Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Walrus said:
people were still going apeshit about Benzema while he was in negotiations with Madrid.

moreover, the alleged latest news on Huntelaar is that he rejected Stuttgarts contract, meaning he is fair game again.
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thats because he was a ***pers wet dream. Wasted energy though. He always said that he wanted to go to Madrid.

Hadn't heard he had rejected their offer. Still, regardless. People should think with a bit of common sense; he does not offer anything different from Owen. We have already signed Owen. Go figure.
 
La Liga - Stuttgart close in on Huntelaar

Eurosport - Tue, 14 Jul 16:14:00 2009

Real Madrid are close to agreeing the sale of striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar to Bundesliga club Stuttgart, Real sporting director Miguel Pardeza has said.

The Dutch international has become surplus to requirements after Real's recent spending spree and did not travel with the squad on their pre-season trip to Dublin.

"(We) are in very advanced talks with Stuttgart and the best thing to do was to find a solution," Pardeza told Spanish radio.

"I think the player was aware of this and opted to stay in Madrid to see if a final resolution can be found."

The striker had been linked with Manchester United, Milan and Tottenham.

Huntelaar scored eight goals in 22 appearances for Real Madrid after joining in January last season, with most of his appearances coming from the bench.

The Dutch forward became surplus to requirements at the Bernabeu after Karim Benzema joined from Lyon, and Stuttgart were the only major side to follow up their interest in the ex-Ajax hit-man.
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VfB Stuttgart's attempt to sign Netherlands striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Real Madrid has collapsed after the player failed to meet a Wednesday night deadline, the Bundesliga club said.

"We wanted to sign Huntelaar because his style fits with our team," Stuttgart sporting director Horst Heldt said on Thursday. "But we are not prepared to be dragged along."

Stuttgart, who received 35 million euros from the Bundesliga record sale of striker Mario Gomez to Bayern Munich, have yet to sign a replacement.

Real Madrid sporting director Miguel Pardeza has been quoted as saying the Spanish club is finding it hard to sell players as it seeks to trim its squad.

"In some cases they (the players) are resisting and in others there are no offers," he told Spanish daily Publico.

"The sale operation may seem simple but it is not. It is not easy convincing them to leave Real Madrid for what is generally a lesser team."
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Back on the market it seems.......
 
The Wizard said:
Good.

Hope Madrid get nothing near the values they have set on the players they are trying to offload.
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any semi-intelligent manager/director of football will know its very much a buyers market. Madrid might be rich feckers, but they dont have a billionaire sugar daddy. If they dont manage to offload all these players, their values are only going to go down, and they will still have to foot the wage bill.
Perez is a businessman, i am confident that he will not allow that eventuality to occur and will happily sell the dutch regiment at knock-down prices if necessary - and it will be necessary, because everyone knows that they need to sell.
 
If arse are serious about him i can see Wenger tempting him to the emirates.
 
Drifter said:
If arse are serious about him i can see Wenger tempting him to the emirates.
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I almost suspect Wenger doesn't think he's good enough. The argument on the 'caf has raged over his overall contribution and how good he is outside the box - and I'm not sure I can Wenger signing someone who only scores goals. Look at Henry, Bergkamp, Van Persie, even Adebayor etc. - they were all technically gifted players who were good with the ball at their feet in or outside the box, and were as capable of creating goals as they were of scoring them. Plus he'd cost more than Arsenal like to spend... I reckon he'll end up at Spurs to be honest.
 
I cant see Huntelaar doing well for Arsenal, just like I could never see him doing that well at Madrid. A team like ourselves or Barca would suit him imo, but Spurs could work too.
 
he's a good player I think ... could do well at arsenal or us for that matter , what sort of money is being touted?
 
Think Madrid want as much of their 20m back as possible, not sure if thats Euros
 
Stuttgart, who received 35 million euros from the Bundesliga record sale of striker Mario Gomez to Bayern Munich
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£30m for mario gomez
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Spurs in for him? I'm really gutted that we're not even contemplating signing him.

He's apparently turned down Stuttgart (I'm not surprised), if Spurs or Arsenal get him I can see him doing very well. Spurs cross the ball a bit more though, so I think he'd score more goals there in the end.
 
Would be the surprise of the summer if Arsenal went for him. He's exactly the opposite of their usual signings.

He's not particularly young, he's not a 'total footballer', he's not fast, he's not a creative passer, he's not an athletic african. He just screams "Anywhere but Arsenal"

But you never know, maybe Wenger has completely lost faith in his system and will sign him this summer.
 
