Wayne Rooney to Arsenal?

After Sir Alex Ferguson's fair well game at Old Trafford today he said in the interview after that Wayne Rooney had asked for a transfer. There has been speculations that Rooney has been unhappy lately but now that it has been confirmed a lot of clubs have show interest in the English superstar.
There has been talks that Arsenal is one of these clubs. This sounds ridiculous seeing as Arsenal have only spent over 15 million on a small handful of occasions and that the price tag for Rooney would be on a scale never before seen at the Emirates.
One would think that a name like Wayne Rooney's would have a price tag of 30-40 million but this isn't the case, it has been said that a 25 million bid would be required for Manchester United to let him leave. This would still be a record breaking buy for the Gunners but with them spending big this summer it is looking very possible financial wise.
Arsenal were already looking for a record breaking buy this summer with Steven Jovetic but now that Rooney has come available will the Gunners be making there two biggest buys in one summer? If so these two buys would be over half of the Gunners summer budget for sure.

The Pros and Cons of signing Wayne Rooney

PRO: it sends out a message to the fans that big transfers flow in both directions. Arsenal fans have had to endure summer after summer of selling there top players and watching them win titles with other clubs. A Wayne Rooney buy would show Arsenal fans that the Gunners are capable of buying the top players as well as building them.

He would also contribute greatly to the attack of the Gunners at his best Rooney has tremendous vision and execution of a range of passes on the ball, he can beat defenders with strength and subtle touches of the ball, his movement is good in the final third, and he certainly knows where the goal is.
He can also be counted upon to put in a real shift and work hard for the team cause in a variety of positions.

Wenger could play Rooney as an outright forward instead of Olivier Giroud, this not only improves Arsenals outright attack but it also allows the likes of Santi Cazorla to keep his position behind the attack. In the season of 2011-2012 when Rooney did play this more attacking position he racked up an amazing 27 league goals.
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What is becoming increasingly clear is that Rooney needs a new challenge. He has been substituted, or starting on the bench, far too often in recent months for a player of his quality and importance, and he no longer appears to be the obvious choice to make things happen for United when they are struggling to break down the opposition. He needs a new challenge and the Premier League is his home.


CON: the price for Rooney would be more then the Emirates have ever seen and while Arsene Wenger has plenty of money to spend this summer he has always had difficulty in buying quality players for a big some of money. Not only that he is 27 years of age and that is well over Wengers average big transfer buys witch is about 24 years of age.

Rooney plays in a central attacking position and has the licence to roam during attacks, dropping deeper into an additional support midfield role in transition play and when defending. This is arguably the most stacked position on the Arsenal team. Santi Cazorla has proven an excellent addition and plays in that role more often than not, while Jack Wilshere, when not injured, also thrives in the role. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lukas Podolski, Aaron Ramsey, Tomas Rosicky all can feature in that role also, so with the addition to Rooney it will only cause problems in the starting XI.

There is one final complication for Arsenal to bear in mind, which is of course the spending power of rival clubs who might see Rooney as a transfer target. Within the Premier League, should Rooney choose to remain in England, only Manchester City and Chelsea would be able to match both the transfer fee and his wages, which are reported at around £200,000 per week. Chelsea and Man City will also both be in the Champions League next season, which Arsenal have yet to guarantee themselves, and the blues have a Europa League cup final to look forward to as well—while City were defeated in the FA Cup final on Saturday. Arsenal failed to make any kind of impact in the cups this season and have gone eight long years without a trophy. Also the likes of PSG and Real Madrid are looking for some new signings and a big club like Real Madrid could be very tempting.

What the result of the Tottenham vs Chelsea game does to the leauge table

A thrilling game ending 2-2 has kept Tottenham in 5th out of a Champions league place. Arsenal wanted a Chelsea win but a draw still means it is out of Spurs hands to get a top 4 place. If Arsenal win their next two games against Wigan and Newcastle it will put them in a Champions cup place know matter what the results are in Spurs games.

The game started with Chelsea taking the lead form a headed corner form Oscar, Dawson left Cahill with to much space in the box and Cahill headed it to Oscar for a header at the back post.
The next goal then came Tottenhams way, Chelsea turned the ball over and it came to Adebayor who made a run from his own half to the top of the Chelsea box unchallenged, he then took a shot that curled with finesse into the top right hand corner and left Cech standing still with no chance of a save.
There was another goal in the first half and it went to Chelsea. They passed the ball around the Spurs defence and a final ball through to Ramires who hit a toe poke first time into the side netting making it 2-1 going into the second half.
The second half had a lot of chances for both teams to grab a goal especially Chelsea, however Tottenham took the chance for the next goal. A pass to Adebayor (he was offside but it wasn't called) who did a skill full back heel to Sigurdsson, he took a touch and hit the ball clean into the right side netting making it 2-2.
The man of the match was given to Adebayor after his sublime goal and his skilful assist.

The pressure is all on Arsenal to keep their run of form going and win their upcoming games. It looked doubtful that Arsenal would finish ahead of Spurs in the latter half of the season but now it is all down to the Gunners to keep their London rivals waiting another year for the chance to finally finish ahead of Arsenal in what seems like a lifetime ago.
It looks promising that the Gunners will finish in the top four and get their 70 million budget for the summer, if they just preform like they have been the last couple of weeks it shouldn't be a problem. The Premier league is extremely unpredictable however and you can never be sure.

