German outfit SV Werder Bremen have confirmed this morning that they have released midfielder Amaury Bischoff, ahead of his proposed free transfer to Arsenal.
The 21 year old Portugal Under 20 International spent last week in talks with Gunners officials, and is expected to put pen-to-paper with the Gunners in the next hours.
Speaking with Bremen’s official website, Bischoff issued the following statement
“Bremen was superb, but Arsenal is a huge opportunity for me,”
“Wenger has known me since my time at Strasbourg and believes in my quality. He trusts me to be in the first team.
“Wenger has not put me under any pressure. He said, ‘Take all the time you need’.”
Werder’s Managing Director Klaus-Dieter Fischer also spoke about Amaury’s departure, and whilst the club are disappointed to lose a top talent, they accept his choice to move to London
“We would be very happy to keep Amaury. But he has decided to set up to a new challenge. We wish him well and thank him for the past three years,”
Bischoffjoined from Racing Strasbourg in 2005, but a series of thigh injuries has hampered his progress, limiting him to just a handful of substitute appearances. During the three season spent in Germany, he played 62 games for Bremen Reserves, scoring on 6 occasions.
He has recently recovered from more thigh problems, and admits he is aiming to play for the Reserves to build up his fitness, before mounting a serious challenge on the first team.
“I have only just come back from a long spell out injured, so I expect to play in the reserves to get my form back, “
Amaury is a central midfielder by trade, who can also play on the right hand side. Read more on him in our exclusive fan interview Here.
Article By – J.Sanderson
has anyone got any videos of this guy. thats all e need now, to see him in some action atleast even though he has played lik once in the last 2 and a half years..
Well that’s it for our transfers guys, this is the last one?!!
Who is satisfied with these new signings?!!
J, not that i doubt your integerity or whatever but please also paste links when you put up quotes, especially when its regarding transfer news. Anyhow, just wondering what are the general views on vito (GK) as he’s our reserve GK now
we stil need a CB and a World Class striker, (which RVP is) but his fitness will always be in doubt, if not now then by Jan we would need one, other then that a replacement for eboue, maybe someone in reserves will make the step up moushin
i think our last transfer will be marcos senna becuase he has been linked with us so many times now in the last week. plus pascal cygan(senderos’s idol) also said he heard asrenal were interested in him. senna will be our last signing along with ramsey nasri and bischoff, if adebayor doesnt leave.
J. Why are we buying this guy – i agree with a lot of the comments over the past few days about the amount of young mid fielders at the club. I would much rather see Barazite & Lanesbury blooded. This also adds a small bit of confusion to the roles of Diaby and new boy Ramsey. What do you think?
J, sorry mate just saw the link on skysports.
im not sure about vito mannone either. hmmmmmm ????
Wow. The excitement is unbearable. Chels sign Deco, Spurs sign Modric and we get this injury prone crock of shit from Werder B’s reserve team.
are we getting bischoff for free then if he has been released???
i agree dave, thats why i think totenham will finish above liverpool next season, their signings have been class. where rafa benitez is starting his scouting business now.
Dave, mate your one hell of an opitmist, isn’t eh? :P
yes good question gunner4life, i would think he’s for free
erm when do you lot believe the transfer of samir nasri will happen??
Sorry, I am sure he could possible be half decent if ever fit.
WTF! A 21 year old CM??? Who NEVER broke into the bremen 1st team?
Cheapskate, small minded, piss poor signing!
Again, I apologise for this, but this is a sick fooking joke!
We have been linked with many big players for years but the chance that we sign a player like Senna, Villa, Silva, Raul Albiol are next to none. I appreciate your optimism but this is it for us. He’s gonna make Adebayor stay, maybe even Hleb cause no one wants him anymore. I hope Barazite will get his breakthrough next season…
We’re going to win the title with a squad avarage age of 23 :D and ofcourse with sexy football!!
http://www.werder.de/aktuelles/news/meldung.php?id=13449 its in german but when i tried translating it basically reads he is seeking a new challenge and that they would have been happy to give him a contract extension
Don’t really think that we need this guy to be honest!
We are buying a plyer who admits that he is looking to play in the reservs and then the first team, we already have midfielders that are doing exactly the same, lansbury, Ramsey, Diaby etc the list could go on. What is the point in getting this guy in?? I really don’t see it!
Also i saw that Walcott has now been given the number 14 shirt! Have to be happy with that :-D
We will more than likely bring in a vetren keeper to be 3rd choice before the start of the season,Just like when we brought in Mart Poom.Mannoe is a woeful keeper,At least one massive clanger a game,Even managed to fail a trail with a lower league Scotish team.
