24 Aug 2017 13:50:39
I just read a report that Arsenal have met with Van Dijk and feelings are that Southampton wold rather sell to us than to Liverpool. Things are starting to make sense:
Southampton have just laid out £17m on a CB from Lazio. We have sold Gabriel for £10m and reports of Mustafi departing as well. The sales would go a long way towards paying the high fee required for Van Dijk. Fingers crossed that we get him and keep Mustafi, Imagine Mustafi, Van Dijk and Koscielny.

1.) 24 Aug 2017
24 Aug 2017 14:42:42
Steady on rg!

2.) 24 Aug 2017
24 Aug 2017 20:04:25
60 mill for a defender? you think wenger will spend that? chelsea or liverpool. wenger is busy playing monopoly.

i get that we have a big team but its not our fault with all these exceptional players we have right?

3.) 24 Aug 2017
24 Aug 2017 21:22:26
Liverpool won't pay it either.

4.) 24 Aug 2017
24 Aug 2017 22:58:20
They might with all that courtinho money going spear, 138 million buys him twice over :-)

5.) 25 Aug 2017
25 Aug 2017 06:31:49
Yes, I do think Wenger will pay £60m for Van Dijk. Firstly he has sold Gabriel for £10m and if the 'noise' surrounding Mustafi departing is true, then we could sell him for the £35m we paid. Therefore, we would only have to add £15m to sign Van Dijk. Also, at 26 years of age, we could easily get 8 years out of him and he could still have a large sell on fee whilst he is still in his 20's. The difficulty is whether Southampton will sell. This has become more possible after the signing of the Lazio defender for £17m, which clearly for a club such as Southampton, the fee for a first team player, not a reserve and holding Van Dijk will be difficult if he truly wants out. In addition selling to Arsenal is clearly preferable than selling to Liverpool in this instance. We will then have 5 CB's - Van Dijk, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Holding and Chambers, with Monreal and Kolasinac able to fill in. Fingers crossed.

6.) 25 Aug 2017
25 Aug 2017 08:21:29
Coutinho isn't going to Barca.