Arsenal’s six month persuit of Southampton winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is nearing an end, after the 17-year-old arrived at London Colney for a medical.
Oxlade-Chamberlain had already visited Colney earlier in the summer, after Southampton gave him permission to hold talks with Arsène Wenger. However, the two clubs failed to agree a fee, and the player returned to the South Coast.
Yet Arsenal re-opened talks over the weekend, and have found common ground with a structured £12 million fee. Oxlade-Chamberlain has already accepted terms on a long-term contract, and the deal is expected to go through before the close of play this evening.
More to follow.
Not the priority signing but a great signing nonetheless. Happy with a new addition to the squad. #DEEEENCH
If Wenger has been after him for this long he must really rate the kid, P.S WTF does DEEEENCH mean?
this lovely news let just hope he settles in quickly.
Good times.
By structured what do you mean exactly? How much is being paid up front and how will that affect other potential signings?
I genuinely do care about the youth but I’m not sure about this particular kid and I’d rather have a player like Mata who would prove valuable for this season.
Now lets sign a centre back.
Will wenger ever sign an adult again?
This obsession is getting out of hand. 10 kids signed in the calender year to date, none of whom can provide anything to the squad next season.
Do we only care about dominating at youth level these days?
Your obsession with Wenger is astounding Mr i love arsenal but cannot say nothing positive about them……Check Gambooons post out on le_grove….poor fella can’t put a sentence together without mentioning Him.
I hope the OX can turn out for the first team straight away and make an impact.We are definitely bringing in more British players……bodes well for the future.I think they would be more committed than the ‘foreign legion’ @ the club
BRRILLIANT PROSPECT
Lets see, Gervinho, Squillaci, Vermalem, Koscielny, Ashavin, Chamackh all signed in the past two season – I take it you believe these are all “kids” and Wenger therefore never signs senior players?
Please get some facts before you run around making mindless rants. Its just a waste of everybody’s time.
finally… been waiting since january for this… he looks to bee more talented than theo was at his age… also heared yesterday from jamie that could still sigh campbell and today i saw somewhere that he is also set for a medical, for a fee of 900 000… if anyone has something more on that, fell free to respond :D…
Good that Wenger isn’t adding just for adding’s sake. That he continues to try and build on youth shows just how committed he and the club are to making Arsenal a long term success.
Long term success?? Mate we,re gonna drop out the top4 at this rate! We don’t need this kid!!
Another mini-winger under 20 – just what we need!
Great signing
Pointless signing.
£12m on a kid thats had one decent season in league one? Joke.
LE-GROVE
This is bullshit..I’m so fed up..We don’t wanna cough up 15mil for a quality cb yet we pay 12mil for a teenage clone of Walcott..most pointless transfer of the summer
Chill Ash. I could be wrong but I think this counts as unfinished transfer business from January when our situation was admittedly different. I think the CB you crave is going to arrive. Eventually.
Cant wait to see him play.
With Gervinho also having joined the ranks and Wenger clearly a fan of Miyachi surely this must mean Walcott becoming a striker? We don’t need that many wingers.
another youngster..hmm
Somewhat still confused w/ AFC, we have Monakana,Rees,Sunu, that I hope they will be a given a chance first? The focus should be a super striker, and one CB. Good luck AOC.
To be fair, if it’s say £2m up front and then a total of £8m +another £4m based upon appearances, that’s good. Something along those lines I have no problem with.
any news on campbell being able to get a special talent visa?
guys think about it… if we have players together for 15 years they will know each other, and will easily play together… but if you buy a 28-year old, he can’t know his team mates as well… our team is a long project, but will be a sensation…
When 6m more gets you Mata, this signing will placate nobody. Just wish Wenger was making signings that would save his job.
Wenger doesnt need to save his job!
He clearly does, the fans are hysterical and 5 days to go to the most difficult season starter and we are in terrible shape.
No he doesnt. Crazy people like you come on a board called young guns to discuss The first team.
