Arsenal have agreed a fee with Saprissa for striker Joel Campbell, according to president Juan Carlos Rojas.
Richard Law has been in Costa Rica over the weekend holding talks over the 19-year-old, and a fee of around £930,000 has been agreed. The deal was confirmed by Rojas on ADN Radio last night, before the players father revealed he expected the transfer to go through before Monday.
Humberto Campbell also said his son had agreed on a five year contract, and would wear the number 12 shirt.
More to follow.
Will there be any work permit issues?
Swift!! If only all transfers were this quick! Good luck to the kid
I think he will be a good singing and he is so quick
Hope he can get work permit.
£930,000 sounds like a bargain. Would he qualify for a work permit or will Arsenal have to apply for a special talent visa?
And whoever said old Arsene has lost his touch with signings?
that is good news, and yafather likes this sight,while others speculate , you man deal wit facts, KEEP IT UP.
Law arrived on the 15th deal done by the 17th now that’s how business needs to be done at AFC
We are still haggling Bolton for their 14m asking price of Cahill. Shamefull
Anways As for Campbell fanstastic signing for us especially considering the price. For people who have never seen him play just think of a young Henry. His game is almost identical to Henry
I saw him play against Bolivia and he played on the LW at least in the second half in the first they were a bit all over the place and he tore them apart
If he gets a work permit then Vela wont even start the Carling cup games
he can dribble but hes no winger hes a striker.a technical and more athletic version of sturrige
I would rather have Mertesacker than Cahill, to be honest. And he would be cheaper as well.
Will he be a part of the first team ?
Good comments about him by highly respected scout Tor-Kristian Karlsen on his twitter feed. Read here:- http://twitter.com/#!/karlsentk
i hope the kid will settle as quickly as possible i also hope that he will not became star and start insulting our team
Jamie, as there’s talk of the No. 12 shirt being his, does that mean he’s expected to go straight into the first team?
The number 12 eh. That could certainly mean that Bendtner’s about to leave.
I mean because that’s a first team number, so maybe this is his replacement.
Fantastic signing for us, looks like a composed finisher with pace. Really excited by the look of this guy. Good quick deal too.
The Forbes Top Ten most valuable sports teams in the world:
1. Manchester United 2. Dallas Cowboys 3. New York Yankees 4. Washington Redskins 5. Real Madrid 6. New England Patriots 7. Arsenal 8. New York Giants 9. Houstan Texans 10. New York Jets.
Barca come in no. 26th, jus a nice lil snippet to show The Arsenal are on the way up!
I think that is interesting how essentially the 2 sports that started off in England and were made in opposition of the other sport are the top 2 sports in the world.
Obviously American Football is just an upgraded version of rugby football and then of course Football (soccer) which has come along way from when it was first created.
L’pool and Sp*rs don’t even make it at top 49.
Off topic, but what about Lansbury?
Akash878: Looks like Lansbury will end up going on loan. There is a strong possibility that Lansbury and/or Miquel could be season loan make-weights for a Gary Cahill transfer. If not, Norwich is another possibility.
So you guys think closing a deal for a unknown 1 million pound player is the same as closing a deal for a 17 million well known player? The logic is just silly. The well known player is going to have different demands where as the unknown kid is going to be pretty straight forward. There is also a big difference between a couple hundred thousand a several million pounds not to mention dealing with all the other clauses and things that go with expensive signings.
So happy, now a good defender and I’m a really happy gooner
Shit! This kid is the real deal. All his goals have quality written all over it. He can make deadly passes too. He can dribble, he can shoot with power and accuracy (But it’s on youtube, everybody is great on youtube, but i have a feeling he is different)
Nothing like a good youtube scouting session mate lol
why must any ars. Fan be hapy. Wen we nid a top quality player nt just an unknwn gem. Let wenger bring in cahill. He’l make a diff.
If he is taking 12, I wonder what number Gervinho will be taking and Myiachi if he can get a work permit? Almost isn’t there a rule you can only apply for one “special talent” work permit per year. If we were gonna use it on someone I would prefer Ryo than Campell to be honest. Either way, this has to be the quickest signing in the past decade under Wenger!
Apparently Gervinho is taking the no 9 jersey. Not confirmed on the website but would make sense.
Why would you rather use it for Ryo? You have yet to even see Campbell play so for all you know Campbell could be twice the player of Ryo.
And aside from that, Ryo is not ready for the prem. He is weak and very predictable in his dribbling right now. With that being said, I think he is a quality talent but he just needs some time to become a polished player first.
Gervinho comfirmed on his twitter (fake?) that he’s going to wear number 9 and regarding Miyaichi, I think he would benefit from another loan spell even though I’m as excited as anyone to see him test himself in the Premier League.
I hope and really really hope he comes good.For the talk of being given the no 12 shirt it sounds like there is no prob on work permit issues.Good luck lad & welcome to europe.
