If Rice signs, will he be allowed to keep his Black Adder haircut? Or will we put something in the contract to deal with that?
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If Rice signs, will he be allowed to keep his Black Adder haircut? Or will we put something in the contract to deal with that?
Still think Havertz isn't really needed and would have preferred the money was invested in getting Caicedo and Rice (or any other decent CM) this summer like the press hinted earlier. Focusing on the midfield and the defence are good signs that our weaknesses are being addressed.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
What worries me more is we get rid of the wrong players. Losing Partey or Jorghino would be the wrong move, we could make a reassessment in January once we've seen the impact the newbies would have. Xhaka can and should go IMO.
If everything else holds, I'd be fine.
Oh, I almost forgot, if we really wanted to make "the statement", we should be in the mix for Mbappe....then all would be forgiven :cloud9:
Yeah Havertz is / was a really risky signing TBH, he has to deliver just as much as Rice to justify his price tag. I agree, I think we could have secured a lot less risky signing for the same amount or maybe a bit more, but I am going to trust Arteta on this one for now and hope he brings out the "elite" potential in Havertz that he was displaying before he went to Chelsea.Quote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
Yeah we definitely need to keep one or if not both of Partey and Jorginho around. I suspect we will let Partey leave due to his salary (over 200k per week) and the issues surrounding him. Keeping Jorginho is absolutely essential if Partey goes. It sounds like Lavia could be brought in for Partey, Lavia is a superb young player with a really high ceiling, he can be eased in.
To be fair, a window of Rice, Havertz, Timber and Lavia is about as good as you are going to get for any top PL team let alone us. It's shaping up to be a great window and really exciting time to be an Arsenal fan.
The squad should be strong enough for another PL challenge and respectable run in CL.
I don't think there's any question of letting Jorginho go, he's got one year of an 18-month contract left, we'll have him serve it as he's been very useful and then he'll probably go
Partey is a strange one, if we are looking to sell him either we have some information about his injury status or legal status
Yeah in terms of his fitness I don’t think that was really an issue last year. Think he only missed 4 or 5 league games.
I imagine it’s to do with the fact his contract is up next year and at 30 years old I’m not sure offering him another couple of years on his salary fits in with the strategy the club has shown regarding contracts and transfers. It would explain the Lavia interest as he would be a direct replacement.
I’d rather he stayed for another year but money does need to be coming back in to the club one way or another. Our net spend in recent years is huge.
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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Yeah that seems like a laudable explanation in fairness
I think it's his wage HCZ and the fact that he is getting near to the end of his contract as MO said. It makes no sense to stack the squad full of 200k per week players, we don't have the budget, so letting Partey leave is most likely more financial than anything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
I think we will be OK with a Midfield that consists of Rice, Jorginho and Lavia (assuming he comes in for Partey), oh and Elneny!!! With the likes of Odegaard, Havertz, ESR & Vieira occupying the offensive positions.
The squad rebuild is more or less complete if we secure all the remaining targets. It will be just a case of stacking it up a bit more going forward with quality depth options.
Speculating here but Rice AND Caciedo was a non starter.Quote:
Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE
It looks like Arteta wants to move to a more progressive CM 3 with one dedicated holding player and 2 more attacking players (as opposed to 1DM, 1cm Xhaka and 1am). The Timber purchase makes this viable as he can invert when Zinchenko isn't there, so there's no need to change the system when Zinchenko is out.
Rice
Odegaard Havertz
Saka Jesus Martinelli
Will be his preferred starters.
I still rate Partey above Rice and Trossard above Saka, but no Xhaka is an automatic game changer.
I'd be happy to sell Partey, though ideally for Caicedo
Partey has become less reliable, he may have been able to get out onto the pitch most of the time but i'm not convinced he was 100% some of the time, plus he started fucking up on a regular basis, by the end of the season i was heavily in favour of Jorginho starting over him, though partly because Jorg played very well