McLintock: Silvestre Is A Very Good Signing
New Arsenal signing Mikael Silvestre has been praised by Gunners’ legend Frank McLintock who believes it’s a good bit of business done by Arsene Wenger.
The 31-year-old completed his £750,000 move last night and signed a 2-year deal and become another member of Arsenal’s almost all-French backline.
And McLintock, who skippered the club to the Double in 1971, insisted:
“Silvestre will be a very, very good signing for us.
“I never even thought about him but he is just the type of player we need. He has bags of experience and won’t cost a lot as he is 31.
“Being French, he’ll have no trouble settling in.”
Mikael is set to train with his new team-mates for the first time this morning and could make his debut against Fulham if Kolo Toure isn’t fit.
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how does wenger get players at these prices man? Incredible.
Silvestre's still a fat bozo with a big goldfish mouth though.
hahahahahahaha.
How about welcoming our new signing eh?! 😛
what the fuck is that ?are you crazy?wenger says that he would taken arshavin 5 years a go and now he buys the worst uniteds player?he must be crazy ,even wilshere would be a better defender then silvestre.i am stuned.he trade a. cole for this clumsi gallas and now he buys silvestre,why?there is senderos ,djorou(even that i dont like him,he is better than silvestre) ,song,ho is 2 good to be a reserve?that is the worst transfer ever,in the history off england!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's all boo him on saturday.
so now why the fuck did wenger trow away gilberto silva ,fredrik ljungberg,even pires,or sol campbell?to bring this fat ass player?how about that we can not bring new players like david villa because we have to give a chance to the younger players like bendtner?wenger dissapoints me very much right now because he is a hypocrite.
i saw on arsenal official site that he brought him for the expirience.now dont you think that nesta,terry ,puyol ,rio ferdinand ,dont have also expierence ?why didnt he bring them,because they dont cost 75.000 ,PATHETIC!!!!
GOOD SIGNING
WELL DONE ARSENE WENGER
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS CALLED “DEPTH”
Enjoy your new signing from the Man Utd trash heap. He only got 9 starts in 2 years for a reason you know.
Yes we know what is called depth, but to have depth, your back-up player needs to be fit, doesn't he? His injury record at United speaks for itself. Cheap, but very ordinary signing, won't add much to the squad. So i guess no Inler for us then, this is probably our last signing…sad :((
These fans who doubts this signing are just reacting to the fact that he's a Man U reject. Silvestre will be a good signing becauce he can come in for anyone of our first choise back 4. We know he can play LB and CB, his abilty to play CB will give us the option to play Kolo at RB if Sagna is unavailable.
These Arsenal fans that doubt this signing are not thinking clearly because they see him as a Utd reject. I believe this to be a good acquisition as it will provide cover right across or backline, not just in the obvious CB and
LB but it will also allow Kolo to cover for Sagna.
idiot
and that reason is that he's been injured u twat! plus its kinda hard to play when u have the likes of rio vidic and evra standing infront of you and your position!!
Silvestre is a replacement for Hoyte and is a much better one might i add….good buy Mr. Wenger!! now lets hope for a defensive midfielder!
WOWW… Now, this is a huge News for Gooner fans!!! I called it a ” A HUGE CAR -BOOTH SALE FOR THE SEASON” Thanks to Man United allow MIK join Arsenal FC. Sir Alex now Arsene has NOT enough penny to make a big shopping this summer. Shame on you Arsene and Arsenal Board!!! That was psychological attacked from Sir Alex to Arsenal philosophy… Younger player on the pitch BUT at the end of the season got nothing…
THE CAR BOOTH SALE OF THE SEASON…
HAHAHAHA….
Sir Alex you are geuines!!!
THE HUGE CAR-BOOTH SALE OF THE SEASON…
REJECT THINGS…
& MR. PROFESSOR REALLY CONFIDENT TO REPAIR A BROKEN “ARMCHAIR” AND
REUSE IT FOR A WHOLE OF HIS LIFE.
SHAME ON YOU ARSENAL BOARD DIRECTOR
good signing for 75'000
How on earth would Ferguson sanction this deal? Has Wenger got a hold of his pornographic photos?
Anyway, it's a great signing, but let's hope it's not the last signing for the summer.
Spot on, an excellent signing. Silvestre provides invaluable cover, experience and is just quality. This is Wenger at his prudent and opportunistic best. That said, Wenger should not stop here and sign a high quality dm.
maninred
is ronaldo available and what about hargreaves
Im in a state of shock, its way outside of left field!!!!!!!!! I think we still need a midfielder though!!! One more signing, and on silvestre, i very rarely watch man u, my previous thoughts was that he was ok…… But im all for it if he can plug defensive gaps…….. If he doesnt I think people may try to assasinate wenger, HAVE MAN U SENT HIM TO INFILTRATE????????????
Can someone please make sure that Gooner Me never ever again posts on this board? Not only is he an illiterate and disrespectful moron, he is clearly insane.
I am completely shocked that this would actually happen. I am actually happy about the signing but also fear that this could be the last this season by Wenger. I hope I am not true. We are desperately short in the midfield. What do you think Gooner chris will we sign another player CDM.
Was he our last signing this summer?
All you naysayers are a bunch of twats!!!
The guy has bags of experience and can cover CB and LB.
He knows the Premiership like the back of his hand and is friends with most of our defence already!!!
He will slot in seamlessly.
Wenger bought him as experienced cover – nothing more. And if thats what your looking for you can't go wrong with him. and for just £750k. Bargain!!!
It doen't matter that he's injury prone cos he's only going to get a handful of games.
He can slot in if Gallas or Toure or Clichy get a knock so they can recover properly instead of being risked and making injury worse.
You guys call yourself Arsenal fans and then you abuse Wenger when he pulls off great transfers like this?
Go support Chelski if all you want are big name signings.
You're pathetic!!
whel you will see him ,and boo him and then we will talk about it!!!!!!i dont see what he is good at ,he moves like my grama,he is clumsy,he makes mistakes,why did we need him?and i dont think he is a replacement for hoyte,there is eboue for RB.why didnt wenger gived a chance to nordveit?i dont understean.
and lets be serios about expierence,he is worst than senderos and djorou together,at expierence,he has 31 and he didnt learned anythink
Mikael silvestre is a brilliant signing he can play CB and LB if clichy gets injured we are buggered and this guy can be solid for us. Not so long ago i remba silvestre partnering rio at the back but then he got injuries and they bought vidic. Silvestre is lighting quick, good distribution and can pass a ball.
Do you know anything news about the midfield who will arrive? Or Silvestre was our last signing in the transfer zone?
We'll bring one more body in, i'm fairly sure of that.