Apparently Koscielny picked up an injury yesterday, hence him coming off at halftime.
Considering young Calum Chambers is essentially a rightback, I thought he looked composed and pretty solid against some high pedigree strikers at Wembley yesterday.
Apparently none of the Germans will start the first game of the season against Palace. Hence no Mertesacker and potentially Koscielny on the sidelines will surely mean Chambers will continue to fill the centreback position he's adopted pre-season.
What is worrying is that there's a high likelihood that Nacho Monreal will start next to Chambers at the back, that doesn't sit well with me...
I think it's inevitable another defender will be coming into the club. Previously that was a pressing matter, but with talk of Koscielny being sidelined, it's a pretty urgent situation and hanging around until the 11th hour of deadline day to save a few pennies on any deal might prove costly?
Moist
Koscielny injured?
posted on 11/8/14
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? (U3126)
posted 4 minutes ago
Gillespie Road
Understand that the fee was e10m up front and remainder based on performances etc however it is estimated we have between £60/£80m available to spend.
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So I heard. Fingers crossed for a probable trolley dash.
posted on 11/8/14
comment by 50-Alexis (U1147)
posted 45 minutes ago
Monreal hasn't done too bad at CB to be honest. But he isn't the tallest and Palace could cause problems. But so long it's only one game it shouldn't be so bad.
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It's still not good enough to be starting the season with a newly recruited 19 yr old and a left back(if Kos is not fit) .There is the need to banish that ghost of our opening 1-3 loss to Villa last season and get our campaign off to a good start.
Fingers crossed we bring in a good CB who can hit the ground running this week and the accelerated individual training regime ensures Per fit for Besiktas.
posted on 11/8/14
We have Hayden and Miquel as well.
posted on 11/8/14
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted 44 minutes ago
We have Hayden and Miquel as well.
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And Semi Ajayi
posted on 11/8/14
We could really do with Sagna's versatility.
posted on 11/8/14
I hope the rumours around Agger are true, solid player would love him at Arsenal.
posted on 11/8/14
Liverpool would never sell to us. They have too much of a chip on their shoulders.
posted on 11/8/14
I hope the rumours around Agger are true, solid player would love him at Arsenal.
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I don't know how much kudos I give it, but apparently Liverpool are keen to offload him, but are struggling with any takers.
Personally I've always found him a tad over-rated, I know the majority of folk rate him.
But I as Dubbed says, I very much doubt even if Arsenal were interested that Liverpool would sell to Arsenal, unless a bid for silly money was tabled.
posted on 11/8/14
comment by Moistthighs (U3249)
posted 27 minutes ago
I hope the rumours around Agger are true, solid player would love him at Arsenal.
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I don't know how much kudos I give it, but apparently Liverpool are keen to offload him, but are struggling with any takers.
Personally I've always found him a tad over-rated, I know the majority of folk rate him.
But I as Dubbed says, I very much doubt even if Arsenal were interested that Liverpool would sell to Arsenal, unless a bid for silly money was tabled.
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Agger, good player but even more prone to niggles than Vermaelen. So, no.
posted on 11/8/14
Mangala cost approx £46m.
These are the silly prices being quoted. I suspect Wenger will leave it till the last day when clubs are bound to panic and sell. Obviously thats unlikely to be from Portugal because of multiple ownerships unless its for a loan and then you can never be sure over the commitment of the player.