Arsenal Bid For Jagielka Rejected
Arsenal have had a bid for Phil Jagielka turned down by Everton.
wearethenorthbank.com understands that an initial bid of £12million was rejected by the Goodison Park club.
Jagielka, 28, has long been Arsene Wenger’s first choice centre back target.
Having failed to sign the England international last summer and in January, Arsenal are keen to get their man, although Jagielka and his family are settled in the north west.
Arsenal are looking to strengthen their defence and had an £8million bid for Blackburn’s Chris Samba turned down in May.
Gary Cahill remains a target but Arsenal are reluctant to meet Bolton’s £17million valuation for a player with one year left on his contract.
I don’t see why steve kean would say there’s been “no” bid for samba if there was one. Not saying your sources are wrong just think he would’ve said our offer wasn’t good enough.
On Jags obviously gollum hates our manager so its just not going to happen. Jagielka doesn’t seem to be hankering for a move either like Cahill or Samba would. If it happens it’d be surprising.
Oh god please no. Not another short centre back. I’d rather we just play Koscielny.
Just another slightly-above-average centre back. He has the quality to be a very solid backup player for a title-challenging club, but no more than that.
Cahill’s no better imo. Both put have the odd very good game but it all get’s blown out of proportion because they are english. Neither would be an improvement on what we have, and the feeling is that we need that one centre back who can really take us up a notch defensively.
Average ????? He’s the best English cb
haha behave yourselves. 12 Mil wouldn’t buy jags left leg!
hey guys!
sorry to break your heart, arsene is assessing kyle bartley at the moment and he’s done well so far in the past 2 reserves games. it looks like he’s gonna our new signing. if you wish arsene to buy a new defender you have to pray that young bartley start playing rubbish then arsene will right him off and buy, samba, jagielka and cahill to satisfy your thirst.
unfortunately at the moment the young boy we’ve been training for the past 4 years doesnt feel like putting a foot wrong and he doesnt mind taking over from squillaci to fight his way up.
UP THE GUNNERS!
Jagielka in my opinion is no better than Koscielny or Djourou.
Arsenal definately need either a CB or LB and it seems Wenger has acknowledged that by bidding for Samba, Jones and Jagielka. Bartley is a very good player, but in my opinion he should only join Arsenal this season (instead of a loan spell to another EPL club) if Squillaci is sold..
Is £17m for Cahill with 1 year left a fair price? Of course not but he’s quite clearly the best option. You pay a premium for English talent but in this case you get what you pay for, a very very good centre back. Cahill is the player who’s gonna be a first choice centre half for England for many years to come, not Jagielka. Jagielka is not what we need AT ALL. Another short centre back when getting owned by set pieces and long balls is a very clear weakness of ours. I’d much rather we play Kyle Bartley than Jagielka to be perfectly honest. Bartley’s exactly the kind of CB we need: Tall, powerful, dominant in the air, quick and aggressive.
I honestly can’t see a better option than Cahill. Tall quick, strong, great in the air, tackles hard and well, PL experience and he’s also good with the ball at his feet. He’s a great age too. He’s an absolute perfect fit for Arsenal.
@Sam,
Bartley not going to Cologne sends a message that Wenger doesn’t fancy Bartley at the moment. He’ll go on loan. The club are very much looking to sign a centre back.