Rizla..the site is called YOUNG guns not YOUTH guns,there’s plenty of young players playing the 1st team,if it was just the youth team then there’s no point you commenting on it cos aoc will be first team,in fact there wud b no point in the story even being on this site! We,re commenting on a YOUNG player in the first team so stop talking shit
Ash, are you an idiot? We are talking about Mata, here. Look at the flow. Mata is NOT a youth player, he is not a YOUNG gun. He is almost 23 (?). Thats not a youth player anymore.
Nah mate the first point was comparing it to mata..u don’t even know ur argument..a.o.c is young! Mata is young! This subject isn’t about the youth team!! A.o.c is a 1st team player mate..and the story everyone is commenting on Is about aoc..so if u want to discuss reserve team only then why even comment on this subject?
Do you want to have a bet? he wont play more than 5 games for Arsenal this season. He is not a first team signing. He is a youth signing and hence a young gun! When did u start supporting Arsenal? After 96 by any chance?
Afraid not mate..91 wen I first watched football..u must b stupid if u don’t think he,ll play games..u must have been asleep for the last 6yrs of us playing overrated youngsters who can’t quite cut the mustard(denilson) and sum who still play (djourou) and others who have been injured 75% of the time(Walcott)…I Wudnt mind if this was the first time I’ve heard shit like this..we,re becoming naive fans at arsenal
its got nothing to do with being naive. The season isnt over, it has even started and you are moaning about lack of signings. We dont know how much was spent on this player, but clearly Ivan is not doing his job. At the end of the day, this kid wont be playing more than 5 games this season. Arsenal have ALOT to be proud of. I dont want Arsenal to miss out on signing youth players that could be world class just cos some fan thinks we should spend millions and end up like leeds if things dont go well. 91, please dont make me laugh, if you were supporting during 94,95 then you would know what bad really is. Your a spoilt Arsenal fan, END of story.
I remember them years..I endured Ian selley,I used to listen to the radio on a Wednesday nite hoping chris kiwomya wud come good while we being bashed by qpr so don’t judge shit u don’t kno..judge the facts and the facts r we r shortchanging our fans..mate we,re paying extortionate prices and we,ve been VERY patient for 5-6yrs now..it’s all the frustrating that the fans get lied to season in season out..just b straight tell us how it is..the club don’t even announce transfer fees! We undisclose every single deal..Wenger himself says one thing and does another..just tell us how it is and I think more will b understanding..I’m usually very positive I appreciate Wenger and wud never want him sacked..I also feel there’s nothing more exciting and satisfying as a youth player coming thru but sumtimes we as fans just need to see sum more ambition and intent
Gotta agree with most here. We don’t need him. No more kids!
Looking forward to the season.Come on you GUNNERS !
@CJ makes a great point… time for Theo to become an out-and-out striker. If Bendtner (and Vela?) go, there is simply no way Chamakh is the answer behind RVP (and don’t say it’s Campbell, not this year anyway)…
“Oh, no! We signed ANOTHER u-18!? Grrrr! Why am I always hearing we are signing more YOUTH players on this here ‘YOUNG Guns’ blog?”
If you cannot smell the sarcasm, go away.
Mate,ur missing the point..he shud b a youth player but he’s going straight to the first team to fill a squad place that shud b taken up by a experienced player..the youth and 1st team go hand in hand at arsenal so ur gonna get comments criticising,speculating,praising ect
D kid’s not going 2 help matters, we nid expericed adults not kids
Great replacement for cesc and nasri. A 17yr old will deff make us league and European champions !! Good times…
Pleased we signed him.
i’m not happy with this signing. I feel we have far too many of thi style of player in the squad and tehy are all young. where will he play? even if nasri and fab go i dont think he will be given a chance ahead of Gervinho, arshavin, walcott, wilshire, ramsey, i would even think Myiachi will be givena chance ahead of him. Now lansbury is is the squad too. i feel, yes, they are thinking about the potential future but look at teh ages of the players mentioned. they are only a couple of year older.
so frustrating we dont need this kid at all we have just signed gervinho as well as having myachi gnabry monakana bellerin rees in his position all around the same age why cant we spend 12m on a defender per mertersaker or signed savic who was on trial with is a year ago but has now joined city pffft this is going to be an ugly season what a pointless signing
Come on you Gunners.