Looks like the double signing of Nasri and Bischoff is likely to happen then. Still dont see why we are getting this guy but i trust Arsene’s scouting, Centre midfield is looking amazingly full now both in first team and reserves.
First team: Cesc, Diaby, Gilberto, Denilson, Merida, Nasri (as he can play there).
Reserves: Bischoff,Conquelin,Lansbury,Randall.
JS do you see Bischoff playing for the reserves this season and Arsenal playing either Diaby or Gilberto alongside Cesc?
Great news. Another pre-pubecent injury prone periphery player from an average team. Just what we needed from our exorbitant season ticket fees. I’m so excited for next season and would like to personally thank the club for charging me just 1200 quid for the pleasure.
The transfer of Nasri will happen according to a source in France when the sun shines in a southwesterly direction and the temperature is between 19c-21c on a day that begine with a half moon and a cloud like formation with a similar shape to a mince pie. Apparently my sources in France have confirmed this with a French newspaper and the deal is 99.99999999999888877% complete and we are just waiting for the mince pie cloud formation to announce the transfer.
J could you tell me if we’re getting bichoff for free as werder bremen state they have released him.
The Daddy, yes im quiet looking forward to see the third GK, do you have any idea or anyone in mind then can come in?? cause i think Poom was an excellent coup!!
Well… I don’t know Bischoff, but if Wenger would like that he come to Arsenal, that’s okay.
The first part of double signing is okay, but what the siutation with Nasri? I would be satisfied if the OM would admit Nasri’s leaving.
Dave hahaha! Love it :-D
I believe that i can see this mince pie formation now but i did not see a half moon this morning, do you think that this could hamper the entire deal??!!
Listen, my source in France says the Nasri deal wont happen until there is a mince pie cloud formation. Just be patient.
I heared he wasnt even on a professional contract. They have released him, meaning he would be free.
They released him, so i dont think we would have to pay any compensation either.
Listen guys, i didnt want him either, but he is all but an Arsenal player, so he gets my support!
Not sure about this one…..another central midfielder and injury prone ……..sounds like the perfect Arsenal player, have a great time on the sick bed with Rosicknote and Robin Van Sickie….not happy with this at all!
I think this what arsene wneger has been waiting for a winger, he sounds like a winger, good shooting abilities, very fast, great passer and he can tackle meaning he can track back. Maybe he might play wing and we neeed wingers desperatley as it looks certain hleb is leaving-and hes hard to replace. Maybe he like franck ribery. Next bobby pires?
Dave, nice one mate.
If the temperature in France doesn’t stay at between 19c-21c then the deal wont happen. This according to sources close to Marseilles. I’ll do some more research on this and get back to you. By the way does anyone know the contact number of the French weather centre?
Ali not sure,Wenger missed a trick when he had the chance to sign Jussi on a free
J what are the chances of nasri and bischoff being announced today.
Hardly inspiring. I am willing to give any player a chance but I just don’t see where he is going to fit. Maybe he can be converted to a winger?
Any news on Nasri?
what a squad we will have next season this is the probabale line up i see at the start of the season.
ALMUNIA
SAGNA-TOURE-GALLAS-SONG
NASRI-DIABY-FABREGAS-VELA
ADEBAYOR-VANPERSIE
this is if hleb leaves. and the subs bench like this.
FABIANSKI-BENDTNER-WALCOTT-SONG-DENILSON-EBOUE-SENDEROS
oh and by the way rosick-y and dudu not in hre coz they got injuries.. what do you think?
Dave believe the number is 555 5 2 55!
Not 100% on this as that number is from my source at the Indonesian weather centre. Not too sure how up to date their telephone directory is :-S
Nasri’s official website says there is an interview scheduled for today.
In European football young players do not get as many options as they do in England. Some of the Barca B boys like Pedrito and Sanchez and 21-22 and only now being pushed into the first team.
Gunner4life why not Clichy at left back, why song?
John i would say the next Alberto Mendez-Rodriguez
oh shit i put song instead of CLICHY!!!!!!!!!!1 MY BAD NO CONCENTARTION
This has to be some kind of joke… What the hell is this signing? What does it mean to players like Lansbury Usually we wait a while until players get injured at Arsenal, like Rosicky or Diaby. Now we’ve decided to move a step forward and sign players who are already injury prone (Nasri is the same). Next up- sending scouts to sports clinic around Europe.
Seriously, who the hell is this guy, and if he’s so good, how come he has ONE starting line-up appearance for Bremen in THREE years?! Where does it put new boy Ramsay? Are we showing the door yet again to some of our young players who wouldn’t get their chance, like Lansbury?
