A Premier League rival has bettered Arsenal’s offer for Saprissa striker Joel Campbell, the players father has confirmed.
Arsenal agreed a fee and then terms on a five-year-contract last night, but the unknown English club moved this afternoon to offer Campbell a better package. The players father, Humberto, confirmed the news to La Nation, and says the family will meet tonight to decide on the next move.
“We got another very good offer from one of the great English teams, which is just as interesting in sporting terms to Arsenal, but also more economically.”
“I will meet now with my wife and together we will make the decision whether to sign with Arsenal, the other club, or wait for something else.”
Sparissa chairman Juan Carlos Rojas revealed last night that everything has been agreed with them, and that the only remaining detail was when Campbell would sign the contract.
Joel was absent from training with the Costa Rican Under 20 side today, as he bids to thrash out his future. A decision is expected shortly.
Bolocks
After all of today’s nonsense on twitter you don’t put a source?
It’s from La Nation, the source is listed. At least read the article before you attempt to correct me.
This is based on the comment I left to Jamie’s last article:
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
Jamie you didnt include a link just said La Nation.
Thanks for the link Sven.
It’s Liverpool
Source being?
If its Spurs or City they can get lost!!! Redknapp is so annoying and just wants attention with everything he does! s for City, they probably never even heard of him! They probably have a tab for ”YoungGuns” so they can get the low down on all our targets.
oh ffs, this starting to really get me down now, probaly mancini whilst distracting wenger with his nasri talk, it would be a shame to loose out on this one, he looks to be the real deal
Well, according to his father, they have a meeting with Arsenal at 2pm local time (9pm BST).
“Today I have a meeting at 2 pm with the people of Arsenal, I think later we might have something clear, but still nothing,”
Have you got a source for those quotes?
http://bit.ly/r3F1JQ There’s where I got them from. It appears gunnerblog have picked up on them too.
This is exactly why Wenger likes to keep his dealings under wraps until it is sorted. I bet its Man City
I swear Arsenal find all the unkown talent and then other clubs try to snatch away because they know Arsenal are good al unearthing good talent. Hope Campbell does join Arsenal
Richard ‘guzumped’ Law.. Hope this aint another Ricky Alvarez all over again.
Goog, last thing we need is a player who cannot play for us for 3 seasons.
I wonder if the Arsenal blogs are to blame for this? Surely it’s possible?
James..
two things should happen is this proves to be accurate…no1.the Arsenal representative who trashed out this obvious incompetent deal.should get fired asap no 2.this player should not be allowed to sign for us..
players like this with no loyalty is NOT what we as a clb needs in this time of hardship..time to get some steel about Our Beloved Arsenal…
Why should a kid from Costa Rica have any loyalty to an English team? He and his family are just doing what ALL footballers are doing these days; holding out for the most money they can get.
Both your points are wrong.
Agreed Shyster – a 19 year old has a huge decision to make which will turn his life around, if he picks the wrong choice might just ruin his career!
it wont be man city listen to what his father said one of the great english clubs thats not man cith by a long shot half the world dont know who they are
This is another “Ricky Alvarez” story….
Very worrisome indeed. I suspect its Spurs. They always chase our targets. Chavsky? Very possible. We seem to talk too much on our targets. Alvarex anyone? and we lost him.
Why should the father be influenced by money alone?
This is actually comical. Arsenal are a second rate side.
Alan you fucking moron…..you must be a Spuds fan to be so ignorant…whatever team you support it must be shite and sadly lacking in real supporters to have a cretin like you as a fan! go back under the rock where you live when you aren’t sodding your mom and little sister!
I expect Rednappe, he goes after EVERY one that Arsene looks at because he hasn’t a clue how to find his own.
It must be dat “Ginger” from spurs. I hate gingers.
Get real. Thanks to Wenger Arsenal are no longer a big club, we’re a medium club with no ambition. That’s why we now risk losing on these deals, there is now a plethora of clubs with more ambition and willing to offer more.
James, stop your whining you gloomey-doomer loser! Arsenal are still a world-class club but with fans like you trying to give the impression that we aren’t, it is no wonder that the media love to diss our great Club.If you don’t like what Arsenal mean then find a glory club that meets your ¨high¨expectations or shut your yob and be a true Gooner.
“Thanks to Wenger we are no longer a big club.”
Er … correct me if I’m wrong, but before Wenger we were shit, had a small stadium and were nowhere near 7th richest sporting franchise in the world.