I feel sorry for OC that he has to arrive to a torrent of abuse from idiots. Great signing for the club and I’m glad we beat off United again for a top kid.
All the best to the player.
Nobody is saying he isn’t a good player..just not what 95% of arsenal fans want..he’s making the move at a pretty tense time so he’s gonna have to deal with that if he wants to play for a top side..fans like you r the reason Wenger gets away with buying 12 wingers under the age of 20…it’s pathetic..simple buy sum men and we,re happy..we,re not even asking for big names just big game players!!!
Am happy about the signing but I guess Wenger sees him as a cheaper option than Mata which is a shame.
I assume this deal was pushed through because Miyaichi didn’t get a work permit (I heard he wont get a permit anyway).
But he is class anyway and he should be an England player of the future. can he play this season? Maybe he can.
If we lose Nasri then he replaces him in the squad. Nasri played out wide last season.
I have high hopes for him and if this deal had been done the day AFTER we bought a centre back, the reaction would have been a lot more positive. But everyone knows we need a Samba/CAhill/Mertesacker desperately. I am convinced that player will arrive at some point.
Good points. Maybe they should’ve delayed ’til the Central Defender was bought… Sadly i think they don’t know if, who or when that is.
We’ll get rid of Arsha and Nasri by the time Oxlade is ready + Theo will move into striking position (permanently or from time to time). Besides Oxlade has the ability to play in the central attacking role, behind the striker.
When you say everybody knows we need a central defender, then that is getting to the point excactly: Bolton, Blackburn, Everton and Werder Bremen knows how much we need one, and will hold their poker face until they burst. Sadly; I guess Wenger is folding his cards before calling their bluff.
Chill everyone there will be a cb signing i am.sure. scouts were at bolton on friday birminghams match on saturday and west ham on sunday. blackburn have just come out and said that samba is injured is a doubt for saturday so they may be forced into buying another cb. i am certain that 2 of samba cahill dann will join as well as parker. chamberlain and campbell are done deals. 5 out 5 in at the emiratez this week. goodbye almunia eboue bendtner nasri and fabregas hello chamberlain campbell parker cahill and dann that is my bets.
Wenger said that super quality signings were coming. So, is he super quality? Hope, there’s another real super quality like Mata.
However, this is a good news. Finally, we have to see a fresh face.
good prospect but we will not win anything. Need more class players.
How do you know we wont win anything ?
You should be pleased.
Is wenger going to play a 0-6-4 formation or something?
No. 0-0-10
Most teams play with 11 in their teams.Do you have special information?
Stoke – what do 4-4-2, 4-3-3 or even 4-5-1 add up to?
11 of course !
He is far more the finished article than Theo was when he left us to go to you. Very quick, has a trick or two and can finish well. He will break into the team much quicker than Theo did and so far has been less inclined to inhabit the sick room too. You lot will be well pleased with the money spent when you see more of him. Good luck to the lad.
thanks for that info, sonicboom, always good to hear from someone who knows the player.
No offence cos u kno more about him then me but hes never played above league 1…prem is very different mate
Can people not understand that this website is called YOUNG GUNS!!!!!
Looking forward to this player developing under the Arsenal coaches and manager.
p.s. Dont forget YOUR manager also signed KIDS that ended up being players that you loved and cheered for. So why dont you chill out. Henry was a kid, Vieira was a kid, cesc was a kid, Rvp was a kid, nasri was a kid…etc
Denilson was a kid squillaci was a kid almunia was a kid. your point is? dont get me wrong though i have seen this kid play half a dozen times. he is already better than walcott much better than miyaichi and a better winger than nasri and arshavin.. i am not saying he is better than the last 2 just better on the wing. I am certain wenger has decided that miyaichi is not ready anyway. he will apply for another special talent visa for campbell and will get that one.
hear hear.
