Maybe £12m is a little bit too much, maybe £8m - £11m would be nearer the mark.

I hope Saha stays fit this season

Arsenal turn to Madrid's £17m Huntelaar as Bordeaux demand Silvestre swap in Chamakh deal


Arsene Wenger could move for Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar after being told by Bordeaux that any bid for Marouane Chamakh would have to include Arsenal defender Mikael Silvestre.

Emmanuel Adebayor is set for a switch to Manchester City, leaving Wenger in desperate need of a replacement as the £25million transfer could be sealed today.

Chamakh, who is entering the final year of his contract, is the Arsenal manager's preferred signing but the transfer could be complicated by the French club's insistence that Silvestre moves the other way.



That could scupper the move as it is thought Wenger is reluctant to let Silvestre, 31, leave even though he has six centre-backs - including £10million signing Thomas Vermaelen - plus the versatile Alex Song.

Chamakh, 25, is valued at £7million but if Wenger fails to lure him then he may turn to Huntelaar, although that would set him back £17million.

The Dutch striker is surplus to requirements at Real following the arrivals of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Karim Benzema and is stalling over a move to Stuttgart in the hope Arsenal make an offer for him.

Huntelaar rejected moves to Lyon - as part of the deal that took Benzema to Spain - and Marseille, while AC Milan have cooled their ardour after showing an interest in the 25-year-old last summer.


Wenger is an admirer of Huntelaar, who would relish the chance to link up with compatriot Robin van Persie.

Although Stuttgart are confident of landing their man, the player's agent invited bids from other clubs by revealing that the transfer is far from concluded.

'The German club has reached an agreement with Real, but not with us,' said agent Arnold Oosterveer.

'We have to talk. The player needs to evaluate not only the economic aspect, but also the sporting one.'

Adebayor, meanwhile, is expected to have a work permit hearing preceded by a medical in Manchester today as the two clubs put the finishing touches to his transfer to Eastlands.

The player's personal terms remain a stumbling block with Adebayor thought to be holding out for £170,000 a week - a figure which would make him the highest paid player in the League and more than double his current wages.





He would play well with Van Persie..
Goal scoring record, 92 games 76 goals!!!

amazing.

Arsenal should Snap Huntelaar up as quick as they can

Great replacement for adebayor

Yes and 17m...


we could have 8m left over

Huntleer is amazing.. Wont get much play at real due to the new players they hav.

£12m aint that much in the current state of affairs. Fulham are after him too so it could be a bidding war anyway.

Crouch is a useless heap of **** though

:nono:

He's a lanky streak of piss designed to head in the stranger goals lol, he'd do good cos that's our weakness (amongst other things haha)

Downing is a terrible player, well too over rated and **** signing for Villa.

Great news about Huntelaar, hope we go for him :banana:

Downing is not over-rated and is definitely not terrible. He will do well for Aston Villa because they will make good use of him.

Sat 15 Aug 2009

Aston Villa 2 - 1 Wigan. 3pm
Blackburn 1 - 3 Man City. 3pm
Bolton 1 - 0 Sunderland. 3pm
Chelsea 2 - 0 Hull. 12.45pm
Everton 1 - 1 Arsenal. 5.30pm
Portsmouth 0 - 2 Fulham. 3pm
Stoke 1 - 0 Burnley. 3pm
Wolves 0 - 0 West Ham. 3pm

Sun 16 Aug 2009

Man Utd 3 - 0 Birmingham. 1.30pm
Tottenham 1 - 3 Liverpool. 4pm.

Sunderland getting 1.5m-2.5m for DARYL MURPHY lol.

LOL!! Who is buying him?

That is poo money.

Peeed off that Liverpool play their first game on Sunday! And i think the next game is also Sunday.. FFS!

Want it on a Saturday for MOTD.. :bored:

Downing is sh!t :(

Arsenal have lost out in their bid to sign Felipe Melo from Fiorentina, with the Brazil midfielder opting to sign for Juventus instead.

Juventus have paid 20.5m euros (£17.6m), plus winger Marco Marchionni.

"I believe a lot in this side. It has been reinforced and can rival any team," said the 26-year-old Melo.

Fiorentina had said they would be interested in selling Melo to Arsenal if they received full-back Emmanuel Eboue in return.

The new Premier League ball for the 2009/10 season:

http://www.soccerbible.com/cfs-files...nte_5F00_m.jpg

Thats horrible


this is football not star wars :(

I think it looks good, but then again, I'm not really that picky.

Kick off.. Saturday 15th August 2009 @ 12.45pm..

Whos everyones favourite championship team? Mine is ipswich as it is quite local, n go to a few of there games per season.

Reading.

My hometown.. :thumbs:

went there last season with my ipswich town mates, such a nice stadium, and the buses parked right outside...lovely..1-0 to the mighty blues!!