http://arsenalshorts.co.uk/june07/20070606_02.html

Make what you will of that people...he's a midfielder apparently. As to the type, I'm not sure. He's got a Wiki article on him though.

That's him - looks pretty scary to me. According to a foreign Wikipedia he's an attacking midfielder.

What a girly name :lol:

Sounds like a ballerina :coffee:

he's not nearly as ugly as Ribery, but he'll have to do

Quality player

We should sign him asap

Disappointing eh... :(

Ribery, Crouch and Rooney would've completed a stunning aesthetically foul transfer window to please us all...not to be. :crying:

He's a left winger/midfielder (understudy for rosicky and also merida can play left wing so...) says wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Di_Mar%C3%ADa

21 appearances and 1 goal, probably his debut season, maybe too soon for him to move to us...he needs to play for someone like boca or river to get championship race experience of some sort...

God no, i hope this isnt our winger solution

http://www.tribuna.net/noticia.asp?ref=31689

Argie papers seem to be giving this story some legs.

Pretty crappy translation I'll admit...
:getcoat:

can some one explain this i don't understand

I saw his name on football.fr .According to them Angel Di Maria is already an Arsenal player . But its strange Arsenal has never said anything about him . Apparently he is very good .

is that saying that Arsenal plan to loan two players to Salamanca in exchange for getting di Maria? I think so.

So ... what Arsenal kids are playing in the U20 tournament? I know only of one. We have a polish keeper who is on the bench of the U20 team. Anyone know of any others?

on some other Arsenal forum, theres a poster who was claiming that Grimandi is at the World U20 cup to specifically watch this kid.

JF, Carlos Vela?

:doh:


but it can't be him. he's just left Salamanca.

Left sided winger :D

I'm liking it :good:

then the only Arsenal player at the U20 World Cup is that Polish keeper.

unless of course the article is hinting at both Di Maria and a player from Arsenal being loaned out to Salamanca?


:dunce:

So we're signing Di Maria and loaning him back out to Salamanca :unsure:

Like Vela then... :blink:

I speak a smattering of gibberish.

From what I can figure the report it's saying that we have a similar deal to the Vela one where we loan young South American talent to Salamanca in order to get them work permits.

The one playing in the U20's is this Angel Di Maria while the other is not named in the article and is not playing in the tournament.

Ouch... USA thumped Poland 6-1 on June 30th...

Hopefully he wasn't in goal for that one :doh:


"The USA returned to form with a crushing 6-1 win over an overrun Poland side as their second Group D outing in Montreal turned into a goal-fest. With hat-trick hero Freddy Adu particularly inspired, Thomas Rongen's players cut the Polish defence to ribbons, just days after the same rearguard had kept the Brazilians at bay.

That performance meant the European side began the encounter on a high and as slight favourites against an American team yet to find their feet in the tournament. Those pre-match predictions looked to be right on the money too, when with just five minutes gone Poland's Dawid Janczyk opened the scoring after collecting an expert pass from Patryk Malecki. The USA drew level soon after though, thanks to Danny Szetela's header. Freddy Adu put the Americans ahead on 20 minutes with a quite brilliant shot, curled just inside the far post. The same man then put the USA two goals clear three minutes into added time at the end of the half, profiting from a great run and cross by Sal Zizzo, one of the game's brightest performers.

After the restart, Szetela put the match beyond the Poles, before Josmer Altidore and Adu completed the rout. Their fantastic opening result now cancelled out, Poland need a positive result against Korea Republic, while the Americans appear to be in good shape as they prepare for their final group-stage fixture against Brazil."











I've been checking up the results... Brazil are quite shit to be honest...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_FIFA_U-2...rld_Cup#Group_F

And Grimandi could also be eyeing up Sergio Aguero whilst he's there :good:

Atletico Madrids player?

No chance of him coming

Why not :unsure:


Oh I 'spose coz of Torres leaving...


Yeah tha'ts understandable... Aguero's one of those players everyone creams over on football manager anyway...

he wasn't.

Brazil's not shit, ILT. They just had to play a US side that is playing great, great football.

There's a link to the youtube highlights of the US-Poland game in the U20 thread, if anybody's interested. I'd suggest watching it before you let your small-island prejudices get in the way of recognizing that, right now, the US U20 side is one of the very best in the world.

:cold:

Bingo from what I can tell. Admittedly not a lot, but that's what I think it's about.

The board at Salamanca did say a lot earlier in the year about how we were going to loan them a couple of South Americans from this tournament...

Have no idea which player he is, but Di Maria's in this video somewhere:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw1kLqIldMA

If he costs peanuts I dont see why we shouldn't get him.

Kids :rolleyes:

he's a very good player on FM

I rest my case :rolleyes:

I just bought him to Newly promoted Newcastle on FM10 :unsure:

He's quickly establishing himself as a legend in my Wolfsburg game.