i’d like to add that those who are complaining… voice your opinions elsewhere. it’s somewhat hypocritical, and idiotic, to complain about a youth signing on a youth site. it’s tiring to read the same complaints over and over again.
if you came here to deliberately read about youth players you’ve clearly come here to read about this type of thing so why complain about it being a youth/kid?
if we buy somebody like mata then he HAS to perform immediately and show his valuation was worth it (i’d like us to get him btw so don’t go there). but if we buy 3 or 4 younger players for the same money it costs to get 1 mata… then we could afford for a few not to make it. this is not an immediate solution to anything. it’s an investment for the future, that may help us immediately but most likely not.
other teams have spent more and got nothing good back from their investments. bebe anyone?
You will all eat your words.
Oxlade is the real deal. He is a fantastic player who will outshine all you have. I am a Saints fan of 30yrs and other than Le Tissier ( NOT shearer, wallaces, bale, theo ) he is the best we have had.
He will be the Thiery Henri. He has blistering pace and then cuts in and get sgoals. The price is £7m +£5m and he will be a bargin.
Stop wingeing you have a gem
Thank you Nick. I am sure you are right.
We Gooners are so quick to judge these days. The lad hasn’t even completed the medical yet and people are having a go at him.
I don’t believe it!
Moan moan moan moan moan moan moan moan moan
The wonders of being a so-called Arsenal fan.
BTW I actually think its a great signing.
Don’t you realise that this a page about the young players of arsenal? you have all the right to want experienced players but this page its not the ideal to cry when we sign a youngster IMO
This fucking blows
People are actually complaining about Arsenal signing young players on a blog that’s about Arsenal’s young players. Are you cretins serious? Why are you even here… or even alive?
noah you fagot its over all the blogs about another kid joining the club and money being wasted on positions we dont need sorting out the defence needs sorting and possibly another striker to replace rvp when hes injured because vela and chamack are s h i t ,just because its a young guns blog their still part of arsenal football club so people can make their opinions on what topic they want you mug like all the akbs say go and support the spuds haha your name makes me laugh posh little c u n t
Go and support the Spuds, Sagnawig!
LE-GROVE CALLING :)
Its a shame the negative blog disease is eating away at the grey cells .
This is the “super quality” signing that wenger promised?
Arsenal are going to need alot more then a 17 year old. Personally Chamberlain just joined Arsenal to use the gym, i bet his father had a massive say in the move.
In the future when a chelsea, man city or united even come knocking for Chamberlain, after he’s finished using our gym, he is off to another club, and arsenal will probably never reap his peak.
I heard that Chamberlain is a Chelsea supporter, so there you go. Same goes for Bellerin who already announced his desire to go back to Barcelona one day..another cesc anyone?
I hope Chamberlain and Bellerin enjoy the gym…beginnings of a stepping stone club?
LE-GROVE R
Arsenal a starting to bring forward good english players, everytime arsene signs a young player everyone gets upset and talks about how we need this and that, lets just say hes a good signing and hope we make other signings.
If this price is true we just got jobbed. We could have had Bojan for that price, and could almost have had Lukaku. Chamberlain isn’t nearly the type of prospect those other two are…terrible value here
pro scout??
I like Oxlade-Chamberlain, and I am not certainly not one to blame youth signings for first-team failures, but this does strike me as a little odd. Yes, we still have an obligation to invest in youth, but wouldn’t it have been more prudent to spend £5 million more and get Phil Jones, who we apparently were unwilling to pay the required £17 million for before Man U swooped. He would still have been a player for the long-term, but has proven Premiership quality and experience, and in a position which we hugely need to strengthen.
