Sebastian Giovinco is set to walk out of Juventus in January after the bitter feud over his new contract escalated into a full blown row with the Turin outfit, and Arsenal are prepared to offer him a way out.
The Gunners have been tracking the play-maker since his star performances on loan at Empoli last season, but Giovinco has always maintained his desire to remain with his parent club. However, an argument has broken out over a new contract, with the player and his agent wanting a pay rise, which would see his wages reach £20,000 a week.
That fee has seen Juve baulk as he is only 21-years-old, but reports in the Italian press claim Arsène Wenger is more than happy to pay that for the prospect – who excelled at this summer Olympic Tournament.
The bitter row has split the fans who are undecided if they wish Sebastian to stay, as he is a fantastic talent, but also feel angry at his attitude towards the club. A petition was circulated around the Internet two months ago when it appeared that Claudio Ranieri had sanctioned his sale amid reports of a £5 million bid from Arsenal.
Yesterday the player himself came out and spoke following the latest batch of negotiations over a new deal, but after they broke down and winger Iago Falqué was signed, he reacted angrily when confronted with a new batch of questions.
“My renewal with Juventus is not a priority and to be honest I couldn’t careless whether the contract is renewed or not,’
‘My agent should be thinking about certain things and for now I know my future is with Juventus.I will accept Claudio Ranieri’s decisions regarding whether or not I play on the pitch.”
Relations between all the involved parties are at rock bottom, and a transfer away from The Old Lady seems imminent. Wenger is known to be a huge fan of the diminutive youngster who is likely to cost around €7.5 million Euros, but with the dispute dividing the club, that figure looks set to come down dramatically.
Article By – J.Sanderson
I like the player but just wonder where he’ll fit in. We have an abundance of attacking flair.
this guy is pure class a star in the making
a bright talent, i’m sure…but do we really want another player who will leave if he doesn’t get the money he wants? Not sure we need anymore of that attitude at Arsenal.
Do we really need him?
he is only 165 cm tall.HE won’t be able to survive the hurly burly of the epl.
Why dont wenger and his scouts find the next Makélélé or Essien, a powerful ad hard-working DM, rather than another Fabregas, a young play-maker.
Why dont wenger and his scouts find the next Makélélé or Essien, a powerful and hard-working DM, rather than another Fabregas, a young play-maker.
I remember the last young attacking player we signed who had a bust up with his club was a certain Robin Van Persie.
Hopefully this fella doesn’t have any of the injury problems but all of the same class
JW19 – We have, he’s called Francis Coquelin :D
I really like this boy, and i think he is our type of player. Bischoff is only here on a 1 year deal, so next summer a position would be open.
I watched him closely in the Olympics and he’s a damn good footballer. He’s not afraid to accept responsibility and he’s not afraid to have a shot at goal. Even in the game Italy lost, he was a class above the rest of the team. I wouldn’t mind seeing him come in.
I watched Giovinco playing for Italy in the Olympics.
Basically he’s a very good attacking midfielder, and can play as a striker as well. Technically quite good, pacy and tricky.
We might have a problem putting him into the squad as Nasri and Theo have basically occupied the wings. Not forgetting that Rosicky and Eboue can also play on the wings, therefore Giovinco might have a hard time displacing them on either wings. As for upfront, don’t even think about it. Vela, Bendtner, Eduardo, van Persie, Adebayor. Too many!
So, logically speaking, Giovinco’s arrival would add depth in the attacking department BUT doesn’t solve the fundamental problem of the current Arsenal team.
Yet, if Wenger wants him, I suppose someone would be sold very soon. Let’s see about that.
We have an abudance of attacking midfielders, in the first team and players such as Wilshere waiting in reserves. I wouldn’t complain if he came but I think we’d be ignoring our bigger problems. Oh and in the quote he actually said he ‘knows his future is at Juventus’ and I remember his agent saying he loves the club etc.
I have to say though, he’s the kind of playmaker we don’t really have at the club. Our players such as Fabregas and Rosicky are more about picking out good passes and they don’t really have much trickery while this guy has pace and trickery.
