(The not-so-temporary quite-official) Gooner Thread

Yea I'd be happy with all of that too.

Except for maybe Ramsey, I feel he is of such quality that we need to find room for him in our best eleven. 

If the Cech deal goes through, then for those crusty old supporters like me, it will remind me of when we signed Pat Jennings from Spurs when they thought he was past it. We got a good 7 or 8 years out of him

Sometimes when trawling the web for footy related jokes, banter, rumours etc one comes across a picture that just makes you stop & reflect on things....God bless this beautiful little Gooner

The window opened several weeks ago.

It formally opens on 1 July. You can announce signings now, but they are not officially completed until the window opens.

Everywhere i've read says it opens on June 9. And clubs announced their signings prior to that date (Depay to Man U for example).

Ok I wasn't quite right. From Wikipedia (since I can't find the rules on the FA or Premier League websites): 

Thought it might have been a reason for the Cech deal not being done yet but guess not. Depay will not be a United player until 1 July though.

Waiting until the proper official date and being all classy about it would be the arsenal thing to do i guess.

Ox in first XI please.

Arshavin expected to announce retirement... Heyzues we missed a trick with him... And Hleb while I'm at it.

I'm really hoping we give cech a cooler headgear to wear

make him some arsenal-specific puma one or something, it would be awesome

David Ornstein ‏@bbcsport_david 44m44 minutes ago

Chelsea gk Petr Cech will undergo a medical today ahead of completing his proposed move to Arsenal. Fee & personal terms agreed #AFC #CFC

Ornstein usually has his finger on the pulse

so Cech in, Ospina out?

Fudge I hope so, don't care who leaves as both Ospina and Scezney would be good number 2

Yeah Arshavin was a waste of talent. Dragged us to 4th pretty much on his own in his first half season, and I thought he was going to the best player in the league post Ronaldo. Was my favourite player at one stage and I even won a copy of the official Arsenal magazine signed by him. On my first visit to the Emirates (Emirates Cup 2009) he scored 2 goals in the last 5 minutes to win the game against Atletico Madrid.

Don't think the the club nor Wenger can be blamed for him being a lazy headcase.

Hleb was too one dimensional for me as well.

Looks like he's heading to Manure

Hleb's problem was he left for Barca when he was hitting his stride. Who knows what might've been had he stayed.

Certainly would of got more game time.

Hleb played well in the CL in the run to the final but was mostly a waste of a position otherwise. Was completely unsuited to the English game and his position. You can't have an attacking midfielder who offers neither goals nor assists. I'd never heard of the "pre-assist" before him, nor have I heard mention of it since. Made a bit of a name for "the pass before the pass" but found his level as a Birmingham reserve IMO.

Vidal talk again.

I'm in favor.

Only makes sense if wenger considers him a defensive midfielder

He has the aggression and engine

If Coquelin gets injured/suspended then we need someone stronger than Arteta to be available.

Let Diaby and Flamini go

I randomly stumbled across a tweet this morning that was in the last 24 hours of a photo of Reus in a plane saying the flight was to London, and quoting Reus as saying he had a meeting with AFC.

Now that would be a signing I'd love to see, imagine him & Sanchez wide of Giroud/Walcott. 

not sure how i feel about Vidal, he would be a very good additional but would perfer a big bad out and out DMF

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/everything-youve-read-about-arturo-vidal-to-arsenal-over-past-24-hours-have-been-a-lie-tweets/

And we're back to the integrity with journalism question.

Just assume everything is made up until it's on the Arsenal website.

Well Vidal himself has come out and said he is very happy at Juve and isn't looking to move. Basically exactly the same as what happened last summer when United pursued him for ages and all the United fans got all giddy.

Probably a 5% chance of the transfer actually taking place.

I don't think he's the type of player we really need more of anyway. He's more a box-to-box like Rambo etc, rather than someone who can slot in for the Coq.

Čech signs!

Brilliant signing that.

Yes, good one. 

Walcott

alexis - Ozil - Ox

Coq - Vidal 

Gibbs Kos Gab Bell

Cech

Let's play with speed. 

Well well well. that is fantastic.

Giddy.

Man that would just about be the quickest lineup I've ever seen

So, Szc or Ospina leaving?

Just saw the announcement on the train and punched the air and let out a little celebration. As I've said before, this is my dream signing. I can't believe it. I've never bought a shirt with a name on the back before, and I don't think I've ever bought the goalkeeper shirt either even as a keeper myself. Fudgeing tempted to get a goalkeeper shirt with Cech now. He could give us 4 or 5 top seasons like Van der Sar did for United.

To get him from Mourinho too. All that experience and those titles coming into the dressing room. As well as his own performances, the leadership and influence he will bring could be massive. This feels like a game changing signing. For Wenger to spend that much on a 33 year old in a position we're quite well stocked. To move ahead of someone he has developed for years and someone he only signed a year ago feels like that ruthlessness we haven't seen often enough.

We do need to make some other big signings though. This is fantastic but can't be the only "marquee" signing of the summer.

This guy is great. He has tweeted each Arsenal player who has welcomed him individually and in their own native languages.

https://mobile.twitter.com/PetrCech/tweets

Eyes got a bit watery going through that. This is real!