Summer Transfer Misery 2017/18

[Özim]

People should be questioning Arsene really, asking him stuff like

Did you have a plan in place for who you wanted to sign, if so why aren't they signed up yet?
Will the signings be made before the season starts rather than scrambling for panic signings several weeks into the season?
Why after such a poor season has there been no changes are Arsenal, is the club happy to have come 5th?
Why do you struggle to sign players every transfer window when most other clubs seems to identify and sign their targets without too much fuss?
Why did you allow Sanchez and Ozil to run down their contracts?
Why have you not signed them up again yet, what's the hold up, surely it's in your interests to sign them up quickly, or if they choose not to to find replacements quickly?
Is this going to be yet another frustrating transfer window for the fans where nothing seems to happen until the last minute?
Will you be signing a striker after needing one for the last 4-5 years?
Why is Walcott still here despite years of underperforming?
Why are you so reluctant to sign established players rather than unproven players like you did last summer, do you not think its counterproductive when those unproven players don't perform?

etc etc

But of course ll that will be asked is "Are you close to signing anyone", are you after "Mbappe, Lacazette" etc to wish he'll answer you'll know when the club confirms the deal :SNOOOOOOOOOOOOZZZZZZZZE:

Would be good to see the guy put on the spot, of course, he'll probably get angry and walk off, but at least it will be more worthwhile to watch than the standard questions he's always asked, may as well have a recording asking him the questions.

[Ralpheroo72]

Now he stays

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...n-michel-aulas

[Özim]

Now he stays

http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...n-michel-aulas

So typical of Arsenal this, we get linked to allsorts of players and the deals never happen, that's what makes me think it's all planned to make it look like we're trying by marketing nonsense and putting in lowball offers that will never be accepted.

Going to be another one of the summers....what a surprise.

[Marc Overmars]

We're after Thomas Lemar from Monaco now.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dai...lemar-30m.html

[Özim]

We're after Thomas Lemar from Monaco now.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dai...lemar-30m.html

Not too expensive, French and young, very feasible.

The sceptic in me says now that the Mbappe and Lacazette rumours are all but dead we need a new go to rumour flying around and this could be it.

Wonder whether we're going to miss out on a striker again this summer and end up with players in other positions.

[Niall_Quinn]

We're after Thomas Lemar from Monaco now.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dai...lemar-30m.html

Would much rather this kid than Cassette. He was the player that caught my eye on the couple of occasions I saw Monaco play. Strong, direct and technical. Weirdly he reminds me of Vieira, same sort of languid style followed by a punch in the face. If we could bring this guy in and convince Alexis to stay, we'd be in business. I wonder why Monaco are letting him go.

[Özim]

Would much rather this kid than Cassette. He was the player that caught my eye on the couple of occasions I saw Monaco play. Strong, direct and technical. Weirdly he reminds me of Vieira, same sort of languid style followed by a punch in the face. If we could bring this guy in and convince Alexis to stay, we'd be in business. I wonder why Monaco are letting him go.

Probably aren't, some guy most likely saw people talking about him on Goonersworld and thought it worthwhile to put it in the paper. The 30 million price tage seem pure fantasy, why would they sell him that cheap anyway, seems odd.

[Özim]

So far the below has happened:

Mbappe fantasy bid - check
Lowball Lacazette bid - check


Considering we've allegedly (according to the BS rumours) tried to sign Higuain, Suarez, Benzema in the recent past and failed are we the unluckiest club in the history of the world in the search for a striker or totally incompetent and uninterested in signing a quality striker, whilst being all too happy to go along with the BS rumours about strikers we've tried to sign so we can keep the fans happy and Wenger can add to his list of the worlds best team he never signed?

[Power n Glory]

Is French Kendrick a winger? Or a winger that can play through the middle? 21 years old, 14 goals ain't bad for a first season but is he a goal scorer? Not convinced. Same conversation we had with Martial. Same conversation as yesterday. The search for a goalscorer must continue even if we sign this kid.

[GP]

There's been a lot of talk over Lemar for a few days, this one has legs I think.

The Mbappe chase continues. Wenger is apparently friendly with his family so it's not impossible. I think he's the first choice.

Lacazette is the backup, I feel. I don't think Wenger really rates him that highly so will only go for him if Mbappe if isn't interested.