Summer Transfer Misery and Recriminations.

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Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie

a defensive midfielder? I think we've needed that as long as we've needed a striker. Elneny was only ever a stop gap measure especially with both Arteta and Flamini now gone (thank god).

In your opinion......that allows for the parameters to be shifted constantly to suit whatever point you want to make. I'd heard of Xhaka for at least two years both for Switzerland in the world cup and being pivotal in Moechengladbach qualifying for the Champions League. Just because he doesn't appear in your monthly copy of Match it's utterly daft to claim he is a minor signing.

Plus I haven't stated that the price tags for other players is unreasonable, I'm just saying the club is hesitant to shell out any kind of substantial money more than once in a summer transfer period regardless of the club's needs and Gazidis' ridiculous back tracking comments only reinforce that.

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Elneny a stop gap, why bother buying him then? For me Elneny was enough as we have Coquelin as well, I don't mind an extra DM but it certainly isn't a priority, a striker and CB were a far more pressing requirement, I would even list an out and out winger above the requirement for a DM.

Yes IMO, because he wasn't a household name whether you accept it or not and 33 million is a lot of money for a player of that kind, especially given we have more pressing needs in other positions and could have used that money to bring in a top player (and now our budget is more limited). Xhaka is worth no more than 20 million in out current state because we weren't desperate for a player in his position.

As for shelling out, well of course now we've spent 33 million shelling out another 40-50 million would be very unlikely because the club don't really want to spend a lot.

At the end of the day I don't trust Wengers' judgement in the transfer market, so fo me 33 million spent on some guy I don't know isn't good business.

They spent over £100m a couple of seasons back when we got in Sanchez, so it's feasible that can happen again.

Xhaka's price makes sense in this current market. Clubs know UK football is stuffed full of money and won't sell players with years left on their contracts cheaply.

If Troy Deeney is being valued at £30m+, Xhaka sounds like a bargain.

Sounding very likely that the Pogba thing is going to be done and dusted very soon.

£93m plus add-ons :haha:

The title or bust for Maureen

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Originally Posted by fakeyank

It is a no-brainer but our manager has no brains. So, Coquelin it is..

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Coquelin has been playing at CB in training. That doesn't mean he'll play there during the season.

Wenger has already said he wants to sign an experienced CB so this is just social media reading way too much into this.

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Originally Posted by bignev

Coquelin has been playing at CB in training. That doesn't mean he'll play there during the season.

Wenger has already said he wants to sign an experienced CB so this is just social media reading way too much into this.

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Why is he playing there in training?. He is all of 5' 8". We have seen this crap before. Monreal, Sagna at CB. He does it because he knows he can still sneak 4th with all his BS.

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Milik in Napoli

replacement done!

That was fast eh

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Originally Posted by bignev

Coquelin has been playing at CB in training. That doesn't mean he'll play there during the season.

Wenger has already said he wants to sign an experienced CB so this is just social media reading way too much into this.

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Wenger is a BS merchant tbh.

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Originally Posted by Munchies

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Milik in Napoli

replacement done!

That was fast eh

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Can't be right, the market is in a waiting period at the moment, everyone knows it takes 3 months to sign players and that signings should generally happen on the 31st August.

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Originally Posted by Globalgunner

Why is he playing there in training?. He is all of 5' 8". We have seen this crap before. Monreal, Sagna at CB. He does it because he knows he can still sneak 4th with all his BS.

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Yeah time and time again, one thing LeClown can't be accused of is unpredictability, he does the same every single season.

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Originally Posted by bignev

Coquelin has been playing at CB in training. That doesn't mean he'll play there during the season.

Wenger has already said he wants to sign an experienced CB so this is just social media reading way too much into this.

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I think you forget who our manager is... that man is the biggest WUM in human history. Frankly, I can see him playing Sanchez as CB just to fuck with the fans.

And please dont go by what he has to say.. an 80 year old dementia patient makes more sense than him.