I seriously doubt Arsene would have the club over a barrel like that or that he'd be allowed to do so. I don't however doubt we are minted and have plenty of money to spend if we wanted to. All up to the club.
Do City have someone injured?. Since this seems a odd potential buy when you have De Jong & Kompany as defensive mid-fielders already..
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Well Mancini knows him from his time at Inter and it is not going to hurt to have someone with that much experience in your squad. A great player and good to see him back.
Yea he has premier league experience etc, but he is no longer the Vieria of his Arsenal heydays of course. So i dont know how effective he would be TBH..
Bent over a barrel? I guess you only mean in the sense that it forces what we do with money? Doesn't seem like a bad thing though, 70% of transfer income to be spent on wages and transfers, fair enough.
He is not the player he once was, no one is saying that but Mancini having worked with him before obviously has a lot of respect for him as a player and as a person. When trying to turn a group of talented players into a top 4 and then potentially title winning side it makes good sense to bring in a player who has experience of winning things in the English game.
Mmm, bit of a shame, not overly bothered though tbh. Always liked him, but it's not like Arsenal aren't a team with a massive amount of cover and other promising young players who can play in the same position. Would have given it another year if I were him, but fair enough, will be interesting to see if he can make a mark elsewhere.
I'd suggest he would also be a lot more effective than Gareth Barry also.
Kompany is playing CB (and with all the absences and injuries we have back there he will be staying there for a while) and de Jong is carrying a massive load back there. Plus, Vieira isn't your classic defensive midfielder, he's almost the complete package and can still do that job better than Gareth Barry, despite his age IMO.
I'm pretty sure we've heard this before- let's see when they really come back.
Yeah I can't see a situation where the board would find themselves contractually obliged to do anything regarding transfer and since Arsenal is like the bloody CIA wrt their internal dealings I highly doubt a BBC reporter would have access to concrete details like that. That said from their published reports and countless comments from Arsene and the board I have no doubt we have a fair bit to spend.
Fair enough if he is in to back up the DM options with Kompany having to fill in at the back. But i think bolded is highly debatable ATM, since i'm not too sure if Vieira although at his best was the "complete package" i'm not sure if he still is. Sure maybe his defensive & passing game is still there, not sure about his legs making those trademark burst forward though.
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