Arsenal make pre-agreement to sell Toure
It now appears as though the man who wanted out in January has got his wish approved this summer.
Toure may reunite with Emmanuel Adebayor at Manchester City after Arsene Wenger confirmed he could be on his way to East Lands with a meeting between the two clubs taking place at the moemnt.
The Ivorian slumped in form since returning from the African Cup of Nations in 2008 and saw out an indifferent 2008/09 season.
But Arsenal will not lose depth should Toure depart.
Wenger recruited a defender in Thomas Vermaelen before Phillipe Senderos returned from a stint at AC Milan.
Those inclusions meant Arsenal had an over-whelming seven capable center-backs with the likes of Gallas, Djourou, Silvestre, Song and Toure himself all available.
Thus, Wenger has not been hesitant to negotiate a sale of Kolo Toure who demanded an exit six months ago.
Wenger told Arsenal TV: “We will see what’s happening in the next 24 hours, nothing is decided yet.
“We have seven centre-backs and I am in the position where I have to play some in midfield but of course Kolo is a very good player and we will see what will happen in the next 24 hours.”
buck up fellas. AW sells only damaged goods. if he lets toure leave, its for the best.
but props to you mr. toure. worked hard for arsenal you deserved much respect. good luck, we will miss you. (but not too much!)
still, these dealings make me nervous. a lot of pressure on vermy now. he needs to show up and deliver from the first to the last day. not as easy as it sounds, methinks.
i hope everyone doesnt get on toure’s back we bought him for 150k and we are selling him for 16million, good buisness me thinks, especially when we are going in for hangeland,huntelaar and flamini;-) joking on the flaminni 1 i dnt know what cdm we are going for BUT IN WENGER I TRUST!!! AND SO SHOULD ALL ARSENAL FANS THIS SEASON, THE TEAM NEEDS FULL SUPPORT NOT THE NEGATIVE SUPPORT FROM LAST SEASON
WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!
1. Arsene Wegenr said nobody was leaving…
2. Toure is a Vet player, Arsen said we need more Veteran players
3. WTF!!!! Why are we building Man City? If he doesn’t go out and get a fucking CDM I will flip out.
15 plus 22 plus the 5 he has left, he better be stocking up to go get Ribery! FUCK ME I hope this doesn’t blow up back in our face. Looks like were keeping Senderous..
GOD I’M PISSED
Randy post something that can lift my spirits! PLEASE!!!!
Can Huntelar play the CDM position? Why not buy back Vierra for $4 million, I’m sick of saying we need a player like Vierra when he’s out there to purchase on the dime.
USA, surely you’re not serious.
buy viera? he’s at the end of career. and while a loyal and virtually legendary arsenal player, he is old. what, 80 … 85 winters?
patience my friend.
People come and go so do football players. Its a fact of life. No matter what happens, Arsenal FC will move on. I support the club but not the players. Long live The Arsenal!!
I’m just having a hard time trying to defend the Gaffer. I’ve been here on this site for the last year saying we need to trust him and need to stick with our team, but when he keeps going back on his words it’s starting to worry me. I think what happens if we miss out on 4th? Who will leave? Then where will be be?
But then I try to stay positive and think that the race up top is wide open. Man U doesn’t look as strong as before, Liverpool could be in a real hurt if they lose players, Chelsea are getting old and Man City, well who knows what they will do.
Then again I want to and need to trust Wegner, maybe he’s getting rid of all the bad blood in the locker room and making way for his real pride and joy the reserves that he has built in the last 5 years. Maybe that is his team/dynasty he will leave when he goes. A team not in debt and with a full squad of up and coming stars that have won the leauge. Maybe this is all in Wegners plan so that in the future he leaves the club in a better position that when he got there.
“I support the club but not the players”
Quite a decent claim. 🙂
so who are the rumors of guys that are coming in?
Inler -$10
Huntelar -$10
Hangland -$15
total of $35 to spend on those three players. Adys 22 and Toure’s 15 gives us $37…WE HAVE TO SIGN THOSE THREE PLAYERS!!!
Then I’d believe that we are okay moving forward.
Whether Wenger like it nor not, he must invest in new players from the sale of Ade and Toure. This is to ensure that the squad have enough depth to compete in all front.
I hav a GREAT FEELIN bout ths season!!! Were in ths to win ths shznt! In WENGER we TRUST.