Arsenal go for Huntelaar

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Wenger's News of the World quotes smell a bit whiffy to me
Published 7/6/2008 by blogger@arseblog.com (Arseblogger) at Arseblog
Morning all from summery Dublin. By that I mean it's a typical Dublin summers day, damp and grey. Some rather strange quotes from Arsene Wenger have emerged this morning. In a News of the World article linking us with an £18m move for Klaas Jan Huntelaar, the boss is reported to have said: The strategy of the club is to sell every year and to buy less expensive players. We manage at Arsenal to maintain all our football ambitions — national and European —while having to free up - for 17 more years - an annual surplus of £24m to pay for our stadium. The club’s strategy is ...

Huntelaar & Arshavin for Arsenal, Cantona to return to United & Eto’o is on his way to Chelsea
Published 7/6/2008 by Ronaldo Assis de Moreira at 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
... David Harrison in the News of the World reveals that ”Arsenal are ready to launch an £18million bid for Dutch goal ace Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is lining up the prolific Ajax striker as a replacement for Emmanuel Adebayor — if the £30m-rated Togo hitman is sold to Barcelona. The double deal would net the Gunners a £12m profit. But the Frenchman insists that sort of business is essential and will stun every Arsenal fan by admitting: We are now a SELLING club. The £24m annual mortgage payments on the club’s £360m Emirates Stadium have ...

Wenger's pronouncement is odd and unsettling
Published 7/6/2008 by Shourin Roy at SoccerBlog.com
... It appears that we are linked to either Andrei Arshavin or Klaas Jan Huntelaar, even maybe both for a reported combined price tag of £38m. ...