The arrival of the trio, however, saw the exits of Gael Clichy, Pablo Zabaleta, and Bacary
Sagna on free transfers whilst Aleksandar Kolarov requested a move to AS Roma.
But these moments were few and far between with Dean Cox keeping Bacary
Sagna on a tight rein.
While Manchester City have acquired Frank Lampard and Bacary
Sagna on a free transfer, they may not see much game time at the Etihad, so they are notable omissions.
In Kieran Gibbs we've unearthed a confident and talented understudy — even third - choice when Traore is considered — while Eboue remains a reliable back - up for
Sagna on the right despite being used predominantly in midfield.
City have also signed Bacary
Sagna on a free transfer and a number of former Arsenal players have also linked up with the club in recent years.
I don't blame Wenger for getting Debuchy Its easy to blame him now in hindsight At the time Debuchy was being chosen ahead of
Sagna on the French Squad Initially he played very well for us.
Not exact matches
The Emirates side then bombarded the home side who had George Boateng sent off for an awful challenge
on Bacary
Sagna.
But as I write this 2 days before the transfer window closes the Gunners have so far spent approx 10 million
on Debuchy (a direct replacement for
Sagna), 4 million
on Ospina (who takes Fabianski's place) while the Vermaelen money was used to bring in Chambers.
Getting rid of Vermaelen,
Sagna, Jenkison (
on loan), Miquel and Djourou, then getting only Debuchy and Chambers is mismanagement I reckon.
While it is a bit difficult to determine whether Debuchy is an upgrade
on Sagna or a like for like replacement, one can argue that the fact Debuchy benches
Sagna in their French national team is enough evidence that he manages to edge our former right back.
Maybe an improvement
on Sagna..
He is clearly just awful as a one
on one defender, and that is a key part of Arsenal's defense that
Sagna was quite exceptional at and that Bellerin is already quite good at.
why don't hr retain
sagna and let him go for free when the money paid for debulchy will have been offset by his # 12 million, for sag a is more solid defensively our defence is a child's play and I don't know why we sold vermalean his transfer inaccuracies is telling
on arsenal hope we overcome this.COYG
Debuchy is maybe an improvement
on Sagna.
why don't hr retain
sagna and let him go for free when the money paid for debulchy will have been offset by his # 12 million fee for
sagna is more solid defensively our defence is a child's play and I don't know why we sold vermalean his transfer inaccuracies is telling
on arsenal hope we overcome this.COYG
And Arsenal can get this one over Man City to equalize 1 - 1 as City had taken
Sagna away
on the free before.
The
Sagna comparison is apt... We are now much better for less in that position... Watching his hapless display against brazil yday just a reminder of wenger holding
on to a player beyond his sell by date... Reus for Walcott a no brainier forbanyonebwho wants us to move beyond endless 4th place promises
The Spanish boss is believed to be keen
on bolstering his options at right - back, with both Bacary
Sagna and Pablo Zabaleta in the latter stages of their footballing careers.
We don't need the distraction of a prolonged saga, if he wants to leave, good for him,
Sagna left, Debuchy came in, Debuchy got injured, Bellerin Came in, if Bellerin leaves, there are three or more players who would be happy to claim the RWB spot (Ox, Niles and Campbell), we need to focus
on players who actually are begging for a chance.
With Chambers and Debuchy arguably not of a higher quality than Jenkinson and
Sagna, it leaves Wenger only improving in quality through a substitute goalkeeper and a striker who he is currently playing out of position
on the left wing.
Sagna joined City
on a free transfer this summer after his Gunners contract had expired.
Arsenal will be without William Gallas, Bacary
Sagna and Nicklas Bendtner over the next week after all three sustained injuries while
on international duty.
However,
Sagna is thought to be keen
on staying in England, and will sit down with City officials after this months FA Cup final to discuss terms
on a deal to take him north.
With the exception of Ozil and Alexis, nearly all of our purchases have been young players or players brought in to replace outgoing players who have either betrayed the club (
Sagna) or we allowed to move
on for first team football (Fabianski).