Let’s see what you think when Wenger goes and we get someone like Dalglish who drops 60 mil on Stewart Downing and loads of English players…
It could be any of Utd, City, Spurs, Chelsea or Liverpool. They all have questionable values. The amusing thing is that the kid probably won’t be eligible for a visa, so won’t get to play for whoever bought them. If that club happens to be City, then they will probably forget they’ve bought him by the next transfer window.
Haha too true. A sad indictment of the current state of English football.
Yeah, very questionable values! I mean, we must’ve bagsied him, or at lest shouted ‘shotgun’ when our scouts first saw him play, so how dare they come and try to buy a player another club is interested in?!?!?!
Wow, thats interesting.
A meeting with wenger would sort this one out.
I would be gutted if it is ManU and
It is definately not Liverpool, coz he is not british and dalgish will never pay this sort of amount for any player!
I think its city, with some 60,000 p/w salary.
Schyster mate..
first off in my opinion the people who at current time are handling the transfers at Arsenal with Gazidis have proved to be no more than incompetent and the man responsible for this deal concerning Campell proves that well he is not very competent now does he.?..
secondly i would think that both the players Father and himself are aware of joining Arsenal is a lifetime opportunity,probably the best chance he ever will get…and dont come dragging along with clubs like manure or citeh We The Arsenal are the best club alongside the catalunyan disaster…in bringing trough young talent..
and just giving up..letting players dictate isnt the answer there are no player that are above Our Club..and me im fed up with ingrates like cesc and nasri..they should never wear an Arsenal shirt again…we’ll get stronger without them..always..c’mon you gunners..
How can they be accused of being incompetent when the fee and terms were all agreed? Nope, totally wrong and without basis in facts.
If this story is true, then the player and family have been shmoozed and offered more money by another club. That happens in football all the time. It stinks, but thats how football operates nowadays. No doubt some agent with dollar signs for eyes has told Campbell and his people that he can earn more elesewhere.
No blame can be put at Arsenal or the South American representative’s door.
Argonaut
So how come MANYU managed to get work permits for Bebe, Obertan, the Silva brothers and Chicarito when they never qualified in the first place.
Campbell is already international and the above-mentioned MANYU players were not.
Bebe – Portuguese
Obertan – French
Silva twins – Half Portuguese
Jamie, seems to picked up on the comment I left on your last article.
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
Howard, you don’t need a visa to work within the EU. Moron
And Wenger fails yet again. This deal is lost to us now. We cannot compete on the economical level nor the sporting level. If we sign anyway, it is because no one else is interested.
Retards convention finish a bit early tonight I see.
Moronic gloomy-doomer cretin….come back when you can write proper English!
Jv
Chicarito got it anyway so why not?
Jamie
What’s the latest on Campbell?
From the link that “Sned” mentioned in his comment I take it that although Saprissa have agreed a deal, Campbell has not decided whether to sign or not. The player himself is with the U20 preparing for the tournament in Columbia.
http://www.nacion.com/2011-07-17/Portada/NotasSecundarias/UH0717-CAMPBELL.aspx
My take on this is that it could take a while for this all to go through. Seems they want to keep their options open.
I’m not getting too excited yet as this has “Alvarez” all over it.
I’m not getting to excited yet as this has “Alvarez” all over it.
FUUUUCCKKKK!!!! Wenger can’t by a bag of chips and a pepsi with out the media reporting on it in less then 20 minutes.
Well, it is up to him. Join a club that will ruin his career or join a club that only signs players they actually intend on playing at some point and don’t just sign players for the hell of it.
man wtf is this!??? young guns and all the other youth blogs should stop reporting with names and country for a bit. atleast during preseason. Obviously some news paper do read this blog. getting really annoying now. We are losing in in the transfer too. Do it for Arsenal and stop thinking about being first to report everything. Seriously man this is the reason why Arsenal keep it quiet… and then some people being selfish and fuck everything up like the Alvarez deal. Come on now youngguns do it for Arsenal and stop reporting with names, country and position before the deal is absolutely done.
Jom you idiot……..any deals are made over a period of weeks If not months so that means AFc have been following Campbell since well before the Copa America. That also means, in case you haven’t figured this out yet, that other Clubs’ scouts have watched him. Hijacking deals is very common when a young player is involved and every club knows that Arsenal’s scouting network is worth watching. It is a cheap way to avoid investing in big-time scouts for themselves. Just ride on AFC’s coattails and step in with a bigger offer than Arsenal’s limited transfer fund can afford…now which Club would do that I wonder? the player has to agree to the deal and that is where AFC are at the mercy of the parents, the player, his agent, his former Club etc.