Poor Lansbury, the new guy will steal his preffered number.
Its looking like an exciting summer so far. We are back to doing our scouting thing and snapping up some unknown talent. We have increased the quality in our youth team. We already got 1 of the experienced players we needed in Gervinho. We are getting rid of some dead weight. The only think keeping it from being all positive is of course the Nasri situation but other then that, this is why I love Arsenal. This is when we are at our best.
i dont agree. I think if we only have 1 application for a special talent visa then it should go to campbell.
Ryo will get his chance when he is ready, its just not yet.
campbell looks like he could make an immidiate contribution to the arsenal strike force next season.
His grandad is irish, would this help at all in securing a work permit?
If true, then maybe.
http://www.workpermit.com/uk/ir_ancestry.htm
I imagine Arsenal already know this.
You can apply for one special talent visa per person, so if it is denied and your appeal fails you cannot apply again until the next year.
Even if the player’s circumstances change, i.e. more international caps etc.
WG
Methink he is the new Anelka. Remember Anelka? He helped us win the 1998 title at 19, scoring 22 premiership goals that season.
how did manutd get special visa for the da silva twins at once? or were they considered 1?
He looks cool and a bit cocky, always good characteristics in a striker, something we havent had since Henry. Bendtner tried but we all know what happened there. Hopefully he can come in a do a job as the little mexican did at united this season.
Hope this guy can be our chicharito!
Compliments to Saprissa as well if it is true they rejected larger deals to do business with Arsenal.
It shows both a longsighted approach to boosting the teams image and that of Costa Rican football, as well as the desire to help their youth by giving them chances in a team that gives youth a chance in a very tough league.
I think work permit issues shouldn’t be a problem in his case since he’s already playing for Costa Rica’s senior side.I really hope we conclude this deal quickly coz he could do an anelka in his 1st year.i’m awaiting a confirmation from AFC.com.
If this is true ARSENAL has started to raise its game. Now Lukaku, Mata and the defence.
Why would you want Lukaku AND Mata, especially when it seems all but certain that Nasri and Cesc will stay?
Money would be better spent on a starting LB and a backup CMD IMO
i like the look of this kid but now i’m really confused about what formation we’re going to play next year…i don’t quite see where everyone’s going to fit in.
No offence, but this seems to be a complete rehash of Gunnerblog’s post on the topic.
well i think its well known jamie is a good reporter, understands things but his personality stinks
does zat mean ze end of JET?
Here on CR they are saying that the juventus offer almost half a million(dollars)more but Campbell and Saprissa choose Arsenal for less.Also about his position he plays both wings sides and with the Sub 20 he plays the 10 spot but that’s because CR has no talent around him the 9 or left wing spot is where he shines the most.
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Well, seems like a great signing. I believe his international caps might be helpful in securing a work permit. Also, the first team needs a backup striker, especially with chamakh and gervinho going to the acn in january.
Vela, bartley, lansbury and frimpong seem likely to break through this season, maybe campbell could add additional spark.
@Feygooner do u really thing its all but certain nasri & fab will stay when the mayor of his town is bitching about kidnapping cos me thinks its like cesc is just using other people to engineer his move away from the club & for nasri it would be criminal if we dont accept a 20million squid offer.If you want my honest opinion on the two i think its better to let them go cos it obvious they want to
Nice to see Wenger signing some very quick players for a change like Serge Gnabry,Hector Bellerin,Gervinho,Ryo Miyaichi,Wellington da Silva,Jenkinson and we have Vela and Walcott while Nasri is not the quickest but he has pace.
@ feygooner, lets say nasri& fabs stay, there’s still no guarantee that both of them would stay for next season. so its good if we sign mata from now, he’ll learn learn more& adapt more. i dont know about lukaku but i think he’ll be a good additional for us at forward.
about LB or CDM, i think the same way as u but im afraid mr.wenger would listen. If ever he did, maybe he should buy new CB as well, lets say verthongthen or mertasacker
Just wondering: if we were to loan a player like Miyaichi or some such out to another EPL club, could they apply for a special talent visa for him instead of us?
i really like our summer shopping basket. stewart downing,henderson, phil jones still cost more than all our current signings. hopefully the next should be one with premiership experience to adapt quickly. jenkinson looks he’s adapting and i hope the same for gervinho.
@ everyone who is asking about work permits, he can get one easily, as he played in all of his country’s games at the copa america, scoring against someone in the process.
Good to see him in the squad but i don’t think we can trust anything till it’s confirmed.
Look at how Inter snatch player under our nose.
I am looking forward to Cahill though.
Hector Bellerin, Jon Toral, Carl Jenkinson, Gervinho, Joel Campbell all of them in July!!
