Werder Bremen Confirm Amaury Bischoff Departure

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

353 thoughts on “Werder Bremen Confirm Amaury Bischoff Departure

  • July 1, 2008 at 11:04 am
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    the other thing about nasri signing (if he signs), is i think he will take the best part of a season to settle in and find consistent form.

    so even with his signing, i believe we are going backwards. especially if adebayor (twat) and hleb (twat) go.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:06 am
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    No one seems to know anything about Bischoff apart from the injuries. I dont think we even know his best position so relax guys Wenger has followed him for a while and he could prove a bargain in the near future. Clichy struggled with injuries for a long time and look at him now

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:08 am
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    Hatem ben Arfa ha trained for Marseille this morning and is wearing the number 22 shirt that Nasri wore last year (picture on la Provance)

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:08 am
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    Its only a matter of time till Nasri is announced…the reason i believe this is because BEN ARFA has been given the NUMBER 22 at Marseille! Nasri’s OLD shirt!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:08 am
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    Sorry Kolo, didn’t realize you already posted that :P

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:15 am
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    good spotting jamal

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:17 am
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    Remember guys its just 12.15, Ramsey was not announced until 5pm.

    The day is still very young.

    Nice work both of you guys!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:20 am
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    hmm scoring record poor,injury prone Reserve in a lower league…either gonna be a VERY hidden gem or a very OBVIOUS disaster

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:29 am
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    ohhh nasri and bischoff should be announced today…. very tense… chelsea got deco 7.9m <<< stupid signing…….cant wait for ours…

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:30 am
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    I dont think we can call this a signing;Ramsey also is not;Wenger is being oportunistic here;I know the three or four signing wenger intends to do are still to come;

    Definetly I know may be just one of all players linked with arsenal are gaing to be signed(may be nasri)but if wenger is to sign other players surely they are not going to be those on speculations

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:33 am
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    j.sanderson could you put up an article on the young prmising players at arsenal, who will play a part next season. adn wether you think they will make it and give your opinion on who is the best out of all of them????

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:39 am
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    I know so the court will decide about Ben Arfa’s agreement today at 18:00. I know Ben Arfa bought a house in Marseille. I am very excited about this news. Yeah, Ben Arfa has worn the no 22 shirt, I am praying to God to announce officialy Ben Arfa. (To the OM.)
    But if he can’t go to them, then will we get Nasri?

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:52 am
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    Has Nasri signed yet or is the French financial year not over till this afternoon? YAWN zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:53 am
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    Well that’s it for our transfers guys, this is the last one?!!

    Who is satisfied with these new signings?!!

    Mouhsin said this on July 1, 2008 at 9:09 am

    -Have you people been Arsenal fans longer than six days? We all know the majority of our transfer business is done the last week of the window. And with Chelsea cast-offs. Calm down people. Eric ‘NWO4Lyfe’ Bischoff is this years Fabianski.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:58 am
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    Samuel… what is a more powerfull indication. That Wenger doesn’t want to strenghten the suqad in certain positions and that he said he will sign 2 or 3 players. Or our previous signing record. You’re probably a long Arsenal fan than me cause i’ve been Arsenal fan since Bergkamp signed. But you know what you say is BS. We aren’t gonna sign anymore and I am at peace with it. I put my faith in the current players :D

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:59 am
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    What i can’t believe is the amount of people who are still mentioning Adebay-whore as being part of our plans next season. Just for the record…I will be sick to my stomach at the sight of this man donning our colours next year! What an absolute prick!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:59 am
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    Some of you guys are so naive its untrue. You suggest we should buy this player and that player and will be guarenteed success. What you dont seem to realise that in reality rather than on a FIFA or manager game players may not want to move and also clubs may be unwilling to sell there best players. Its not as easy as deciding oh yeh lets sign Raul Albiol, 1stly he may not want to move from Spain, secondly Valencia may not wish to sell him or may try and charge a stupid price and 3rdly the player may not wish to be in and out of the team.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:59 am
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    Arsenal Tom – what makes you think Villa is any better than Eduardo? Eduardo is just as good a finisher, and I think his buildup play is actually better than Villa. Villa might be a ‘glitzy’ transfer, but I don’t think he will really add more to what we have.

