Winter Transfer Missed Opportunities and Regrets

[Niall_Quinn]

Yet interestingly he doesn’t seem to buy a type of player that does play how he wants us to play. A big lump of a striker. As one of my few Arsenal supporting mate often says, someone even like Chris Wood would clean up for goals in our team.


Trossard, Martinelli, Saka and Odegaard whatever their other attributes are good at creating chances for others. Now even with the laboriously slow build up play, you look at some of the crosses Trossard has put in, in the last couple of games. Player like Wood would gobble those up like Pac-Man.

Yet in five years never remotely shown interest in that type of player

That's why Gyokeres is the most obvious answer. Not only can he do a convincing impersonation of Chris Wood but he often be mistake for Shearer on occasion (not kicking players in the face but getting into the danger area and bullying his way into the net), but he can also do a lot of the other things that appeal to Arteta. Vlahovic is not far behind though definitely more Chris Wood than Chris Waddle. Cunha not so much, he'd definitely be your tippy tappy "danger" man with his back to goal for 90 minutes. I don't even think Isak would be guaranteed success here, we just don't play that slashing transition from back to front that Wenger spoiled us with. Isak at 3mph would be much of an improvement over the ret of the team chugging along at 1mph.

Why don't we just show a bit of ambition, break the bank for Gyokeres and go on and win the damn thing? Even if we didn't win it this year I;d be a lot more confident we could give it a go next year and the years after.

[KSE Comedy Club]

That's why Gyokeres is the most obvious answer. Not only can he do a convincing impersonation of Chris Wood but he often be mistake for Shearer on occasion (not kicking players in the face but getting into the danger area and bullying his way into the net), but he can also do a lot of the other things that appeal to Arteta. Vlahovic is not far behind though definitely more Chris Wood than Chris Waddle. Cunha not so much, he'd definitely be your tippy tappy "danger" man with his back to goal for 90 minutes. I don't even think Isak would be guaranteed success here, we just don't play that slashing transition from back to front that Wenger spoiled us with. Isak at 3mph would be much of an improvement over the ret of the team chugging along at 1mph.

Why don't we just show a bit of ambition, break the bank for Gyokeres and go on and win the damn thing? Even if we didn't win it this year I;d be a lot more confident we could give it a go next year and the years after.

I think he is the answer staring Arteta in the face, but he's weak and having his head turned by the flirting of Sesko - a Gyokeres wannabe but with half the amount of ability.

It's nailed on that we will go for the 'lesser' option at he same price

[Niall_Quinn]

Rumour mill again. Apparently we are in actual talks to sign Mathys Tel this week. Trust it to be the one I never heard of. Same old. Also some talk of some bloke from some league in Italy, never heard of him can't even remember his name. Hope that helps.

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Leverkusen are about to lose Victor Boniface their main forward to a Saudi team for €60m. Apparently we've watched him a bit (like every other top name).

I think he's a great talent and would be a beast in the EPL . He's two footed, he's strong but I guess where he excels is his build up play and technical ability. I wouldn't say he's got the nose for goals like Gyokores....but if Arteta really insists on only recruiting players that can play in more than one position, then he should have taken a proven Boniface seriously instead of the baby he now wants to get on loan from Bayern.

[Niall_Quinn]

Leverkusen are about to lose Victor Boniface their main forward to a Saudi team for €60m. Apparently we've watched him a bit (like every other top name).

I think he's a great talent and would be a beast in the EPL . He's two footed, he's strong but I guess where he excels is his build up play and technical ability. I wouldn't say he's got the nose for goals like Gyokores....but if Arteta really insists on only recruiting players that can play in more than one position, then he should have taken a proven Boniface seriously instead of the baby he now wants to get on loan from Bayern.

Fee might be 60 mill, wages are probably 600 mill and a harem.

[Niall_Quinn]

The Tel deal said to be a short term loan with NO OPTION to buy. Bayern want him back.
And why haven't we signed that Nypan kid yet? How long does it actually take us to get something over the line? We've been after him for months apparently.

[Niall_Quinn]

Learning a bit about Tel now. 5th choice at Bayern, 19 years old, worked with Thierry Henry in French U21 (Henry likes him), sounds an awful lot like Martinelli. Can he guide us through the sharp end of the season and score the goals necessary to haul back the points on Liverpool?

Obviously not.

So wonder why we are even bothering?

It's like me wandering up and down the supermarket aisles because I can't decide what I want for dinner.

Pot Noodle incoming!

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Learning a bit about Tel now. 5th choice at Bayern, 19 years old, worked with Thierry Henry in French U21 (Henry likes him), sounds an awful lot like Martinelli. Can he guide us through the sharp end of the season and score the goals necessary to haul back the points on Liverpool?

Obviously not.

So wonder why we are even bothering?

It's like me wandering up and down the supermarket aisles because I can't decide what I want for dinner.

Pot Noodle incoming!

[HCZ_Reborn]

Leverkusen are about to lose Victor Boniface their main forward to a Saudi team for €60m. Apparently we've watched him a bit (like every other top name).

I think he's a great talent and would be a beast in the EPL . He's two footed, he's strong but I guess where he excels is his build up play and technical ability. I wouldn't say he's got the nose for goals like Gyokores....but if Arteta really insists on only recruiting players that can play in more than one position, then he should have taken a proven Boniface seriously instead of the baby he now wants to get on loan from Bayern.

If a player wants to move to the Saudi league you have to ask yourself are they really motivated to improve themselves on the pitch and win the major prizes. It’s for players to make more money than they could reasonably expect to make in European club football, to live a cosseted life in a goldfish bowl and indulge in every kind of vice known to man whilst the missus spends a lot of your money in the shopping malls.


The punitive lifestyle that the ordinary person has to put up with won’t apply to you, the fact that you’re a non Saudi and therefore you’re not legally entitled to own anything? There will be a workaround. Booze, whoring, drugs….that world won’t be closed off to you either. It’s the lifestyle of a playboy whilst you put in the minimum amount of effort to score a brace against defenders who wouldn’t be good enough to play for the dog and duck fc

[Niall_Quinn]

If a player wants to move to the Saudi league you have to ask yourself are they really motivated to improve themselves on the pitch and win the major prizes. It’s for players to make more money than they could reasonably expect to make in European club football, to live a cosseted life in a goldfish bowl and indulge in every kind of vice known to man whilst the missus spends a lot of your money in the shopping malls.


The punitive lifestyle that the ordinary person has to put up with won’t apply to you, the fact that you’re a non Saudi and therefore you’re not legally entitled to own anything? There will be a workaround. Booze, whoring, drugs….that world won’t be closed off to you either. It’s the lifestyle of a playboy whilst you put in the minimum amount of effort to score a brace against defenders who wouldn’t be good enough to play for the dog and duck fc

Neymar just took a 300 billion quid wage cut to come back from there and resume his football career.