That said, I’ve been very impressed with the little I’ve seen of Oxlade-Chamberlian. He’s a little raw, his timing of runs and general sharpness of movement needs some work, but he has excellent technique and some real pace. Naturally, if he fulfils the potential that Arsene sees in him I will look back to this signing as an excellent, brave piece of business.
to u and all those with similar comments that we could hav signed either mata lukaku or bojan with a little more money.mind you.its not buying vegetables.buying a player has lot of aspects.most important is player’s desire.its not that we didn’t try to sign jones.he chose man utd exactly the same way ramsey chose us.even our offer was accepted by blackburn.bojan is an barcelona outcast who we dont know would even fit in english conditions.lukaku too was interested in chelsea.chelsea overpayed for him.even madrid did not compete for him as he is still not established.how can u expaect us to pay 20 m pounds for a player who is not yet established.its unfair given our budget.and remember arsenal would only pay 6.5 million for chamberlain.only if he turns out good we would pay the full amount. so it is a risk worth taking.regarding mata,we can not sign him now.what if nasri stays 1st nasri situation should be resolved.also even if fabregas goes and we sign mata what about ramsey then.so mata is a possibility when either of fab or nasri goes.try to understand its is a club.things dont work like that.its not like buying grocceries.
The last teenage import from Southampton, Walcott, is still struggling to make a real impact in the EPL; and this boy is not what we need right now. We need some men…I am losing my patience with AW. In my opinion he is behaving recklessly with my beloved Arsenal. I am all for signing talent for the future…the problem is NOW!
Theo is “struggling to make an impact”? Oh, I get it – you’re joking. My bad!
Fungunner dont even pretend that u think Walcott has achieved what we expected..he flatters to decieve..the guy is a winger who can’t cross..but eh he’s young and has potential so he mite get better for the 2017 season..I’m bored of Overrating our players,simple fact is there’s about 15 wingers better then Walcott in the league and if it weren’t for pace he,d b absolutely worthless,sad but very true
A very good signing better than Bendtner. Still waiting for Wenger to sign that big ugly centre half whose 25 and can play with Koscielny and Vermaelen.
Well Alex, you might as well get it from the first time: there are some rubbish fans at Arsenal.
But I welcome you with open arms and hope that you have a very good career at Arsenal. And I think the vast majority of the real Arsenal supporters will think the same. Just don’t mind the noisemakers.
We keep on investing in the future yet we
nothing in the present.Six years with a trophy and we keep on ignoring pieces of advice.We will in future be relegated to
the championship.
POTATOES ANYONE?
Go away you tool
Oh and the argument that you shouldn’t complain about Arsenal youth signings on an Arsenal youth site is completely illogical. Just because you have an interest in the goings on of Arsenal’s youth set-up doesn’t mean you have to support everything that goes on. It’s like saying you shouldn’t check you’re mail because one letter may contain a parking fine.
On the other hand, people complaining that low-cost investments are destroying the first-team are clearly misguided.
I don’t think you’ve thought that one through. If you’re going to complain, complain that we haven’t signed seniors, not that we’ve signed kids. The top non-oil clubs are all signing kids: Barca, United, Madrid, Liverpool. The kid-signings must go on, but we must also be signing the players we need now.
Again, welcome to Alex and all the best to a great career at the best club in the world.
I think the point was that complaining about youth signings on this website because of lack of first team signings doesn’t make sense. YG is about the youth and reserves. To come here and whinge about the first team is pointless. There are many “fan” sites where one could go and discuss first team issues.
Furthermore, to slag a youth signing off just because of frustration with the transfer policy at Arsenal is absurd.
This one wasn’t low cost at all…12 million can do a lot better than this
@Savage: I’m not saying we should complain that we’ve signed kids, but it is foolish to think that signings such as this has no bearing on the first-team. Clearly, a signing such as that of Serge Gnabry has little to no impact on first-team affairs, but when we shell out £12 million on a player there is a substantial opportunity cost. E.g. I am happy that we signed Chamberlain, and welcome him to the club, but I do question whether the money would have been better spent on Phil Jones, who we refused to pay £17 million for.
@Jonathon: As above I agree that, in most cases, youth signings have little impact on the first-team, so it is nonsensical to complain about them with regards to the first-team (the signing of Oxlade-Chamberlain not being one of those cases). However, this is not to say that Arsenal’s youth and reserves are irrelevant in the context of the first-team. Oxlade-Chamberlian will not be playing u18/reserve team football next season, certainly not for all of it anyway, and I would be surprised if he wasn’t regularly training with the first-team. He may be a young, but Arsene will be thinking about him within the context of the first-team. The site does specialise on the youth and reserves, but talking about all these players solely in the youth/reserve context is naive and myopic and doing so would be to the detriment of this site. I agree with you that putting blame on a signing for being signed is indeed totally absurd, but questioning the decision to sign him is another matter.