    WATFORD GOONER – you need to calm down… people need to remember that JS doesn’t need to do this, he isn’t watching the comments in real-time 24-7… sure he has a life outside this blog… some of the manic commenters on here should remember that…

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  • July 1, 2008 at 11:59 am
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    if we are signing this fella whats gonna happen to denilson,diaby,lansbury and barazite. I would rather see denilson starting in CM than us signing this fella

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:03 pm
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    I dont think Nasri will be confirmed today. Maybe later tonight after Ben Arfa’s hearing with the French League, for some reason the two deals seem to be related

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:04 pm
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    JohnV – the comments about Albiol etc are all from the football manager brigade who think Arsene should/would just change half our squad with little more than a click of a mouse…because no doubt Albiol is considered a ‘complete defender’ on the latest game, he has assumed some kind of role as the saviour for our defence among those who are too young to read, and think scouting is something to do with tents…

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:06 pm
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    TJ welcome to the world of football… Too bad for you he will be in our squad next season! And you will be signing Adebayoooor… Adebayooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!!! Give him a ball… and he will… SCORE!!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:09 pm
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    Ash! Yeah, but there is the 2nd July.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:10 pm
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    I realise that js has a life outside this blog..but he has been
    insistant that today is the day …nice to see Wenger asking
    fans to be patiant…well thats okay but dont charge me £1,295
    for a season ticketfor the pleasure of seeing some german reserve
    play in the first team!!!!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:12 pm
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    And a reliable source has informed me that Adebayor has played his
    last game for Arsenal…

    JS ..CAN YOU AT LEAST FIND OUT IF THE BEN ARFA SITUATION IS HOLDING UP THE NASRI DEAL

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:15 pm
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    I have just been sent this taped phone conversation from Ken Friars office..

    “Hello, is that Marseiles? Can i speak to papa please, its Ken friar from Arsenal?”

    “Hello papa, er I wondering if it is at all possible we can announce the Nasri signing today?”#

    “I told you Ken, we will contact you when we feel it necessary”

    “But Papa its now July 1st and you promised”

    “Ken your getting on my tits. You and your small club just need to be patient. We will dictate to you, now please go away little man.”

    “OK Papa sir but please promise to let us know if and when we can announce it to our mug fans. Pleaseeeeeeeeeee Papa”.

    My source says that I shouldn’t release the contents of the conversation for fear of breaking his cover. But bollox to that.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:16 pm
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    People on here are mental. You’d really think they’ve never known the game of football before posting. “Sell half our team, and buy a new”, “We are supposed to be stating our intent, how dare one of our signings be this guy” etc. Because when Utd bought Dong Fangzhuo you know every Utd fan thought “but why? Ferguson is gonna have him ruin the team and we will get relegated” and every other team in the Premiership thought “Well, what a rubbish signing, that club is now as rubbish as Dong and we will beat them way too easily.”

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:19 pm
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    The Raul Albiol information is based on comments attributed to the player and his agent, also Guillerme reported it and Valencia are known to be selling a few players this year as they are broke so firstly he’d be interested secondly Valencia ain’t got much choice with a decent offer and Thirdly you obviously tell the player if he fights for his place and plays well then he will be first choice like he would be, if he does’nt then fancy it then he was’nt good enough for us anyway, its not about suggesting Football Manager type signings, the people I mentioned are very getable in todays market and with our budget

