Today, the rumour mill seems to be in full swing as Arsenal is being linked with a whole lot of goalkeepers. Firstly we’ve got Arshavin talking up his Russian pal Akinfeev for signing with us (source). Akinfeev is the Russian national team goalkeeper and is a whole lot better than what we’ve got currently as first choice goalkeeper. Akinfeev has impressed many people and it seems he’s also a target for Manchester United.
Next up we have Stekelenburg which has been again linked to us, after an impressive World Cup (source). We have been linked to him before the World Cup and now we are again being linked to him. Supposedly, the transfer fee for Stekelenburg would be the same as that of Schwarzer. You don’t need a crystal ball to know which one I would rather like to sign for Arsenal.
It also seems that we have been offered David James for free. However, it seems that Wenger turned down the deal and James is off to Celtic. Now, James is similar to Schwarzer in capabilities, then if James can be obtained for free, why would Wenger bother with Schwarzer? It seems to me that Wenger is evidently going for a long-term keeper, as Just Arsenal rightly points out.
Finally, an interesting point from 101greatgoals:
Confirmation of the Manchester City fire sale: “I know that we must sell some players because in 20 days we must have a list with 25 players. I am disappointed because some players must change teams now. It is difficult for them to play for us. When you play in four competitions you must have a large squad because if not you have difficulties. For this it’s important we have 25 players.” - Roberto Mancini.
As we know, Manchester City have to sell to get their squad size down. So, it might still be possible that they will sell one of their goalkeepers. It might be Hart or Given or Fulop or none of them, but I’m still hoping we can get one of those better keepers. What do you think? Who will be Arsenal’s next goalkeeper?
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