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Think said a couple weeks back that he’ll be using more youngsters this time round in the EL.
Kean seems a very good player. Not a position we need to buy in....but like Dembele at Lyon, I'd be very interested to see how good he gets.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
I had no idea Dembele was at Lyon until the other day. Thought he was still a Celtic player. :lol:
Apparently we want 8m for Kos and 30m for Mustafi. I like that, it’s about time we started demanding proper fees for our players.
If this was the old regime no doubt Kos in particular would have been allowed to leave for peanuts. Wenger would have done his pal a favour.
Frankly think the prices are high for someone as old as Kos, and someone as shit as Mustafi. I'd take 20 million combined for both of them and call it a day! Let's move on and get replacements while we have the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
30m for Mustafi is robbery.
He is shit and only worth about 5m if he improves massively.
Kos is far too old and only worth about 3m now.
I would too but in our current position we need to squeeze every penny out of player sales. Mustafi is under contract till 2021 and entering his peak years, in the current market he should still hold value.Quote:
Originally Posted by fakeyank
Exactly, we’re in no position to be ‘cutting our loses’. If we want the heirarchy to be different then that means buying and selling more shrewdly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
as far as i'm concerned Mustafi is literally worse than useless, in that he has a negative effect on our club and the team's performance.
on that basis i think it would be a genuine gain for him not to be at the club, and therefore I think we should just give him away if necessary.
if we keep him he will play at some point, costing us goals and points and perhaps like last season, ultimately a place in the CL - and at what financial cost would that be? A damn sight more than however much we could get for him
just get rid of him, forget about the money
Mustafi and his old man have denied any links for him with Roma :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Didn't realise Diallo had joined PSG till literally days ago.....a player I wanted us to sign a few years back. Has gone to Dortmund and now to PSG since then!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Talk that Utd and Juve are having discussions about a Lukaku and Dybala swap.
Spurs :lol:
:gp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Couldn't have said it any better even if I wanted to.
Problem is the stupid bollox doesn't want to leave and to 'fight for his place' - double speak for 'I want maintain my high wages for sub-par play'. Literally no shame whatsoever.
Sounds like this could be happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
Not sure who’d be getting the better deal really, Dybala’s record last season was very average. Couldn’t perform when he wasn’t the main man after Ronaldo arrived.
Pics and video of Pepe in the kit have leaked so they might just announce it today.
Indeed, its Pepe wednesday after all ##Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
If we get Pepe that will be great, just need to get a CB as well (and Tierney) if we're losing Koscielny (and hopefully Mustafi).
If we get those things over the line it would be a very decent transfer window, as good as we could expect really, just a shame we couldn't shift players like Xhaka, Jenkinson, Mhkitaryan, Elneny and Mustafi (if he doesn't go).
Ideally would have wanted a right back as cover due to Bellerin being out, we don't have any decent cover on that side.
Apparently we're only paying 20 million up front for Pepe according to reports, the rest of the money is all spread over 5 years, the deals we're doing this summer will obviously have an impact on transfers in the coming seasons, we absolutely need to capitalise on the signings and get back into the CL.
Excited about Pepe. More so than I was about Zaha.
It's massive money though, so he has to perform.
Still need a CB. Get in a decent CB and it's a 10/10 window.
Not sure I believe the Dybala rumour, but he is a fantastic player in my opinion. A very clever player.
Pepe should be announced today surely? So much being leaked by the hour it seems.
perhaps a left back as well. if we sign Tieney and sold Mustafi I would take that without signing another CB.Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
#levyout trending on Twitter affer Poch cried about transfers last night :lol:
I had assumed Tierney was also coming in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
Tierney
Pepe
Ceballos
Saliba (for next year)
Martinelli
CB
Good business.
Hurry up on Pepe, Raul.
Also, Juventus will wake up soon and realise they are about to swap Dybala with this lug soon surely?
https://twitter.com/musab009007/stat...0467%2Fpage-21
Malcolm’s gone to Zenit for about £40m.
Various reports saying Tierney could be tied up.
Pepe announcement tom - delay was something to do with the shitty promo videos they make.
Can’t think of a time when we’ve signed one of the hottest talents of the moment. Pretty big transfer in every way really.
It's a pretty big statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
Stan :bow:
We're delaying the announcement because of some goofy social media video we're making where he jumps out of a giant creme Brulee...
Lille president said it’s just admin details delaying the announcement but it will happen.
I hope he's as good as our last Ivorian winger.
Finally confirmed.
https://www.arsenal.com/news/nicolas...record-signing
Pretty amazing signing and probably our biggest ever - and not just in terms of cost.
Does this mean that Stan is spending his own money ?
Somebody on here is not happy if it does mean that.
People who thought Wenger wasted all our money and we couldn’t sign anyone
:lol:
:ninja:
:run:
Sounds like a good signing
Not sure about that, the Ozil signing was pretty crazy at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
it’s a toss up between the two I think - there’s an argument to be made that Ozil wasn’t seen as ‘hot property’ outside of our fan base.
Elsewhere, Spurs are trying to gate crash Utd’s chances of securing Bruno Fernandes from Sporting.
Ozil was a forced signing tbh.. I was unfortunately at Emirates for that first game against Villa where we lost 3-1 and the atmosphere was absolutely toxic. If we hadnt signed Ozil that season, I think Wenger would have been shown the gate much earlier. To me, Alexis was the signing of intent the following summer.. that was a great purchase at a great price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
Ozil was absolutely seen as a world class signing. He'd never really seen the like before.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
We signed the wrong Gervinho all those years ago. :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
Also, welcome Pepe!
Signing of the summer IMO.
Either way, we haven’t had many and this is right up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by GP
The type of signing none of us thought would happen this, or any summer in the near future.
Without Jorge Mendes getting involved we probably wouldn’t have convinced them to structure the deal like we have.
Wow, I think we are all getting far to carried away by the price tag or something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by SMatthews
I can't see how this signing is bigger or even compares to previous statement of intent moves/signings for the likes Julio Baptista, Rosciky, Arshavin, Ozil or Sanchez. In fact I'd say the Lacazette and Auba signings are still far more notable and laudable than this.
Though, one thing about all the AW marquee signings mentioned were that he was always kind of pressured into making them ; especially the latter 2 . Thus his signings were more of a direct response to positions that the fans wanted him to fill with real world class talents.
As good as this deal is ( and I do think it is a good properly structured deal), I can't see how this changes much or addresses the real deficits fans have spotted in this team. I can't even see this as a statement of intent nor do I think our "rivals" would be envious or having sleepless nights over this. The only thing this transfer seems to say unequivocally, is "Arsenal aren't broke" and most informed people knew that already.
Anyway I am happy to have Pepe onboard and do think he will be a beneficial signing in the long-run. I'd put this signing on the scale of a Nasri or even Theo signing (in summary, opportunistic). I would have been far more pleased with 2 proven CBs and a marquee DM/CM.
Hell at this rate I'd settle with getting rid of Mustafi and Xhaka as 80% of our statement of intent.