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:19 pm
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    lol you really cant tell with Nasri. I think he’s due to join our pre-season at 21 or 22 am not sure so it could well drag on untill then. We cant seem to tie up big moves quickly enough like Barca, Madrid, United and Chelsea which is worrying as someone said above. We normally do our business at the closing end of the transfer window: Diarra, Denilson, Baptista, Gallas. I blame Wenger for raising our expectation with his “cheque book” and ” fans will be assured in 2-3 weeks” statements but signings are not as easy as fans think

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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    NICE ONE DAVE…

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:23 pm
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    I have watched Albiol for years you muppet as I watch a lot of european and especially spanish football , its nothing to do with Football Manager , I don’t even play it , he’s got an immense physical presence, quick for his size, can hold the midfield and broke through very early handling pressures of champions leageu football at a young age, its all just research and knowledge and being able to judge a player.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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    I feel sorry for The Bisch now!

    Wish i hadn;t started all the bad mouthing of the useless crock… oops!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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    I like him, he’s just like me! Same haircut, and we both have shitty legs!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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    we are not signing albiol simple as!!!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:28 pm
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    Just heard it from Talksport;

    Arsenal are about to sign a huge star, mobile and a very keen brain;

    Sir Steven hawking

    Nice one Wengey!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:29 pm
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    Ethan,

    Couldnt agree more mate – i think Eduardo is every bit as good as Villa…

    People are blinded by the guy scoring a couple of goals at the Euro’s, and a few for Valencia…

    Absolutely pointless paying £20M for Villa when we have Eduardo…

    The money would be better spent elsewhere – CH….

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:29 pm
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    So I seem to be the only one here who plays football manager the Wenger way, i.e. buy the 10 best academy kids every year and become great doing it that way?

    Moushin: I was half-joking friend. Personally, I think we sign a similar amount to last year (4 first teamers [Sagna, Eduardo, Wookash, Diarra = Defender, Nasri, Bischoff, maybe-an-Ade-replacement?/Vela-depending-on-how-you-look-at-it], a handful of kids) and the natural progress will be just as significant us as all worrying about signings. But then I’m also pretty certain Hleb will stay, and maybe Ade too (just out of AW stubborness more than anything).

    It’s just people are getting angry at each other over nothing. We might get a reserve player on the free: FITE! Calm, we are all Arsenal fans, have a cuppa and just wait for real football to go mental over. If you are giving yourself a hernia over Eric Bischoff, you know that maybe you need to take a little silly season break.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:40 pm
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    I thin he is a poor signing but as JS said at the start of this comments bit he will be an Arsenal player so i will give him a chance.
    Adebayor wants to leave otherwise he would have just said to the press Fuk off i am stayin! that goes for Hleb too so even if they do stay there is no way that i will be singing their name just because they have suddenly decided that they want to stay at Arsenal. I wouldn’t have minded about Adebayor cos he did at the start talk all the shit bout wantin to stay blah blah but now to say oh i think i am worth what Henry was because of one season what a complete prick, does he not know that he is only the player he is because of Wenger and the players that he has around him! Can’t be bothered with players that think they are better than they actually are, any other striker (within reason) put in his position last season would have scored at least the same amount of goals simple as!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:43 pm
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    Guys signing Bischoff may not be as risky as you guyz think. After all, one of the best centerbacks in the premier league – Christopher Samba – was playing for Hertha Berlin reserves before he moved to Blackburn. Perhaps playing reserve team football in Germany is not as bad as you all think lol. Let’s not forget all the seemingly obscure signings Wenger has made recently that have turned out to be gems as you all have alluded to (add that Denilson playing for Sao Paolo reserves).