If this is what AW is promising for the starting season for Arsenal fans, we can’t be too excited. This is NOT strengthening our side, sorry.
gunner4life you missed out Ramsey,Djourou,Hoyte,Traore and the new crock from Werder B. What do I think? I see the same defensive fraities as last season and what makes you think Vela is good enough and cut it in the PL to deserve a place in the starting eleven. Also whos this bloke nasri? Has he signed?.
YEAH
ALMUNIA
SAGNA TOURE GALLAS CLICHY
NASRI DIABY FABREGAS VELA
ADEBAYOR VAN-PERSIE
subs: FABIANSKI BENDTNER WALCOTT DENILSON SONG EBOUE SENDEROS.
since Wenger is going for this guy, I think that the Nasi deal will not happen otherwise it would have happened long time ago. The fee asked by Marseille was probabbly a bit too much for the boss, so he goes for this guy from Bremen.
i agree we have all these young wilshere/randall/gibbs/barazite/lansbury/merida/ramsey, al nearly the same age and we buying sme next guy whose got 1 app in 3 years!!!!!! no wonder people blame us for the death of the england team. although i dont belive that.
we are meant to be team who gives a chance to youth. wtf is this…..
this is not really the signing we need. another reserve midfielder is the last thing we need. if wenger is relying on him to win us the title and the CL then we are going to be very disappointed. Either that or wenger has just pulled off the most amazing coup ever. I go for the former. I sincerely hope wenger has other irons in the fire.
I don’t think Wenger is so stupid to go for him if he is not good , he must have seen something in him , I don’t like him just like I never liked Sagna ,Dudu and Ranaway Flymini..I wish him good luck with us I hope turns out great for us.
http://soccerfanbase.com
hopefully another gem bought by wenger, he’s the best at buying youngsters and turning them world class, in Arsene we trust
Alright JS. Do you reckon Nasri will be announced today?
So Wenger spends 3 weeks at the Euros with his so called cheque book and comes back with a “player” whos best suited to medical science. Unless we bought for spare parts shold Rosicky or RVP break in half again.
gunner4 life i think at the start of the season it is more likely that Nasri and Walcott will start on the wings with Vela coming off the bench so he can get used to the prem.
i love this boy… in wenger i trust
well if we get him for free and then sell off his organs then we make a profit on this crock!! I say organs because his limbs clearly dont work.. Typical good value deal by wenger.
This guy surely has to be a winger who is very creative
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.werder.de%2Faktuelles%2Fnews%2Fmeldung.php%3Fid%3D13449&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=de&tl=en
creative in conning people that he is a player who doesnt play – who was that guy who conned Souness into claiming he was Weah’s cousin and got a game.
Hahaha. The first friendly is 2.5 weeks away and Arsene shows his intent to challenge ManU and Chels by signing a 17yo kid and paraplegic from the German reserve league. Reports coming in on ManU and Chels shitting themselves.
Maybe Wenger is planning to enter a team into the Special Olympics? Rosicky, Van Persie, Diaby, Bischoff the list is endless. I hear Gary Lewin has been scouting for players.
“creative in conning people that he is a player who doesnt play – who was that guy who conned Souness into claiming he was Weah’s cousin and got a game.”
Heh!!!
hang on gus…………
who knows wenger might play Amaury Bischoff as CB.
may be another sagna…….
To be fair i am not blaming the kid for being injured and not playing much, that probably isn’t his fault but the reason i don’t like it is cos it just looks like he doesn’t actually trust the youth that we have coming through! If he did then why not give them the chance instead of this guy who looks like he will play a game and then be in with our new physio with abroken nail or summit! What is the point in buying someone who is injury prone as cover for injury prone people??!!??
Instead why don’t we just give our youngsters (who are about 19 now anyway) the chance!
Press Conference announced.Our new signing will be paraded to the press at Stoke Mandeville hospital later today.
That is nepotism of the highest order. I suspect Arsene is related to this guy through some distant cousin or other, else how on earth will he sign another injury prone player as a replacement for a very important role.
It has to be said, it seems, Wenger has not got any ambition or desire to win the champions league, and this is demonstrated by the kind of signings he makes.
The long suffering Arsenal fans exercise patience and restraint waiting on these inexperienced and injury prone players to recover or gain premiership experience, they leave for pastures new when we need them most after one explosive season.
On alighter note, Walcott is officially the new Terry Henry after being given the number 14 shirt! :-)
At the end of the day I think AW is taking a punt on a player who he is signing on a free. He won’t make much of an impact on the first team and I’m sure he will bring in other players.
The truly odd thing is, as J mentioned, when the hell did Arsenal scouts watch him considering his injury record??
