Posted on Wednesday, 20th February 2013 by The Goon
Arsenal are ‘in talks’ with Athletic Bilbao over a possible free transfer for Fernando Amorebieta, according to the player’s agent.
The 27-year-old will not sign an extension with the La Liga club and is set to depart the San Mames at the end of the current campaign because of it.
Amorebieta’s agent, Gines Carvajal says there are a lot of options available for the defender to consider, but states his client wants to join a Premier League side and Arsenal could well be his chosen destination.
Carvajal said:
‘We are in talks with Arsenal, he could join them in June.
‘We have had some contact with Anzhi [Makhachkala], they were ready to make a good offer, but my client wants to play in England so the transfer to Russia was not possible.’
Since breaking through the Bilbao first-team in 2005, Amorebieta, who can operate both as a full-back or centre-back, has made a total of 233 appearances for the Basque club and has been capped eight times for Venezuela.
Known for his versatility, hard-tackling and position, Amorebieta would certainly offer us more options in defence and would be an astute signing for us this summer.
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February 20th, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Didn’t we try to get him in Jan and he turned us down?
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ralph Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 3:40 pm
I fill his club did turn us down not the player
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February 20th, 2013 at 2:36 pm
8 caps for Venezuela is not a lot, particularly for a nation that are South American also-rans.
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Gooner Jim Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 5:45 pm
He only recently agreed to play for them. Was eligible for Spain, but obviously faced strong competition from Pique, Puyol, Ramos etc.
Would be a coup on a free transfer. Much tougher proposition for strikers than either Vermaelen or Mertesacker. While he’s bound to pick up bookings more frequently, it’d be refreshing to have a beast in defence rather than the fairies Vermaelen and Mertesacker have become.
They might be struggling in La Liga, but i’d welcome pretty much any starting player from Athletic Bilbao.
In fact, shopping in Spain with whatever our supposed transfer budget is, would be very wise. Some great talent available at reasonable prices, and far better success rate than players from France recently.
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February 20th, 2013 at 3:54 pm
He couldnt do any worse than our current defenders surely although the wheels appear to have fallen off the bilbao wagon in the last year or so both defensively and offensively
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February 20th, 2013 at 4:25 pm
Den day should go for him
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February 20th, 2013 at 5:04 pm
I will support Wenger if n only if he spend the so called 70M on quality players n provided he gets the said money from that wood on the hill.
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February 20th, 2013 at 7:53 pm
May God help us this tym…
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February 21st, 2013 at 5:29 am
dont mind both wenger and hillwood they are useless they have nothing better to offer us. They are bunch of liars fuck them.
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February 21st, 2013 at 11:14 am
hope this is not one those rumours, just to give the arsenal fans hope. this is not the first time we are seeing such news of players close to signing for arsenal but at the end it will not materialise….. I will only believe if i see the player holding an arsenal Jersey… Dats all…..
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February 21st, 2013 at 11:37 am
Who?
There are more important problems than defence at the moment.
Are attack is so underperforming it is terrible.
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February 21st, 2013 at 1:34 pm
I believe tht arsenal will be. good next summer, and I hope tht mr wenger wll spend tht money.on a good player. Defenders and defensively and good strikers,
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February 21st, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Depends on what they mean. How many times have lied to in the last 8 years? Will never believe anything before I see player on the pitch. Can you imagine that oue best players would struggle to get into Spuds? Spuds for f… sake
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February 22nd, 2013 at 5:43 am
He’s not very good. A cheapo option that would be good for a club like West Brom. Not good enough for the Arsenal.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 7:11 am
I`m a firm believer that when players join the English Premier League they shoud adopt an English stage name for the duration. This would make them more acceptable to the fans and make the TV commentators job a lot easier. At the moment you have to be able to recognise and pronounce names from at least four or five different nations just enjoy your football.
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February 22nd, 2013 at 12:14 pm
Amo is another Pascal Cygan,fairly slow and would be killed in the PL look at howmany goals Bilbao conceeds it is grim reading but then again he is cheap,cheap as Wenger.
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