I think that Arsenal should offer Fiorentina about £10m plus Eboue and Gallas for Felipe Melo. Have you seen him, he is like two players all in one. He can provide long balls like Fabregas and defend like Gilberto. What else can you ask for? Arsenal also need to get rid of Manu Adebayor. Get Chamakh from Bordeaux as his replacement for about £10-12m and sell Adebayor to AC or Inter for about £20-24m. He could maybe buy Sakho from PSG to cover from Gallas. Come Wenger these players could finaly win us a trophy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What do you guys think of Felipe Melo? I wasn’t impress from watching him at the confederation cup. Gilberto looked better than him to be honest. To me he looks like a little bigger version of Denilson.

I beleive Vermaelen is a left footed player so it will be more appropriate to pair him with Kolo.

I think its true, has been on alot of websites that have rumours, also I was just on the arsenal website and took the current poll, thought it was rather interesting:

If you were Arsenal manager, who would you pair with Thomas Vermaelen in central defence?
William Gallas
25%
Kolo Toure
56%
Mikael Silvestre
1%
Johan Djourou
3%
Alex Song
2%
A new signing
14%

*from the sky sports paper talk section by the way!

“Van Persie commits to Arsenal – Daily Mirror

Robin van Persie has accepted a new contract at Arsenal that binds him to Emirates Stadium until 2013, on a deal that will see him rake in £70,000-per week. How important is the Dutchman to the Gunners?”

I still think its a rumor but at least its in the right direction!

RvP is still only a rumour that he’s signed… found this quoted on Footylatest.com.

“According to a report in todays Star, the Dutch international Robin Van Persie has put to bed all the rumours that he will be leaving Arsenal this summer by signing a new £3.5m contract which will keep him at the Emirates until 2013. The report said: ROBIN VAN PERSIE has handed Arsenal a big boost by agreeing a new deal.

The Gunners spent much of last season anxiously trying to persuade the Dutchman to sign.

Van Persie, who had been linked with a shock move to Manchester United, had just one more season, with an option for a year more, on his current deal.

But he has accepted terms thought to be in the region of £3.5m a year on a two-year extension.

Are Arsenal fans happy that he has resigned? Or is he injured just that little bit too often?”

Also another rumour going about is that we’ve signed a pending agreement for huntelaar. Again not 100% and not sure how much i’d believe it but heres the quote i read…

“This is not a WUM, ive honestly just heard on the radio Arsenal have had a £15million bid for Huntelaar accepted and he’s in London for talks. Expect it to break on ssn anytime now .Is this the end of Adebayor?”

seen on the 606 forums again just a rumour!

This on Eurosport.yahoo now:

Robin van Persie has signed a new contract with Arsenal, finally putting to bed that ridiculous rumour that Manchester United were about to sign the Dutchman. (Daily Mirror)

Was watching SkySports this morning and they were dealing with transfers, and there was a cut-out from a newspaper saying he’s signed a deal. Can’t remember which one it was though- I think Daily Telegraph, but I’m not 100% sure…

Daily Telegraph is saying RvP is close to signing. Here;s a cut and paste of the article:

Arsenal close to agreeing Robin van Persie’s contract renewal.
Arsenal are hopeful that they will finally reach agreement this week with Robin van Persie over a new contract.

Talks have been ongoing for several months and, despite reports of interest from Manchester United, it is understood that there are just a few final details to resolve before an announcement is made.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made resolving the Van Persie situation his priority this summer, while Nicklas Bendtner is also expected to sign a new deal.

So far, Wenger has spent £10 million on improving his defensive options following the addition of Ajax captain Thomas Vermaelen. He is expected to make one further signing, with an experienced central midfielder believed to be the priority.

After seeing his young team go 21 games unbeaten in the league last season and reach the semi-finals of both the Champions League and FA Cup, Wenger has decided that he needs only “one or two” carefully identified additions.

He is also restricted by his transfer budget, which is understood to be in the region of £20 million.

The team’s progress in the cup competitions has added a further £13.5 million to the club’s turnover next year, although delays to the sale of apartments on Highury Square has meant Wenger will have to wait for the much-hoped for financial boost from property development.

It is understood that the renegotiation of player contracts must come from the transfer budget, with Wenger also likely to have to consider whether to generate additional funds by selling Emmanuel Adebayor, who admitted last season that he thinks the supporters are losing faith in him.