I think he will go there. We've been linked with him for an eternity but something tells me we're not super keen on him at that price, especially given the emergence of Coquelin. We are fairly stacked in CM now, though admittedly we do need proper competition for Coquelin, Arteta isn't the solution IMO, neither is Flamini.Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
I also reckon Arsene wants to make room for Ramsey & Jack at some point, they can't forever occupy the wings.
Arteta has been a fantastic signing for us.
Last season riddled with injuries...but before that excellent. His contribution seems to be underrated by a lot of fans. Crazy.
Great tackler, great on the ball, great passer, calm, great positionally, and just an all round calming influence on the pitch. 2013-2014 he was brilliant. How quickly fans forget a player when he gets injured.
Who knows if he has the legs to regain that level...but silly to write him off. Plain silly.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.” Dennis Bergkamp
"I started clapping myself until I realized that i was sunderland's manager". Peter Reid
"Happy those, who can remain at Highbury." Jane Austen, Emma
I think we should be spending some energy on trying to sign Higuain again. Would be great if we could bring him in for 30-35million. Napoli 20points off Juve this season with little chance of winning serie A imo...with him in our side we'd have a missing puzzle piece...a genuine number 9. Ozil would love playing with him. Coquelin has been outstanding as DM. Yes, he needs competition but not a replacement. As much as I rate Schneiderlin...I don't think we're going to pay 25million for him.
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.” Dennis Bergkamp
"I started clapping myself until I realized that i was sunderland's manager". Peter Reid
"Happy those, who can remain at Highbury." Jane Austen, Emma
I’m ok with Arteta playing the backup role but I’ve never rated him. His pace, strength and tackling come under a lot of scrutiny but it’s his off the ball movement and sideways passing that I have a problem with. His passing percentages are usually high but they’re all sideways safety passes that don’t build on our attacks or momentum. I think a lot of people notice this in his game. Also, I hate how he can be so static in the middle of the park sometimes. Against high pressing teams he’s easily marked out of the game and teams can easily force us wide because he’s making gestures for his team mates to avoid passing to him. That’s probably the most annoying part of his game. It’s a real hindrance and made worse when we had Wilshere and Ramsey playing.
Both players would just keep wondering up field although they could see the backline and Arteta struggle to get the ball forward. With Coquelin and Santi playing, you can see both players constantly on the move looking for space so our wing backs and CB’s can pass the ball off comfortably. Always there for an outlet and then dishing off again. They work so much better.
But overall I have no problem with Arteta playing the backup. Pair him up with Santi in the middle and we might not have that distribution problem.
Amazing how 2 people can see the same thing and come to entirely different conclusions. This is why eye witness testimony is never taken at face value in court unless corroborated by at least 2 others.
Arteta is rubbish at most of the things you say he can do. He has no energy to be a DM, never did. Now he never will. He was bought to replace Fabregas in the team, who was also not a DM.
I suggest you stop smoking that shit during Arsenal games.
"Arteta has been a fantastic signing for us" - When, what has he done, acheived, - we bought him to replace Fabregas & he was never good enough to do so, so Wenger deceide he should be a DM.
"Great tackler" - Not at all, gives away so many free kicks in dangerous areas because he is not strong enough to win 50/50 tackles without fouling. When they go past him he pulls them back.
" Great on the ball" - He is too slow & wants to go backwards & sideways. Modern day Ray Wilkins. Also, because hes not strong enough, he has cost us many goals when receiving ball from our defenders & then losing it in dangerous areas. The Chelsea tonking at Stamford Bridge 2 years ago springs to mind. When he's in the team we overplay in our own half, which has the potential to cost goals & means we spend lass time in opponents half.
Not writing players off like him is why we've not competed for a decade. Too many players who are decent players, decent blokes but wouldn't get into any of the top teams we compete against.
Simple - would Arteta be playing for Chelsea, Utd, City, Barca, Bayern , Real Madrid - if the answer is no, why is he good enough for Arsenal.
Welcome back by the way.
Napoli have slapped a crazy £67m price tag on Higauin. Even if they were willing to take half Wenger wouldn't pay it. I can't see us signing a striker to be honest.
Higuain is a bit shit tbh.
Paper tiger and a big game bottler. Glad we avoided him tbh.
Hard to disagree.
At that price, I wouldn't want him but if Wenger can get Giroud playing out of his skin he may have it in him to push someone like Higauin to that elite level.
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