Anyone that slates wenger for any signing of an unknown should remember the likes of petit,viera,toure etc.Ok so he does buy some duds but when its not costing us nothing the gamble isnt high so stop the nagitivity!
gunnerbelieve, it is not that he is a relatively unknown player, it is more a question of his injuries and the position he plays. Does a player such as this add much to the squad?
I cannot believe the negativity on here. A few years ago Wenger arranged the purchase of anothher young midfielder he had watched for a few years and remained interested in even though he wasn’t in the first team of his current club.
This lad’s name was Patrick Vieira, he became a half-decent player from memory.
Not the fact that he’s a free its the fact he will be in direct competition for Merida,lansbury and Randall. 3 players who have immense talent. So why is AW even bothering with this player?
And he isn’t costing us nothing, we are paying him wages that (this remains to be seen) could be better spent elsewhere! I agree every now and then you need to take a punt on things from time to time but not on someone who is injury prone!
Viera, Petit, Toure etc. were not injury prone players. When you are taking a punt on an unknown player, better an injury free player than an injury prone player. At the end of the day, we already have a team full of them.
I am just sick and tired of mediocrity, and the FACT that we are slowly becoming the 2nd or perhaps 3rd best team in London.
okay we are probably going to pay this guy about 15-20 grand a week. that could have easily been added to flamini’s or adebayors in demand contract, which could hav changed everything. so you know he has got to be something special
Remember though guys this guy isnt a signing for our first team hes like the earlier signings of Conquelin and Oguzhan Özyakup. That means that hes not being bought to play in the first team and we dont really need a CM as we have enough cover there for sure. I expect this guy will probably be sold on like Larsson and Muamba were an as we are getting him on a free could be a good bit of business.
JS, any news on samir’s transfer ??????
I would suggest that Wenger knew all about Bischoff when he was at Strasbourg. Don’t people realise how as a young player from the Alsace region (Arsene grew up there), Arsene would no doubt find it pretty easy to keep up to date with how he was developing. No doubt he is good friends with the coaches there and probably asks friends about Strasbourg when/if he goes him for Christmas…
We are meant to be stating our intent for the title this season yes?
We have not even signed one player who we assume will be first team yet!
Nasri will be but thats when he signs maybe even if he signs! I would have liked us not necessarily to spend big amounts but get more experience. if this bloke and Nasri sign we would have got 3 players with the oldest being what 21! We need more experience. I would have rather got Sneijder than Nasri and would rather have got a DM than an injury prone midfielder/winger/wherever it is that he plays!
I am becoming so disillusioned at the moment, its simple, Sell Gallas, Senderos,Gilberto, Hleb, Eboue, sign Zapata, Albiol, Yaya Toure and maybe another young winger then job done, we would win the title with the below team and squad, Albiol can also cover right back and so can Djourou and Song if needed so maybe get rid of Hoyte too for 4 million. Give the captaincy to Cesc or Toure, real arsenal people that love the club and who the fans love and see as committed and loyal.
Albiol is basically a utility player that can play along the defence and also holding midfield.
Sales = Gallas (5) Senderos (4) Hleb (12) Eboue (4) Hoyte (4) Gilberto (1) 30 million
Purchases = Zapata (15) Albiol (6) Yaya (8) 29 million
Almunia
Sagna
Zapata
Toure
Clichy
Nasri
Toure
Fabregas
Rosicky
Adebayor
RVP
Albiol,Denilson,Ramsey,Vela,Walcott,Eduardo,Diaby,Djourou,Bendtner,Walcott,Song,Fabianski
If we did this we would win the league..
For Fucks sake guys – calm down…
The guy is a free tranfer so why not take a risk on him?
Who had heard of Viera, Sagna, Eduardo when we signed them – and look how they turned out!
Its not the Arsenal way to go and spend millions on ready made players
So Wenger spends 3 weeks at the Euros with his so called cheque book and comes back with a “player” whos best suited to medical science. Unless we bought for spare parts shold Rosicky or RVP break in half again.
Haha funny stuff man, we can use some humor around here. People getting all frustrated. Every year were hoping for big name signing but we ain’t gonna get a big name signing ever. But it’s okay Wenger was quoted saying in life you should be patient for succes… So I think he’s planning to win the EPL en Champions League in 2011. What do you think guys, or could it be 2012?!!
