Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
But I tell you what, I’ll take your claim at face value

You’ve said to me having cover for Partey is the main issue for you.

Well if we identify a decent player that could be both a stand in for him and someone who could be a long term replacement too (you have to factor that in as a consideration because otherwise you’ll bring in a player expecting to play and getting fucked off when he doesn’t) then I absolutely will be up for us signing that player

If into the bargain we identify a winger as well and sign both, I consider that an absolute bonus.

Because I do want us to do everything we can to win the title. I’m just not convinced that signing any old person just to give on edge fans a bit of relief is not necessarily the way to do it
Here's the thing with Partey. I can't think of a replacement that can do what he can do - ie the jobs of 2 players in one. Seems to me that Arteta thinks that Declan Rice might be capable of being trained up to do this - and this is the long term plan. But anyone who thinks that a true replacement is just lying around for us to pick up this January is delusional.