Why are Arsenal signing a player who we don't even­ know anything about?

Just because he played for Ajax­ of Amsterdam, doesn't mean he could cope playing­ for us.

If Arsenal used the money sensibly, we­ could've sign Micah Richards of Manchester­ City.

Richards can win so many tackles and he is a­ born leader at the heart of the Manchester City defence­ and he can score goals as well.

I don't think­ Thomas Vermaelen would last long with Arsenal and if we­ had sense we should've sign Richards of Manchester­ City.

caxidon2007 @ 130. i understand your fears, but was­ Henry, Viera,Reyes, etc. not called average players­ when they signed for Arsenal?. Wenger is an intelligent­ and meticulous man who looks before leaping. watch out­ he might suceed in bringing Felipe Melo of Fiorentina­ and Udinese's Gokhan Inler to strenghten the­ midfield. and also i belive Arsenal will be much more­ stronger come next season.

Mr arsene wenger go for rudi vanistoroy at real madrid.

And Melo would be a very decent signing, he is an­ agressive defensive mid, he got like 17 yellow and a­ few reds in serie a. He's got presence. He's­ bout 24 or 25, so he is near enough at his peak. We­ need a player like him in centre mid.

He is a decent signing. But that is all he is, decent.­ He is young and will need to gain experience in the­ premier league. We still need bigger players, like,­ micah richards for centre back, and a holding player­ like Essien. But Wenger, has to get rid of bendtner, or­ at least put him on loan at an italian or a spanish­ club for a few seasons.

vermaelen is an average player in a dying league in­ holland.arsene should be looking at lucio at ­ b/munich and make an offer 4 the lad if b/munich­ are looking to sell.Also at huntaalar from real to­ replace adebayor the rattle snake; Who thinks he is­ bigger than the club.Also arsene should get rid of­ silvestre/gallas/rosicky/bendenar/adebayor.Replace them­ with lucio/huntaalar/steven taylor of newcasle(could­ be next adams)and a strong holding midfielder no ­ nonsense player.UP the gooners/keep playing the best­ football in the World.

Good Luck with the Gunners I hope you have a long and­ succesful Spell with this great team

Yeah!nice buy 4 arsenal sell gallas that useless player­ to other team

i feel this is a very good signing ! galas is childish­ and is getting older now so we need some 1 like this­ who is well able to fill his boots ! i think we need­ another strong defender such as yaya-toray !!! he would­ be a gerat addition 2 da team and his brother could­ teach him the ropes !! arsenal is in for a very big­ season next year and will be bringin silver wear back 2­ da right side of london ! arsenal 4 life !!

i wish professor arsene will go for more qaulity­ players to invade PL and CHAMPIONS LEAGUE next season,­ in midfield department either mascherano, john mikel­ obi or yaya toure. foward department GIOVINCCO of­ juventus(he'll be a good trade). striker either­ pato of ac milan or benzema of lyon. another natural­ central defender like hangeland buying felipe mello­ will be a waste of money as well as wesely sneijder of­ real madrid even schweinstiger of munich they'll be­ all waste of buck, consequently some players will be­ offload likes of diaby, adebayor, van persie, william­ gallas and bendtner. emmanuel eboue'll be draw back­ as a subsitute to sagna

Arsene please buy Schweinsteiger...he will be great for­ gunners.

I like the signing. Kudos to Wenger for getting­ Vermaelen. Although I keep reading that it means the­ end of Toure. I really hope this isn't true.­ I'd rather Gallas be gone because of his childish­ attitude than Toure.

Vermaelen is a very good central defender,good in the­ air and at his feet and we have been missing a player­ like him since Adams,Bould and Keown,lets hope he plugs­ some of the holes we have developed since those players­ retired,but we do need another midfeild player who can­ track back too,Come on Arsenal,back to the top next­ season :)

Welcome my man vermaelen!! good club to pick, and trust­ me your gonna succeed here and take arsenal to next­ level.

ARMCHAIRS!

regards to *jeuebi's* comment about vaermelen,­ he's a world class central defender in class of­ chellini of juventus i believe he's a big buy­ otherwise boost to arsenal team. consequently a­ defensive midfielder inclass of mascherano of liverpool­ or john mikel obi of chelsea is needed in d team as­ well a prolific striker like karim benzema of lyon or­ pato of ac milan, i believe with these class of players­ in d squad they must grab trophy(ies) in coming season

129 @ jeuebi, i can appreciate your fears and concern­ as an Arsenal fan, also it is important to note that­ the world is full of so many fantastic footballers.­ Wenger might not be the love of everyone because he­ does not buy names but quality. ( Henry, Viera,­ Overmars, Kanu, Anelka,Willtord,Fabregas) to mention a­ few...., Thomas is a great footballer, a left-footed­ centre back,he is multi-functional and can also play at­ left back. He is strong technically with a positive­ winner’s attitude and I have no doubt his arrival will­ help our team. He has Experience, as a former captain­ at Ajax.

To comment 69, Arshavin was the outstanding player in­ the euros(bar David Villa). There was a host of clubs­ after him when I was watching the Russian beat Holland,­ i thought that Arshavin would fit into Arsenal just­ perfect. Signing him was a no brainer, Arsene Wenger­ almost didn't get him and a host of other big clubs­ were after him. So that took no genius from­ Wenger's part, but i ,was absoulately delighted­ that we acquired his services. It looks like i was one­ of the few people who knew exactly what we got, next­ season he'll be top goalscorer (watch this space).­ But in regards to this new signning Vermaelen well... I­ know nothing about him but he looks psyhically strong­ and he is tall. We do need another centre half however­ and as many people said before Ajax do produce a lot of­ talented young players, we can only wait and see what­ this guy brings to the mighty gunners. I only hope­ Wenger will buy a holding midfield player and I reckon­ we are back on track.

Welcome Vermaelen to THE EMIRATES. Yes, his coming will­ definitely make the Arsenal back line very competitive.­ The likes of Galas, Toure, Djouru and Sylvester will­ work very hard now to make the first team and I bet­ this is one of the few steps Arsenal need to compete­ again. VIVA ARSENAL.
McCarthy (Warri, Nigeria)

the 11 millon Arsene Wenger just spent is probably all­ the got from the chaiman. He should have spent it on a­ defensive midfielder. Arsenal are prabably stuck with­ denilson or song on that position for another season.