:P Arsenal for life from Holland…
i see marseille and lyon are at the tribunal over ben-arfa at 1800
french time…will this hold up nasri deal ??please js answer people
??? this transfer is really getting me down
IS HE SIGNING YES OR NO
People say about supposed unknowns like Petit,Vieira and Flamini but if you actually follow European football they were all known, Petit had french caps before us, Vieira was Cannes Captain and bought by AC Milan before being 20 Flamini played in a UEFA cup final and was Marseille first team before 20 , the point being that I have’nt even heard of this chump, just like I had’nt heard of Stefan Malz and Alberto Mendez Rodriquez and Tomas Dailivecius, waste of time signing this guy I’d rather play Randall, if it turns out good then I’ll happily come back on here and offer to suck Wenger off but I just don’t see it to be honest.
Sagna was voted best right back in the french league and was on the cusp of the french squad , hardly rocket science, Eduardo being an unknown is a complete joke, he was banging them in for Croatia for months and even against us in Europe, wise up and watch some european football and get facts before spouting
that photo of him at the top…Is it him sitting in his wheelchair ?
That picture is actually Jimmy Carr
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js…are u doing some digging???or is the deal for nasri off
whilst marseille and lyon argue over ben arfa??why cant we just
buy a player without all this hassle??
This is classic Wenger. He’s been tracking that lad since his time at Strasbourg. Sure he’s not likely to become a world class player but could be become a decent backup? Maybe. No way to lose on this one considering he’s a free!
A lot is made of Bischoff only playing reserve team football. But remember the league system on the continent is different. Spainish and German reserve teams play in the league and cups, so it is similar to us loaning someone to a Championship or League One side – at the same time being able to keep an eye on the training.
Exactly David! You can say the same about Diogo, Zapata, Gomez. These guys have already made their mark at their clubs and in their league. But we have to admit that Wenger is masterfull in giving a player confidence, letting him see ,the player that he cane become and the things he can achieve. He’s the best guidance a player can get when he wants to make it to the top.
I agree with people saying Bischoff would be taking up a place in the reserves which means some other talent will nog get the chance to prove himself.
If he’s free than disregard the following comment
If we have to pay 3 million for him I would say that money should be used to upgrade Adebayor salary. Just give him the money, he’s worth it. There’s no one like him, he can only get better and his style of play fits our system.
Still doesnt make sense to me, buy a player with next to no first team experiance who had a terrible injury record and plays in our most congested position other than the forward positions which is central attacking midfield.
If hes very good at playing on both wings it makes slight sense, hes just a squad depthener, a Wiltord or an Edu, but so far ive just seen, “can also play on the right hand side”, not “is bloody amazing at bombing down either wing”…which is more what we want.
But the BBC have nothing on the transfer and Arsenal.com havent comfirmed it, so until then i dont believe anything.
I really dont see the point in this. Hes always injured and couldnt even break into Bremens first team. ANOTHER
midfielder! I’m not even English and i would rather have Randall (who really really impressed me vs Sunderland) or Lansbury given a chance, they’re probly better than this dude anyway. Pointless signing and I highly doubt he will become a regular for Arsenal. We also have Diaby, Denislon, and song who can play CM. For once i would like wenger not to sign a CM and just bloody well play Song in Flaminis position, hes bloody good aswell – he can pass, tackle and is powerful and big! just give him chance at least!
And i also just realised than Robin van Persie didnt get injured at Euro 08, quite a miricle!
My team for next year:
Almunia
Sagna – Toure – Gallas – Clichy
Walcott – Cesc – Song – Nasri
-RvP – Bendtner
SUBS: Fabianski, Diaby, Senderos, Barazite, Ramsey, Rosicky, Vela.
That is to start the season, Later on i expect Dudu to start with RvP and Rosicky will eventually regain full fitness (meaining he can last 90 mins) and take up the position on the right).
I’m really excited for next season and cant wait to see vela, Ramsey etc.
the silence from js is telling us alot …so all these people
who said Nasri is signing today have gone suddenly quiet!!
what a farce …
Apparently the Bischoff deal is 99.99% complete. But according to my German sources Brenan dont want it announced until the German tax year has been completed and Bischoff recieves his leg transplant from Berlin. This is August 1st apparently so dont worry if things are not announced until then.
Nasri has co
No disrespect 2 all the people on here moaning about us signing this player,but how can u all say hes no good when i bet most of u havn,t even seen him play.
this is a rubbish signing. that is all i’m going to say as nothing else is required and there is no need to justify my statement.
To Matt and all the people who are joking about van Persie and his injuries. van Persie is out of this world, he is a magic! he had some bad luck last 2 seasons but he will be there next season. He will be a contender for player of the season in the EPL. Have faith, his injuries were bad luck and when he was injured he was under pressure to get back soon.
Next season’s star players for Arsenal:
Clichy, Fabregas, van Persie.
Next season’s revelation for Arsenal:
Nasri, Rosicky, Song
Teenage sensation:
Barazite