Squillaci 'not in Wenger's plans' for the season
Arsenal defender Sébastien Squillaci is not in Arsene Wenger’s plans for this season, according to the club’s psychological profiler.
Jacques Crevoisier, who has known Wenger for over 40 years, told French TV that the former Sevilla centre back is unlikely to be involved in future matches – hinting that a quick-fix defensive acquisition will happen soon.
At 31-years-old, Squillaci is one of the elder statesmen of an Arsenal team which has struggled to address it’s centre-half issues over the past few seasons.
Crevoisier’s comments come as rookie defender Igansi Miquel was preferred on the substitutes bench over Squillaci during today’s 2-0 loss against Liverpool.
Spain Under-19 international Miquel recently told Arsenal.com that he is hoping to force his way into Wenger’s plans for the new season.
We have Miquel…
If *just* replacing Squillaci is the goal, Miquel is up to it. Showed skill today. Anything better than Squillaci.
Miquel played well i thought but we need another Verm quality CB…Verm was world class today
How can you say miquel is up 4 it he was the cause of the goal today showed inexperience plenty of times should be loaned of for a couple of years he only 18
it’s not his fault, he tries his hardest, he’s just not top team material. wengers fault
Vermaelen was top quality today, and i thought we deffended well, expecially first half, however Gary Cahill better be on the first plane to london, shortly followed by Eden Hazard and a Striker!
Good.
WENGER OUT!
why was he ever brought to the club whoever scouted him wants their head read, same useless mould as Cygan
Miquel did well today and is definitely going to be a prospect – the problem is he clearly got tired at the end as he is not used to the Premier League intensity. Blame Wenger for this with lack of cover. Well done Miquel, keep your chin up!!!
@Wenger, its not your money! Dan Banza! So the stupid baggar should buy CAHILL, KÀKA(seriously) AND HAZARD
WENGER GET OUT OR GET THROWN OUT!
Guys that was a good Eur8m i spent, come on you guys are too harsh.
Always remember we are more than a footbal club…
Gross profit % = gross profit ÷ turnover x 100
I agree with habyb its not his money so spend it.
Wenger , spend or go back france
Yeah, spend spend spend, like liverpool. £35million for carroll, he was no better than Bentner. Could not get better of either vermallen or Miguel. Lverpool spend more than £130 million over the past two season, they will still finish below arsenal.
None of their signings were better than us. We were just unlucky. Frimpong was good and agreesive, but, inexperienced. The goal was pure luck and should have been called offfside anyway.
Hopefully Arsene finds his type of player to buy in the next ten days.
Jacques Crevoisier, the clubs psychological profiler?? Didn’t know we had one! Whoever you are, it’s time to get in the white coats. Wenker needs locking up!!
Wenger, Get Lost!!!!
I heard squillaci will change places with mertesacker and that miquel will go to bolton in part ex for cahill. if we.can then land tevez as part.of the.nasri deal then bring in hazard and veronghen. parker i will be really happy.
4 cahill
8 parker
9 tevez
11 hazard
18 mertesacker
22 vertonghen
The season is still new and Wenger is going insane;Scratching his headd like craze. He has graduated from kicking water bottles.Even God is exposing him,injuries,suspensions Etc. He has no excuses to make anymore.He’s worried because he is going to have to part with MONEY. He hates to do so.
did any of you AKB evenw atch miguel? jesus christ they even highlighted how poor he was on skypsorts. He played less than 90 minutes and was more tired then a horse going to the glue facotry. Jesus hat says he had a good game is in fairy land with wenger, if TV5 wasnt there only heaven knows what would have happened today. TV5 had a stormer of a game. if he gets injured we really are gone.
I don’t understand why he always buy French. Last season Richard Dunne was available for 3m and yet chose to buy Squillacci who is useless and costing us 60k a week. He also bought MANYU retiree Sylvestre because he’s French.
He doesn’t trust Traore but he’s still keeping him. Only Coquelin is good Sunnu is also not good enough but he’ll continue to have him because he’s also French.
Wenger out ! ! OUT OUT OUT OUT … Please quit ….. Worst and useless person in the world to listen his press conferences and same ole words “Exeptionally talented, Belief,
how was Miquel poor? fuck skysports…and yes Wenger needs to spend but if u think we will better off w/o him u r clearly idiots…the board is the problem, they lack ambition so how the fuck do u think they will adequately replace Wenger
I thought TV5 was superb and Miquel did well. I would rather have him than Squilacci any day. I would be happy if squilacci never played another game for arsenal. despite all the problems we have at the moment, for me anyway, there are already better players in the squad for that position like miquel for example. Also, if its a choice of squilacci or nothing, I would go for dropping song back into centre half and playing Frimpong in holding midfield.
Very sad to see Arsenal struggle in the beginning of the season. The rot will be worst on Tuesday when they will be out of Champions League. This will be down to Wenger and the attitude of the board. They will see the futility of their actions in not investing on new acquisitions, when the Club is knocked out and at the same time not qualify for next year,s CL. I have never seen a Manager destroy the house he built,the way Wenger has done to our beloved club.Time will tell on what will be the fate of AFC under the tutelage of Wenger and the current inept board.
