cant see this happening unless crouch is on his way out even if that happens he was so inconsistent at arsenal
A bit of musical chairs maybe! Martins to Arsenal from Newcastle? Crouch to Newcastle from Pool?? Baptista to ???
Can he play centre half. If he comes, then it definately means crouch is gone. Does this have anything to do with his 4 goals against us?
Would be very surprised if this happens ! i hope its all boll*x talk ! i hope the link to that site does not quote or take news from a certain rag which we all despise !
Hope its just tabloid-talk - saw the guy last year a few times and he was crap - if he was any good Wenger would've kept him (he's still one of the best judges of player in the prem, makes very few mistakes), and he had zero faith in him after about half a game. Think wenger brought him in to give them a bit of muscle up front (frank bruno would've been cheaper) but he has the first touch of a giraffe and doesnt really know what to do when he gets the ball. Unless rafa knows something we dont or the guy improves 500% I dont think he adds anything to the squad. Surely if he has close to 15m left in the coffers its a centreback we need - agger has been sluggish so far and hyppia is pushing 60..and now with carra out for a few wks possibly, its a necessity. Thank God we're not playing another top 4 side in the next few games. Trouble is, how many top class centre backs are there out there...and available. How much would Micah Richards cost us??
I think we should stick with crouchy, he gives us more options and is younger!! Baptista taking the season as a whole hardly caused a ripple at Arsenal, due to his inconsistency! Something we want to leave behind!! I believe Crouch will leave us in the end but I think he is a crucial part of the machinery at the present if we are to have a sustained assault on the title!! In saying all of the above, In Rafa I Trust!!
Baptista was an animal a few years back at Seville and Rafa was in for him big time before he went to Real, since then his career has stalled and then gone backwards. Although I wouldn't be completely against him coming on board, I wouldn't be happy if we were spending that kind of money on him
please tell me this is just sensational fodder ....surely this cant be an option for Rafa if Arsenal had all that time with him in training and playing and decided against him......... surely its a CB or creativity we need and not Bambi on ice as Baptista seemed to be in alot of games for Arsenal!!!
My thoughts when I saw it first, even if crouchy went, id want a better replacement. Hopefully just nonsense.
its gotta be crap.lets be honest, we have what looks like 4 good strikers at the mo.Why would we swquander millions on a luxury player that failed to make it in the PL already?
never really impressed me at arsenal. missed so many chances.. he was class when he played for sevilla but he looks out of his depth in the PL