Optimistic Nut Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 The Board will not make any comment to the media regarding any players that they are seeking to purchase. The Board will deal with agents on their fixed terms of business and part of those terms will include clauses relating to privacy. Clutching at straws, but maybe explains Ben Arfa's agent denying interest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Ben Arfa is a talented but troubled soul like most young people of his ethnicity in France. Marseille despite having massive fan support have no money (similar to us) and need to sell before they can strengthen for the upcoming season, and obviously feel that they can raise some significant funds by selling him. Although he's good he's totally inconsistent and if you think that Jonas hangs on to the ball too long and runs with his head down just wait until you see this boy. If he was cheap and background checks in to his present state of mind were positive he'd be worth a gamble. Time permitting if at any point an accurate translation is required from the French I can do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Ben Arfa is a talented but troubled soul like most young people of his ethnicity in France. Marseille despite having massive fan support have no money (similar to us) and need to sell before they can strengthen for the upcoming season, and obviously feel that they can raise some significant funds by selling him. Although he's good he's totally inconsistent and if you think that Jonas hangs on to the ball too long and runs with his head down just wait until you see this boy. If he was cheap and background checks in to his present state of mind were positive he'd be worth a gamble. Time permitting if at any point an accurate translation is required from the French I can do it. I prefer the total mindfuck of Google translator It leaves a mystique of after reading it you're not only no further forward in understanding, you're actually more confused than beforehand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 you guys should really end the ben arfa chatter, it'll break your hearts when his next statement is "hahaahahahaaa...newcastle?! hahaahahahahaa" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 you guys should really end the ben arfa chatter, it'll break your hearts when his next statement is "hahaahahahaaa...newcastle?! hahaahahahahaa" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Ben Arfa is a talented but troubled soul like most young people of his ethnicity in France. Marseille despite having massive fan support have no money (similar to us) and need to sell before they can strengthen for the upcoming season, and obviously feel that they can raise some significant funds by selling him. Although he's good he's totally inconsistent and if you think that Jonas hangs on to the ball too long and runs with his head down just wait until you see this boy. If he was cheap and background checks in to his present state of mind were positive he'd be worth a gamble. Time permitting if at any point an accurate translation is required from the French I can do it. I prefer the total mindfuck of Google translator It leaves a mystique of after reading it you're not only no further forward in understanding, you're actually more confused than beforehand. Agree - it is one of the few things that makes all the crap in the world media seem bearable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11675_6279318,00.html "I can confirm that there won't be as many transfers as there were last year. Ben Arfa? He is still here and I am not going to say who is going and who isn't." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11675_6279318,00.html "I can confirm that there won't be as many transfers as there were last year. Ben Arfa? He is still here and I am not going to say who is going and who isn't." so "i'm saying nowt" really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Pretty ambiguous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 My moneys on 100 pages before 12am Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Not having a pop at anyone but this Ben-Arfa stuff is a none starter isnt it? He'd be the exact type of player we'd have gone for under the old board, something Hughton said we wouldnt be doing. And when you consider that this paper has already linked us with Erdinc who's way out of our league price wise it's likely that this is bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Ben Arfa is a talented but troubled soul like most young people of his ethnicity in France. Marseille despite having massive fan support have no money (similar to us) and need to sell before they can strengthen for the upcoming season, and obviously feel that they can raise some significant funds by selling him. Although he's good he's totally inconsistent and if you think that Jonas hangs on to the ball too long and runs with his head down just wait until you see this boy. If he was cheap and background checks in to his present state of mind were positive he'd be worth a gamble. Time permitting if at any point an accurate translation is required from the French I can do it. I really enjoyed this massive generalisation. It is a bit of a stretch to say Marseille have no money to spend either. In all likelihood the team is going to buy a big money striker this window, and want to get people like Ben Arfa off the wage bill more than anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Not having a pop at anyone but this Ben-Arfa stuff is a none starter isnt it? He'd be the exact type of player we'd have gone for under the old board, something Hughton said we wouldnt be doing. And when you consider that this paper has already linked us with Erdinc who's way out of our league price wise it's likely that this is bollocks. He's young and has potential/sell on value. He is nothing like what we would have signed towards the end of the old board's time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Not having a pop at anyone but this Ben-Arfa stuff is a none starter isnt it? He'd be the exact type of player we'd have gone for under the old board, something Hughton said we wouldnt be doing. And when you consider that this paper has already linked us with Erdinc who's way out of our league price wise it's likely that this is bollocks. He's young and has potential/sell on value. He is nothing like what we would have signed towards the end of the old board's time. I was talking in terms of price. Can you seriously see us spending 5M+ on 1 player? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Not having a pop at anyone but this Ben-Arfa stuff is a none starter isnt it? He'd be the exact type of player we'd have gone for under the old board, something Hughton said we wouldnt be doing. And when you consider that this paper has already linked us with Erdinc who's way out of our league price wise it's likely that this is bollocks. He's young and has potential/sell on value. He is nothing like what we would have signed towards the end of the old board's time. I was talking in terms of price. Can you seriously see us spending 5M+ on 1 player? and 50-60k on wages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeloEmre Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Nothing new, but i post it anyway.. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Newcastle-make-loan-move-for-8m-Marseille-star-Hatem-Ben-Arfa-article537297.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I've not seen him, but a lot of you seemed to like him so I had a look on youtube, he's not coming to us, he's too good. Can he do those skills and beat players like that in the centre aswell? Looking good on Youtube means nothing. He looked talented, but not exactly a team player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Nothing new, but i post it anyway.. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Newcastle-make-loan-move-for-8m-Marseille-star-Hatem-Ben-Arfa-article537297.html sigh its not going to fucking stop is it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 I've not seen him, but a lot of you seemed to like him so I had a look on youtube, he's not coming to us, he's too good. Can he do those skills and beat players like that in the centre aswell? Looking good on Youtube means nothing. He looked talented, but not exactly a team player. have to say i've seen him "live" (a few full games on the box) and i could never see why he was such a name. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 apparently us wba and bolton have inquired about n'gog on loan but could face problems with it over his salary http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Liverpool-cant-sell-David-N-Gog-because-of-2m-a-year-wage-demands-article537293.html how much can they be paying him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 He is greedy but from one of those videos you could see why he was reluctant to pass the amount of chances his team mates fluffed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 About £2m a year I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 About £2m a year I reckon. bit much for well someone as shit as he is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 About £2m a year I reckon. bit much for well someone as shit as he is Far too much. I have never seen him do one good thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 About £2m a year I reckon. bit much for well someone as s*** as he is Far too much. I have never seen him do one good thing missed a ton of chances and generally played crap for liverpool....a very good thing in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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