Looks like Monreal is sticking around too as he’s not on the released players list. As long as he’s only back up that’s fine for another year.
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Looks like Monreal is sticking around too as he’s not on the released players list. As long as he’s only back up that’s fine for another year.
Ah, that bit where the oppo’s winger usually stands! Gotcha.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
I thought Sessegnon was disappointing when I saw him, but he is young and he did seem to be playing left wing rather than left back.
End product needs work and just seems far too timid at times.
Would prefer to go after Tierney, tbh - kid looks a proper player...
A seamless replacement. Sign him up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
I've never really seen Tierney play so don''t really have a strong view but I didn't feel overly convinced by the particular compilation I watched.
I literally want to cry every time I watch Robertson play. I didn't even know who he was a few years ago. Somehow seems unfair that he is that good! Unbelievably good full back.
On Carrasco.....I know eveybody knows him and he scored against us when we played Monaco a few years ago, but I can't help looking at his stats and feeling a little underwhelmed. Or maybe just whelmed.
Yeah, I’m not 100% sold on Carrasco - ticks a lot of boxes, but that combination of high wages and questionable attitude sets alarm bells ringing. Feels like everything we should be trying to avoid at the moment.
With Tierney, I’m going more off professional and fan opinion - very highly regarded, and already has an impressive amount of experience under his belt for a young player (including a lot of CL matches). Been averaging over 40 games a season since he was 18 - you don’t get that much game time, at that age, for a team that’s challenging for titles (even in Scotland) unless you’re doing something well.
Utd bidding £40m for Wan-Bissaka
We should bid £40000000.1p
Why the fuhk can't he be left footed! I think he's so good, I almost think we should sign him and just say....just stand somewhere in our back line kiddo!
Feel sorry for Wan-Bissaka IMO - joined a Moan U side with Ole's wheels truly off and the last time Moan Ure bought a promising young player from Palace he was largely ignored and it arrested his development - he now plays at... Crystal Palace
https://frinkiac.com/meme/S02E21/880...BpdCBmb3IgMzU_Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
No one's forcing him to go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Man U have resorted to offering everybody tonnes of cash to join their rag tag outfit. bale will probably end up there alongside Sanchez on a 1000kpw bench duo
True, and he probably will get played more than Zaha wasQuote:
Originally Posted by GP
Hold on...is this actually happening?
not unless Moan U stump a lot more cash apparently...
https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/09/cryst...ssaka-9876117/
Man U will always stump up more cash.
This deal would irritate immensely. He is bloody good. Defensively as good as any other full back in the league.
Offensively competent to. Buying him would give us great flexbility, the option to have both him and Bellerin on one side overlapping each other. Unfortunately, like most kids, his dream is to make as most money asap. So he will go to United.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Probably won't get a rival bidder anyway.
Their need for a long term right back is much greater than that of the other top 6 clubs.
Right back is a difficult one. Bellerin won’t be back until Sept/Oct and despite AMN’s best efforts, he’s no right back. It was a short term answer that Emery had no choice to stick with, especially with the old man as the other option.
Maybe there is a youngster good enough to promote for the short term. Other than that it’s trying to find someone who knows that as soon as Bellerin returns they will be second pick.
Might as well give Osei-Tutu a try at RB, if we can’t buy anyone - Celtic and Hamburg are already trying to take him off us, so he must be doing something well?
Gotta say it's pretty sickening us getting linked with unknowns who play for middle of the road teams, when other top clubs are getting linked with top notch players.
Obviously many of these rumours won't come to fruition, but bit underwhelmed to be linked to two players from a mid table team like Sampdoria for example, if it was one you could probably be maybe he's their standout player, but two from a club who didn't do very well is not so great.
We seem to be looking for a Ramsey replacement, but all those supposed replacements don't really score many goals, I'm thinking we should be looking for a goalscoring box to box player as the midfield currently has no goals in it.
The Carrasco rumours seem to be developing a lot of steam. Who does he replace in the team, Ozil, Iwobi, Mikhi?.....id be happy to see the back of all 3
Terrible news, Xhaka says he and his family are happy here, he signed a new contract last summer (what possessed us to do that?????) and that's he's not going anywhere.
Forget big players coming here, its not going to happen.
Arsenal need to get rid of about 6 players on top of the players who will leave anyway and replace them with players in their early twenties who can be coached to a high level.
Get Ozil out, he must go ASAP.
I think we all just need to see a clearer strategy - we know what Raul and Whatisname said on their video, but it's that concern that we're not clearing out the crap and starting on a new well-defined path that concerns me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
I'd even be happy if we firmly said it was about going with our academy players and bringing them on next season with a view to going for the CL the season after.
But sifting around for mid-level dross is totally uninspiring, only emphasising our diminishing stature.
Torreira was from Sampdoria, but I get what you mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Soon as Chelsea's 4th went in against us, that was the final nail in the coffin of a serious rebuild.
The best replacement for Ramsey is Milinkovic-savic(sp?) who we will never sign in a million years.
As I keep saying we are going to have make 1/2 key signings this summer and the rest have to be hopefuls / kids and affordable punts.
I'd be willing to throw the whole budget on Pepe and a young CB. Even if Emery has to say that he will use this summer's budget and next January's all this summer to make it happen.
Sanllehi has been quoted as saying he doesn't 'believe' in the January window, hence the restrictions this year. We should expect the same going forward, so there's only one budget and that's this summer. We'll have to make do with whatever we can get for the budget available and try to make it work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Yes that's kinda why I mentioned getting 1 player and not 2 really, 2 players out of a middle of the road team seems a lot, especially given we already took 1 of their players last summer, if Sampdoria were that good they would probably have been higher in the table, for both players to turn out being top class seems unlikely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice
Yes he would cost a fortune though, missing out on top 4 was a big blow, but it's made worse by watching Man U who did even worse getting ready to spend millions (as they have season after season even when not in the CL).
I can live with shopping around more middling clubs, as long as we’re looking at younger players - anything from mid-20s up and odds are you’re looking at nothing special, if they haven’t been snaffled yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Not really sure who / what I’m looking for as a Ramsey replacement? His goals will be a miss if they’re not replaced, but I kind of feel that we should be looking more at LW, RW and ACM for those, and not dumping that burden on one of our CMs (who will have quite enough to be getting on with in the middle)? It’s his energy and drive that I want replaced more than anything - if we can find that in a more tactically savvy, less injury-prone player (and sort those wide areas out) then I think we’ll come out of it ok.
(Also high on my list for a new CM is the ability to resist / turn a high press.)
Why do we need a Ramsey replacement, idiot coach doesn't even have an actual system. How Bout we just get a good young midfielder or actually develop one of our younger.
Signings like Carasco are so pointless at this point. Sell sell, buyout contracts. And just destroy and rebuild.
This is so clear as day. But with this management, we are doomed. Being Spanish or working at Barca shouldn't be your only qualification for a top level football job.
PSG have reportedly offered 70m euros plus add ons for de Ligt.
Oh and the small offer of £340k a week in wages.
Please sign and turn out to be a huge flop or mistake, a la Neymar.
Spurs also talking to Lyon about Ndombélé (who??) who want 75m euros while Spuds want to pay 50m.
Ndombele is one of the best young midfielders around. Can't see them getting that over the line.
Mendy has gone to Real from Lyon for a deal that could be worth 47m. Who??
MendyQuote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
Say it a third time and it still won’t fucking help