crossed, he'll join us in no time, though according to the papers, he already has.
The other player is Italian keeper Emiliano Viviano, with Palermo's president and the official tweeter account of the player saying, he's undergone a medical. If those sources are to be believed (I'm trusting no one, till I see official confirmation on the site), Viviano has joined us on a season-long loan with an option to buy him for €6 million at the end of it.
Others are linked less strongly. Talk of Di Maria is never ceasing, while Kaka seems to have moved back to Milan. I'm not 100 percent sure, but then again, Arsene never showed any interest in the player. The news papers can talk of this move readily, knowing the pile of cash we have in the bank. Over the course of the summer every prominent player was linked to us just because we have the money.
I don't know the situation with Benzema and whether we're still interested in Mata and Cabaye. No word whatsoever on the fate of Real Madrid man, Cabaye's talk also seems to have died down, while Mata is on the brink of joining PSG. I'll be surprised, if he does. The Spaniard is a huge talent, comparable to that of Cazorla, and if Mourinho decided, he's disposable, well, the Portuguese is bonkers. I understand he may have his own vision of the team, but Mata was one of the leaders last year, combining with Hazard to great effect and if the manager wants he to go, I'd say we should jump at our chance.
Oh, I forgot to mention another Chelsea man on, who's probably on his way out. Demba Ba. The reason, I'm commenting on this situation, is because the Senegalese is rumoured to be in Wenger's sights, if not for a permanent transfer, than maybe a loan move. We shall see in due course. Tomorrow, actually.
Nothing to add to that, which I'm truly sorry about. I hope to wake tomorrow morning, only to find out, we signed all of the above. Just do it, Arsene. Open your chequebook.
Back tomorrow
Yesterday I wrote about a preliminary transfer report, in the hopes I'll have something to report in 23-hour time, but seems I was wrong. So just a short one for you today.
As of yet, we still have not completed a single deal, which is quite horrific, seeing as the transfer window shuts in less than 5 hours. There are, however, encouraging signs about quite a few players, so I'll start with those.
The most heavily linked player is Mesut Ozil, with all and sundry blowing their trumpets, the move has already taken place. Goal.com even went as far as to tell as the exact sum, we'll pay for the Turkish German. They also mentioned his wages, something close €150 thousand per week, making Ozil (hopefully) our highest paid player. Fingers crossed, he'll join us in no time, though according to the papers, he already has.
The other player is Italian keeper Emiliano Viviano, with Palermo's president and the official tweeter account of the player saying, he's undergone a medical. If those sources are to be believed (I'm trusting no one, till I see official confirmation on the site), Viviano has joined us on a season-long loan with an option to buy him for €6 million at the end of it.
Others are linked less strongly. Talk of Di Maria is never ceasing, while Kaka seems to have moved back to Milan. I'm not 100 percent sure, but then again, Arsene never showed any interest in the player. The news papers can talk of this move readily, knowing the pile of cash we have in the bank. Over the course of the summer every prominent player was linked to us just because we have the money.
I don't know the situation with Benzema and whether we're still interested in Mata and Cabaye. No word whatsoever on the fate of Real Madrid man, Cabaye's talk also seems to have died down, while Mata is on the brink of joining PSG. I'll be surprised, if he does. The Spaniard is a huge talent, comparable to that of Cazorla, and if Mourinho decided, he's disposable, well, the Portuguese is bonkers. I understand he may have his own vision of the team, but Mata was one of the leaders last year, combining with Hazard to great effect and if the manager wants he to go, I'd say we should jump at our chance.
Oh, I forgot to mention another Chelsea man on, who's probably on his way out. Demba Ba. The reason, I'm commenting on this situation, is because the Senegalese is rumoured to be in Wenger's sights, if not for a permanent transfer, than maybe a loan move. We shall see in due course. Tomorrow, actually.
Nothing to add to that, which I'm truly sorry about. I hope to wake tomorrow morning, only to find out, we signed all of the above. Just do it, Arsene. Open your chequebook.
Back tomorrow