Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[ozzjim]

And literally one of the most useless centre halves I have ever seen, short of the odd day when he turns up. As a signing, I would not trust him to sweep the stand properly, let alone defend our goal. His gaffs make Ridgewell look competent.

[paul_e]

Gary Cahill on a 12 month deal as backup for Konsa worth a look?

The solution to the centre back , free kicks and defensive midfield people all banging on about  all rolled into one.
David Luiz as a statement signing.
He's a very Dean Smith type player.

And with Luiz you would have the versatility , quality ,experience and a great off field person who is a committed Christian.
Culturally as a player some here in UK misunderstood him but I think Dean Smith and JT could do worse than bringing him in on a free because at the end of the day he's a quality footballer and one of the best direct free kick takers I've ever seen in recent times. Certainly the best centre back one!

Erm.. no.

[SoccerHQ]

Gary Cahill on a 12 month deal as backup for Konsa worth a look?

Deffo if he's still up to it.

Would make sense, but would probably prefer a young player with potential who can be brought on gradually.

Yeah, same for me.  Engels didn't feature last season, and Hause only played 4 games.  I just don't see a 4th choice defender as being one that'll play a huge role, so to be honest I think I'd be happy with a player from the youth team, or bringing in someone who's maybe in the 18-21 age range who'll be happy with having limited involvement.

Issue with that though is you get lulled into that thought....and then Mings does his ankle and is out for three months or something. We've seen over last two seasons how seasons can quickly decline when key players get long term injuries so would be huge gamble to go in with just 3 CBs up to January. Don't forget we also had AEM who played early rounds of cups at CB so don't have that option either.

I expect Lange to find one in 10-15m bracket from somewhere in europe that can come in and bide their time as Konsa did for first 6 months.

[dave shelley]

'Arsenal out of the race for Bailey because of attitude problems'.

They clearly do have attitude problems, the rancid self-entitled Tarquins.

It has always amused me that the name 'Tarquin' became popular enough among those frilly-brained north London bourgeois types to become something of a meme, when it's most notably the name of history's most famous rapist.

I always thought it was the name of an otter.

[Risso]

Gary Cahill on a 12 month deal as backup for Konsa worth a look?

The solution to the centre back , free kicks and defensive midfield people all banging on about  all rolled into one.
David Luiz as a statement signing.
He's a very Dean Smith type player.

And with Luiz you would have the versatility , quality ,experience and a great off field person who is a committed Christian.
Culturally as a player some here in UK misunderstood him but I think Dean Smith and JT could do worse than bringing him in on a free because at the end of the day he's a quality footballer and one of the best direct free kick takers I've ever seen in recent times. Certainly the best centre back one!

In what way in this whole entire universe is David Luiz a Dean Smith type player?! In any case, he's 34, way past his best, and if he's not going to get into the Arsenal side he sure as hell isn't getting into ours.

[DrGonzo]

Whatever the statement that signing Luiz would be is probably a statement we should avoid making.

[paul_e]

Gary Cahill on a 12 month deal as backup for Konsa worth a look?

The solution to the centre back , free kicks and defensive midfield people all banging on about  all rolled into one.
David Luiz as a statement signing.
He's a very Dean Smith type player.

And with Luiz you would have the versatility , quality ,experience and a great off field person who is a committed Christian.
Culturally as a player some here in UK misunderstood him but I think Dean Smith and JT could do worse than bringing him in on a free because at the end of the day he's a quality footballer and one of the best direct free kick takers I've ever seen in recent times. Certainly the best centre back one!

In what way in this whole entire universe is David Luiz a Dean Smith type player?! In any case, he's 34, way past his best, and if he's not going to get into the Arsenal side he sure as hell isn't getting into ours.

He's also on wages that would make him one of our top paid players and if he does move would expect to be first choice. I literally can't think of any reason why he'd be a good signing for us, he'd be about as poor as it gets.

The worst part is I read the opening line and expected him to name someone like Koopmeiners who I'd be totally on board with.

[Ian.]

I have never understood why anyone has bought David Luiz.

[VILLA MOLE]

I have never understood why anyone has bought David Luiz.

he seems a nice guy

[Toronto Villa]

He’s a fucking accident waiting to happen in every game. I would hope anyone who ever advocates for David Luiz never, ever has a bad word to say about Tyrone Mings and his occasional concentration lapses.

[Dick Edwards]

And he has great hair..

[mr underhill]

in a Doyle kind of way - soo 70s, man.

[chrisw1]

I have never understood why anyone has bought David Luiz.

he seems a nice guy

and a comitted Christian.  What's not to like?

[DrGonzo]

Hungarian CB Atilla (good start!) Szalai (not so strong but would be hilarious for commentators) from Fenerbache...

[Dave]

Gary Cahill on a 12 month deal as backup for Konsa worth a look?

The solution to the centre back , free kicks and defensive midfield people all banging on about  all rolled into one.
David Luiz as a statement signing.
He's a very Dean Smith type player.

And with Luiz you would have the versatility , quality ,experience and a great off field person who is a committed Christian.
Culturally as a player some here in UK misunderstood him but I think Dean Smith and JT could do worse than bringing him in on a free because at the end of the day he's a quality footballer and one of the best direct free kick takers I've ever seen in recent times. Certainly the best centre back one!

In what way in this whole entire universe is David Luiz a Dean Smith type player?! In any case, he's 34, way past his best, and if he's not going to get into the Arsenal side he sure as hell isn't getting into ours.

He's also on wages that would make him one of our top paid players

I think he's technically not on any wages at the moment.