Näköjään pysyy sitkeinä nuo huhut Reyes <-> Baptista(+£). Itseä edelleen miellyttäisi ja paljon. Toiveissa olisi myös, että se Cole siirtyisi pikimmiten - ilmeisesti vieläkin ollaan C.Daviesin perässä, siksi Lupolia ei lainata ennen kuin saadaan Cole myytyä ja Lupolin lainalla yritetään pehmitellä Daviesin siirtoa.
Toki se pieni toive siitä, että Cole tekee Gerrardit hakkaa takaraivossa, mutta jotenkin ei vaan jaksa uskoa. Liian paljon tainnut kuitenkin tapahtua.
Lisäksi olisi 3 lädiä aivan avauspaikan kynnyksellä, läpimurron kynnyksellä. Wengeriä lainatakseni "It is VERY important that we also have english talent in the team."
Kuitenkin nuo kaksi kauppaa tekisi itseni enemmän kuin tyytyväiseksi. Laitapakkiosasto on paremmin kuin hyvin jo muutenkin kunnossa, samaten täysin riittävästi laitapelaajia keskikentälle ja hyökkäykseen. Nyt laadukkaat keskikentän keskustan pelaaja (Baptista) sekä toppari (Davies) sisään niin emme pelkästään ole vahvistuneet vaan rahaa jää jäljelle vielä reilusti vaikka sitten tammikuun siirtoikkunaan
Henry(/Ade)
Rosicky(/Freddie) Hleb(/RvP/Walcott)
Baptista(/Diaby)
Cesc(Flamini/Merida)
Gilberto(/Song)
Clichy(/Hoyte) Lauren(/Eboue)
Senderos(/Davies) Toure(/Djourou)
Jens(/Poom/Almunia)
Jos tuosta nyt jotain selvää ottaa, mutta mielestäni vahvistus olisi joka tapauksessa valtava, vaikka kaksi runkopelaajaa lähtisikin. Ringissä on monia pelaajia, jotka pystyvät pelaamaan useilla pelipaikoilla. Hyökkäyspäässä olisi taitoa, nopeutta, maalintekovoimaa. Keskikentällä taitoa, voimaa, maalintekovoimaa. Laitapakit nopeita, taitavia - topparit sopivassa suhteessa nopeita ja voimakkaita. Erinomainen maalivahti.
Eli nuo kaksi siirtoa toiveissa, jos loukkaantumisia sattuu niin jouluna tosiaan katsastamaan tilannetta. Pannaas tuosta vielä vähän yltiöoptimista tekstiä:
Arsene's pass masters just 2 players away from another Premiership crown
The Community Shield revealed just how much a superior technical side Arsenal is to the two current Premiership powerhouses of Chelsea and Liverpool. Arsenal played a superb game against Zagreb, showing slick interchange and brilliant movement. The Community Shield showed two sides supremely confident in their tactical abilities and physical strength.
Arsene Wenger is a visionary. The Emirates Stadium is very much his project. He has a vision of how the game should be played and his youngsters-and recent signings-all point that he wants his players to be lightning quick and highly technical.
Wenger spotted a future superstar of the game in Fabregas. Fabregas will be the cornerstone of the side, the one who dictates the pace and fluency of the game.
Arsene knows that he will not be able to match Chelsea's spending ability as long as Abrahamovic bankrolls them. Therefore, he is building a side that could play the best football in Europe-although some would say that they already do.
Arsene seems to have set his sights on winning the Premiership in the 2007-2008 season. By then, expect Diaby, Walcott, Merida and Djourou to be superstars of the game.
The thing is that this Arsenal side does not have to wait for next season. They can win the title this season. The Community Shield showed that Chelsea could be there for the taking in this coming season. What Arsenal have to make sure is that it is them - and not Liverpool or Man Utd- that is ready to pounce if the unthinkable happens.
To do this, Arsenal needs another central midfielder to Fabregas, Gilberto and Flamini. Diaby has had a serious injury and while he will be back in November, he will certainly need a period of adaptation to reach his peak.
The fact is that Toure, Gilberto and Fabregas will not be able to play 60 games each next season. An injury to either one of them could deeply hurt Arsenal.
If a Reyes - Baptista swap is a possibility, Arsenal should make it happen as soon as possible. Wenger could transform "The Beast" into an all action midfielder. However, a Madrid-based friend of mine has told me that the reason the deal is stalling is that Fabio Cappello himself is not as keen on Reyes and certainly not for the price being mentionned.
The other player that could still move to Arsenal is Curtis Davies. A quick and athletic English centre back, Davies will be the perfect addition to the already promising trio of Toure, Senderos and Djourou. Davies can also play at left back. The reason that Lupoli has not yet gone to Derby is that Arsenal want him to be the bait to clinch the deal with WBA.
Get those two players and Arsene's grand plan could come to fruition in 2007, not in 2008.
