Saliba has now been confirmed and he will be loaned back for the season.
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Saliba has now been confirmed and he will be loaned back for the season.
He wants to give youth a chance and yet he wants to send ESM and Nelson, probably our two most adavanced young players (other than Nketiah) back on loan, doesn't make much sense to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by dostoy
One for next season, could turn out to be a shrewd buy, problem is he can't feature for a year and we really need players now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
One for 2024.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Me neither, both should be getting fairly regilar first team action with us IMO, if you're good enough you're old enough...Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
I don't see the logic in spending £27m on Saliba, an unproven 18 year old who we have to loan back for a year too.
If we're short on cash surely we should be spending on players who can play for us now?
It's easier to think about this as we've made a signing with next year's budget this year. We have paid a small fee now to get our business done early. Other than that, he doesn't impact this year's meagre budget.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
Yes, we should be spending this year's budget on players we can use now. And I would presume we will still use that budget (at some point). Saliba doesn't impact that.
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Originally Posted by Unai Tea
Yes it is, trouble is, that's a large chunk of next summers' budget now accounted for, so if we didn't quaify for the CL then we'd have next to nothing.
As for this years' budget, who knows, so far we've brought in Ceballos on loan and done Real a favour by taking him off their wage bill but some reports vary on wether we paid anything, some say 4 million some say as much as 15 million.
Martinelli for a reported 6-8 million (seems quite a lot considering he was really under the radar, but if he turns out decent it will be a bargain) and whatever we've spent on Saliba which is probably something like 6-7 million.
If our budget is 40-45 million as has been reported, then that probably will leave maybe half or just over half, but we need a winger, a CB and and left back and right back so not sure what we'll end up with to be honest.
Our need was now given the players we have and the last few seasons, we basically need the CL money to move forward as Kroenke won't put any money in, so it's a big gamble we're taking, if we fail to qualify it's only going to get harder and what's more Auba and Lacazette haven't been given new contracts and will have a year left next summer which if we're to re-sign them will cost a lot and really eat into any money we have (on top of whatever we owe for Saliba).
If Emery had shown some real progress and direction last season, we might feel more confident, but given what happened last summer, I'm not sure.
Apparently Ceballos is costing us £15 million for the season, real only bought him for 18 million, ripoff, Real saw us coming, this guy isn't even rated by Zidane, we could have bought Fekir outright for 2.5 million more!
What happened with Everton Soares? I thought that deal was happening... turns out that was a smokescreen to sign Ceballos on loan :ilt:
15m for a loan?! That can’t be true but if it is we’re mugs, especially as it doesn’t look like we’ve got any obligations to buy him at the end of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
I read that headline. And then read the source was The Sun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Of course it's not true, jesus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Fekir's wages need to be accounted in that comparison though otherwise it's not in keeping with this made up figure from some hacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Özim
Even if that accounts for a loan fee and wages together, he's on 250k a week? :lol:
No chance.
It’s simple simon football accounting for dummies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
Bale to some Japanese pub team for £1m a week? What an absolute fraud of a player.
Chinese but yes, early retirement really.
What a waste of talent.
Still, he’s won the lot. Hard to blame footballers sometimes when such sickening offers are made to them.
NICOLAS
PEPE
Confirmed by Ornstein
Very critical of the board but fair play if this is true. Certainly a statement of intent.
Let’s hope he lives up to the hype.
:patrice:Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
Well if this is indeed the case I can sleep at night (if this means we will forget about Zaha) :good:
Is he as much of a dick as the original Pepe?
Now we’re fucking talking! :bow:
Well done to the club assuming this one gets over the line.
Believe it when he walks out of the tunnel at the Emirates wearing an Arsenal shirt and not until then.
Crystal Palace :pal:
Although, to be fair to palace, they’re well within their rights to demand what they want for their player - I hope this helps explain why we wouldn’t meet their £80m asking price though? 10m less gets you a younger player (probably on lower wages), who is already posting better numbers, and who has a much better resale value...
Pretty essential we qualify for the CL this year so we can pay off the instalments for this deal and still have enough to spend big in the coming transfer windows.
Haven’t seen him play but there’s lots of hype around him and his numbers are very good.
Would be great to add a proper CB now and then we are good to go.
Who’s getting sold then?
Mustafi :pray:Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
Doesn’t look like we’ll getting a new CB then. With Holding and Chambers back I’m worried that Emery think’s that’s enough for the year until Saliba arrives.
Starting to make sense now why Raul was so quick to stress that this summer wasn’t Edu’s responsibility in the Q&A...
Is there any rule that says we have to field defenders? Ours can’t defend anyway, so we might as well just play 8 midfielders and be done with it. At least they might be able to play the ball out from the back without giving it straight to the other team’s striker...Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Holding won’t be back til after the first international break.
Ornstein has said we’ve tried to sell Mustafi 2/3 times over the past year but there’s no shifting the bastard.
Just waiting to hear that we’re loaning Pepe back to Lille for next season. Then it’ll all make sense.
As Pepe is a left sided player, does that mean we could use Iwobi more centrally? There was a sense, from somewhere i suppose, that he might be better inside, rather than wide.
All predicated on signing Pepe obviously.
Edit: Nevermind. Pepe is left footed but plays from the right side
I just looked up Pepe on youtube (I know I know :lol:) and it looks like he ticks all the right boxes. Pacy, skillful, an eye for a pass and a goalscorer. Finally someone to fill the void we've had since Alexis left.
Exciting signing, fair play to the club for getting it done.