Good new imo.. We’ve got enough overpaid kids on our books thanks.
getting gazumped on £1m nobodies…what the f*** has happened to our club???
60,000 seat stadium, most expensive tickets in the world, money from selling players every year, massive untapped cash reserves…and we still can’t close a deal!
sympathies to our man in south america too, he is just not being backed by the club at all.
G17 You are obviously pretty thick mate, either that or you havent bothered to read moe than the headline?
The deal was agreed by the club and player. Arsenal have no magic stopping other clubs from coming in and offering more cash to entice the player away.
Give it a rest with your nonsense
Screw you guys i’m going to Arsenal…. :D
Jom Unfortunately egos get in the way and people see a big scoop and would rather have 2 minutes of glory, even if it means buggering up a deal for the club.
Its all about hits as well now mate.
Other Teams in the Premiership: Oh no we wont buy him i dont think he is that good a player.
Scouts for team in the Premiership: I would say you are right. He isnt worth it. I heard arsene made a move though for the bloke.
Other Teams in the Premiership: Wait What? you’re telling me Wenger thinks he is that good. Oh boy we gotta sign him. He is a great player.
I think we should just literally give clubs an incentive… Shut up about this deal and we would throw in another hundred thousand!!! This is just crazy that we scout for other teams to take a crack at the players we want.
its worrying news cause apparently arsenal.com reported joel campbell signed then deleted it shortly. maybe daddy/agent received a phone call from one jealous loser thats he’s going to pay more money.
the only encouraging situation is that arsenal representatives are in costa rica right now and i hope whoever is flying there with bigger paycheck don’t make it in time he gets there only to find everything is signed, sealed and ready for the emirates.
this is pure jealousy that arsenal can still bag a bargain. do they have the patient to keep looking after him if he fails to win work permit?
You cant slag the kid off for wanting to make the right decision.
I hope he signs for us but lets get real people….
No trophies in 6 years because we have given far too many opportunities to far to many rough diamonds that when polished have turned out to be rough turds.
The diamonds that we do produce should be introduced to a team already packed with mentaly strong winners with experience.
We can not offer that.
Why should campbell join us just because he will get the opportunity to play?
He might work his arse off for the next 3 years banging in 20 goals a season but our defence carries on conceding goals from every set piece and we finish fourth … again.
All I am saying is that this deal would have been sorted by now if the player 100% believed that he could be a leading star in the premier league and win trophies with arsenal.
This is what 6 years without a trophy has created.
Fingers crosed he does choose us because I think he will be a star.
You have to be a sad spud coming out with shit like that. If not, then you might as well top yourself you miserable git.
Wow, the stupidity never ceases to plumb new depths. Can you thickos not get your heads around the idea that a player might be a great deal at one price – fee, wages, etc – and yet be a really poor one at a higher price? It’s not exactly rocket science.
Since this clearly isn’t a deal where the ability to finance it is an issue, it’s all about whether the player’s worth what someone will pay for him. Either Arsenal will increase their offer, or decide this completely unproven youngster is too much of a gamble at the higher price.
Rashon>
Maybe we’re trolling the other clubs? Wait and see whether Alvarez turns out to be worth it, or whether he is actually a rubbish player that Wenger only pretended to be interested in to make Inter waste their money… :)
i don’t understand why any kid would even think twice about joining arsenal. if there is an offer on the table from us, there should be no other option. nobody develops kids like we do.
jom how is it the blogs thought.whoever the new big english club is must of had been looking at him aswell because no club buys a player with out getting and indication of how good the player is.maybe the club in question had scouted him before and asked the club saprissa if they would let them know if any other club has bid for him so they can quickly step in and seal the deal before its too late.
Grant, from what I’ve been reading the club, Saprissa, proudly claimed the deal with Arsenal was “done”. They shouldn’t do that if they, in secret, told another club to step in, would they?
