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Stoke City have agreed a deal to swap striker Kenwyne Jones for Cardiff forward Peter Odemwingie.

not often you see just a straight swap of players.

 

Not sure why it doesn't happen more often. Would seem to make sense for a lot of clubs.

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Stoke City have agreed a deal to swap striker Kenwyne Jones for Cardiff forward Peter Odemwingie.

not often you see just a straight swap of players.

 

Not sure why it doesn't happen more often. Would seem to make sense for a lot of clubs.

 

We could swap Obertan for bag of shite.

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Stoke City have agreed a deal to swap striker Kenwyne Jones for Cardiff forward Peter Odemwingie.

 

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Stoke City have agreed a deal to swap striker Kenwyne Jones for Cardiff forward Peter Odemwingie.

not often you see just a straight swap of players.

 

Not sure why it doesn't happen more often. Would seem to make sense for a lot of clubs.

 

We've got Obertan, a bag of s****.

 

Yep.

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Stoke City have agreed a deal to swap striker Kenwyne Jones for Cardiff forward Peter Odemwingie.

not often you see just a straight swap of players.

 

Not sure why it doesn't happen more often. Would seem to make sense for a lot of clubs.

 

Surely it must save clubs a lot of money over cash deals.

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Froggy is going to be so happy to finally see Mata at Man Utd. :lol:

 

I'm obviously delighted but I'd be happier if it was a central midfielder signing that contract.

 

Once we sign Cabaye it'll all fall into place. :)

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I think that's a fantastic signing tbh.

 

------------------- De Gea -----------------------

 

Rafael ------ Vidic ----- Ferdinand ------ Evra

 

------------- Carrick ---- Cleverley -------------

 

Mata ------------- Rooney ------------ Welbeck

 

---------------------- RvP --------------------------

 

... is that their best team? Taking into account a full squad fitness as well Moyes' reluctance to play Kagawa. I think that's almost a fantastic team, tbh. Aye they've had their personnel issues but I still think they're lower than their squad ability should suggest - with or without Mata. That's a CM and a CB  away from being a title-winning side, imo. Big holes, I know. Mata should help loads though - most times I've watched them this season they've looked completely bereft of ideas going forward. Get to the final third and have no idea. Mata will aid that surely.

 

Imagine Cabaye instead of Cleverley in that side, man. :lol: I'd be so fucking proud.

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They need to give Jones a proper run there. Think he'll be one of the best centre-backs around if he is given the chance. They need to forget the right-back & midfielder bollocks. Play him there the rest of the season even if he makes a couple of ricks, stick by him.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2545978/Arsene-Wenger-closing-30m-Julian-Draxler-new-Thierry-Henry-finally-win-Arsenal-title.html

 

Arsenal have moved a step closer to taking Schalke's Julian Draxler to the club with a deal expected to be finalised this weekend as Arsene Wenger's moves to consolidate his best chance of winning the Premier League title since his Invincible team of 2003-04.

 

Schalke and Arsenal are still in negotiations for the  20-year-old but the player wants to move to the club and the expectation on both sides is that a compromise will be reached this week.

 

Arsenal do not want to go higher than £30million while Schalke want close to £35m. Ultimately Arsenal are likely to agree to a deal with additional clauses that could bring the fee up to what Schalke want.

 

The fact that Arsenal are willing to spend another huge chunk of money just five months after obliterating their transfer record by signing Mesut Ozil for £42m will come as an enormous relief to fans.

 

Just as it seemed the club had lost their ability to get ahead in the transfer market, now there is renewed confidence at every level. It is 10 years since Arsenal truly dominated English football and, with Wenger's team now top of the League but short of attacking options up front, the club have decided not to rest on their laurels. Put simply, there may not be a better chance to win the title for some years and Arsenal do not want to let it slip by.

 

They started the January window fixed on a loan move, first for Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid, then for Mirko Vucinic from Juventus, conventional centre-forwards to provide back-up for Olivier Giroud.

 

The reason why Draxler was meant to be a summer buy - and why loan options were pursued this January - is because the player is not a centre-forward, hence Wenger's comment on Friday about not needing another 'wide player'. He does not, but Draxler is equally at home playing behind the striker. And Wenger sees much more in his game. He believes that he can emulate Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie and transform himself from being a  wide left player into a centre-forward.

 

That process will not necessarily start immediately as Arsenal will attempt to ease Draxler into the hurly-burly of a Premier League title race and he is likely to play in his more natural positions for now, wide on the left and in the hole behind Giroud. But Arsenal's attacking options are beginning to stack up.

 

They are also becoming distinctly Germanic - at one stage on Friday night in the 4-0 FA Cup win over Coventry they had five Germans on the pitch in Per Mertesacker, Serge Gnabry, Gedion Zelalem, Ozil and Lukas Podolski.

 

And throughout the club there seems an entirely different attitude and spirit this season. Friday night's  game at one stage saw Mertesacker deliver the mother of all reprimands to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain after he gave the ball away, allowing Coventry a chance. Usually mild-mannered, Mertesacker looked more like Martin Keown confronting Ruud van Nistelrooy at Old Trafford, waving his arms wildly in the reprimand.

 

Arsenal, it seems, have a lower tolerance threshold for mistakes than previously. 'We set each other high standards and, if you do something that's not good enough, you can bet one of your team-mates will tell you,' said  Oxlade-Chamberlain.

 

'I gave the ball away and it resulted in them hitting the post. I knew I did wrong there. Per just gave me a nice, friendly reminder and that's what you need.

 

'We do have characters now, strong characters with a lot of experience like Mathieu Flamini and Per, who have been around the game for a long time at a very high standard. And with new signings coming in that makes it even more exciting.

 

'This group of players, the spine of the team, have been together for two or three years. It's starting to form that togetherness and that helps in the style of playing.We know what we expect of each other. Even when we're not playing well, we know how to grind results out.'

 

It has been a while since an Arsenal player sounded so assured about his team's prospects. Add Draxler to the mix and that confidence will only surge again.

 

Wenger will be hoping that in itself will help propel him to the title.

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