Winter Transfer Non-Arrivals and Goodbyes

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Originally Posted by selassie

if you believe what's been written in the tabloids.

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i don't read them precisely because i don't believe a word of the BS they write

99% of the problems in this country are caused by reading them and believing them

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Originally Posted by Mac76

i don't read them precisely because i don't believe a word of the BS they write

99% of the problems in this country are caused by reading them and believing them

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Yep! Especially the Guardian <_<

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Originally Posted by Mac76

i don't read them precisely because i don't believe a word of the BS they write

99% of the problems in this country are caused by reading them and believing them

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Aye, me neither. Mind you if you did believe them you would think no players ever want to join us! :lol:

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Originally Posted by Chippy

Yep! Especially the Guardian <_<

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it's a broadsheet not a tabloid

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Originally Posted by selassie

The Vlahovic deal if we ever got that far seems pretty messy if you believe what's been written in the tabloids. I get Locatelli vibes about it too as like Gooner 23 said. I think Vlahovic like Locatelli may have been interested in a move here until his agent and other clubs got in his ear. To be honest, the Vlahovic interest is probably similar to the Tielemans interest, these are players that would likely join us only if we were the only suitors...but like Vlahovic, I suspect Tielemans will wait till the summer to see who really firms up their interest in him. Unless we get top 4, both players aren't obrtainable and I think we will be far down the list for both players if any of the top 4 including Man United show interest let alone any of the leading European clubs.

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Tbh, I follow the stories just long enough to get a feel for whether our interest is genuine or not. After that, if it happens it happens - no need to sit through the rest of the same, tedious script they use for every transfer. We all know how that goes.

Don't know whether our interest in Vlahovic and Melo will come to anything or not, but we're clearly clearing space for something - must be confident of something happening, even if it's neither of those two.

Mari has gone on loan to Udinese. Another bum signing from Edu and his cronies bites the dust.

Our squad is looking horribly thin. We need at least 4-5 signings this summer. Hopefully we can find one or two before the end of the month.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Mari has gone on loan to Udinese. Another bum signing from Edu and his cronies bites the dust.

Our squad is looking horribly thin. We need at least 4-5 signings this summer. Hopefully we can find one or two before the end of the month.

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The scary thing is we could just keep going and going - Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah, Elneny and Leno will be gone by the summer (if not sooner), Pepe and Cedric if we can find anyone stupid enough to take them, Xhaka's been trying to leave for about 2 years now, can't see a future for Holding and Chambers... there's probably only 12 players in our senior squad who I'd say are safe.

At least we can bring Saliba back as soon as the season ends - that's a start. And maybe Balogun will come back from his loan a little more ready, at least for the bench?

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

At least we can bring Saliba back as soon as the season ends - that's a start. And maybe Balogun will come back from his loan a little more ready, at least for the bench?

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You're forgetting that Saliba's "not ready" :rolleyes:

as for Balogun, why he was sent on loan at all is beyond me

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Originally Posted by I am invisible

The scary thing is we could just keep going and going - Aubameyang, Lacazette, Nketiah, Elneny and Leno will be gone by the summer (if not sooner), Pepe and Cedric if we can find anyone stupid enough to take them, Xhaka's been trying to leave for about 2 years now, can't see a future for Holding and Chambers... there's probably only 12 players in our senior squad who I'd say are safe.

At least we can bring Saliba back as soon as the season ends - that's a start. And maybe Balogun will come back from his loan a little more ready, at least for the bench?

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i would keep holding and chambers as we do need fringe players unless they really want to move. the rest will be gone and we will have no strikers