I agree that Huntelaar is an absolutely terrible fit for the Gooners, think he would do excellently for ourselves or Chelsea though....Spurs could work for him I guess.
 
SecondFig said:
I almost suspect Wenger doesn't think he's good enough. The argument on the 'caf has raged over his overall contribution and how good he is outside the box - and I'm not sure I can Wenger signing someone who only scores goals. Look at Henry, Bergkamp, Van Persie, even Adebayor etc. - they were all technically gifted players who were good with the ball at their feet in or outside the box, and were as capable of creating goals as they were of scoring them. Plus he'd cost more than Arsenal like to spend... I reckon he'll end up at Spurs to be honest.
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not so much adebayor
 
Ekeke said:
Would be the surprise of the summer if Arsenal went for him. He's exactly the opposite of their usual signings. ...
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I think they will sign him.

With Adebayor gone, Nasri out for some longish while, Vela also injured, Eduardo to miss the season's start also (I think?) and Rosicknote not be relied on for availability, the depth of their more attack-minded player options have suddenly become a bit thin.

I don't reckon Wenger can afford to gamble with a slack start to the season, especially this season with the mega-bucks of City in full flow. Huntelaar is available, I'd think Arsenal could afford him with the Adebayor cash and there aren't a huge amount of proven quality striker options out their for Wenger. IMO he'll take a punt on Huntelaar.
 
GlastonSpur said:
I think they will sign him.

With Adebayor gone, Nasri out for some longish while, Vela also injured, Eduardo to miss the season's start also (I think?) and Rosicknote not be relied on for availability, the depth of their more attack-minded player options have suddenly become a bit thin.

I don't reckon Wenger can afford to gamble with a slack start to the season, especially this season with the mega-bucks of City in full flow. Huntelaar is available, I'd think Arsenal could afford him with the Adebayor cash and there aren't a huge amount of proven quality striker options out their for Wenger. IMO he'll take a punt on Huntelaar.
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Real would want around £15 mill at least for him and I can't see Arsenal paying that for a player who is mainly just a goal scorer. Heck the even haggled over Arshavin's fee.
 
Devil_forever said:
Real would want around £15 mill at least for him and I can't see Arsenal paying that for a player who is mainly just a goal scorer. Heck the even haggled over Arshavin's fee.
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Real mainly want him gone, to reduce their wage bill, bring in some cash and enable them to reduce their squad size to under the bar that (I think?) is required by some Spanish regulation or other.

The problem has been that Huntelaar has been hanging on, whilst under big pressure to leave, for a CL football with a name-club in a big league. If Arsenal come in IMO he'll accept lower wages and RM will not haggle much over the price. And Arsenal have just gotten a lot of dosh for Adebayor - they have the cash: KJH for 12/13m is my prediction.

He may be mainly just a goal-scorer, but that's a bit like saying that Hussein Bolt is mainly just a runner. OK, he might not do as well in the Prem - that's the gamble, but I reckon Wenger will take it. After all, at his age it's not as if KJH won't have a good sell-on value if needed.
 
Ekeke said:
Would be the surprise of the summer if Arsenal went for him. He's exactly the opposite of their usual signings.

He's not particularly young, he's not a 'total footballer', he's not fast, he's not a creative passer, he's not an athletic african. He just screams "Anywhere but Arsenal"
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He screams the exact opposite to me - exactly the type of player that squad lacks and I think he could end up being a better player for them than Adebayor was and they'll end up having made a profit.
 
Devil_forever said:
Real would want around £15 mill at least for him and I can't see Arsenal paying that for a player who is mainly just a goal scorer. Heck the even haggled over Arshavin's fee.
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huntelaar <--> adebayor .

make 10m and save money on wages (ade was on 80k a week wasnt he? )
 
BaldwinLegend said:
He screams the exact opposite to me - exactly the type of player that squad lacks and I think he could end up being a better player for them than Adebayor was and they'll end up having made a profit.
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And for the same reason that we wont see a Hargreaves type pure ball winner next to Fabregas, it wont happen.

Not a Wenger player. When was the last time Arsenal signed someone who could only finish and was an average player aside from that? Never. If they go for a new striker it'll be more in Adebayor's mold or more in Eduardo's mold - either than athletic big man who can score goals or a finisher who can get involved in team moves and work the channels.

Huntelaar is neither of those things.
 
