Scott Parker to QPR

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[quote user="NWC"]Tony Fernandes is wasting no time in strenghtening their weak squad.
£4million is the rumoured fee, but I bet he''s on 40-50K.
He''s a great player, but I hope he''s carp for them!!!
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It may  be true that they are interested in him but he is worth more than £4million, I would say you would have to double that.

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I don''t know, there hasn''t been much interest for Scott Parker and with the end of the transfer window only a couple of weeks away West Ham are getting desperate. They have already budgeted his current wages on other players (mainly Kevin Nolan). Parker has been offered to just about all the Premier League clubs, and nearly all of them have said no, seems strange as everyone was raving about his performances last year.

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I think the reason most clubs said no is they know the longer the transfer window goes on the more desperate West Ham will get. England international who was one of the best players in the Premier League last year, someone will take him. As soon as a team offers out a key player they know that they must be desperate to get rid. Which they are because of wages, if this bid gets accepted watch 4 other Premier League clubs come in. I can see him going Arsenal to be honest, and if Wenger doesn''t go for him, then he really has lost it.

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I doubt Arsenal will go for him; Wilshere, Ramsey and Song are all better players and Frimpong is emerging as a real talent. Can''t remember the last time Wenger bought a 30 year old midfielder but really doubt he will start on that route now. Villa might go for him or Tottenham might think about it, Redknapp specialises in last minute swoops for players. I can see him ending up at QPR to be honest, I think Parker would prefere being a key player at a small club than a fringe player at a bigger one.

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Completely disagree, Song is dodgy. I would rather Parker any day of the week and he also brings a lot of fight to the dressing room which is what Arsenal need. And Wenger in the last few seasons has bought older players. Squillaci, Campbell, Lehmann. Although probably more back up players, I think he identified them as vital experience in the dressing room, not so much Squillaci.

I think your naming one bad Parker game, which was a pretty poor England performance anyway, Song always looks pretty dodgy to me, he can make some key tackles but he also can make suicide balls.

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I think they play two very different roles to be honest. Everytime I have seen Parker as a holding midfielder rather than a box-to-box player he has looked positionally poor. I agree he has lots of fight, but only as much as Wilshere and Ramsey have (Ramsey has looked superb the 3 Arsenal games I have been to this season).

 

Song isn''t the best holding player ever, he will drift too far up field, but he is stronger in the tackle and better in the air than Parker - who has been hyped a lot due to his Englishness.

 

Anyway, I can''t see Wenger going for Parker - not an Arsenal player. Where Parker will end up is anybodies guess - maybe even Newcastle.

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Bethnal - What industry do you work in?

You seem to have inside knowledge / good educated guesses regarding recent posts. Did you state you were in Journalism around the London area?

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[quote user="Bovril"]Bethnal - What industry do you work in? You seem to have inside knowledge / good educated guesses regarding recent posts. Did you state you were in Journalism around the London area?[/quote]

 

I work as a sports writer for a Japanese newspaper (I''m British/Japanese mix) As Arsenal have now got a young Japanese player I''ve been there going up there pretty much every week for the last month or so. I also use to work freelance for Arsenal translating there press releases in Japanese, so the club is a speciality of mine.

 

Hoping I can swing in some Norwich games this year though, already managed to get a large Norwich story printed in Japan so pretty pleased with that.

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I spent some time in Japan with my last work and loved it - it was only 3 weeks, but I really felt I had travelled.Anyhoo, back to the point. I''m thinking that The porn barons at wet spam will be mighty miffed with Mr Fernandes after his involvement/non-involvement with wet spam shares. In my opinion, they are unlikely to do him any favours such as sell him their prized assett.