@Urgh: Yes, this is largely my point.
Great prospect
Most sensible blog on here so far! (including my own)..whole point of blogging is to discuss opinions,these idiots who don’t have a bad word to say about the club r the reason we r settling for champions league qualifiers
Joel Campbell costs £1m and is 19, 2 years more mature. How is Oxlade-Chamberlain’s £12m price tag justified?
English
i usually don’t moan about wenger buying young players because its usually a good thing that we get them, and they do pay dividends for us later on.
Just that, if arsene can sanction a 12m move for an unproven 17-y/o, why not 30m for mata or 18m for Cahill? Why not?
Sounds like it is a structured deal, so it isn’t an upfront payment in full. Full fee most likely subject to AOC’s personal improvement and performances for the first team.
WAGES.
Don’t need him.i hear vela is going out on loan.he was the future when we signed him as a kid.watching havard nordtveit play for gladbach at the moment..another future great.If wenger wants the chief scout job id say fair enough.
Joel Campbell costs £1m and is 19, 2 years more mature. How is Oxlade-Chamberlain’s £12m price tag justified???
His quality is not the issue, had he been signed at the start of the summer, the fans would be buzzing about him.
We are in the last week before the season, and have seen us lowball bids for targets that could revitalise the first team, this OAC bid should be over and done with, what the hell are we only rapping it up now for instead of the priority area signings.
Bizare stuff to say the least, we bid less for Jagielka.
Jags isn’t worth his club’s valuation, nor does Cahill. If Wenger goes out and allows clubs to hold Arsenal hostage over transfer fees just because we supposedly “need” a CB, he will find it much harder to make any sensible deals in the future.
You miss the point, we were never going to bid more than 15m for either, the gap between being held hostage, and making insulting offers that give the selling club no incentive to sell, is huge.
Whether it’s Jagielka, Schwazer, Mata, whoever, we low ball and expect people to crumble, when we never do ourselves.
Why are we supposedly waiting on Fabregas money to buy, and at the same time spending money on a player that could have been bought at any time.
deeeench signing,can’t wait to see what he can do at centre half
Grey cells
Come on guys. If Wenger didn’t care about the club, he would do the lazy thing and just spend lots of cash and hope one the buys becomes a success. Just like a lot of fake managers I know (eg Harry Redknapp). I really think that he is trying to get the best value for money. Maybe where he is lacking is his stubborness in playing only beautiful football. If you are lacking quality players (thru injury, etc), you can still play ugly and win.
Great news. Good luck, Alex O-C.
Wenger will be crucified if he signs this kid for £12m and doesn’t sign a centre half.
Miyaichi- free
Chamberlain- £12m
AOC might turn out to be class, but Ryo’s better… just saying.
any success wenger has had is down mainly to the squad he inherited from George Graham and the stopped clock being right twice every day syndrome
torture lies ahead for us supporters and water bottles for the coming seasons
Get the fuck out of here lol. Yah, Graham was a big part of the invincables lol
Buy thick lens glasses
read my post, yea that’s right the stopped clock is right twice every day, and lets face it, wenger gets very well paid, you would think he would be able to rectify our defensive frailties on his wages
This will ensure great competition. Walcott and Arshavin are pissing themselves already
This is great signing, the kid is really good. Amazing pace and dribbling skills. Has great pace like Walcott. I would rate him on par with Walcott but with more tricks. check the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GdxEZWXGQw
If OX is as good as Jenkinson we done a great deal
JS – Did you know that Traore has switched his allegiance to Senegal and just got a call up. We could really take a hit in January/February at this rate. Song, Chamakh, Gervinho, Frimpong, Traore, Aneke, Eboue(if he stays) crikey we will have no one left.