He has undoubtedly started that process with the signings of Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane to name but a couple, but it remains to be seen how successful he is in continuing that push at the end of the season with
Sagna likely to be the first of many moving
on.
According to The Telegraph, Bacary
Sagna could be amongst the first group out of the door, with West Ham United keen
on signing the Frenchman.
The Gunners are
on the lookout for a new right - back this summer, as they fear they will lose contract rebel Bacary
Sagna to PSG.
If we are chasing this fella, I would put money
on him becoming a solid member along the lines of a
Sagna, but hopefully better at going forward.
This would represent a bargain deal for Arsenal, who are required to replace experienced right back Bacary
Sagna after he opted to join Manchester City
on a free transfer this summer.
No, Mr Wenger allowed
Sagna to move to Manchester City
on a free transfer then went and spend 12 million
on transfer fee
on Debuchy who is almost the same age as
Sagna and plays an overall standard of football below
Sagna.
After Bacary
Sagna left for Manchester City last summer, Jenkinson was hopeful of being an automatic starter in the team, but he realised when Wenger bought Debuchy that he would be spending most of his time
on the bench again.
Sagna has suffered two broken legs last season and Wenger is ready to make a move for Lille right - back Debuchy, who has also been targeted by Newcastle United, and the French international is apparently ready to call time
on his Stade Metropole career.
Efforts to tie down Bacary
Sagna to a new deal appear to be stalling and with just months left to run
on his current deal Arsene Wenger has drawn up a list of potential right - back replacements and Everton's Coleman sits at the top of the pile.
These six Arsenal players are not needed at the Emirates anymore, and in all likelihood, the ones that haven't been moved
on already will follow the likes of Bacary
Sagna and Lukasz Fabianski out of the club...
Oh and he also changed things
on the pitch with
Sagna replacing Zabeleta.
sagna vs bellerin / debuchy... company vs koscielny... demicheles vs gabriel... clichy vs nacho... hart vs cech... they beat us
on the striking department only..
The signs Chambers to replace
Sagna, Verm, Jenks
on top of him being cover for Mert and Kossy.
Haha actually reminisced a little... Comparatively we had
Sagna and Gibbs going through extended periods
on the sidelines backed by Santos and a very young Jenkinson with Flamini filling in at LB
on occassion...
Debuchy did nt start as badly as this author want us to believe, so far he looks like is better going forward and very comfortable with his one
on one and aerial duel than
Sagna.
During the Theo Walcott contract saga that has been going
on this Christmas, it seems to have been forgotten that another Arsenal star, Bacary
Sagna, is also currently available
on a free next summer.
I don't know what games you have watched, but Monreal has done a great job as for Bellirin his last game was his best and full backs have cover from centre backs watch and see Monreal cover for Gibbs going forward and also for Mertisacker Remember
Sagna covered for centre backs too and never had a bad game they seem to play better as more room inside to play from Stop picking
on Monreal without him we would be in the s,,,,, pick
on Wilshire cost us the game against United.
Having debuchy, bellerin
on the right of him who are quicker than
Sagna means he will be more protected.
How is debuchy perfect replacement
on sagna?
A slight upgrade
on Sagna
I refer to the team of Fabregas, Nasri, Van Persie, Song, Clichy,
Sagna and so
on.
They keep
on getting players like
Sagna, Jovetic and Bony just for the sake of it and then don't play them.
I do remember games when he won us points
on his own, like at Sunderland, standing behind a defense of Aaron Ramsey at right back,
Sagna and Mert in the middle (I don't remember who was at left back)-- and he managed to keep a clean sheet.
SANCHEZ was great and devoted his first 2 seasons till he realized he came to the grave of great players and understood that historically any great ARSENAL player had to find glory somewhere else...... Nasri, RVP,
Sagna, Fabregas and so
on and so forth
A few years back when Arsenal lost Bacary
Sagna to Manchester City
on a free transfer, many expected the worst.