All we need now is Lukaku and if Fabregas goes get Mata and has anyone thought about Micah Richards but we do have some good youth players in defence ready to step u which is good
I just feel, we are going on the right track. Very good signing indeed. Maybe we’ll look at retaining Nasri and letting Fab go. Then try and let Vela go on loan and maybe sell Arshavin and get Metarsacker or Samba, and then we’re good for d season. An opinion anyway.
this is a real talent, let’s hope he settles into the team quickly
if its true i am really happy with this signing i cant wait to see him play sounds like he’s an exciting talent.
what a player!!!looks 2 be a combination of eto’o n thierry henry…he will hopefully be a livewire!!!mark my words…gunners on the UP!!!
Campbell is coming. Fact. He’s even negotiated for his own squad number 12 so he’s a straight firsteamer.
I can see a new ‘Anelka’ written over this one, providing us enough goals to put us over the top. Viva Arsenal 2011/12.
La Nacion which is one of the largest newspapers in Costa Rica have reported that a second English team has made a bid. They spoke to Campbell’s father who said that he had been asked not to reveal the name of the other team. He also mentioned that they were going to take their time to look at the other offer before making a decision.
http://www.nacion.com/2011-07-17/Deportes/otro-equipo-ingles-se-mete-entre-arsenal–y-campbell—.aspx
i can only guess
maybe young guns should stop printing the names of our targets..LOL!!!
must be del boy arry trying his luck
its worse when your agent is a family member. they ruin your career for greed, i hope it doesnt turn out like anelka’s case.
is daddy trying to blackmail arsenal for more money? i hope joel understand that he will have more chance at arsenal than other teams coming with bigger offers.
well first off welcome to arsenal but if he’s going to wear number 12shirt.. What’s vela gonna wear then cos i thought vela number 12
On the Arsenal website vela has the number 11.
“I can see a new ‘Anelka’ written over this one, providing us enough goals to put us over the top.”
Short memory? Anelka took a season and a half to start scoring for us.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_7045100,00.html
Jamie first as always, skysports are now reporting it!
this just puzzles me, hes at the age for 1st team squad duties or at leastt CC so is he the new striker were looking for and if so fuk that and fuk arsene. DISLIKE THIS COMMENT IF UR A KNOB
please calm down dude,
just take accept campbell as the cheaper version of neymar. without diving,cheating and clubbing(partying).
neymar= £40 millions
campbell = £930.000
remember they are both unproven in europe.
salaries are our deadwoods we are getting rid of can pay for this transfer fee.
I thought the special talent visa was, you could apply for that player once a season and not just one player per season.
thats what the media are saying. he’s already full internation with 100% of games. unless arsene doesnt need him now if yes he will win work permit. no need for special talent visa.
remember ryo was going to apply for work permit had japan participated in copa america.
please calm down, i think the media just love to make things worse for arsenal fc.
Dave
What you fail to realise is that this boy is more proven than Anelka before him. He’s already an international so he can come straight into the team. If he’s physically strong to cope with the premiership bullies, then we have a gem on out hands. While Youtube can be deceiving, methink this boy is really good.
There’s a rumour that he has an Irish grandfather. I don’t know but does it mean that he can apply for a British passport?
yes you are right, he can claim irish nationality through his grandparents.
i hope we wrap the deal soon
if he was older with only 5 caps then he could have caused some complications but he’s only 19.
i am not just how many caps hernandes had when man utd signed him. or gilberto when we signed him. not really sure
Howard>
I was just pointing out that Anelka wasn’t the instant star so many people seem to think he was.
“There’s a rumour that he has an Irish grandfather. I don’t know but does it mean that he can apply for a British passport?”
“If one of your grandparents is an Irish citizen but none of your parents was born in Ireland, you may become an Irish citizen. You will need to have your birth registered in the Foreign Births Register.”
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/moving_country/irish_citizenship/irish_citizenship_through_birth_or_descent.html
After a protracted negotiating process, Arsene Wenger has finally signed “Karim Benzema” for “27 million pounds”. Which is why i have consistently cautioned Arsenal fans to scale down their transfer expectations of “Mr. Profits – Wenger”. The next ” big signings” you Arsenal fans should expect are “Gary Cahill”, “Chris Samba” and “Juan Mata”. I hope one day Arsene Wenger turns up (in a navy-blue-suit) for a match at the Emirates and ralises he is in the stadium alone with his Board.
After a protracted negotiating process, Arsene Wenger has finally signed “Karim Benzema” for “27 million pounds”. Which is why i have consistently cautioned Arsenal fans to scale down their transfer expectations of “Mr. Profits – Wenger”. The next ” big signings” you Arsenal fans should expect are “Gary Cahill”, “Chris Samba” and “Juan Mata”. I hope one day Arsene Wenger turns up (in a navy-blue-suit) for a match at the Emirates and realises he is in the stadium alone with his Board.