Welcome to Arsenal….the place where we bitch about everything and have no realistic perception on anything.
Look, I would love if we signed a Hulk or Falcao but it just is not going to happen. If we have learned anything from the Hazard situation, we must sign these players early before their price sky rockets or we are never going to have world class players here.
I am not happy about everything going on here but one must admit, that it must be difficult as hell to bring in established stars when Man City is offering 200k a week in wages and players like Pastore are costing 37 million when our record fee is 16 million. We have to strengthen but we have to be realistic.
The comments here and on other sites over the last couple of seasons have made me hate Arsenal fans, I’m ashamed to be associated with some of these people. They don’t seem to understand the club they say they support. G4L (not Al-City or Chelski wannabe)
It’s getting worse when people assume transfers are as easy in real life as they are in video games. Doing all of this within a hard budget is not easy given the utter contempt many other teams are showing towards fiscal responsibility.
As Shane pointed out: we have to be realistic. A bunch of rich blokes playing fantasy footy with their clubs should not be the model which we follow.
Some of you fans make me sick. How many Managers have had such an impact on a club like Wenger? Most managers just come in and there only job is to win games like Alex Fergusen who took over a club that was already massive. Wenger pretty much took over a Everton or Tottenham and turned them into a top club. We finished 16 seasons in the top 4 before Wenger. We have finished in the top 4 now 15 times in a row. We have made it to our first champions league final ever. We won trophies and had a undefeated season. We moved from a 39 thousand seat stadium to a 60+ thousand seat stadium which Wenger played a massive hand in. We have still stayed at the top of the league and went far in the champions league while paying of our debts. How many managers would willingly make that sacrifice for the clubs long term success.
Look, I am not preaching that everything is perfect at Arsenal or with Wenger but I do no that with out him, there is no way we could compete with the super rich short term or long term so show some respect.
shane fantastic.loved your comment.need more fans like you
Everton or Tottenham did not have two league titles in the previous six years.
Let me make clear, I don’t disagree with any of what you have said to support Wenger but you can twist those statistics to say that George Graham won trophies over 2/3 of his seasons at the club (5 in 8) inc in Europe. Wenger has failed to win a trophy in 2/3 of his (10 in 15).
His top 4 record is phenomenal, even more so for the expense, but he didn’t inherit the shit from Don Howe or Terry Neil, Graham did that, turned it around and Wenger built further on that (bar one interim crisis season which too much is made of).
You can see Wenger is employing wingers into wide proaches……The trend is there to see Nasri, Arshavin, Walcott, Gervinho and now Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. I see Wenger to buy an experienced central defender and conclude the season buy. Unless Fabregas sold this season, then Mata will be brought in
……….. well if its 12M as quoted then this really is a good deal, AOC is a good player at L1 level, unproven in the Championship as he has yet to play, and maybe the Premiership may just be too big a step for him, but footballs a funny old game, as a saints fan, he done good down here, he has been disrespectful as well in seeking a move to Arsenal, and to say he helped us gain promotion to the Championship is a little harsh, he was out injured if i remember for nearly all of the run in games that were crucial, anyway the money will come in handy. I hope he does well with Arsenal, he certainly has the appetite for it – C !!!
I’m tired of being fed with bullshit from Wenger every year.
LE-GROVE ?
Potatohead or Spud?
Good luck, Ox! Will be great to see you in the shirt.
Also, haters: Fuck off.
Couldn’t hold on to JET so sold him for a pathetic 1 million quid. Now bring in this Oxo clown from league 1 for a possible 12m transfer. Fuck off Wenger you cunt.
Great prospect.Come on you Reds!
Great blog.I think this is such a good informative site about the youth and future of Arsenal.Looking forward to seeing AOC in action.Some just dont understand .Grey cells.
Surprised how quick this deal was done…..I wanted Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain since January,so I`m glad he will sign…..BUT hopefully Wenger will bring a much needed CB (G.Cahill) and Mata too….Fingers crossed
This was not quick mate..it’s been ongoing for over a year
Please will all Spurs fans refrain from commenting on this site ?!We know who you are…
good deal, now buy cahill n loan ox to bolton to toughen up like we did jack, good buisness
A lot of you are complain about Walcott, but he was great value (10mil for a 20+ points/season 22-year old). Sure, he haven’t got the perfect dribbling and makes some bad decisions but he’s producing a lot of points. Unlike someone like Nasri.
