Comments on: Vermaelen Signing Imminent As Defence Gets A Revamp

By: Fabrez

Fabrez — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:03:06 +0000

lol…yeah Debs! Hope wat little left of ur day gets better btw! Great to have this lad on board. Arsenal moving in the right direction i’d think!

By: Debs

Debs — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:17:57 +0000

Great someone’s having an awesome day, I’m certainly not having one! But yeah, the Vermalaen signing is god news. We can now talk about something which isn’t speculation!

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:14:48 +0000

Definately a done deal mate. Sky Sports News broke the story around 4.30 pm and now Arsenal.com and BBC Sport have confirmed it

By: AJ

AJ — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:58:27 +0000

Ive had a awesome day and now reading that he has signed, makes it all the better, lets hope for some more fresh faces in the squad!

By: steve

steve — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:42:58 +0000

check the arsenal website. factfile on there and a pic of thomas holding an arsenal shirt

By: Yemi

Yemi — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:39:43 +0000

Pete, sure ????? Where did u get the news mate ?

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:36:31 +0000

It’s official! Thomas Vermaelen is now a Gunner

By: Iliyasu

Iliyasu — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:08:58 +0000

Any player who is regular for club and country plus being a captain at Ajax cannot be a bad player. Vermaelen might not be tall but so is Cannavaro&Puyol. A defender who can read the game well,put his heart&body 2 stop the ball and be able to chase&unsettle the Torres,Ronaldos,Kakas,Drogbas is all we need.
Sylvestre,Gallas and Kolo can’t even do better than Song.
Arsenal is bigger than any player,sell Adebayor for all I care and RVP wont sign…Sell him too. Ingrates!

By: Yemi

Yemi — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:24:27 +0000

Everyone loves the way arsenal plays, the only wrong thing is not winning in the last 4yrs. however we came so close last season but one in the premiership, semi-finals for CL and FA las season.
I hope mother luck will be on our side this season. i know if we are not hampered by injuries, we will win something.

By: TheSKAGooner

TheSKAGooner — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:51:45 +0000

Well, with LOTS of speculation in the press about Vermaelen’s path to wearing an Arsenal kit over the last month, the club themselves have been eerily quiet about things as usual. AW took off for a tour of Asia, and by all presentations has had a relaxed and enjoyable time of it. Good for Le Boss. I like to see him having a good time.

I’m somewhat of the opinion that there are more deals on the way that the club have been silent about. Hangeland, Veloso, Yaya, Bassong, Cana, Melo, etc…all have been bandied about in the press over these last week, and I’m just having a thought that some of these, despite public statements by agents and players, might be moving forward in a quiet, back room fashion.

I’m also wondering, as was posted here earlier I believe – but could have been another Arsenal blog – are we seeing AW letting Gazidis focus on the transfer activities now, while AW works on spotting the talent and just getting the names over to Gazidis with recommendations on transfer fees and wages? I really hope AW and Gazidis are developing that partnership similar to what was in place with David Dein. There was a real simpatico between the two, and Arsenal surely benefited from that in many ways.