Arsenal are reported to have made an offer for Caen forward Yoan Gouffran, despite the French Under 21 international already agreeing a move to Bordeaux. Gouffran was linked with the Gunners last summer, with French Eurosport claiming he had signed for the club, but he remained with the team he had helped gain promotion with.
Les Girondins held talks with Yoan last week, and after thrashing out a contract all that remained was for a price to be agreed. However this has proved to be the stumbling point. One offer of around £4 million has already been rejected, althought Bordeaux president Jean-Louis Triaud remains confident a can be done.
“It’s taking some time but the discussions are not stalling,”
Arsene Wenger it seems is on the look out for a new winger, and has already been in contact with Cardiff about Aaron Ramsey, but it seems he could be on his way to Manchester United. Panathinaikos youngster Sotiris Ninis has also been linked, but his massive price tag looks to have ended the potential transfer.
Gouffran is very much in the style of former captain Thierry Henry, blessed with electric pace, as well as impressive creative elements, helped him bag 10 goals last term added to numerous assists. The French media claim an English club has offered a contract to the player, which includes better terms than that of Bordeaux.
It seems logical the offer came from the Gunners, due to the previous nature of links between Yoan and Arsenal, added to Arsene’s knack of finding and developing young French talents. It seemed this deal had been put to bed, but this latest batch of news looks to have reignited speculation
Article By – J.Sanderson
I was about to post you this news J but u went offline.
I guess for 4 million, he’ll be a “replacement” for Ramsey, probably. But, I wouldn’t mind both players coming to Arsenal.
Ramsey and Gouffran, yummay.
I fear this could be the other option to Nasri and may signal the Nasri deal is dead
its not 4 million u dipper. that is what bordeux ahve had rejected it will take around 6 mill plus add ons to get him. anyway he wants to join bordeux so why bother.
also sky sports report on their station that Nasri’s wage demands have stalled the deal but there is no direct quotes or reports so where are they getting that from ? all that has been reported is what Wenger said last week about french players earning good money..
Sky Sport have no news , they are sitting around like mugs making up things. There is no evidence at all to say the Nasri deal broke down over wages, it was all “allegedly”, “understands”, “apparantly” etc..
He sounds well good!! Hopefully we can thrash out a deal and see what he is like next season.
I may have missed this but how old is he J?
I don’t think that this is a replacement for the Nasri deal, they are different players. If this description of him is accurate, then he is a totally different player to Nasri. We would sign all 3 if possible, as they would represent the future.
I think you can safely ignore that David. I’m pretty sure it is just a rehash of those comments Wenger made on french radio the other day, where the wages comment was in response to a totally different question to that of Nasri. Sky sports news ading 2 & 2 together and making 546. Not for the first time either.
These are seperate comments, and I’ve heard the same thing – apparently the Nasri deal is actually dead in the water.
are the media that bored ?? lazy c**ts..Gouffran is either wide right or a support striker but very quick..maybe we could swap Eboue ?..
have we gotta put up with every other spurs prick telling us how good Dos Santos is now ? I have seen quite a lot of him and he’s not what everyone thinks he is , we have the better Mexican in Vela and would Barca really let the little mug go for 4.7 million if he was the good, he’s also troublesome behind the scenes from what I have read..
Haha, i think thats a good shout.
By the way if we don’t get another right back this close season does that mean the Toure is our cover for that position again? He plays nowhere near as good there!
Just typed his full name on Google and came back that he likes to play as a striker or second striker and has bagged 25 goals in the last 2 seasons, in bout 70 odd games, not a bad return.
David i have heard the same about Dos Santos. From what i can gather he has gone a bit off the rails at Barca, prefering the club life the old Ronaldinho also likes to lead. Personally my feelings are that Vela is better, has his feet on the ground etc. At the end of the day if he is all he is cracked up to be Barca wouldn’t let him go full stop!!
Djourou can cover right back as well, I’d let Hoyte go , he may flourish under O’Neil at Villa, he’s a good kid and fights for arsenal plus he booted Ronaldo and Nanni, just a shame he’s not good enough for us..
Alot of people have missed the point about the wages issue. Arsene was asked separately about the wages not Nasri’s wages. The point he was making was the value of the pound against the Euro. This year the exchange rate means that a player can earn in France a great deal more compared to last year in comprison with the pound values.
plus he’s signed up with “super agent” more like super cunt Pini Zhavi who has big links with Roman so if Dos Santos was that good he’d be at Chelsea..
i wish i knew which paper gives spot on rumours which become reality in a matter of days.