What does this comment even mean? Can specify the points that Theo won for us and possibly tell me what point nasri won..and while ur on the subject hw many points did Squillaci cost
You’re a clown
It’s got to the stage where people who criticise Wenger are saying one of two things: either ‘I’m a troll’ or ‘I’m an idiot’. As Shane and the other reasonable posters have pointed out, we’re not Man City or Chelsea – we’re Arsenal. We work within the limitations we have, and if that means that we’re not competing for trophies because we can’t afford to – well, the same goes for almost every club out there, apart from, er… Portsmouth.
12m for a 17yr old league one player is not working within ur means..we paid about 3m for rvp for Christs sake..that’s working to ur limits!! Wenger either pulls of a masterstroke or throws money away..I may b wrong but I just don’t think this transfer is relevant-work with the kids we got and if ur gona spend 12m spend it on sum strong proven defenders
Wenger is getting smarter on the 25man rule,the more quality kids we got the better for the team.welcome O.C.
Good to see the Arsenal signing talented players. But is that what they really need now? why buy a young midfielder for that much when u could easily get Samba or Cahill,(whom Wenger don’t want to spend more than 10mil on) for 15mil.
Can arsenal fans ever stop moaning? I guess no! Even if wenger brings in Benzema, most of u idiotic fans would moan about ‘french connection’… Morons
As much as everyone is entitled to an opinion but I think it is very direspectful to call names especially if we are true fans. We should critise positively and support our team more now than ever. There is only a little tweak in our puzzle to make our squad the best in the Europe leave alone England. One thing for sure is that Wenger gonna buy a defender before the end of the window.
Another thing for sure is that the boy is good and just like we have seen the heroic rise of Jack, we wait for heroic exploits of AOC.
I have my money on maximum points in our first three games. Anyone fancy a bet?. Because I believe we will be more disciplined not to concede fouls and no one is going to beat us that easily from open play
can you guys shut the fuck up… none of you morons have never even seen him play and yet you are not ”happy”… if you didn’t watch him at least one, don’t say he is no good… he is an excellent signing, but most of you just follow the trend of hating wenger, and you think thet makes you fans… that shows that you are pricks…
Nobody would moan if we bought Benzema don’t be hypocritical like the ‘moaners’, but at the same time I don’t know what you can do with all this talent like Vela in the first team if we sign Joel Campbell aswell. I guess some will be sold or loaned before the end of the window, not everyone will make it unfortunately.
Oxo said he wanted to play in the PL so I wonder if Wenger promised him some game, he is a first team signing in a way but I don’t see him getting games apart from Cup games against lower opposition and the CC. Enough is said about the lack of experience and leadership in the first team than we already know. It’s unfair to push them in without that balance right.
People need to see the bigger picture, I know this a blog for the young players but you have to realise Wenger hasn’t got it right for six years.
He is investing alot into the youth team or youth prospects but needs to change his philosophy slightly and spend whatever available funds we have on to strengthen the first team on proven quality players so that you can keep your top players happy. They want to win trophies like the fans. It is best to try to do the best possible with what you have rather than boast about profits and coming 4th.
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A lot of people just talk and dont think.
First of all we currently have both Arshavin and Walcott as wide strikers. Gervinho is Nasri’s replacement, while Wenger squeezes the max out from Man City for Nasri, even though many of you struggle to figure that out.
Then Ryo is in place as the 4th option at winger.
This leaves this kid to quietly bed in as the next generation of attacking midfielder in 2-3 years, in the meantime he may do some spot duty on the wings as a last choice, much like Wilshere did two seasons ago.
So no, this isnt from any current budget – its just the normal ongoing business that Arsenal has been doing for ages, keeping the replacement lines filled in advance.
Utterly clueless “fans”…..