summer '22 transfer craziness and stupidity

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Originally Posted by mandela8

I read 100k per week and 4.5m signing bonus, spread overo his contract. Seems insane but contracts are these days and there's absolutely no reason to believe it's accurate.

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I don’t know why I can’t get past it because it’s actually a good deal for everyone: we get a better, younger player than we had in Lacazette on half the wages (or close enough) and we save 25-30m on not having to buy a second CF this summer; and Eddie gets a nice pay rise and a signing on bonus. Everyone wins, right?

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

No, me either, but he sounds like he can play LB, LCB and DM to a high standard, so that’s 3 problems solved. Also sounds very well thought of, from what I’ve read.

Think we’re good at RB if Saliba’s coming home - that gives us options there - and I think we have plenty of cover for DM, esp. if we bring this Martinez in (although I probably have very different views on that role to a lot of fans, so I don’t expect everyone to agree on that).

Jesus, Tielemens, Vieira, Martinez, Saliba, Turner - if we manage to add that lot to the squad then that’s a really, really strong summer. Raphinha as well would be dreamland territory for me - I can’t quite make myself believe that one on top of everything else, no matter how hard I try. Things like that don’t happen to Arsenal fans. I’m not even sure where we’d fit him in if we added the rest?

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Those signings would represent very good work, but it still leaves us short.

The squad is threadbare and needed 3-4 players in addition to 4-6 new players.

We lost two strikers, gonna lose Pepe and Xhaka :pray: and these guys will just be replacing them.

I hope the club realise that.

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

I don’t know why I can’t get past it because it’s actually a good deal for everyone: we get a better, younger player than we had in Lacazette on half the wages (or close enough) and we save 25-30m on not having to buy a second CF this summer; and Eddie gets a nice pay rise and a signing on bonus. Everyone wins, right?

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tbf, at least Eddie can score goals, so there is that I guess :shrug:

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

I don’t know why I can’t get past it because it’s actually a good deal for everyone: we get a better, younger player than we had in Lacazette on half the wages (or close enough) and we save 25-30m on not having to buy a second CF this summer; and Eddie gets a nice pay rise and a signing on bonus. Everyone wins, right?

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Plus at his age we should be able to sell him for a reasonable fee if it doesn't work out over next year or two. He'll be at an age where he wants to be the main man somewhere, we're not talking about a Willian looking for a nice retirement.

If we make it back to the champs league I think we'll go back in for a marquee forward, unless Jesus and Eddie are tearing it up (assuming we get the Jesus deal over the line).

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Originally Posted by Gooner23

Plus at his age we should be able to sell him for a reasonable fee if it doesn't work out over next year or two. He'll be at an age where he wants to be the main man somewhere, we're not talking about a Willian looking for a nice retirement.

If we make it back to the champs league I think we'll go back in for a marquee forward, unless Jesus and Eddie are tearing it up (assuming we get the Jesus deal over the line).

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Rumor is that the scum are going to hijack the Jesus deal. :(

That will be quite annoying. Although it would be our own fault.

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Originally Posted by Chippy

Rumor is that the scum are going to hijack the Jesus deal. :(

That will be quite annoying. Although it would be our own fault.

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They will try, but I think Jesus only wants to come to us.

More so he can cuddle up with Arteta again tbf.

Conte's hair doesn't look as good either

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

I don’t know why I can’t get past it because it’s actually a good deal for everyone: we get a better, younger player than we had in Lacazette on half the wages (or close enough) and we save 25-30m on not having to buy a second CF this summer; and Eddie gets a nice pay rise and a signing on bonus. Everyone wins, right?

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That's certainly the way to rationalize it...but it doesn't make it any more...exciting, I guess, to me.

I suppose there's enough going on that this solves one problem. Protects an asset too...although not sure he's very sellable if he is on 100k per week, tbh.

Seen the links to Hickey have cooled too.

Never made sense to me that one as this is a boy who reject Bayern for Bologna because playing time was his priority. Going to arsenal to sit behind Tierney didn't make sense.

Naw even sure there was intradest but trying to live this place up a bit, ffs.

supposedly we are close to signing Raphina :shrug:

I really don’t think we’re going to spend 40-50m on Raphina, not with Vieira on the way. Probably just his agent whoring him about for a move.