I believe the other club turned to the parents, and further more, I believe it’s united….
if this player’s family is like this…striking a deal with arsenal just to turn the leaf becoz of money…then they’re not worth the hassle.
will prolly just leave in the future when offered more money by rivals than arsenal will pay when he becomes a star
it could be newcastle. they are desperate for another striker and could offer him 1st team football immediately. even though they havn’t been at the upper echeleons of the EPL for a long time they are still considered a big club and are one of the richest EPL clubs. if its not them then it must be harry and the spuds. ginger tosser
price should not be the main consideration.
get the squad you want, get the talent you want. so long as the price is not crazy, just do it.
could just as well be a negotiation tactic from the agent/ father to get a few more bucks out of Arsenal…
any news on Campbell? Lots of twats on here tonight
I see an awful lot of criticism of Arsenal but if you want to blame someone for the last minute hitch, blame the players agent. If my memory serves correctly, the story started off on Friday with TV coverage of Richard Law arriving at the airport and an interview with the players agent. I wonder who alerted the media which flight Law was on? Let’s not forget that Law, in 24-36 hours, was able to reach agreement in principle with both the club and the player only for some other club to throw a wrench into the works with a last minute proposal to the player.
Shyster mate..
i dont think we’re that far apart,however looking at the dealmaking that has been going on since Gazidis arrived well one have to wonder what that fellah is all about..??…in my humble opinion he isnt exactly earning his paycheck..i would go as far as saying that im very very dissapointed in him…
the transfer deals of Our Beloved Arsenal seems to have hit an all time low during Gazidis regime..we cant sell the ones we clearly want to sell nor can we seem to be able to buy…and lastly we cant even pen out new deals for excistent players…
Gazidis is a walking disaster for Our Beloved Arsenal..
thats all from me ..
Wow, thats 3 posts spouting the same rubbish. Completely unfounded criticism. Why blame Gazidis when its Richard law doing the deals?
Utter rubbish and give it a rest calling it “our” beloved Arsenal. You seem like you dont give a flying f*ck about the club, the way you insist on finding fault.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh I desperately hope and pray that you won’t write another vomit filled crap comment like your last ¨Tom is too stoned to think!¨Do us all a favour and crawl back under your stone and stay stoned.
Well the page in nacion.com does not mention any case of second bid just ” a meeting in 2 pm to resolve the issue of Arsenal’ I don’t know where this blogger got that story anyway
Ardian, here is the link:
http://www.nacion.com/2011-07-17/Deportes/otro-equipo-ingles-se-mete-entre-arsenal–y-campbell—.aspx
but Jon…
if this had been a real business transaction the deal would have been air tight…we need to get far more professional when it comes down to transfers…and not haggling for a few bucks…
can anyone honestly say that the way Arsenal does its transfer business have improved during Gazidis regime =???..or does it seem like we’re almost incapable in the transfer market.==
Unfortunately nothing is “air tight” until all parties have signed. I read agreement in principle to mean that all the major sticking points have been agreed but nothing has been signed. I think you underestimate how difficult it is to get an agreement signed if one party has an incentive to wait. In this case, I think the agent is trying to “auction” his client to get the best deal. Arsenal were first and fast but, unfortunately, 24-36 hours is enough time for another club to get someone on a plane to Costa Rica to present a rival proposal. It’s sad and unfortunate but I think the agent’s stunt at the airport is to blame for giving another club enough time to react and not Law’s dealmaking prowess. Let’s hope that the coaching connection to Wenger and the fact we were first are enough to win the day.
in today’s market this is the bargain. just throw few quid more and get the kid to sign.
we are all happy here but on the other side they might be feeling they could have asked for more from an english club.
english kids of his age are worth 20 times. i am sure they read about henderson and phil jones.
yes maybe there isn’t another team. daddy/agent wants more before he signs.
the next 24 hours will be interesting
Well campbell played the gold cup during June left right after to copa America(July) and now his in colombia for the sub 20 world cup is hard for him to find the time or to thing about where he wants to go.
http://www.nacion.com/2011-07-17/Deportes/otro-equipo-ingles-se-mete-entre-arsenal–y-campbell—.aspx
On this link it says that Joel will do whatever his father says ”’My father has the final decision”’and it also says that Humberto(the Dad)will make a final decision on Arsenal by today.
What arsenal need to do is to get peeps to sign a disclosure contract before entering into talks, meaning that if the talks fail and they go to a rival bidder for more, then we’d be entitled to compensation to an amount more of what they’d get by taking the offer – that’d make em think twice!!