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:45 pm
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    with this signing the midfield is just too cramped with fabregas rosicky diaby denilson song bischoff djourou(can play there) vela(can play there) ramsey lansbury barazite merida nasri(maybe) hleb(maybe) now we are turning into spurs with that many midfielders

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:49 pm
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    at least this story is filling more pages and stopping the talk about Adabayor!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:53 pm
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    sorry for upsetting you david, I’m afraid when you come on here and act like there is an easy option of just shipping out 4 or 5 players and just ‘getting’ a few others, it makes you sound like one of the masses who think football management is as easy as it is on the computer game. The point I am making is that it is pointless to blab on about quick fixes…it’s not as easy as that. It’s pretty clear that Arsene (the most successful manager Arsenal has ever had and a guy who is respected throughout the football world) has a long term plan…and it doesn’t involve making wholesale panic changes every summer. He realises that players have to be able to play together, he puts more importance on the players personalities (which while you may have watched Albiol a lot, you won’t know what he is like off the field)…and to say Arsene is just not seeing the obvious quick fix just makes you look silly.

    sorry for upsetting you david, I’m afraid when you come on here and act like there is an easy option of just shipping out 4 or 5 players and just ‘getting’ a few others, it makes you sound like one of the masses who think football management is as easy as it is on the computer game. The point I am making is that it is pointless to blab on about quick fixes…it’s not as easy as that. It’s pretty clear that Arsene (the most successful manager Arsenal has ever had and a guy who is respected throughout the football world) has a long term plan…and it doesn’t involve making wholesale panic changes every summer. He realises that players have to be able to play together, he puts more importance on the players personalities (which while you may have watched Albiol a lot, you won’t know what he is like off the field)…and to say Arsene is just not seeing the obvious quick fix just makes you look silly.

    And to all those who moan about ‘another kid’ coming in, with the Bischoff ‘signing’ you need to see the reality of the situation. Wenger isn’t just thinking about this season, or the first team, he is thinking about the club as a whole…Bischoff might not even play for the first team this season…even if he doesn’t it’s not really a problem. And he won’t be stopping the english prospects, as if they are good enough, they will play ahead of him…Wenger realises that being Arsenal manager isn’t just about signing a few big name signings so that the fans will be happy in august, if it means they will be gutted and trophyless in May. Bischoff might be a Stefan Maltz, but he might also be a Flamini or a Vieira…with Wengers record, I would suggest it is more likely to be the latter.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:54 pm
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    Johnny;

    No, with this signing the medical room is just too cramped with Rosicky, Eduardo, RvP asnd now the Bisch!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:54 pm
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    adebayor and hleb may not leave if you remember a thierry henry did not speak about his transfer to barca and then rejected the chance to go but the fact he left 1 year later is irrelevant both players could be just waiting to reject moves but then again maybe not

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:54 pm
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    I have no idea why my post was repeated twice…

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:56 pm
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    Ade doesn’t want to leave, he wants more money. He doesn’t care where he has it. And personally, he has no right to break his contract or demand a payrise. We can keep him and we can keep him at his current salary. Personally, I think AW will do just that to prove a point and to keep his team together. Ade won’t throw games because he smarter than that (bad performances/not playing = less likely to get a salary boost any time soon). Doesn’t stop him from being a cunt though.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:57 pm
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    Ade doesn’t want to leave, he wants more money. He doesn’t care where he has it. And personally, he has no right to break his contract or demand a payrise. We can keep him and we can keep him at his current salary. Personally, I think AW will do just that to prove a point and to keep his team together. Ade won’t throw games because he smarter than that (bad performances/not playing = less likely to get a salary boost any time soon). Doesn’t stop him from being a deluded cunt though.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:58 pm
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    omg this story was published like 4 hours ago and it has lareday got nearly 150 comments. wtf this site is popular!!!!! its coz of you jay its coz of you, by the way the tennis on seems good.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 12:58 pm
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    Ethan;

    I think if the Bisch was 16 or 17 we wouldnt be seeing this level of abuse aimed at the poor lad.

    Nope, its due to the fact he is 21 fella. 21 and never played a full 1st team game for bremen, 21 and couldnt manage to play for a pretty mediocre team in a pretty mediocre league in THREE years

    If he doesnt play for us this season, when he is OLDER than Cesc, Walcott, Bendtner, Denilson and vela, then when will he play???