Kevlinefm – very good analysis
Sanderson, i know we have Coquelin but now compare that to how many attacking players we have Merida, Lansbbury, Ramsey, Randell, Wilshire, Özyakup, Watt, Rasmussen who all could potentially get a game or two in the first team if we had some serious injury problems.
Ozyakup is still playing Under 16s, and Rasmussen is not even a regular for the Under 18’s, so your jumping the gun mate.
If coquelin was 2 years older, i’m pretty sure he would be lining up alongaside cesc. He’s that good.
He’s a midget he would be destroy in the EPL, that was the same reason why we didn’t go for that Croatian midget(who’s name I can’t remember).
Yeah but the point i’m making is you still have lot of attacking players when compared to the more defensive type.
It’s wrong in the translation… Giovinco means that he doesn’t care about the contract, that’s up to his agent to fix, everything he wants is to play for Juve.
We didn’t go for Modric ‘cos we have Cesc in the middle. And your logic makes no sense, why would we not buy ‘that Croatian midget’ but buy that French midget?
Coquelin and Frimpong seem like great defensive midfielders but it’ll probably be 3-4 years before they’re knocking on the door for a first team place.
Oh and we do seem to be overloaded with attacking players. Merida, Ramsey and Wilshere are all world class for their age group but there are only so many positions available.
Fabregas’ Dad, I think only the three you mentioned will make it but even then the only way would be for wenger to use a rotation policy.
@ Fabregas’ Dad
Which French midget are you talking about, on the same note Modric is an attacking midfielder while Cesc is an central midfielder
Very talented player! I wouldn’t complain if we did sign him, but just where to play him is the only concern. Unless somebody leaves..but who??
Shinda, I suspect Fabregas’ Dad means Nasri.
Nasri > Modric
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
@ JW 19
He should now that Nasri his 5’10, far from being a midget, that’s why ask which French midget he’s talking about.
i agree with jw19… arsene and the scouts reularly find attacking young talent but defensive talent,particularly in the midfield less often.
the last dc/dm i think we got was havad nordviet.
attacking midfield wise we have , merida, barazite, ramsey, wilshire, although he has at arsenal rather than signed.
maybe look at dc and dm from now on arsene and co.
ooops, forgot about coquelin although i was refering to players i think will make it big ( be playing at arsenal or at least a mid table club) in the future and to be honest i havent seen coquelin enough to judge him
It might just be talk to get a new deal moving or to get a move away in January. I’d say he’s more likely to move to another Italian club but if he’s really good then he wouldn’t be a bad addition to our squad. About Coquelin I’d love to see him in the Carling Cup this season and if he impresses then add him to the first on a regular basis. Pre season he looked very promising, calm on the ball and with good vision.
Never mind, I though Shinda was talking about Coquelin not Giovincio. I think he’s good enough to play in the Premiership, but he’s not what we need.
I have had a lot about the guy i have seen him in some games playing really well.I be happy if we do sign him but don’t know were to play him with our team full of talent.Pls can some one tell me the latest about steven Appiha.
Is Henri Lansbury going Place on loan???
“My renewal with Juventus is not a priority and to be honest I couldn’t careless whether the contract is renewed or not,’
That qoute alone says a big fat NO to me!!!
I actually would prefer Gervinho to Giovinvo… Giovinco is the better talent but I doubt with his phsyique he will be good for us. + an italian player moving to England and succeeding in England doesn’t happen quit often. I would prefer Gervinho because he’s more powerfull and probably going to suit the physical EPL better… what do you thing guys?!!
What has the lack of his height got to do with his ability in the premiership?
Zola was one of the most succesful players in the premiership!
http://www.arsenal-opinion.com
Not that it bears any relevance to your post…………but my memories of Juventus are watching Guns’n’Roses do a concert in their stadium in 1991/2. It was one of the most amazing days I’ve ever had,next to watching Santana in the park in Tucson some years after- I made sure I got down on to the pitch and stole some grass…….
what does that story ^^^ have to do with any of this???