This is the latest link dated the 17th (all the links above are dated the 16th). Says 2pm today they’re having a meeting with us (which is 9pm our time, I think):
http://www.nacion.com/2011-07-17/Deportes/UltimaHora/UH0717-CAMPBELL.aspx
Just to add that by ‘today’ they mean the 17th. So the meeting’s already happened.
Let’s all wait for the father’s final decision then beforre we begin to throw stones at those responsible. Arsenal is a very stingy club. Let me clarify/qualify that statement.
We are frugal. We have a high wage bill already and we respect our wage structure. There’s no guarantee of winning trophies and making a certain amount of profit. Therefore, we set budgets and limits in advance, and if players and/or their representives want more than the “unchangeable” budgets allow, then we’ll take our money somewhere else.
I believe it’s annoying and unpleasant. But that’s life and business. There’s got to be a fine balance between winning trophies, appeasing fans and making profits. There is a catch 22 every which way we turn. a wise gamble must be taken. Spend the money and give us a better chance to win trophies, and show our players and fans that we mean business. Make more money available. Pay over the odds if you have to for 2 to 3 seasons.
We have great prospects who will then have an easier transition into an already winning team.
maybe its the agent fee. daddy wanna squeeze few bobs out of the deal.
the club already accepted the bid, how about we give them another mil plus eboue..LOL!!!
almunia speak spanish, they can have him as add-on
Another moron trying to throw Eboue under the bus
I just hope this gets sorted out before he leaves for the under 20 tournament. The longer this could take, the more likely both player and farher could be turned. As people have pointed out above, a meeting to try and push through the deal has already happend. So i hope to wake up tomorrow to see them signed, as i fear that his father will now wait until the under 20 world cup where a sterling peformence could attract even more clubs with bigger pockets that could blow us out the water finacially, without giving thought to his footballing develpment which would be best suited probally to us
Its a bit strange that La Nación is the only newspaper en Costa Rica that has written about the proposal from the other english club.
Anyway I guess that Campbell will be Arsenal player by the end of tomorrow.
I knew this will happen.It was too good to be true
What a total bunch of cretinous trolls blog this site. This is a tempest in a teapot IF it is,in fact, real. We have the best scouting and recruitment system in the EPL and easily as good as La Cantera (Barca) since we have to pay way over the odds for an English youth player while Barca is guaranteed to have NO competition for any kid they want. It is only the archaic Spanish laws that prevent them from having a total monopoly on any Spanish player who is under 17 since these kids can’t sign any contract until they turn 17. AFC have profited from this weird ruling to offer some of their best players a chance, which they always get if they can show they are good enough.
Therefore,we do have airtight contracts BUT since he is a minor,(under 21 in Latin America) he cannot sign anything without his parent’s permission. there is also usually a 48-74 hour cancellation period for any legal document in most South American countries, including Costa Rica, so we just have to chill and see what transpires.
When is the defence going to be fixed?It’s useless signing offensive players if the defence loses the game thru refusal to get a dominating centre back.
If this flaw aint fixed,Arsene/Arsenal can forget about winning the title.Of course the other central defenders may have shown 50% improvement but it aint good enough.It must be 100% or nothing.
What about 99%? Would you take 99%? Or would it then ridiculously have to be “nothing”? Everyone, seriously, before you post think about raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, take a nice calming breath and write something sensible.
Apparently Campbell is eligible for Irish citizenship and could have played for the Republic as his grandfather was an Irish missionary and his father has dual citizenship. He won’t need a visa since he may already have his EU passport under the Schenken agreement. He may, if he gets his passport, be eligible to be considered in the 25 player homegrown rule once he turns 21.
Hey domhuaille, r u sure his father has a dual citizenship and he may not be needing a work permit after all? if that is the case, i’ll feel more gutted on loosing him
just been reported,he’s agreed to join liverpool,thinks he’ll have a better chance of 1st team football.
some people don’t wanna accept the fact we also develop youngsters who could play first team football. we cannot buy buy buy for the sake of it.
kyle bartley is commanding enough he only lacks premiership experience so he has to be assessed first before arsene decides to buy or not.
no need to get restless coz the transfer window is still opened. we will buy if we have to
People including Clichy seem to act like we lost because we are not good enough with big name players needing to be added but if you look at our record verse the top teams, we were very good. We were even going through verse Barcelona until the red card and even in the FA Cup, we lost to Manchester united and the only difference in that game was van der sar. We lost the league because when injuries hit, we lacked the a couple pieces that would turn draws into wins. That is it. That is one reason for Gervinho. He will get you goals and assists.