    Whejn he’s 33? Injuries permitting of course.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:01 pm
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    I,LL BE BACK AT 17.00 …WHO,S BETTING STILL NO NASRI

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:05 pm
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    just received word from a reliable source bischoff failed his medical

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:09 pm
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    The Marseille thing is certainly interesting, it seems both Lyon and Marseille claim they have the player.

    japgunner – Hmmm

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:09 pm
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    Ethan, is it not clear to everyone and possibly Wenger that Kolo and Gallas can not play together ?? they are both sweeper type of centre backs and need a dominante centre back partner, thats the Zapata Gallas trade, Gallas is also on a lot of money, I believe he is one of the highly paid players at the club, Gilberto has a ear left and is not up to it anymore so let him leave cheap for the good service, Toure we could get with the Hleb deal and Albiol and Valencia are keen to trade, it was all moves that seemed to improve us and were within out reach, I know that transfers and dealings and player personalities are so difficult these days I just thought the above dealings were spot on for Arsenal..

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:09 pm
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    Ethan i understand what you are saying but it would only have real credibility if we had been winning trophies the last few seasons! We sign small name players and make them big names. Brilliant idea in principle but we have won nothing by doing this for years now! I agree with the youth policy but when wenger is saying he doesn’t have much money and that the money he does have needs to be used on contracts aswell then why waste money on this players contract when it looks like a pointless signing in an area that we really don’t need cover for! If other players are better than him as you said then he will only ever play in the reservs say he signs on £10,000 per week for 3 years which would be about normal i guess. that works out at about £480,000 a year which is almost £1.5m after 3 years on a player that would never have played for us!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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    Congrats to J Sanderson on probably the best site for Arsenal fans. Top site mate

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:10 pm
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    What is going on at arsenal football club? I am starting to become so delirious with it, god knows what cesc and co are thinkin….

    Im pleased he failed his medical….why the fook do we need this player????????

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:12 pm
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    Watford Gooner, we may not have Nasri but I have some information from a very reliable source in San Marino. Apparently we have put in a bid for Ingistalem (San Marino 3rd division runners up) 17yo midfield player Pier Fuckhaussen. He has so far played 1 game of football since leaving school and is currently working part time as a postman. He once played for the San Marino post office under 12’s and won a runners up medal. Wenger has been after this lad for 8 years apparently and now sees him as an ideal replacement for Cesc when he is sold to Barca in January. My San Marino source has never been wrong, mainly because this is the first thing he has contacted me about. The signing may have to wait until the end of the financial year in San Marino or when Ingistalem sign another player Hithem Len Martha from their rivals Outistalem.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:13 pm
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    ‘The Bisch’… I don’t think his age really makes much difference…if Wenger signs him it is for a reason, you have to remember how long he was out injured, that is part of the reason why he didn’t play for WB. Vieira was 20 when he joined us, he had hardly played for Milan, and look at how he progressed when he joined Arsenal. You are right, he might never play for us regularly, but at the same time, if he plays for a while in the reserves, and gets some game-time under his belt after some horrible injuries, he might add depth to our squad. Just because it has become the norm to consider someone ‘a prospect’ at 14-15-16…it doesn’t mean a guy is past it at 21. Players develop at different ages. Were you one of the ones who ranted that Flamini should go before last season?

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:14 pm
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    If he is a free transfer i do not see what is so wrong with taking a punt on him because Arsene Wenger obviously must see something in him to want to bring him here to Arsenal in the fist place and if he gets fit it could turn out to be a very very very smart peace of busines by the club? IMO

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:16 pm
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    Adebayor is a cunt, anyone decent forward would score shit loads with our midfield , give him a huge payrise when he performs consistently for 5 years like Thierry, I remember the good old days money was never really an issue with Thierry and he certainly could have left us earlier, Fuck Adebayor his first touch is at times awful and he’d be found out in a slower technical league, Bendtner is twice the player at the same ages, I saw Adebayor at Metz and Monaco he was a joke, if Nicklas carries on improving like he was he’ll dick all over Ade anyway..

