Starting to sound like we will sell Eddie, Loan or sell Ramsdale, bring in a back up keeper and........... that's it.... ?!?
No Forward player is on the radar according to reports.
If Edu thinks fans will be happy with that window then someone must have laced his cigar with psychotropics
I doubt he gives a fuck what fans are happy or not happy with
But if we don’t sign a replacement after selling Edward, it suggests to me that either a) we are close to the edge on FSR with the net spend over the last few years or b) KSE have decided they don’t want to be as generous as they have been
It was more in regards to what he told fans after the US tour.Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn
"be patient, come the end of the window, you will be very happy" basically, although it could have just been "happy"
Either way, even with Merino and a back up GK - that is massively underwhelming when we are in desperate need of an extra forward to complete the squad.
Surely when Nketiah leaves, Arsenal will have to sign a new forward player.
The later it is in the window the more the prices will go up.
I know people who think we should go for Ivan Toney but frankly him not scoring since February makes me think he’s too much of a risk. I’m often accused of being ageist but I also don’t really like signing players of his age either unless they are a squad player like Jorginho
For a player of his age (28) to have had basically one or two good seasons at top flight level doesn’t convince me
If we were to sign any Brentford player it would be Bryan Mbeumo
Nketiah is useless so whether he leaves or not we need someone who knows where the back of the net is
He will care if fans are happy, fan power stopped the superleague after all
You might be right re KSE, but they will be able to see how close we've chased Man Citeh and will realise a few extra goals could see us over the line
Whether it’s KSE or FSR, it still amounts to the same thing. It’s not within Edu’s power to make fans happy. But tight finances shows why we are haggling over Merino and trying to get more than what he’s worth for Edward
I don't for a second believe that after finishing 2nd twice in a row and having a befitting CL return we are now poorer or can't match a West Ham.
Read this (and don't get taken by the title):
https://tbrfootball.com/arsenal-give...ance-insiders/
For those who can't be bothered, it says that last season even after all the money we splurged on Rice, we still had wiggle room to spend another £100m if we wanted to and we still would not have breached PSR.
So definitely we still have a bit of that surplus left (you can deduct what we've spent on Raya and Califori) and more importantly, add the increased revenue we got from being back in the CL (and doing ok) for the first time in a billion years. BTW I've not even added the Smith-Rowe money yet.
So again, if we refuse to spend the money on strengthening the team, come the end of the season, there should be no excuses and no doubt who to blame for us falling short yet again.
Last edited by 21_GOONER_SALUTE; 21-08-2024 at 12:06 AM.
The article claims that we are still operating under the self-sufficiency model, which is patently untrue. There is no doubt that the signings we’ve made over the last few seasons have been funded by KSE to a large extent. It also states that we are operating within a level of grace of 100 million which actually isn’t a lot when you consider a striker of any decent quality is going to be 60 million plus, plus all the other add ons. It would then explain why we are trying to get as much for Nketiah as possible, especially if we are also looking to sign players in other areas - Mikel Merino
As I’ve said we aren’t at Newcastle, Villa, Leicester levels, but any big outlay had to be financed by player sales. The article also states that despite the champions league money we are outside the top six in terms of money coming in. Which suggests we aren’t doing that well in terms of garnering commercial revenue
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