The Goon Blog

Hello all, hope you all enjoyed the celebrations last night.

Day 1 of the transfer window – We will bring you all the news of the January transfer window so stay tuned for the next 31 days.

The news that a transfer request from Kilo (he is waaay overweight) Toure has been rejected by Peter Hill-Wood hit the press today. The number that continues to be branded around is £10 million, now i would bite your hand off if you offered me that for an unfit, overweight defender that has really lost his old form.

I see Toure’s problems on par with Sol Campbell’s eppy when he stormed out of Highbury at half time after a shocker against West Ham Utd. People are really going to hate me for suggesting we sell him but for £10 million we really could get a much much better player. At 27 he has about 3 years left before he starts to lose his greatest quality, his pace.

I’m a massive fan of his but he has been in decline in the last year and im not sure how he can reach his former heights, which really is a sad thing considering he was in the running for the captaincy this year and also the fact he has been overlooked as the vice captain. I think the story about the bust up with gallas is fabricated and is playing on the Gallas issues faced this season with the stripping of the captaincy and the comments he made, that were in my opinion, entirely true!

I will watch with great interest to see that happens, though i hope he stays and regains his old form, i wouldn’t be sad if he did leave.

A player that is sure to stay is Niklas Bendtner who was said his heart is with the club and he is not interested in moving, he has said;

“I don’t think about all the rumours because I am an Arsenal player and really love it here,”

“I hope that I can say stay here for a long time because to me Arsenal are the dream club.”

I have supported Bendtner in the past but he really has to work hard now, he put in a good performance at the weekend so now its time to do it whenever he is called upon and give 100%. Otherwise he will probably end up going, at the moment its all about strengthening and not letting players go without getting better replacements. Even if there is a potential star in the background.

There has been a lot of movement on the loan front, here is a brief summary:

• Jay Simpson has signed a new long term deal with the club and will go to West Brom on loan until the end of the season.
• Gavin Hoyte has gone on loan to Watford until the end of the season, he has also recently signed a new long term contract.
• Nacer Barazite has extended his loan at Derby and signed a new four year deal with the club, he was expected to return to the club but Derby were determined to keep him until the end of the season.

Good prospects and i hope they show their potential, we have seen each one of them show it in the Carling Cup and on loan so lets hope it continues! Good luck to them.

Lets keep hearing your top 5 wanted arrivals at Emirates stadium in the comments, im going to do a post on all of them in the next few days, the more the merrier!

Right i think i will leave it there for today, Til next time.