Dembele scored twice and made three assists last season. That's the same as Koscielny for fucks sake.
The King Is Back.
There's a reason he's known as The Black Hleb.
Although he is pretty alswome to watch.
We should sign Dempsey and send Gervinho as part of the deal, us paying a little extra to offload him wouldn't break the bank. Get rid of Walcott now while there is still enough hype and use the cash to get a consistent performer (even if not spectacular) for the left. With Ox and Podolski we don't need world class backup. Striker urgently needed, relying on Giroud to replace RvP in his first season is insanity. Don't know anything about the guy, but if he was as good as or better than RvP he wouldn't have signed for us. 15 goals would be an impressive return from him - that leaves 15 more to get to avoid a mid-table struggle. RvP's absence still being massively underrated by some, but it will be perfectly evident as the season grinds on. There is still time to get rid of Diaby, Chamakh, Bendtner on frees, even pay to get rid of them as it would make sense in the long run. These losers must cost close to £10mill a year in wages, so pay somebody £5mill to take them.
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While it is a good idea in theory to get a pure destroyer, it won't work with our side as we play football that is too technical and he'd be wasted most of the time. We need someone like Song, or Busquets (but more physical). M'Vila is good because he fits the big hard bastard mould but is able to play technical football, and we can build a good long term midfield with him-Wilshere-Arteta/Diaby.
We have someone to change it up when tippy tappy doesn't work, that is Walcott, Gervinho and Ox. The fact that we play tippy-tappy and not counter attacking football is down to Wenger; Rosicky and Diaby are supposed to be pacy box to box MFs but with us the slow it down and pass side to side, we rarely see Walcott/Ox tearing down the flanks due to Wenger as well. If we get Tiote he will be instructed to play in the same way.
The King Is Back.
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I have been reliably informed that Arsenal had representatives in Swansea today regarding Angel Rangel.
He is terrible so no thanks