Arsene After Alonso

[Tito]

What do you do to the man who robbed your most important player of four months of football? You bring him to your club, of course! Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is ready to pounce for Xabi Alonso, the very man responsible for causing Cesc Fabregas' long term injury.

Wenger Ready To Move For Liverpool's Alonso
Reports in the British press suggest that Arsene Wenger may try a New Year shopping trip to Merseyside, in an attempt to fill the void left in his midfield by the terrible injury to Cesc Fabregas.

Arsenal are to make a January bid for Liverpool's Basque midfielder Xabi Alonso, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The Gunners apparently also had a deadline-day bid for the Spain international turned down in the summer by Liverpool, because the Londoners could not meet the Reds' £17 million valuation of the player. Arsenal offered £14 million.

The Telegraph reports that a source 'close to the Arsenal board' has revealed that the real reason the bid failed was due to Arsenal's delay in naming a successor to vice-chairman David Dein, who had walked out of the club in a row over bringing in new investors during 2007.

In May this year, managing director Keith Edelman also left the club.

Ivan Gazidis will join the club as chief executive on January 1, and will apparently be more likely to try and find a way to persuade the normally reluctant Arsene Wenger to actually spend some money.

"Hopefully Gazidis can come in and recognise that Wenger needs someone like Dein in his ear to reassure him that the money is there to spend," the source is quoted as saying.

Alonso had been unsettled at Anfield in the early part of the season, largely due to the intense speculation that linked Aston Villa's Gareth Barry with a move to Liverpool. The Spain player was apparently close to a move to Juventus, having become frustrated at a lack of first-team action, even though he had recently signed a new contract that would keep him on Merseyside until 2012.

Subsequently, however, he has become a key part of Rafael Benitez's table-topping Liverpool side.

Should Arsenal wish to buy him in January, the price would more than likely be reduced due to Alonso having already played in this season's Champions League.

Alonso is not the only player rumoured to be attracting the Gunners' interest though. Yaya Toure, the Barcelona midfielder, Juventus youngster Sebastian Giovinco, Stephane Mbia of Rennes and AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato are also reportedly being monitored by Wenger's scouts.

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[ajs17]

even if they get alonso they will stay losers

[manutd.]

Haha wow, Fabregas must feel shitty.

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[moby]

lol

true borg

[Tito]

the poorboy was left crying at half-time
anyone think he stopped crying cause i don't
so whose Captain now?

[Sule]

almunia was stand-in captain for the Villa game (tied 2-2) but IMO Almunia is a horrible captain. He looks unsure and shaky.

[Tito]

can anyone captain the side now
giving Gallas back his captainsy would be a good idea but after what happened Wenger would look stupid
Toure probably the best choice but can he really step up to it

[moby]

Yaya Toure is also being hunted by wegner, it is expected to be worth around €12

lol the two toure brother are gonna play together, now the only one missing is ibrahim toure who is playing in France  :lol:

and their grandfather was an ivorian leagend 

[ajs17]

i think gallas should get his captinacy back that he has the most experience being the captain of arsenal be4 until fabregas is healed

[Balshi]

i think gallas should get his captinacy back that he has the most experience being the captain of arsenal be4 until fabregas is healed

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Nicely said AJS17
I second what he said xD
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[Sule]

 :bs:
That would make Wenger look like a fool. Stripping a 32yr old defender of his captaincy to give it to a 23 yr old midfielder only to return it to Gallas?

There would be too much conflict with that decision