In my honest opinion, our starting 11 is the 2nd best starting 11 in the world and I think we proved that last year in the big games. Unfortunately all this gets clouded in the media’s constant desire to see us fail.
Arsenal’s policy of giving decent money for youth, and giving them a fair shot at the first team should favor Campbell to us.
woopie another overrated kid
who gives a shit,we have way to many kids anyway
spend some fucking money on 1st team players you french retard
Ive heard we’ve increased the fee by a couple of million. Hope we dont miss out on him, looks a real talent
Ive heard we’ve increased the fee by a couple of million. Hope we dont miss out on him, looks a real talent
Has anyone not commented that this cud just b his dad trying to get us to pay more wages to the boy? It wud make sense
Has anyone else noticed that its only the La Nacion paper running this news.
For example, here’s mario segura yesterday
http://www.mariosegura.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31485:campbell-realizaria-las-pruebas-medicas-del-arsenal-en-costa-rica&catid=43:futbol-primera-division-costa-rica&Itemid=10
Even the money is different. This article says its 5 million dollars
guys the kid’s dad could b bluffing abt intrest from other clubs to try n’ up the transfare fee.sme pple ar skeptical abt the boy’s ability because of the low transfare fee,but there is no direct correlation btwn price n’ quality ,a gud example is chicharito.either wenger must find a way 2 get his man
http://www.nacion.com/2011-07-18/Deportes/‘Nos-falta-revisar-unos-detalles-del-contrato-para-dar-el-si’.aspx
Its not so much the fact of this deal turning a bit runny, its more the image it projects thats really rather frustrating. it would be nice to make a statement with a signing, big or small; that we are the arsenal, we want this player, and everyone else can fuck off.
http://mariosegura.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31508:campbell-toma-con-tranquilidad-la-opcion-del-arsenal&catid=43:futbol-primera-division-costa-rica&Itemid=10
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Big Man Domhuaille. Bless him. Schools are out and he hasn’t quite figured out wanking to take out his undoubted frustrations and is too weak to challenge anyone on street. Do us all a favour kid and get grow up.
And you are commenting “Big Man Domhuaille” in a “grown up way”, Alan?
I think we all could do well witouth all the childish insults in many of the replies. (I’m not only picking on you, Alan) :-)
Joel Campbell situation startn to look like a smoke-screen to me. But for who?
The Father is just trying to get more money I’m pretty sure Arsenal is the best option by far.
Could he be going straight out to Anderlecht on loan while we capture Lukaku?
how about he stays to adapt to english football, instead of exchanging him with someone who’ll also need time to adapt to english football.
he’s not gonna go on loan as he’s eligible to claim 5 years irish residency.
anderlecht wants 30 millions for lukaku i dont see arsene going anywhere near him.
is there any other club in the EPL that tries to conduct it business like us, with dignity and secrecy til the outcome is complete, I dont think so. If there are other English clubs in for the player then we would have heard from that club by now id imagine.
Dont really care if arsenal lose in on him, i hope it encourages wenger to buy a proper striker with clout..
I bet the other team is tottenham every player arsenal is interested in they seem to latch on to..samba is one for example.
don’t worry about the silly tiny totts, they will probably get lost trying to find costa rica in the map.
btw, he’s having arsenal medical in costa rica today before flying to colombia with the under20.
is it not gonna be tired for pre-seasons?
well Domhuaille…. that doesn’t mean you should report a transfer target before its done does it?? just think before you say anything negatives to me. your comments does not make much sense to reply to mine. of course arsenal hav scouted this player for maybe months but how the hell is other clubs knowing which player we scout?????????? Maybe from sites like this!????? ever thought of that? If you say no then go fuck yourself cus its very very obvious. You take what you get to get the information right.
http://mail.everardoherrera.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3971:a-joel-campbell-solo-lo-separan-las-pruebas-medicas-para-ser-ficha-del-arsenal&catid=71:futbol-ingles&Itemid=57
i dont like this agent/daddy
it seems like you wants more power over the player than the football club. hopefully he’s gonna leave alone once he signs for us and stop interfering.
he sounds worse than didier anelka
I think he will be an Arsenal player in a couple of hours eventhough he will not sign the contract until after the U20 in Colombia
Shock horror guys, the selling club and agent are trying to make some money!
It’s all Arsenal’s fault!
Not.
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