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Agree with that. Ozil is a quality player no doubt but only adds to the depth and attacking quality of Arsenal which is and has been the strongest aspect of their team. Won't even solve their problems elsewhere. As someone mentioned here previously, Arsenal are practically one Ozil injury away from having the same team again and worst of all, one Giroud injury away from having to play Sanogo upfront (thank goodness we didn't give them Ba!). That is probably when the Arsenal fans would start to get desperate and moan all about Wenger again. True but he does have a point. Throughout the summer, it feels as though Man United didn't have a clue on who to sign and David Moyes trying to prove to everyone - the fans and media - that he can attract top talents to the club as well as trying to please them. Moyes has mainly targeted midfielders in the transfer window but seem to go from one type of midfielder to another - Fabregas, Thiago, Modric, De Rossi, Khedira, Sneijder, Ozil, Herrera, Fellaini etc. And not to mention, the way he and United have handled their transfer business this summer have been shockingly embarrassing.

Right. Both of us were on 38 then but point still remain anyway..

Quality 'responses' in the poll! Would go with Gudjohnsen. The obvious positive thing we did was to strengthen our squad depth in the attacking areas. We have gone from having Marin, Benayoun and Moses as backups to probably Schurrle, Willian and De Bruyne. Can't be too angry about that even though I still question the signing of Willian. However, it's rather frustrating that once again we did not bolster and get more quality in for arguably our two weakest areas - strikers and defensive midfielder. I wonder how long more will we be complaining about those two failures till we actually sign someone capable..

The title challenge back then in 10/11 season wasn't even there really. Started the season well but then tailed off completely. Yes, we did manage to get back into the title picture but it came too late and was just on the back of run of winning games. We never really look like we are gonna win and so it proved in the pathetic performance at OT. And even had we won there, we would still be behind United on GD IIRC and theirs was much better than ours.

So he is still around and didn't even come close of leaving. So much for those jumping to conclusions and over celebrating it weeks ago...

For starters, lets just see how he is used and fares under Mourinho till then. Hopefully, everything will be just alright. Clarify like what? Jose has said many times he isn't leaving, even though there is always that element of doubt whether he will be leaving, but stories continue to persist. If anything, it might have been helpful had Mata come out and reassure us about his future here.

Locking this thread. Transfer window is officially over. Opening back when January comes around. Discuss any matters in the related threads elsewhere. And oh, opening back to the 'General Transfer Talk' thread.

So, Jose was right after all that and Gourlay was probably talking BS last Thursday then.. That is unless Gourlay meant Atsu as 1-2 players coming in..

R.Lukaku Bolingoli ‏@RomeluLukaku9 57s Signed @Everton on a season loan :-)

Lukaku apparently heading to West Brom to discuss another loan move, according to Sky Sports, as he prefers them over Everton.

Depends on which perspective you want to look from. The thought of being the 1st European Champions to exit from the group stage is downright more embarrassing than the idea of being playing in the Europa League.

Paying the price for Jose's lack of rotation in the last 4 games....

No, don't think they did. And even if they were talking about squad strength, the 2010/11 season was still the worst. Players became stagnated. Team's form dipped. Nothing of quality came out then. And not to mention, we allowed so many experienced players like Ballack, Cole, Belletti, Deco, Carvalho to leave and ended up only replacing them with only Ramires and Benayoun that summer. As for the Europa League, yes it's not the biggest of trophies, it's definitely not where we should be in/at but it's still a European trophy regardless. We got into the competition, we won it and we made history in the process. It's still not a success or achievement to be played down. And think we are more ashamed of becoming the 1st Champions League winner to exit the group stage as opposed to getting into the Europa League.

I'm sorry but any sources from DailyStar should be banned for good! They are just DailyRubbish! *in carefree mood* In the words of Kevin Keegan, I would love it when Mata starts many games under Jose and become one of his favourites. Love it! Can then shove it down the media's throat and say 'IN YOUR FACES'!

Ben Smith ‏@BenSmithBBC50s #LFC are not, despite the rumours, in for Juan Mata. #DeadlineDay

His loan move to Vitesse has been confirmed. http://www.weaintgotnohistory.com/chelsea-fc-transfer-rumours-news/2013/9/2/4685858/chelsea-fc-transfer-news-vitesse-confirm-sam-hutchinson-loan http://www.vitesse.nl/vitessenl/nieuws/detail/3751

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Like they are gonna spend another huge chunk of their money on (1 player) Benzema after dumping 40m+ for Ozil.

Being subbed and not playing a lot under Jose, according to your words, are two completely different things.

Exactly. As much as we all laugh at their failings all the time, it's still Arsenal after all. They always seem to find something from somewhere to go on a run of wins when you least expect them too. They are unpredictable really and capable of causing problems to the other big teams on a gran scheme of things. And not to mention, we loaned Benayoun to them 2 seasons ago and he won Arsenal 4 points through his goals which saw them finish in 3rd and 1 point above Spurs. Without those 4 points, our CL win would have dumped them into the Europa League!

It's Martin Lipton. It's Daily Mail. It's simply complete rubbish!

Loaning Ba out is one thing but loaning him to Arsenal?! What on earth are we thinking?! Why are we loaning a player of ours to a rival in the league?!

Are you really serious in questioning that Ozil did not play much under Jose?! You might want to check the number of games he played at Madrid in the 3 seasons Mourinho was there before making such comment.

Of course he hasn't been the same since the head injury. He's gotten better!