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:18 pm
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    Kent Paul – Yep, we are paying nothing for him, he will not be on huge wages, and if he turns out to be decent then brilliant, if not.. fair enough.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:20 pm
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    All the people that are backing this signing are blinded by a couple of things, one is Cesc and the other is Ifs and Buts!!!!!
    Cesc was an unknown and is now one of the best in the world! Not everyone is going to be like that! Also we know that this player has a long list of injuries hence he has only ever played one game with the full werder side. that is fact but saying he would be a good signing IF he stays fit thats an IF and a big one looking at it too. All we actually know is that he has only EVER played once for Werder cos he HAS been out injured. Look at our list of midfielders we already have and then tell me again that we need to add depth there!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:23 pm
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    Its a waste of wages and a squad place we already have filled, end of, he could be the bollocks but then again so could Randall,Lansbury,Merida if given his chance..

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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    ‘David’ – I think you answered your own point. Arsene knows better than anyone what we need. He sees the players in training every day. He knows our budget. His contacts in the football world are legendary. Do you really think if it was as easy as just ‘getting’ Albiol, he wouldn’t do it? You have to conclude that for some reason (unknown to us) he has decided against it. On balance, I would trust his judgment on transfers over most other managers in world football, let alone some poster on a football blog (no offence)

    ‘Clacko the Gooner’ – you are the same, talking about what we should do as if you could just wave a magic wand and we would start winning trophies. This is the real world! I don’t think Bischoff will even make it to the first team this season, unless we have an injury crisis. Of course we will have to spend money on wages, but Arsene probably thinks there is enough of a player here who might develop into first team material. It’s a risk, but aren’t all transfers? We can have a view on these matters, we are entitled to, but I think we should remember that there are a lot of things which we do not know, which Arsene does (budgets, players personalities, etc etc etc)

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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    Dave, Yeah, no…actually I agree with you! You are right, Arsene is wrong. Why aren’t you a football manager again?

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:31 pm
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    I never had Wenger’s oportunities.. :-) haha

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:31 pm
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    Ethan;

    You aint getting me fella.

    The guy is 21, he has been around for 3 years and played ZERO 1st team games.

    He should be considered as a 1st team squad player , forcing his way into the bremen team, he hasnt.

    Lets face it, he is either

    1) Shit
    2) Constantly injured

    he will be signed so tnbat when he never plays due to injuruies the fact that RvP and Rosicky manage 14 games between em will seem like loads.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:32 pm
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    Zapata = gallas or Kolo. Dead similar to both of em. Not the dominate CB some are calling for.

    I demand we sign on of those big Russian CBs, they looked solid.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:33 pm
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    Why is everyone trying to bash the Bisch???

    Whats all that about?

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:35 pm
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    have you seen Zapata play ?? do you mean the Russians that shipped 7 goals to Spain ? and the ones run ragged by a certain F Torres of Liverpool ?..or do you mean the Russians that let Mikey Dwarf Owen win a header in Russia for Rooneys goal ?