What is a “super Agent”, Zhavi seems to have labelled himself as one, all he seems to do is ring lead other dubious agents and speak to dodgy chairman about tapping players up.
yeah it makes me laugh “super agent” I might make myself a “super DBA” and request a raise .. :-)
I can’t remember where i read this but it was on newsnow yesterday. With the Ramsey transfer, i heard that he has the same agent as Arsene Wenger?? Can anyone confirm if that is true. Means nothing but could be a way of getting him to us i suppose haha!
So Ninis is definately out of the picture J? Thats a pity…
I’ve seen Gouffran play and he would be an instant crowd fave at the Emirates. Whilst not as inherently composed as TH14, you can’t help but be reminded of him when you see Gouffran play. The boy has pace to burn, and rockets in his boots. Wenger would make him many times better. I’ve suggested him in several previous posts.
I think he’d make an excellent addition, and cheap.
We could also take the similarly named, Yoann Gourcuff (AC Milan) who is a very good attacking midfielder (with some similarities to Bobby Pires, only usually more central, again – like Pires before moving to Arsenal).
He’s available on loan. AW could try a loan-with-option-to-buy and I’m pretty sure he’d make big waves here too.
I’ve never been to sold on Nasri to be honest, he’s a delightful show pony and capable of scoring some nice goals, I can see why you might want him as a direct replacement for (the awful) Hleb, but I wouldn’t bother – I’d rather find a replacement for Bobby Pires who was SO influential in creating goals for us in the late 90’s/early 00’s era.
Or, moving on – bring the superb (AFC supporting btw) Ashley Young in. He’s electric, tall, a right-footed left winger (like Pires) who contributes goals (8) and a ton of assists (17 – 2nd only to Fab4).
Scam AC Milan and take-the-money-and-run for 32M AdeBarnDoor. Buy Benzema BEFORE his price doubles at Euro2008.
Play RvP as the left-footed right winger and you’ve got goals galore.
Support Fab4 in an advanced CM position, with two holding midfielders supporting the back 4. Barry + Yaya perhaps.
Gourcuff has agreed to move to Bordeaux on loan
If Wenger wanted Young he would have signed him from Watford
Benzema would be around 40 million and even then Aulas is difficult to deal with and Karim has just signed a new deal
If you mess around with RVP wide it negates him , messing around with Rooneys position has hindered him, RVP is a suppot striker full stop same as Rooney is, Wenger has rarely moved from 442 451 in his time why would he change now..
Karim? Bovar Karim?
“Buhuh, Nasrideal won’t happen!”. If – fucking – will. Just be patience, the transferwindow hasn’t even been open and allready people almost wants Wenger fired just because of that the Nasrideal hasn’t been on Arse.com.
Hate that you can’t edit comments… “ITTTT – fucking – will”.
I have posted before I believe the Nasri deal will be done, I was highlighting shit journalism,learn how to spell and some english grammar then come back to me
I think that the problem was the fee for the player and agreeing it with the club. I think that has now been done but Nasri wants to concentrate on the Euro’s so has said that he will sign afterwards. This is just me talking so i could be wrong but who can blame a player that just wants to concentrate on his football for his country. The reason i think this is that if you want to concentrate on playing for your country you want to know where your league football will be, i doubt he would have stalled negotiations with Arsenal to concentrate on France because he would have his agent in his ear every 2 minutes saying so you gonna sign? Go on sign, i want my 10%! Please sign because i want to become fat off you!!! Things like that would distract the player so i think it has been done but wont be CONFIRMED until after the Euros!
haha I want to become fat off you !! quality !!!
He has been good this season but nothing special and did Atlético Madrid sign Jibril
David//
So… just because of my english, I can’t be right? Oh shit, dude.
I just can’t take anyone serious who uses the word “Bovar”
Jay i swear you reported we had signed him last year!!
People, please stop always hammering others for their spelling or grammar. Many of us are not even native English speakers (including me) and it’s the context that matters, not the grammar.
But to Gouffran. If Liverpool were after him I would think this was another complete flop. But Wenger always knows something about players that we don’t and previous accomplishment count nothing when Arsene scouts players.
Bovar is a name, search on “Bovar Karim”…
IS GOUFFRAN A WINGER OR STRIKERS, BECAUSE IM SURE HE IS A STRIKER AND I FEEL WE GOT ENOUGH WITH BENDTNER VEAL AND WALCOTT DEVELOPING???
we should sing nicolae mitea he is going to leave ajax on a free, Wenger could buy him and if he can solve his injury problems we have could have a world class winger.
Is anyone worried that Dos Santos has signed for Spurs. I hate to think he might be good. They got him pretty cheap too.
I have been following the developments surrounding Adebayor and me thinks the player will leave the Emirates just like Ronaldo is headed for Madrid. Last Friday, I was listening to Fast Track on the BBC African Service and I was quite struck when Adebayor was asked what influence money has when players are making transfer decisions and the Togolese could not the fact that money is a factor!!!!