Chelsea vs Tottenham Hotspur: The implications for the top four race

The battle between Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal for a Champions League place could take a decisive turn on Wednesday night, what are the implications of the possible results at Stamford Bridge?

 

Chelsea's win at Manchester United has put them in an excellent position ahead of Wednesday's match against Tottenham Hotspur, with a win certain to see them finish in the top four. Here is a run-down of the implications for Chelsea, Spurs and Arsenal of the possible results at Stamford Bridge.


Draw

For Spurs, drawing at Stamford Bridge would give them one significant advantage, in that Arsenal would have to win both of their last two games to be sure of finishing above them. Chelsea would still be two points clear in third with a draw, and four points in their last two games against Aston Villa and Everton would likely secure them that third position.

Spurs would almost certainly still have to beat Stoke and Sunderland to finish in the top four, but a draw at Stamford Bridge would pile far more pressure on Arsenal, who would know that any dropped points would put the Champions League place in Spurs hands.

          # Team                                         GP             W          D        L          GF           GA          PTS

3	Chelsea	36	20	9	7	?	?	69
4	Arsenal	36	19	10	7	67	36	67
5	Spurs	36	19	9	8	?	?	66

Chelsea win 
 
 
A home win will see the Blues four points clear of Arsenal and six points ahead of Spurs with two games left, and given their huge goal difference advantage over Andre Villas-Boas' side, they will be assured a Champions League place for next season. The win at Old Trafford has put a whole new complexion on the match, and Spurs and Arsenal might already consider Chelsea as secure in the top four, leaving them to go head to head over the last couple of games.

If Spurs lose, they will have to beat Stoke and Sunderland in their last two games, whilst also hoping Arsenal either lose one of their games against Wigan and Newcastle, or draw both, as the Gunners' goal difference is far better than Spurs'. A Chelsea win leaves Arsenal needing four points to finish in the top four, and realistically settles the race.

          # Team                                         GP             W          D        L          GF           GA          PTS

3	Chelsea	36	21	8	7	?	?	71
4	Arsenal	36	19	10	7	67	36	67
5	Spurs	36	19	8	9	?	?	65

Tottenham Hotspur win

The least likely result is also the one that would blow the race wide open, as it would leave Spurs and Chelsea level on 68 points and ahead of Arsenal on 67. The result would see Chelsea and Spurs needing to win their final two games to guarantee themselves third and fourth respectively.

This is the only result that takes Arsenal's place in the top four out of their hands, and indeed the only one that puts real pressure on Chelsea's place in next year's Champions League.
 
            # Team                                         GP             W          D        L          GF           GA          PTS
3        Chelsea                                           36             20          8         8           ?               ?              68

4        Spurs                                             36             20          8         8           67             36              68

5       Arsenal                                           36             19          10       7           ?               ?              67

One final thing worth noting is that Wigan's FA Cup final appearance means that Arsenal could find themselves in fifth by the time they play them next week whatever the result on Wednesday night, as Spurs and Chelsea play this weekend. You would back the Gunners to win that game in hand whatever pressure they are under, but it will give Chelsea and Spurs a chance to test Arsenal's resolve if they can win their tricky away games at Stoke and Aston Villa.

Arsenals hopes of finishing in a champions league place are looking slim. The table now stands with them in third with 63 points, Chelsea in fourth with 62 points and a game in hand and Spurs with 61 and a game in hand.

The problem is that Arsenal play the winners of this years Premier leauge, Man U. It is a must win seeing as Chelsea play swansea and Spurs play wigan. Arsenal have been showing good form so just because they are coming up against the winners of the leauge and their old super stricker Robin Van Persie does not mean that it will be a walk over. Arsenal have more to play for then most teams in the premier leuge as Arsene Wenger has never finished outside the top 4 in his time at Arsenal and that Spurs have finished behind Arsenal for about 25 years. Another big reason is that they are looking to get there 70million budget in the summer but that could only happen with a champions cup place.

Arsenal are still planning ahead with the fact that they are going to get there 70 million budget and talks with Fiorentina's striker Jovetic is looking promising. Arsenal are expected to go for an early bid in the summer transfer window.

It also seems like Arsenal will bow out of the race for Gotze seeing as Bayern have but in a 32 million bid for him and Arsenal are not willing to spend that much money.

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	PTS
1	Man United	34	27	3	4	78	35	84
2	Man City	33	20	8	5	59	30	68
3	Arsenal	34	18	9	7	65	35	63
4	Chelsea	33	18	8	7	66	35	62
5	Spurs	33	18	7	8	58	41	61
6	Everton	34	14	14	6	51	38	56
7	Liverpool	34	13	12	9	61	42	51
8	West Brom	33	13	6	14	43	44	45
9	Swansea City	33	10	12	11	43	42	42
10	West Ham	34	11	9	14	40	47	42
11	Fulham	34	10	10	14	44	52	40
12	Southampton	34	9	12	13	47	54	39
13	Norwich City	34	8	14	12	33	53	38
14	Sunderland	34	9	10	15	38	45	37
15	Stoke City	34	8	13	13	30	41	37
16	Newcastle	34	10	7	17	43	60	37
17	Aston Villa	34	8	10	16	36	63	34
18	Wigan Athletic	33	8	7	18	37	60	31
19	Rangers	34	4	12	18	29	56	24
20	Reading	34	5	9	20	37	65	24