Richard Law has arrived in Costa Rica ahead of negotiations with C.D. Saprissa for striker Joel Campbell.
The 19-year-old Costa Rica international is one of this summers most sought after youngsters after a hugely impressive Gold Cup campaign. A move to La Liga looked increasingly likely last month, but Arsenal have made the first move.
The pacy frontman, who can also play on the left wing, has been watched by the club on numerous occasions. Now, South America executive Law has touched down and is ready to try and do a deal. Law is in charge of Arsenal’s transfers and operations in America, and is a respected negotiator who speaks a number of different languages.
He was in Argentina last month attempting to sign Vélez Sársfield midfielder Ricardo Álvarez, but that broke down over the club’s refusal to match Inter Milan’s structured offer.
Campbell is about to enter the final year of his contact, and Saprissa are believed to value his services at around £2 million. However, Arsenal will have to move fast, as he links up with the Costa Rica Under 20 squad shortly ahead of the Under 20 World Cup. Joel had previously suggested he wanted a transfer to be concluded before then.
I know the club have recruited from CONCACAF before (Danny Karbassiyoon), but other than Vela, I can’t remember the last time we bought a player from that region.
Frankie Simek?
Hmmm interesting. Any idea of height and playing style Jamie?
Enough with these signings, I’m tired of these promising prospects. If Wenger can’t bring proven players, he should resign!!! No value for money at Arsenal, paying the highest tickets to see a team of under-achievers.
Loyal Gooner my ass!
Wenger has said countless times over the past two months that he plans to purchase an experienced defender or two, among others…Gervinho was the first of those.
So, if we pick up a Jenkinson or a Campbell for good money, how is that going to hurt us? If they’re shit we’ll still get our moolah back on their resale, if they’re good they’ll step into our squad…and if they’re as promising as the scouts suggest, they’ll push our current first team to perform almost immediately (both being 19).
I’ll reiterate; loyal gooner my ass!
you do realise the point of this site? players j reports on here are young, first and foremost. nowhere is there any criteria for experience. most players mentioned are either for the youth team or reserves that COULD be first teamers eventually, but rarely immediately. i think your not gonna find the type of news you’re looking for here. maybe time to look elsewhere?
Yes, we are tired of promising prospects like Wilshere, Ramsey and Szczesny…
If we’re signing him and he’s 19 already, will he be sniffing around the first team this season in the cups?
Will this be another signing that has work permit issues?
whats the point? He wont get a work permit so he will sent on loan for two or three years and he wont be given a chance at arsenal because by the time he is ready we already have another 4, 19 year old strikers going for 1 spot. whats the point?, really.
Think this one will get a work permit mate. He has played quite a bit at international youth level and also for the first team. Should get a special talent visa like Denilson and the Da Silva twins got.
Yeah what’s the point in signing young talent like Miyaichi when they can’t come straight into the first team where they would have to play reserve fixtures instead of top division football.
I don’t suppose the club have too many complaints about bringing in both Cesc and Van Persie before any big clubs were interested.
It is low risk, either they make it at Arsenal or they are sold on most probably for a profit. Why is that a problem?
I’m not sure that people realised my sarcasm. I was pointing out that playing top division football in Holland is better than reserve football in England.
Joel campbell is a full international. So i guess he won’t have issues securing his work permit.
Only if your national team is in the top 70 of the FIFA ranking. And he must have played 75% of the avaiable matches the last two years too automaticly gain a permit. Other than it depends on the appeal…
Well Costa Rica are 54th I believe, probably quite a good chance of him winning the VISA.
JS you heard anything about sebastian coates the giant 6ft 6 Nacional defender?
I have watched him 5 times now the guy is a Tony Adams clone!
Very elegant, commanding but with pace!
Hes only 20 but think he could do a job for us!
I know Man city are intrested in him!
Any footage anywhere guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8Hlt6A9OCRQ
there u go
Looks promising on this vid
http://youtu.be/8Hlt6A9OCRQ
tie this one up suun as poss….cos as said soon have bigger games to look forward too
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I wonder how many people the blogs can trick into hits with a headline like “Arsenal open talks with Campbell”
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http://gunnerblog.com/?p=2881
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you can see Richard Law and Joel Campbell’s agent in the video, so i guess our interest in this player is as legit as it get
These are the signing I love. The “who” signings. These signing are what the Wenger generation aka our golden generation is built on these signings. Can’t wait to see him play here. Hopefully we snap him up.
i seen this guy play hes very fast and a great finisher. good at penalties /free kicks. i hate player comparisons but reminds me of a mixture of eto/henry .
That left footed volley he scored in the gold cup was a simply sensational finish.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hiRF8AgGrE
Would be a fantastic signing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hlt6A9OCRQ He seems a good striker of the ball with good skills seems a good prospect
Read about this guy a while back when Juve were intereseted…
http://www.calciomercato.com/english-news/joel-campbell-il-nuovo-fenomeno-juve-nulla-di-vero-non-creiamo-confusione-997435
PS:
Little dissapointed that we as fans can’t get any info on the Nasri and Fab stories from J when he obviously has connections in Arsenal… As we recently have had stories not only concerning “young gins” here… Can you shed some light on the situation J???