Huntelaar was on 80k / week Euros at Madrid and is going to make Madrid pay for sacking him. It'll be interesting to see how low the price can go if a club that he wants (and that can afford the wages) comes in.
 
BaldwinLegend said:
He screams the exact opposite to me - exactly the type of player that squad lacks and I think he could end up being a better player for them than Adebayor was and they'll end up having made a profit.
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What would Huntelaar provide that Eduardo doesn't?
 
Gio said:
What would Huntelaar provide that Eduardo doesn't?
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On the one hand, nothing, imho. On the other hand -- and this is what would matter -- another striker to fill out the squad. Don't get me wrong, I think Eduardo's really great player, but even he can only be one person at a time.

prateik said:
(ade was on 80k a week wasnt he? )
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that's what they say
 
Jens' Face said:
On the one hand, nothing, imho. On the other hand -- and this is what would matter -- another striker to fill out the squad. Don't get me wrong, I think Eduardo's really great player, but even he can only be one person at a time.


that's what they say
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So you think Wenger might spend £15-20 million on just another body in the squad?

Doesnt sound like him to me. If you just need another body he'll most likely sign a striker from France for £3 million or so.
 
Ekeke said:
So you think Wenger might spend £15-20 million on just another body in the squad?

Doesnt sound like him to me. If you just need another body he'll most likely sign a striker from France for £3 million or so.
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well, I don't think he'll get Huntelaar. Mostly because he doesn't look to be a good fit to the way we play.

I was speaking hypothetically -- if we got him, this would be a reason.

But honestly I don't understand the mysteries of Arsenal finance any more than anyone else. So I can't say what money AW has to work with, much less what he'd be inclined to do with it. I don't suppose I'd be too, too surprised if AW brought in Huntelaar for around 15m. But I certainly wouldn't be surprised if he didn't.

To be honest, I don't think the kind of glib habit-assertion -- "that is or isn't AW/SAF's style" -- we get on messageboards is a good basis for making predictions about what the managers actually do.
 
I disagree - you can make reasonable inferences about what players Wenger's likely to sign (and Huntelaar's not one of them, as Barry wasn't but Alonso was).
 
Gio said:
What would Huntelaar provide that Eduardo doesn't?
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Aren't they very different players? Eduardo could play off and around a Huntelaar, but is also capable of playing as more of a traditional centre forward whereas as Huntelaar is just a 2 dimensional finisher, but pretty good at doing just that.

I'm not saying Wenger will buy him, but every time I watch Arsenal the commentators end up pulling their hair out in frustration at the number of chances they can't finish - in that sense, Huntelaar would round off their squad well, in my opinion.
 
Jens' Face said:
well, I don't think he'll get Huntelaar. Mostly because he doesn't look to be a good fit to the way we play.

I was speaking hypothetically -- if we got him, this would be a reason.

But honestly I don't understand the mysteries of Arsenal finance any more than anyone else. So I can't say what money AW has to work with, much less what he'd be inclined to do with it. I don't suppose I'd be too, too surprised if AW brought in Huntelaar for around 15m. But I certainly wouldn't be surprised if he didn't.

To be honest, I don't think the kind of glib habit-assertion -- "that is or isn't AW/SAF's style" -- we get on messageboards is a good basis for making predictions about what the managers actually do.
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I'd be utterly shocked. Next he'd be signing wingers who specialise in crossing and midfielders who are great competitors and ball winners but cant pass. Or any English player.
 
Ekeke said:
I'd be utterly shocked. Next he'd be signing wingers who specialise in crossing and midfielders who are great competitors and ball winners but cant pass. Or any English player.
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Jeffers was the only unWenger-like player he ever bought - he hasn't repeated that one.
 
Why do they need both Huntelaar and Crouch? It's not like they will be able to play them together and they already have Pavlyuchenko who can play the tall target men, surely 3 players for 1 position is a bit too much especially as they will have cost £50m in total?
 
He's also twice as expensive and would probably feck off to a better team in a year if he proves himself in England.
 
Sarni said:
Why do they need both Huntelaar and Crouch? It's not like they will be able to play them together and they already have Pavlyuchenko who can play the tall target men, surely 3 players for 1 position is a bit too much especially as they will have cost £50m in total?
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Huntelaar is not especially a target man .. he's more of a 'fox in the box' type of player. I doubt Huntelaar will come to Spurs, but if he did then he and Crouch would probably be an effective partnership, just as Crouch and Defoe have already proven to be.
 
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