Problem with that is we may end up having to pay up and sign them, can't risk that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
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Problem with that is we may end up having to pay up and sign them, can't risk that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
That kid we signed, Henry Onyekuru, is not as signed as we thought. He had a medical with Everton on Monday and will sign for them instead. Not a huge loss, we don't need another prospect. But the fact he supports Arsenal, wanted to play for Arsenal, and we apparently wanted to sign him hints we might not be as efficient in the transfer market as we ought to be.
:lol: Spot on, not fussed about missing out on him, totally unproven but getting beaten by Everton to signings seems a tad embarrassing, maybe he met Wenger and realised it would be a bad idea to come!Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
What's more worrying is what's been happening so far, nothing, well that's unless you count that freebie nobody we signed, also worrying is being lumbered with players like Wilshere, Gibbs, Debuchy, Jenkinson, Ospina Wellbeck, Walcott, Coquelin, Chambers, Giroud all players that cost us a huge amount in wages which we need to offload with the new wage structure in place for all clubs...we don't seem to be able to shift any of them, probably because they are on big wages and very very overrated.
The Giroud to West Ham talk seems to have a bit of substance. Lyon want him too. A gift horse for our donkey.
According to the Mail, who reached this conclusion based on Alexis stating, "Right now I'm focused on the Confederations Cup. When this is finished I will see if I stay of if I go. I don't know."Quote:
Alexis Sanchez claims he knows whether he will stay at Arsenal or leave this summer - but the Chile international is refusing to make his decision public.
#FakeNews
Is anyone taking bets on how much longer Wenger is expected to live? That number = the number of years or decades we have to deal with this kind of shitty window.
It's not exactly a shitty transfer window quite yet. There's still plenty of time and the tournament in Russia is complicating things. At any normal club there would be no cause for alarm. This is Arsene FC though. So the anticipation of a thoroughly shitty window is warranted. The disaster hasn't panned out yet. But inevitably it will.
Linked with Troy Deeney.
What, did you ask him out or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
No, I'm too shy.
Ornstein says Lacazette is close.
How many of you even knew who Lemar was a few weeks ago? No doubting the quality but the hysteria over him suddenly is peculiar.
He has no more a reputation than Xhaka did when we signed him....
To be fair, he was part of Monacos run in the CL, so certainly higher profile than Xhaka who was unknown to most, but in essence I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Both have a decently high profile if you watch football outside the PL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
What the fuck does high profile mean? :lol: Media attention? The question is if anyone has watched him play regular football and not just CL highlights or the odd CL game.
Surely anyone watching Lemar in the French also has more of opinion on Lacazette also?
What the fuck do you think it means? It means they are highly rated because of their consistently good performances. Same goes for Kolasinic. Anyone calling anyone of them unknown are just revealing their own ignorance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur
He was part of that exciting Monaco side....and still is, but until a few weeks ago I heard a lot more about at least 4 other Monaco players....now all of a sudden some are almost suggesting we're arsewipes if we don't bid at least 50 million!
Not sure there is resounding evidence it's any better a deal than Mahrez other than being younger and being with the hipsters team of choice.
I watched Monaco play more than once last season and still had little idea about him until very recently.
Im quite happy to plead ignorance on both the German tank and the French pop singer. Anybody who remembers the latter..... what are we talking here.....Iwobi with much better end product? If he's the real deal by all means....let's get him in.
How much football do you actually watch? French league football.Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
I hardly watch football at all these days so no idea what this guy is worth. But I'm guessing people commenting have watched him a regular basis to say he is worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Reputation, profile, ratings in the French league, media opinion, transfer value, counts for nothing once the player hits the pitch. As we have seen with Pogba. Mahrez wouldn't be a success at Arsenal because he's lazy and we give lazy players a free ride. He'd supply moments of brilliance and everybody would say wow, what a signing. But those moments would be few and far between over the course of a season. Lemar would be the opposite. He's got an engine like Alexis', he'd still be running when others have given up, apart from his physical attributes, his stamina and his willingness to contribute to the team he's also technical. So a rare combination very suited to the PL and Arsenal in particular. If Mbappe is 130mill and Lukaka is 100mill FFS, we know that transfer fees are make up a number, double it. So just pay what is required to get him here and make sure we keep Alexis whatever the cost. That way we now have two leaders on the pitch that will fight for the club. That's a real improvement.
