Who underrates him oit of interest? Everyone I've spoke to that has at least a small relative knowledge of world football would class him as one of the top 10/15 strikers in the world today.
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Who underrates him oit of interest? Everyone I've spoke to that has at least a small relative knowledge of world football would class him as one of the top 10/15 strikers in the world today.
40mil seems alot but not qualify for the CL would do more than 40mil pounds worth of damage to Arsenal.
Well for one thing he's much better than top 10/15.
The top four to me is clearly Falcao, RVP, Ibrahimovic and Cavani.
Cavani's better than the likes Higuiain, Benzema, Aguero, Suarez, Gomez, Dzeko and Lewandowski.
Well that's your opinion but I don't believe it to be underrating him when you class him as one of the top 10 strikers in the world. I think Falcao and RVP are ahead of the rest but I'd put Cavani in that close knit bunch behind them.
Ibrahimovic is better than Falcao and RVP, he's the best striker in world football (discounting Messi/Ronaldo).
25 goals in 24 games this season for Cavani.
Yep, and despite the bollocks thrown around on Sky etc.. Serie A's still the hardest place to score goals in football (unless you're playing against Roma).
I too think Cavani's right up there in my top 5 strikers. But I agree with thegregster that Arsenal not qualifying for Champions League would be a huge blow to their club and already diminishing status.
It would be a very un-Arsenal like signing and Cavani would cost a fortune. However, it might just take something "un-Arsenal" to turn their ship around. Wenger is to be respected of course, but he has always been extremely stubborn to a fault with his principles.
He's one of the best strikers in the world but currently only the richest teams could afford him - City, Chelsea and PSG. Arsenal couldn't pay half of what Napoli will demand.
Please tell me Arsenal aren't actually going to sign Cavani?!
Arsenal aren't actually going to sign Cavani.
I don't think it will happen either, but why couldn't Arsenal afford 40-50 million pound signing? I'm not an expert on Arsenal's financial situation by any means, but they're relatively stable and turn profits on an annual basis. Can they really not afford him due to a lack of money, or are they unwilling due to the huge costs associated?
well, that's your opinion and one atleast I personally don't agree with.
so, next time state something like this as an opinion, not as a fact.
So if you had the choice to choose between the three TODAY for your team, you would pick Ibra?
It's a link for the sake of a link. We won't be signing him.
Its a link because your manager talked about him. Obviously you wont be signing him unless you trade Wilshire and Cazorla in the other direction
Didn't Arsenal (or Wenger) talk about having funds this transfer window and that they will be splurging some big money on a marquee signing? I seem to think so.
They lack a serious striker in their team, and are suffering from the lack of goals, with them coming in bits and pieces. Cavani is a very good striker, capable of leading the team himself provided the service. Arsenal have the service from the midfield, they don't have someone to finish it. And his goal scoring record for the past 3 seasons speaks for himself. Definitely in the Top 5 strikers at the moment. Above Ibra, obviously.
They lack a serious striker in their team, and are suffering from the lack of goals, with them coming in bits and pieces. Cavani is a very good striker, capable of leading the team himself provided the service. Arsenal have the service from the midfield, they don't have someone to finish it. And his goal scoring record for the past 3 seasons speaks for himself. Definitely in the Top 5 strikers at the moment. Above Ibra, obviously.
Wenger provided a link for the sake of a link, and to get supporters off his back till the howls of protest start again on 1st Feb.
You know, when someone posts something on an internet forum it's most likely their opinion. You don't need to preface it by stating the obvious.
It depends which team, but especially if that team is a non UCL winning level team (like Spurs, Liverpool, Malaga, Arsenal, Shaktar etc..) then Ibra all day long for me. He can do a lot more outside the box than RVP and Falcao and is much better at creating chances for himself and others. Those two are world class players but they're primarily finishers of moves, where as Ibra is the whole package.
RVP has more assists at the moment in a more difficult league.
Have some people even watched us play this season?
RVP creates a loads of chances for himself and others.
RVP creates a loads of chances for himself and others.
Everyone knows assists are bollocks. Iniesta probably has about 3 of them this season and he's an infinitely more creative player than RVP, Ibrahimovic or Falcao.
So what? Ibrahimovic is still considerably more creative. How many times have you watch PSG play this season or Milan last season?
Definitely a good buy for Arsenal if its serious ImO
Ibra didnt create that much in Spain, the only top league hes played in.
Creativity stats in Ligue 1
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Creativity stats in PL
Should be the other way round mate....
Serie A is a top league and Zlatan's improved quite a bit since he returned to Serie A.
I repeat what I said to KM. How many full games of PSG or Milan have you seen?
Serie A is not a TOP league, by top, how high up are you placing it?
I presume you mean with Ibra at the club and playing, probably around 5 - 10, but thats irrelevant as I always read reports and keep in touch and open your eyes I don't need to have seen the games to know that assists in a league filled with LESS talented players is a lot less respectable than assists in a harder league.
I've seen him loads of time for Milan AND Barcelona and Inter. Stop talking as if you're the only one who has watched him play. He obviously is a great player but if we're talking about strikers than he's not better than RVP.
It's probably joint top three with Germany.
BTW Zlatan's Milan hammered RVP's Arsenal last season, Lazio drew with Spurs this season, Napoli almost knocked Chelsea out and Juventus completely outclassed Chelsea both legs so clearly Serie A is not as shit as you're pretending.
I really hate the arrogance of most fans of PL clubs who act like quality players only play either in the PL or for Real or Barcelona.
They could do to rewatch Italy vs England or Italy vs Germany and see what those Serie A donkeys look like against PL and Bundesliga giants.
Professional players, managers and journalists thought otherwise last week at the Balon D'or.
Germany's league is better than Italy's. Only Juventus are the current top side of the lot their. The rest are either rebuilding or are shite. Napoli and Fiorentina are good sides but they're not top class.
That's why Ibra got 1.24% votes and RVP got 1.45% votes. Falcao btw got 3.67% votes.
Its not.
Really, you judge the strength of a league by the success of its team in KNOCKOUT stages? Something that looks for the performance of one match, whereas the league is 38? Completely different.
I really hate the fans that try to look for something else and create something that isn't there, 90% of top players play in either PL, Spain or Germany, FACT. And again you are proving how stupid your argument is with obvious flaws being that your comparing International games as a reference for the strength of the league, despite it being common knowledge the PL has the highest percentage of foreign players? Go home.
In the Top 5 Leagues of the World.
It would seem...
Exactly.
That's why Ibra got 1.24% votes and RVP got 1.45% votes. Falcao btw got 3.67% votes.
In the Italian leagues, you have to times Ibra's percentage by 10 as all stars play in the Serie A, didn't you know? Place to be.
They can sign him if they have 60-70 million to spend
He's the kind of signing Wenger and the board should be looking at. Arsenal's problem is that they have a pretty big/good squad but a weak first team.
Wenger needs to stop trying to replace world class players with cheapish gambles that aren't working out. The strikers he's signed in the last few seasons just aren't good enough (Podolski, Gervinho, Chamakh, Giroud probably constitute £35m in fees and around £12m a year in wages - much less than someone like Cavani over 5 years)
Wenger needs to stop trying to replace world class players with cheapish gambles that aren't working out. The strikers he's signed in the last few seasons just aren't good enough (Podolski, Gervinho, Chamakh, Giroud probably constitute £35m in fees and around £12m a year in wages - much less than someone like Cavani over 5 years)
Would love to see Cavani in the PL. He looked the tits against Chelsea in the CL.
Behind the premier league, la liga and bundasliga. Its not top.
He'll cost them about £50m, no way Arsenal are signing him.
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