Those well known failed footballers… what they called again… argentines, played for barca… leo messi and diego maradona? yeah, they proved that those with small physiques will never make it will they.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Giovinco was Rosicky’s replacement.
Giovinco is a diamond just waiting to be polished by the master himself.
hey J, whatever happened to Dimitrov?
yup!gervinho is way better than giovinco..pls even juventus does not need him!!!!
I think sometimes we miss the point when we say there are too many players in that position.
If there is a player who is better than Cesc, then you sign up that player and put him in the team. Simple. Obviously you have to take all the factors into account, such as loyalty, work ethic, etc, etc, but that aside, we shouldn’t be looking away from exciting prospects.
does not matter if your small, joe cole is small, wright phillips is small, walcott is small, jack wilshere is very small yet all these players are class because they have speed and skill to go past players.
hi wenger this is anew fun of aresenal in uganda wana say hello to all our players good day .
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I DON’T NO WHAT TO SAY WITH ALL THE COMMENTS MADE BY LOYALIST FANS…
GIOVINCO is aRAW JEWEL & NEEDS TO BE REFINED BY THE MASTER TACTICIAN “Le Boss/Professor”…THIS GUY WOULD BE A BIG HIT WHEN HE COMES OVER TO THE EMIRATES.
WE ALL SHOULD KNOW THAT AGE IS CATCHING UP WITH ROSICKY & WITH HIS INJURY PROBLEMS..AND R.V.P ALSO IS INJURY PRONE..
GIOVINCO WUD REALLY BE AN ASSET TO LET GO LIKE THAT..WE ALL REMEMBER WE ARSENAL FC HAVE LOST A LOT OF JEWELS TO OTHER CLUBS WHEN WE WOULD HAVE PURCHASED THEM AT RELATIVELY SMALL PRICES etc
CRISTIANO RONALDO, ESSIEN, and SO MANY TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
WE ALL KNOW THIS TRUTH.
I KNOW THE Le Boss would sign him up..He his too good to be ignored b4 he becomes a great terror to the world of football.
ALL THE BEST MY FELLOW GOOONER FASSS…….
SAFE FELLAS.
there’s a few comments about height here, talk of”midgets” and so on. i’d like to point out that height is not that important, ability is. i don’t care if he is 165mm tall, if a player can do the job, he’s in the team. roberto carlos is 165 cm. fabio cannavaro is 176cm – which did not stop him becoming one of the world’s greatest central defenders. and for midfield and attacking players height is obviously even less of an issue. think of saviola, linel messi, even Pele if you like. Gerd Muller was 168 cm. could he have cut it in today’s premier league? Could any of these players? I think so!
Only some f*ckin English mamanger once told Deco that he was too short…Makalele IMO the best player in his position at this prime, both Tiny and fantastic.
Its just a fact that anyone of any size can play football, Tall guys will win more headers, but the little guys will run circles around the bigger guys!!
COOL
and anyway some shorter players I can think of were brilliant in the air – KK for one – because they are quick at getting into position and have a good leap. some tall players are not renowned for being good in the air eg Peter Crouch… Thierry
forget about giovinco: he declared he will become a Juve star :P
To second ‘Joe’…what happened to Dimitrov, Jay? Off topic granted, but he doesnt fit into any particular topic…
do you guys really think we are on the verge of verbally agreeing terms come january transfer window ?? seriously coz i love this guy
Didn’t the Dimitrov transfer fall through because of work permit problems.
Dimitrov stuff was all rubbish. See this article
http://youngguns.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/arsenal-have-not-signed-nikolay-dimitrov-ffs/
oh ok. thanks J, i was just wondering.
for me it looks more likely that we will be signing appiah on a free agent….wud be a gd signing. Looks likely in the fact that wenger wont have to pay any money for him, plus his that muscle we need in the middle of the park
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_4122890,00.html
ITS ALL RUMOURS HE WANTS NEW DEAL WITH JUVE
GIOVONCOS NOT COMING