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:37 pm
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    Actually, Cesc was not an unknown he played in the U17 tournaments for Spain and was outstanding, just like Xavi, Puyol etc. were in their earlier days.
    Unfortunately, the success of all players depends on ‘Ifs and Buts’. No one expected Rosicky, Diaby, RvP, Denilson and so on to be plagued by so many injuries as they had few injuries before coming to Arsenal. Mr Bischoff might just buck the trend and prove all his doubters wrong!
    If we have depth in midfield, as everyone claims, why did Wenger not play some of these players last season when it was obvious that some of our midfielders needed a break towards the end of last season??? Instead he chose to loan these players out.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:38 pm
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    Ethan i am not saying it is easy and that you can just wave a magic wand. We play the best football of any team in the world yet have won nothing that past 4 seasons now! That proves in itself that it ent easy but what i am saying is in young speak he ent young. What good player do you know that had only played 1 game for a respectable club by the time he is 21 and make it? Wenger is human, he makes mistakes too and signing this player i fear is one of them!
    If this player becomes an established, reliable player then i will gladly eat my own balls with a smile on my face but i don’t see it happening!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:39 pm
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    I’m getting what you are saying loud and clear, I just don’t agree with it – don’t you think Wenger might have considered these issues before signing him? He has been injured, but because of that, you would expect our medical team to do a very detailed check on him. As I said before, to write him off at 21 just because it is the convention to think if you are that age not a first team player is just stupid. If you write to the board to put your name forward if Arsene fails, I will gladly give them a reference of your thorough football knowledge…

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:42 pm
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    I think you have got me worng, i am not writing him off and have said that i will back him as he is an Arsenal player, i just don’t feel that it is a signing that we need to have made due to his injury ridden past and believe that this MAY be a mistake but only time will tell. If indeed we are signing them then all the best to him and i hope he becomes a good player, i just don’t necessarily think it’s a signing that needed to be made.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:44 pm
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    if he is any good we’ll only lose him on a free to Milan anyway….

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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    Ethan i just read your post again and i am sorry but i won’t take personal attacks as i haven’t done that to you! I don’t claim to know everything about football but you are no manager yourself! We all have opinions and i am happy to debate them but there is no need to start slating people because of what their opinion is!

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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    You say you aren’t writing him off, but you said you would eat your own balls if he becomes a reliable player. OKAY! Maybe we should wait to see him playing football before judging his future footballing career…

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:47 pm
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    I am with Clacko here, he never got personal but the comment at the end from Ethan was condescending..

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:51 pm
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    I wasn’t making it personal, but it is annoying to see random fans seeming to claim they know more than the greatest manager of Arsenal. Of course we are all entitled to opinions, but the way most write on here is as if they think they could do a good job as Arsenal manager with one hand tied behind their backs! To be honest, I think it’s disrespectful to what a great job Arsene is doing for the club. How do you know I am not a manager?…I might be Arsene Wenger himself for all you know…

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:53 pm
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    14:53 LATEST SAMIR NASRI NEWS apparantly he has been spoted eating an apple

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:53 pm
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    no-one thinks more highly of Arsene Wenger than me, i think the guy has been genius to produce the teams he has with his nouce and knowledge and transfer acuman but does that mean we can’t question him ever ? for me this is a Mendez Rodriquez/Malz signing..

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:54 pm
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    1:54 LATEST SAMIR NASRI NEWS he has just finished eat the apple

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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    It wasn’t meant to be condescending… I was just making the point that many people on here seem to make out they could do a better job than Wenger. I just think there must be a decent reason why Wenger rates Bischoff…and his history with players suggests he will probably be right…

    Anyway, sorry if I have caused offence to anyone, it was not my intention.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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    BREAKING NEWS…..

    French Financial year been extended another 2 weeks.

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  • July 1, 2008 at 2:00 pm
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    Hey I want to ‘Bisch Slap’ Adebayor….

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  • July 1, 2008 at 2:02 pm
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    When will he officialy sign for us who can possibly say, but as long as Samir Nasri does end up signing for Arsenal that is all that matters IMO

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  • July 1, 2008 at 2:02 pm
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    David; The whole defence of Russia may have let in a goal or 2. So does that make cech or Buffon shite keepers coz they leaked goals? In Cech’s case, maybe!

    Thats a very simplistic view there fella.

    1 of the CBs was effin quality, cant remember his name, he’s about yay high and walks with a squint.

    Zapata is the same height as Gallas/Kolo innit? Thats all im saying.

    No need to be soooooo defensive. can you play in midield?

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