To me, despite the goals Ade has banged for Arsenal, he doed not really convince as a world-class striker. Granted, he’s got the power and stature for a potentially good striker but I think he has a long way. If I were Wenger, I would let Ade go and swap him with Pato plus cash. The change could be used to get David Villa who would definitely arrive with depth and experience. We are just tired of the treachery and banditry of these players. Who ever expected Hleb to leave when just a few months ago, he said all the nice things about Wenger and compared him to God?
The English club that has supposedly tried to gazump the Gouffran transfer to Bordeaux may well be Arsenal, but, equally, it might be Spurs.
Damien Comoli – the Spurs Director of Football – may be trying to pull a fast one, by purchasing a player that we’ve scouted and been interested in for a few seasons now.
Gouffran is a multi-functional player, and fits the winger-cum-striker mould that Arsene is fond of. I seem to remember a quote from him in the last year or so, in which he said that he models his game on Cristiano Ronaldo, to some degree.
If we end up getting him, it could be an inspired signing. But equally, the media reports may be complete fiction.
Are you serious, Norman? Everybody knows that money is a FACTOR when it comes to transfers, even guys like Gerrard, Adams, Toure etc. thinks that. And do you think Milan would let Pato go? No way. Adebayor is one of our best players, and everybody screams that Wenger isn’t taking a chance to win PL when we lose Flamini (a defensive midfielder, easy to replace) and when the newspapers says that Hleb is going. What would all say when we lose our best goalscorer this season, a player who has a heart for this club and a young player who can be a legend?
Forgot to write this, but for me, losing one Adebayor is like losing ten Flaminis.
To David,
RvP, imho, has been at his most effective cutting in from the right, he’s too lightweight to effectively roll defenders with his back to goal – much more efficient cutting in from the right, forcing the defenders to choose which dummy to buy, before shooting for the top left corner with an out swinger (see any RvP vs Blackburn goal).
I feel he’s too heavy with his passes to play effectively in the hole which requires more calm and precision. RvP is an explosive player and it doesn’t befit his style imho.
He’s played plenty of games wide right, although I’d simply slot him into a inside-right fwd in a 4-3-3 which is what we play when we play well. 4-5-1 is essentially a european formula that AFC, MU and Chel$ki are using in the Prem because they always suffered moving between the two depending on whether they played ECL or EPL games.
Ashley Young was perhaps a risk at 10M at the age he went to Villa, but may be seen as less of one now. If they lose Barry and Arsenal are sniffing, he might engineer things to become available.
Karim Benzema is worth 40M (at most). But I think you could certainly get him for less if we made a suitable offer. This shouldn’t be a problem if we offload BarnDoor to Milan or Barca.
A new deal, just means he is less likely to be able to buy his way out of his old deal. You can only activate the Webster clause after 2-3 years into your current contract (depending on age).
Essentially Aulas has taken the cards out of the hands of the player, so the club is in a good bargaining position.
That said – even if he eventually cost 35M (of which a large chunk could be offset by selling Ade), he is EXACTLY the kind of striker to lead an Arsene Wenger frontline.
Sometimes, you *should* pay the market rate for the right player.
We paid the asking price for Bergkamp & Henry. We blew our wage structure (albeit not directly) to bring Sol Campbell to the club. All of these players made a huge difference, they brought something that we didn’t have before.
Look at Utd – shrewd buyers more often than not and are our direct challengers.
They have also paid market rates for key personnel at important times. Keane, Ferdinand, Rooney.
Ofc they also bought the likes of Kleberson, Veron etc (like we bought Jeffers, van Bronkhorst etc)
Sometimes you can pick up these ‘Catalyst’ players cheaply (Cantona 1M), but sometimes – you just take a punt and pay the market rate.
The Nasri deal is done for christs sake! We just have to wait for Euro to announce it b/c the sponsors want a big press conference thing to show him off – it’s about money, yes, but not about the contract or anything; that’s all complete, we just need to be patient people. relax.
If Wenger wants Gouffran for the right wing, I’m interested.
I still think what we really need is a central player. If Wenger wants to buy only 3 players then I would go for a Hleb replacement (Nasri), a Flamini replacement and a central defender . Carlos Vela would be like a signing (back up LM maybe?) and so would Eduardo…I doubt wenger will sign 4 players, but if he doesn then yes Gouffran would be ideal…
Yoan Gouffran is the sort of player that the boss really likes!Multifunctional!He is as good wide as he is through the middle.Dont be suprised to see the Ben Arfa links resurface over the next few weeks.
