Summer 2016 Non-Spurs Transfers

[Shadydan]

How many are we going to need then?!

Ultimately if Leicester can win it, anyone can and I wouldn't write off Arsenal.

We are shifting our mentality but there's still plenty of work to do although we've never really been in a position to win the title until this season where as Arsenal have had countless near misses.

Everyone says they wouldn't write off Arsenal for the title every year and yet here we are after they sign yet another good player people think that it will elevate them, you'd think after signing players like Cech, Sanchez and Ozil would push them on but the same mistakes hold them back hear after year.

 

[spursfan77]

Kevin Volland signs for Bayer Leverkusen from Hoffenheim. Leverkusen has already made 4 signings; Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim), Julian Baumgartlinger (Mainz), Jonas Meffert (Karlsruhe) and Danny da Costa (Ingolstadt). German teams really are effective in the transfer market.

Other confirmed transfers in the Bundesliga:

Bayern

• Renato Sanches (Benfica)
• Mats Hummels (Dortmund)

Dortmund

• Mikel Merino (Osasuna)
• Ousmane Dembélé (Stade Rennes)

Leverkusen

• Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim)
• Julian Baumgartlinger (Mainz)
• Jonas Meffert (Karlsruhe)
• Danny da Costa (Ingolstadt)

Gladbach

• Tobias Strobl (Hoffenheim)

Schalke

• Naldo (Wolfsburg)

Mainz

• Jhon Cordoba (Granada)
• Christian Clemens (Schalke)

Hertha

• Vedad Ibisevic (Stuttgart)

Wolfsburg

• Daniel Didavi (Stuttgart)
• Josip Brekalo (Dinamo Zagreb)

Cologne

• Marco Höger (Schalke)

HSV

• Christian Mathenia (Darmstadt)
• Bobby Wood (Union Berlin)

Augsburg

• Georg Teigl (Leipzig)
• Andreas Luthe (Bochum)
• Alfred Finnbogason (Real Sociedad)

Hoffenheim

• Marco Terrazzino (Bochum)

Werder

• Thanos Petsos (Rapid Wien)
• Lennart Thy (St. Pauli)
• Justin Eilers (Dynamo Dresden)

Freiburg

• Caglar Söyüncü (Altinordu)
• Onur Bulut (Bochum)
• Manuel Gulde (Karlsruhe)

They get their transfer work done early in Germany don't they

 

[spursfan77]

Xhaka's absolute class.

They've needed a deep lying playmaker to play through the lines for a while now, and he'll form an excellent double pivot with either Cazorla or Wilshere imo.

He'll be able to find Ozil in the pockets, which scares me a little.



- First pass in that vid alone shows his strengths.

He won't get that much time on the ball in England.

 

[Danners9]

Looks like Granit Xhaka to them is done

 

[sunnydelight786]

Xhaka is a class act and a brilliant signing for them, don't kid yourself otherwise. Exactly the type of midfielder we needed to compete/rotate with Dier and Dembele.....

 

[matthew.absurdum]

Xhaka is a class act and a brilliant signing for them, don't kid yourself otherwise. Exactly the type of midfielder we needed to compete/rotate with Dier and Dembele.....

Yes, he also has discipline problems too, he keeps getting cards to easily

 

[sunnydelight786]

Yes, he also has discipline problems too, he keeps getting cards to easily

Oh that he does too, no doubt. It is something he will have to clearly work on but also take into account our refs let more go than on the continent.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Yes, he also has discipline problems too, he keeps getting cards to easily

Think Arsenal need a player with a bit of aggression TBH.

 

[THOWIG]

Strong leader too.

 

[Cornpattbuck]

Hey ho, under Wenger's training regime he'll have a season ending injury within two months...

 

[tototoner]

Xhaka is a class act and a brilliant signing for them, don't kid yourself otherwise. Exactly the type of midfielder we needed to compete/rotate with Dier and Dembele.....

Superb player, good signing for them

 

[panoma]

Top signing by Arsenal. Exactly the kind of player they have lacked for years imo. Gonna be a threat next season for sure.

 

[whitelanefever]

I'm worried now, that's a very good signing for them unfortunately. He suits them down to the ground too considering he's a bit of a ****

Don't worry.. the tactics will still remain the same.. they will still try & pass the ball into the net & play like they do in training.. I might start to worry if they sign Icardi & Manolas though

 

[yankspurs]

Looks like Granit Xhaka to them is done

Good signing for them unfortunately. Fortunately however, their new kit is a steaming pile of shit

 

[SugarRay]

Good player from what I've seen.

Goons sign another player 'they've need for years'. Just like they did with Cech last season who was supposed to be the final piece in the jigsaw...worked out well.

 

[rossdapep]

Their defence is still poor and they will still have that same weak mentality, because it comes from the manager.

 

[sunnydelight786]

Their defence is still poor and they will still have that same weak mentality, because it comes from the manager.

Yet they still finish above us, that's the most damning stat of all.....

 

[Shadydan]

Yet they still finish above us, that's the most damning stat of all.....

Well they're expected to aren't they?

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Their defence is still poor and they will still have that same weak mentality, because it comes from the manager.

The defence that conceded one more goal than ours, and the mentality that came from a few points behind to finish above us you mean.

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Lots of Gotze to Liverpool in Sky Sports Paper talk.