Transfer Tattle – Striker special

Written by Filip Urbancík Thursday, 29 December 2011 14:57

Thierry Henry

Age: 34

Place of birth: Les Ulis, Essonne (France)
Hight: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position: CF
Current club: New York Red Bulls
Estimated cost: £0 (only his wages)
Likelihood: 90%

Do we want him?: YES, YES, YES! I´d go crazy if he wears mighty red and white again. He´s my biggest football hero ever and I want to see him on the pitch at least for few games. Arsene Wenger might like him so much he would bring him for season-long loan next season.

I think he is a huge mental boost for our team and fear factor for the likes of spuds who won’t be able to sleep well at least 2 weeks ahead of the derby.

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Lukas Podolsky

Lukas-Podolski

Age: 26
Place of birth: Gliwice (Poland)
Hight: 1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹?₂ in)
Position: Striker/Winger
Current club: 1. FC Köln
Estimated cost: £10m - £15m (maybe less if there were players included as part of the deal)
Likelihood: 15%

Do we want him?: He would be another German international in our side. I´ve seen him in action many times playing for Germany and he would fit into our squad perfectly. FC Köln are one of weaker sides in Bundesliga and he surely wants to achieve more in his career. Also Per Mertesacker is in touch with him so it would be easier for him to choose AFC.

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Isaac Cuenca

Age: 20
Place of birth: Reus (Spain)
Hight: 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position: Winger
Current club: B*rcelona FC
Estimated cost: ???
Likelihood: 5%

Do we want him?: To be honest I don´t want any former B*rcelona players in our squad because they want to go back after few seasons. It would be exactly the same situation as with Cesc. Isaac is a young player and there´s a chance he´ll become a great striker but another 4 seasons long transfer saga would be too much for me and many Gunners.

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Olivier Giroud

Age: 25

Place of birth: Chambéry (France)
Hight: 1.92 m (6 ft 3 ¹?₂ in)
Position: Striker
Current club: Montpellier
Estimated cost: £41.7m - £50m (according to his current club)
Likelihood: 0,5% (due to estimated cost)

Do we want him?: He´s been in a good form this season scoring 13 goals in 18 games for Montpellier. Newcastle FC were also linked with this player but I can´t imagine a top scorer who would like to play for the Magpies.

Smilar to Maroune Chamakh situation which is quite a worry for me because he also came to Arsenal as a prolific striker but he couldn´t deal with life in London and being in the shadow of Robin van Persie. It will be hard to break into the squad in current 4-3-3 system as there´s place only for one CF. Players aren´t so patient as they used to be but even Thierry Henry had to wait for his chance to shine.

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