Yeh we could end up with Mark Hughes as our manager then we really would be in trouble. LMAO. This is not Wengers fault but the Arsenal boards fault. Kroenke is only interested in the money and will do to us what the glazers did to Man U. Look and see how much debt his American football team is in and that’s where our money is going to go. We need usmanov if that’s how you spell it to buy arsenal off kroenke ASAP. The big difference is even with the Glazers Man U keep winning.
Nzekwe, we will not be out of Champions League Tuesday…we don’t play until Wednesday. We will have Gervinho and Song back in the squad and hopefully Wilshere. We need a center back, playmaking midfielder (since Fab and Nasri are gone), and a poacher’s type forward. RVP is not a target forward…he is best suited playing right behind the top man and given the freedom to make plays. And for everyone who thinks Wenger needs to go, you guys are insane. Who do you replace him with? I’m not convinced anyone could do better. And spending $75 million just to spend does no one any good. Liverpool were not that good today and spend $130 million. Chill out, it’s a long season, but we clearly need to get better.
@Adam Ablitt:
only 18? was wilsher only 18 last season? were’t vieria only 18? wake up and look at him he was immense
@bc:
dreamer lol
@Messy:
well said kronke is as tight as hill wood that why we need usmanov and dein
vermilen has to be considerd as one of the best CB around not question about that.
squillaci ?
am sorry you do more damage to us when you play best if he dose not play
after seeing miqul today hats of to the boy
he looked good very active and all round had a good game
and considering he was deffendering most of the time
and agains a big andy carrol he done well.
but we do need another deffender to be 3rd choise.
How will Miguel improve further? By playing alongside and learning from topclass players like TV5. Vermaelen will be a great influence on him, I believe…and THAT’S WHY ARSENE WENGER MUST BUY TOPCLASS PLAYERS, NOT THOSE SQUILLACI, CYGAN, SYLVESTRE TYPES. Dont be pennywise but pound-foolish!
Wrong. It is the fault of both Manager (sorry head coach) and Board.
It is NOT Kroenke who has stopped us buying players. We are not Chelski nor Man. City but there is plenty of money available. It is because :
> AFC don’t pay top dollar wages for top players … so why join us ?
> AFC look like a club in crisis … so why join us ?
> You are 30 years plus ! The other club asks too much ! Your keepy uppys are not good enough !!
I have never thought Nasri was really going anywhere unless Cesc had stayed, but if Nasri plays CL on Wed it will be apparent that he isnt.
I hope he realises his chance now and does the right thing, and AW plays him in the best position for him.
AFC is no longer “pretty pretty” football, at least at the moment, they are learning to assess the team on the day and play that team. Even though losing, it was a good performance from them, and steel and will is being brought back into the team, instead of relying on only one person to do something.
When AFC start to play “pretty” again, the other teams will fear AFC again.
When Wenger goes it will be a problem replacing him … and starting again … players being bought and sold and a different (more balanced) game plan etc. But we will have to face up to it sooner or later. The Board won’t know what to do because they are (mainly) old and inept with little knowledge of football.
However there are a number of top world class managers who would go for it. We all know the same names and …. I don’t mean Mr. S. Allardyce or similar.
Our season will be much reduced by next weekend and it will be even harder to attract any top international stars. Only young hopefuls. It didn’t have to be like this but Wenger is actually suffering for getting it so obstinately wrong in summer 2010.
I think you will find he DOES want to buy but really top players don’t like : –
> our wage ceiling
> nor our appearance (reality) of crisis
> nor our likelihood of exiting the ECL. next week.
ok, this is all good. but i didnt watch the game, can someone precisely tell me how miquel played? i am not very impressed by the fella, so let me know your thoughts
WENGER SHOULD LEAVE AND GO WHERE EVER HE WANTS! He is no longer fit to be arsenal manager. He lives in a fact free zone. Why was Frimpong not substituted when it was clear he was going to get a second yellow? Why is Vermalean not the captain, why has the club not purchased the centreback we all know is required, why was clichy not replaced, we are now playing Sagna out of position. Why is he not selling squillach and Chamakh instead of Bendtner, why has the club not signed replacements for Nasir and Fabregas when it was clear the two would be leaving. Why did the club spent 15 million on a young player who is not ready when the club is so depleted. For all these reasons and more, Wenger should leave tonight, not after the defeat to Udinese on Wednesday or the loss to ManU next weekend. Lastly, Ramsey,Frimpong, Jenkinson, Miguel, Chamberlain, Joe Campbell are all decent young players who may be good in the future, BUT they are not ready for the first team. At best they are good substitutes. Theo and Asharvin are clearly failures- best used as substitutes. If Arsenal had a football loving owner and not a silent investor, Wenger would be gone by now. I am also beginning to think that Wenger is compensated based on the club’s profitabilty and not footballing results. The club should prove me wrong by releasing details of the incentive/bonus part of his contract. Arsenal fans everywhere should demand that the ownership, board and coaching set-up of the team be changed immediately. This is a daylight fraud which should be stopped!
Miquel was OK, actually our back four and Chesney played well
wenger is buying players for his future replacement. he will be gone at the end of this season if he is not sacked or retired earlier.
Pity Squillaci, our systems exposes our defence more so if u r slow & not getting any younger. Silvester looked more descent wr he went. Sq-ci shud leave.