Hey Fellas hope ur not too dispondent, Arsenal fan here & i wont gloat about the result, I just thought id through my two penneth into your Senderos debate.
I truly think he could prove to be a really good signing for you & really cant believe some of the opinion/criticism towards the player on here.
Firstly because of the system wenger plays believe me most centre backs are gonna be exposed from time to time at arsenal. A combination of a high back line ( so if you aint got great pace your gonna struggle), marauding attack minded full backs & often little protection from midfield means its a far from easy task playing that position for us! This along with greater media attention on top 4 champs league teams means mistakes are gonna be highlighted far more often than with a lot of sides .
Ive always had a bit of a soft spot for Sendy who in my eyes is a bit of an old school defender, he isnt blessed with electric pace & unfortunately has a rather ungainly style that can often make him look rather clumsy & in my opinion attract more attention to an error than maybe a more stylish player would. But i defo think under the right system he could flourish & is a good no nonsense backs against the wall style defender.
He may be short on confidence at the moment but hey hes only 24 & i think he still has great potential. I also seem to remember a similar style of player, a certain Tony Adams getting donkey chants at the same age & he turned out ok! (please note im am not suggesting he will become an absolute legend like TA!)
Now If you are talking about valuations, i have seen 2 mill mentioned on here & thats a joke ( at those levels have a sniff round division 1). I think we sold Pascal Cygan who was a total joke for more than that! Actually he went on to do quite well in spain as it happens. Anyway If you value lescott at 30 mill then on those terms i would want 12 mill+ for sendy! But being serious, i think lescotts worth no more than 15mill unless city are bidding! Senderos was offered to Milan for 6m but he was unlucky with injuries there & perhaps wasnt the type of cultured stylish CB the Italians were after? Im sure Wenger who is very fair to players when it comes to letting them go would now release him for 5m, maybe 4millish + add ons or a percentage of a sell on fee at a push? Any less & it would be stupid. If you sign him God even if he totally bombed (which i dont think he would) say you wanted shut after a couple of years? Im sure a mid twentys player with top European experience & a proven international with over 30 caps for his country could still be offloaded onto the continent for 3-4 mill easy! Its a no brainer & if he did really well your looking at potentially 10 mill+ player with sell on value!
Get your money for Joleon 20 mill & snap up sendy & make a couple of smart additions with the remaining funds, that would be my advice.
Good luck for the rest of the season.
