Arsenal are set to renew their interest in Gary Cahill with added vigour during the January transfer window.
Sources close to the club have told some of the authors of Straight Talking Gooners that Arsenal will try again to sign the English defender.
In addition, Bolton manager Owen Coyle has said the following:
“I wouldn’t be surprised if they [Arsenal] came back [with another bid].
“Arsene has always said he is an admirer of Gary Cahill. But the clubs never agreed a fee.
“Gary has nothing to prove. He is a top performer, who is set for a glittering career.”
In the summer, Coyle described Arsenal’s bid as “derisory” and reports emerged that Arsenal bid £6 million for the player. Wenger later announced that these rumours were false. He implied that the offer was higher and that the club had deemed it the correct amount for a player of Cahill’s skill and given that he had just one year left on his Bolton contract.
What surprises me is that Arsenal would want to buy a player that could come on a free only a few months later. Sure, we have defensive frailties, and Cahill could help rectify that problem. But is it worth splashing the cash in January when we can have him for nothing in June?
If Arsenal wanted to buy him, he should have been purchased in the summer that has just passed.
I reckon that Cahill would still sign for Arsenal next summer, even though he may have many clubs vying for his talents, given that his contract runs out. From what I’ve heard, Gary really wants to play for Arsenal – it’s not necessarily all about money for him.
Cahill has previously mentioned that he wants to play at the top level:
“As a professional footballer in general you want to strive and be the best you can and try to get to the highest level you can.”
He went on to state that European football is the top level that he wants to be at. However, should Arsenal fail to qualify for the Champions League next season, this could prove to be a stumbling block in negotiations.
Dont be too sure that he wld come in June, so its better to splash the cash and get him than lose him to some other club.
Why does everyone want us to sign Cahill? Boltons defence is worse than ours and they’re below us in the table? Why do we want him? Get hummels or Subotic ffs, stop aiming so low and show some ambition!!
I want this guy at arsenal pls sign him
Dis is d type of players we need,pls get him by January
If we really want him, get him in January, because there is no way he is coming to us if he is on a free next summer.
@49unbeaten. Blackburn and Fulham, former clubs of Phil Jones and Chris Smalling respectively have always ended up behind Man United (their present clubs) in the league. Having a good player playing for a lesser team doesn’t diminish the quality of the signing. The aforementioned players have not only formed the bedrock of Man U’s defence this year (making them forget Ferdinand and Vidic) but have also contributed goals to the most blistering team Fergusson has ever had in his very long footballing career. Cahill is better than all that we have, Vermaelen inclusive I mean. He is good on the ground, contests aerially as if he were a giants, scores with his feet and head, is an established england international and at 24 is young for a defender, having at least ten years ahead of him. If we didn’t want him, or are not ready to shell out for him, then it means only one thing – we lack ambition. And by the way John Terry is begging AVB to buy him…that must show how bad he is, right?
@thorough – Sorry mate I can’t agree with you. John Terry wanting someone means nothing and in my honest opinion John Terry isn’t all that great himself. John Terry has flattered to decieve a lot of people. He looked good when Carvalho played by his side to cover up his inadequacies. Cahill’s problem is his inconsistancy and also the fact that he ain’t that great positionally and gets exposed more often than not. He’s a good squad player and TV5 will raise the level of any guy who partners him. I know the exact problem that we have at the moment and that is the fact we need another attcking defender like Vermaelen. Per and Kozzer are both sweeper types and CANNOT play together, it will never work! TV5 with either of those 2 will be great and you’ll see a vast improvement when he comes back, but that’s the problem, WHEN HE COMES BACK! We don’t have a natural replacement for him and Cahill is NOT in his mould.
Wenger buy good players