Nice to see we are signing all these top players with bags of Premier league experiences that we need.
yep he looks quality. Hope we get him before others
If they believe he can do a good job for us i say Richard Law dont come home without him or……
@shyster we all know too well wenger was playing poker when he said that and i sometimes wonder if he has concience
Ha! I knew I’d get the thumbs down for my comment! I was being tongue in cheek. If he is quick, versatile and a clinical finisher, then there’s no reason why he would not be a good addition to the club. But where does that leave vela?
I am only concerned about us signing defensive minded players with loads of premier league experience, TBH.
I’m from CR and Campbell has to be one of most talented young players in Costa Rica History.He has to carry the whole CR team on his shoulders(Copa america and the Sub 20 national team) and has not disappointed us yet.
I’m 1 of those who advocate for ‘big names’ but i think i like this one. hope he performs as we are anticipating
one player he ressembles is douglas costa similar skill and technique but he is worth 15m
would be good signing for 2m
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Kid’s got a lot of composure in front of goal, looks like a good prospect. In Wenger We Trust. G4L!
Is this the same Richard Law who failed the Alvarez deal this year..?
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he looks good, well better than bendtner or chamakh
more like skillful version of darren bent for 2 millions i won’t complain.
liverpool just paid 20 millions for downing. if you are a chairman who would you trust with your money, wenger or dalglish?
At least Downing will make some impact for Liverpool next season, will this kid do the same for us?
You obviously have never seen Stewart Downing play. The world is still waiting for that talented left foot is his to contribute anything to the game.
Guess no one would like J to use his sources to enlighten us on the Nas and Fab situation then judging by the rating on my latest post…
Very wierd indeed!!!
It’s because we don’t care right now.
Nobody comes to youngguns to find info on the first team.
And his links may not necessarily have much, if any, info on the first team. On a typical running day at a football club, the academy staff rarely communicate with the first team staff (being the personal banter in the canteen).
I should know, I work for one.
And this news isn’t from his source either, it’s all over twitter. So don’t go blaming Jamie because he doesn’t talk about the first team.
I have been watching Campbell in the Gold Cup and the Copa America and I can assure you all that this guy is the real deal. He is a great dribbler, very pacy and is a great finisher. His shooting is excellent and he can find the goal from anywhere. He has scored some great goals from distance and would be an improvement to what we already have on the wings for sure. If he goes to Arsenal, it won’t take him long to be a starter at all.
This guy is much better than Downing and Adam Johnson I can assure you. I would even go as far as to say that he is better than Ashley Young. More end product. He can score, he can assist, he can beat his marker with ease. Instant legend in the making.
He is a very good play. He is very talented. He would be a good signing.
-He is very fast.
-great dribbler
-great finisher
-good at free kicks
– great at penalties
-only 19 years old
I have heard a lot of other great clubs are interested in him.
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We should just pay and get him. At 2m is a big steal. He will be the new Anelka, sure. We better stop the talking and so-called negotiations and just buy him.
Denilson just made a tweet on arsenal.com “Tô voltando..” which means to returning (to brazil?), interesting.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/player-tweets
i’ll tell you what interesting many newspapers are reporting that arsenal could sign lukaku,which is strange considering we are in talks with campbell.would love to INSHA’ALLAH see him in an arsenal shirt this season.would add a whole new dimention to our attack.strength,pace,force & goals
this is great business if we can get him for around 2 milli. just get it done fast before another club steps in.
Wenger should keep buying young potential. The only thing he should change is to get rid of the players who don’t make the cut and sign an established player every year. Right now we need a big burly center back. Get on it.
Don’t stop buying these young wunderkids, just remember you need to win today.
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Whilst obviously I’ll back Wenger’s judgement if he thinks Lukaku’s the man, I have my doubts about whether he’s anything like as good as people think. He’s still very young, very raw, and if he’s anything like Drogba, could be ten years away from his peak.
He’s looked impressive at times, but to my mind, more in the way Miyaichi does than anything else – obviously talented, but a lot of improvement in his all-round game needed to be a starter for a team like Arsenal.
Looking at his stats, they’re not all that impressive, but then I understand that he is used as a target man more than a goalscorer by Anderlecht, so maybe they are :)
Anyway, it’s likely he’ll be a very good player, but how good, and how soon, is still up in the air. Depending on price, he could be a very good buy or a rather poor one.
Fee agreed for J Campbell apparently!
Oh and under a million reported! if true! great business.. swift efficient work from Mr Law..
Arsenal agree fee for Campbell. Most updated and only reliable source for this Campbell saga – http://gunnerblog.com/
Sorry – here you go for the news reported by the blog owner http://gunnerblog.com/?p=2890
Whether or not Campbell joins up with the squad this season will be dependent on if he obtains a work permit. He has not played the 70% of international games required, so would have to receive a “special talent” visa.
Whether or not Campbell joins up with the squad this season will be dependent on if he obtains a work permit. He has not played the 70% of international games required, so would have to receive a “special talent” visa.
Richard Law was in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwlVQ8VP6Vc&feature=player_embedded
I’ve just read that his guy has an irish grandfather, if thats the case will he need a work permit?
@loyal gunner…this is Young guns…about “young” players…i’m not quite sure u get that
The great thing about the brilliant goals he’s scored is that he made them look so easy. He reminds me a bit of asprilla so far.
if we get thiz kid twil be great!!!
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