France Football reported this morning, with some conviction, that Bacary Sagna has "agreed" a new-deal with Arsenal and will sign an extension that will tie him to the Emirates not only for the remainder of the current campaign, but a further 2 seasons afterwards.
The deal is reported to be worth (roughly) 5 million Euros per-season , which is around the slight increase Sagna was after (£80k per-week). One may assume that Arsenal upped-the anti and relented on the Frenchman's request on a "rise"as it was reported that Man City were weighing up a free-transfer for the rightback.
IF this is true, I'll be please and rejoice in questionable fashion by doing something most of you would describe as "filthy"!
We'll leave that there! But I know that many Gooners will be enthused by this breakthrough, although a small percentage may not be quite as excited, thinking the improved terms are a bit "steep" & maybe Wenger should have looked to a longterm replacement of similar quality.
MOIST
Sagna to extend his contract
posted on 28/1/14
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 31 minutes ago
It isn't 3 years though is it?
Next season will see Hectorinho continue his development, then he can be brought in to replace Bacs the season after.
An extra 2 seasons of Bacs is perfect.
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It might not be 3 season as RB. He is losing his speed and I can see him being move centrally from next season
posted on 28/1/14
Looks like it could be a straight balls out battle between Hector and Jenko to earn the right to succeed Bacs.
Jenks looks to be in pole position atm, however, if come the start of season 2015/16 neither look particularly 'top quality' it'll be cheque book time again.
Gentlemen, place your bets.
posted on 28/1/14
comment by Lexington eins zwei fünf Punkt zwei (U8879)
posted 2 minutes ago
Looks like it could be a straight balls out battle between Hector and Jenko to earn the right to succeed Bacs.
Jenks looks to be in pole position atm, however, if come the start of season 2015/16 neither look particularly 'top quality' it'll be cheque book time again.
Gentlemen, place your bets.
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Coleman?
posted on 28/1/14
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posted on 28/1/14
Great news if true!
Jenks should not be loaned out though and it is definitely not the end of him.
We have two good left backs and two good right backs. Why would we want to loan one out?
Peace
posted on 28/1/14
We have two good left backs and two good right backs. Why would we want to loan one out?
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Hi Chamakh mate!
Fairplay on your opinion. I like Jenks, both as a player and a bloke. But (imo) as I've stated, he does have a couple of flaws that blight his game a tad. Hopefully he can iron these creases out of his game. But I can't see him doing that unless he is starting games regularly. Of course whilst Sagna is in front of him, his opportunities will be fairly limited.
If he managed to get himself a loan to a fellow Prem club, the experience would do him the world of good and (again, like I say) it'd be a very good gauge of seeing IF he's going to be at the level of a "top" Premier League fullback, which is what Arsenal need.
posted on 28/1/14
Hi my Moistness!
I hear what you are saying but you just know that as soon as he goes out on loan Sagna will get an injury. We really can't afford to have less than two seniors in that position.
As far as Jenks improving, surely being the understudy of Sagna is a good thing? He will get games, just has to be patient! Also I would say that being with the Arsenal team is a benefit at the moment. There is a lot of quality to learn from!
posted on 28/1/14
Good for both side if true. Sagna has abt 2 years left in him. Wouldn't have agreed with 3 seasons that he was asking for.
posted on 28/1/14
comment by Moistthighs (U3249)
posted 2 hours, 50 minutes ago
It's great to see Sagna back to something like his usual, reliable self!
Last season was something of a skidmark on the to the otherwise pristine white linen that has been his career. I think a culmination of (fairly) serious injuries, sustained within a relatively short space of each-other contributed heavily to this unfortunate scenario.
I too am very excited about the young Cockney Spaniard Bellerin! Apparently he's already highly regarded at Watford where he's going great guns on his current loan-spell.
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I think no Walcott has helped Sagna too. He tends to get a bitof help defensively down the riht from Gnabry, Wislhere etc. Walcott, not so much.
posted on 28/1/14
Personally, I think we'll start to see more of Sagna at CB over the next year or 2, allowing Jenkinson more games at RB.
Not just starting either, 20 mins left, 3 - 0 up, off comes a CB, on comes Jenkinson and Sagna switches to CB.