Summer Transfer Shit and Everything Else

[KSE Comedy Club]

Seems like we priced Marseille out of signing Eddie.

Bournemouth may want him to replace Solanke though.

They have opened talks regarding him as of this morning apparently.

Probably go for around £25m - which begs the question, why didn't we accept the same offer from Marseille?

[KSE Comedy Club]

I also agree that there are better fits out there than Toney, however, its far better to have what we can have now than start this season off and try and rescue it in January with a panic buy or end another season with regrets when it was crystal clear to everyone with what we needed to go out and get.

Yeh, I am completely baffled how we've signed another defender and potentially another midfielder when the absolute, no.1 priority this summer was a Striker

[HCZ_Reborn]

At the risk of being charitable, the main difference between the Leverkusen and Lyon game was the difference between how open our opponents were. And in a way it does help that we’ve got something that works against teams that employ the deep block.

However I don’t at all disagree with your assertion that a striker was the no1 priority and it feels at times like Arteta seems to like collecting defenders.


I think the main issue has been FSR compliance, it was clear to me for a long time that we would need to sell before we bought (both in terms of registering incoming funds from transfer fees and freeing up the wage bill) it’s why we’ve been so insistent on sticking to our asking price for Edward.


I’m also not sure which striker I’d go for. Definitely not keen on this Swedish chap from Sporting Lisbon who has one good season in Portuguese football and before that was playing for Coventry.


Toney? Well he’d give us an extra physical presence but I also think it would be a bit of a short term fix.

Also bit concerning that he scored four in five for Brentford after returning from suspension and then hasn’t scored again since the 17th February. Not a single goal in 12 games he played

[KSE Comedy Club]

Supposedly we are 10m short of the fee Sociedad want for Merino.

They want 35m euros and we have offered 25m, also, we want to pay in 3 equal instalments and they want a large chunk up front.
Could drag on till the end of the window.

Another fucking 'saga'

[HCZ_Reborn]

If it does, it does. He’s going to be a squad addition rather than a first teamer so it’s hardly like it matters if he comes in now or on August 31st

[KSE Comedy Club]

True, but it's so frustrating the amount of time we take to just get a player signed.

[HCZ_Reborn]

True, but it's so frustrating the amount of time we take to just get a player signed.

The thing is, this summer there isn’t a lot of transfer activity going on. Spurs are kind of still dining out a bit on the Kane money, though I think they are also praying that Son’s legs hold out for one more season.

I don’t see any evidence of clubs around us seriously strengthening because they are shitting a brick over FSR compliance. And given our spend has vastly outweighed what we’ve brought in the last few years and the amount we are still paying out through amortisation of costs…..so are we.


Maybe we should have done more to make the likes of Nketiah or Nelson more attractive prospects, but there’s only so much you can polish a turd. And until that point, Arsenal are going to be more parsimonious and this is probably going to be the case for the next few years.


In an ideal world we wouldn’t be going for Merino at all rather Zubimendi

[Marc Overmars]

The Merino deal is close now.

[Niall_Quinn]

The Merino deal is close now.

Good news. The agent will get richer and we'll get yet another mediocre player.

[Niall_Quinn]

True, but it's so frustrating the amount of time we take to just get a player signed.

Who cares? They are all second rate anyway. I mean, okay, maybe Odegard could perhaps, possibly, unlikely but let's not rule it out, make it into one of Wenger's teams. Then again, Wenger had some real shit-kickers in there too, so there always room fro dross. There are no good players out there to sign. So not sure why everyone is so worried about it.

No, seriously. Name ONE player playing today who is anything like what we have already seen before? We already experienced the pinnacle and now it's all about the cash, so of course the talent has long since disappeared. They're calling that Mbappe twat one of the greats. It's almost as if they have forgotten Henry ever existed.

We don't need new players. We just need to not be complacent fucks who coast against inferior teams. Get that right and the league is won.