Why do people want us to sign ramsey ? He hasnt done any thing and hes unbelievably overpriced 4 a 17 year old . Gouffran is playing and scoring regurly. Lets not forget vela is also coming back
I saw Gouffran in the U-21 tournament in Sweden, I wasn’t impressed at all of him. Actually, I don’t remember he did anything out of the ordinary.
I just noticed that Giovanni Dos Santos will cost just over £4 million, yet Ramsey who is unproven is costing £5 million !
Gouffran is a superb talent, and i really agree with Sean he seems a typical Arsenal signing.
Yeah something stinks about the Giovanni Dos Santos deal. Barcelona must of seen something they don’t like.
His face…?
:P
We seriously don’t need to waste our money on him. Firstly if he was anywhere near good enough, he wouldn’t be joining Bordeaux now will he?
is gouffran a striker or a winger ?
“I saw Gouffran in the U-21 tournament in Sweden, I wasn’t impressed at all of him. Actually, I don’t remember he did anything out of the ordinary.”
I saw that game too but you can’t judge from just one game, I’ve seen him play for Caen for something like 7-8 games and he’s impressed me greatly
Concerning GDS,
Im not gonna lie, he’s a great prospect and a good signing for the spuds, but Barca think that Bojan will make it and GDS won’t hence selling him. Also some people say he’s a party animal off the pitch and what’s worse was that he asked for an improvement on his contract when he wasn’t even a first-team regular. Nevertheless, he’s a fantastic prospect but if he was that good, would Barca sell him?
Now Vela and GDS are close to each other haha.
Vela won’t be the only top rated Mexican youngster that will be making their debut in the Premier League next seaon, as Arsenal’s London rivals have just managed to pull off a transfer coup with the signing of Giovani Dos Santos from Barcelona.
“We’re going to be near each other. Hopefully, we both do well,” he said, before insisting that Mexican players have now slowly but surely overcome their long-held inferiority complex when it comes to European football.
“We’ve seen that we can do it,” Vela added. “In the beginning we thought it was very hard—that the soccer was on a different level. But now we’re seeing the players are succeeding.”
http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=726306
Good battle between the two eh?
why do people get a bonner of carlos vela, u shud give him time and less pressure adapting to the premiership is difficualt especially after playing in the spanish league and there are going to be times when he gets kicked just hope he can handle that side. By the way a vela dn bendtner partnership looks class or a back up for van persie and adebayor
Don’t really rate Gouffran, but he’ll probably go to Bordeaux anyway.
As for Vela, he was awful the other day against Argentina. He’s so far off Premiership standard that it’s quite ridiculous – but he’ll probably be Wenger’s only signing this summer.
Panathinaikos youngster Sotiris Ninis has also been linked, but his massive price tag looks to have ended the potential transfer.
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J, love the site but seeing you write like this is so frustrating. Ninis was never a target. Most people we are linked with aren’t targets. We have possibly the greatest scouting system in the world, but just because Gilles or somebody turns up to a match and is spotted doesn’t mean we are targetting someone in that game, and just because someone is a great youth prospect doesn’t mean we are. Arsenal are the hardest team to write about regarding transfers – which is one reason we are hated by the press – because AW and the staff keep everything too close to their chest, there are no leaks unless it comes from the other side or arse.com announces it. It’s downright hard to write about so they ask their mates and agents who looks like an AW-signing or play FM as if they are AW and write about it. I’ve seen us linked with 30 ish players already! And we have so far seemingly had 2 genuine links, one found out because that kid was on trial with us and nasri’s agent. Oh, my bad, Cardiff came out and said they agreed a fee with us. 3. Out of 30.
I forgot my point, i’m pretty hungover, I need to go to ladbrokes. :D
Hello Arsenal fans, is it me or are Le Grove a bunch of knobs?
This should knock them down a peg or two.
http://tinyurl.com/3hzfhu
is gouffran a winger or striker becouse im sure hes a striker???
I said earlier that the nasri deal wont happen and it wont, for the simple reason that its not done already, so after euros you can forget it, Goufran is more in the wenger budget, there may be 1 big signing this summer and I think it will be a centre half, cos thats whats needed most…In my opinion anyway.
He’s sounds like a bargain at 6 million.
There will be NO signings this summer.
None.
Regardless of who goes.
lol how full of sh*t are you Anon Arsene Wenger said he intended to buy two or three players retard and Samir Nasri is practically Arsenals.
Sorry, to clarify, I know someone who works at Arsenal in marketing (has been involved in the new shirt campaign, actually), and he seems to believe that the Nasri deal has fallen through, and Arsene is now focussed on building from within, rather than looking outside.
Nasri deal WILL happen
He looks good and nari deal is done but i still want velso, kompany and Bakari Koné then we would have some team
Nasri deal WON’T happen, actually.
Time will demonstrate that, clear enough.
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