I've seen Lacazette play quite a few times and, even though he scores goals (usually poaches them), he's very easy to contain. I suppose he'll get goals here too, just like Giroud does. But is he a player that will add something of significance? Not on what I have seen so far. Strange we'd pay 50 mill for him when we could have got Defoe for a fraction of the price. Defoe's the better player IMO. That's the sort of level we are talking about and I bet everyone would be disappointed if that's who we ended up signing. Just like Vardy last year - I mean why not? If we are going second tier, which is what Giroud and Lacazette are, then Vardy is up to that level.
Veratti is another player we should have been in for. Ideal replacement for a player we've missed for a long time, Santi.
It's very irritating when we refused to put in a bid that would have landed Suarez, then we end up blowing a ton of cash on players like Mustafi, Xhaka and potentially this Cassette bloke. None of these players are good enough to take us to where we want to go. All they do is hold the line and slow the decline.
I wonder how much cash Arsenal could really spend if there was some intent at this place? Lots of complacenecy in the past means a big bill to fix the problem now. A price we aren't prepared to meet. Unless you believe the Mbappe bullshit. Which is don't, for a second.
Lacazette deal nearly done apparently. That's it, our big piece of business for the summer. What a disappointment.
Kolasinic looks okay. Another player who should be suited to this league, apart from one huge factor. The refs and their cheating. Which is real and can't be denied based on the match by match evidence. How many cards will this guy pick up? Will he ever be allowed to play his game - which is basically intimidating his opponent into submission? Doubtful. Not in this league, not for this club. Utd, no problem, but here he should get ready for long spells in the sin bin.
If he (Lacazette) was capable of adding enough to make us title contenders (though I think we should have been so last season in any case) then he may well be worth it. That is the end goal rather than simply having somebody we can say is world class.....it just so happens that somebody who is world class, is most likely to allow us to challenge.
In any case I'd have preferred Aubemeyang though I feel I don't have a concrete idea of the player Lacazette is either from not actually having seen him play that much.
Don't know anything about Lacazette other than what I've seen from short highlights packages. I sure as hell don't watch Ligue 1 or the Europa League so fuck knows if he's worth the money or not.
We are supposedly preparing a £125m bid for Mbappe now :coffee:
Are we really doing that poorly with season ticket renewals?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeebus
Apparently PSG refused to pay Aubamayang's wage demands, which probably tells you all you need to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
He'll probably end up in China.
Greedy git if true......wouldn't have thought his wages at Dortmund were actually that high relatively speaking.
Other teams manage to sign players in a timely manner, why does it take so long for Arsenal to sign anyone?
Does it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralpheroo72
2 in the bag already, barely into July. It's a pretty good window so far.
I suspect other sagas go on just as long but people don't follow those as closely as with other clubs they don't care that much.
Possibly, but the perception is similar to mine. Probably based on experiences from years past, where things dragged on forever and more often than not, fruitlessly.
Things do often seem to drag on endlessly, admittedly. But I think part of it is we pay more attention to Arsenal-related stories.
Well, I don't really any more.
What 2 are you. Referring to? Also worth noting how often we let 'major' players contracts hit final 12 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
Lemar is big news in France and has developed a big reputation in Europe after the season he had in Ligue 1 and CL, he just broke into the French national team too which is no mean feat considering the amount of talent they now have in the attacking positions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
We need Lemar a lot more than he needs us and he is a level above Mahrez IMO.
He is a priority signing for me, I desperately want us to sign him because he is the real deal, he creates and scores a bucket load.
Yeah I'm wondering too, so far all we've signed is some freebie who was simple to sign as we didn't really have much competitions and which involved no trnsfer of money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ralpheroo72
Mind you this from the same guy who said Mbappe was our primary target which is laughable considering the cost.
Assuming we do sign Lacazette, and it seems that's going to happen, then we have signed 2 players.
And free or not, the other chap seems to be highly rated.
Are we now reduced to debating whether 1+1 = 2 on here?
Judge at the end of the transfer window. ;)
Early days. If we have to lower our wage bill before being able to resign Ozil and Sanchez, we may be pressed into a corner considering our recent new additions.
Ozil and Sanchez would be the best signings we can make this summer, the additions so far look good. One more major signing would be nice.
Lots of talk around Mahrez. That one should be doable if we can move on some of the dross like Walcott and Gibbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Letters