Summer Transfers 2025 Missed Opportunities and Regrets

[HCZ_Reborn]

Sky is reporting a minimum of £75m for Sesko with considerable add ons.... makes little sense to me when we could try getting Isak for just a bit more.

Also the folly of going for an overpriced Sesko so early means as usual, we've inflated the market for any striker (actually any player) we go for, especially if we can't seal the deal.

People will smell the desperation mixed with cash on us a mile away. But TBF the former was magnified and made crystal clear by Arteta who allowed us to have the season we just had, so can't blame Sesko for that.

I wish we could just go for Mbeumo and move on. We got a lot more areas we'd need to strengthen in the attack especially if the likes of Wirtz and co are coming to our rivals.

You think Newcastle who are in the champions league are going to sell us Isaak for 75 million??

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

You think Newcastle who are in the champions league are going to sell us Isaak for 75 million??

It would be crazy if someone had said that (see what I did )

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

An update is that apparently RB want this deal concluded within a week, as they want to be able to plan their purchases properly for this summer. Seeing as they usually full their squad with loads of young unknown talent, I think theirs legs to this.

This should also help us in negotiating, that's if we had people good at their jobs..... but that's another debate I'm not interested in having with HCZ again.

I personally hope we act out our usual script where we dither and they basically state it's too late and they can't sell.

Which means their is a bright side to everything eventually

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Leipzig to take Gyokeres.

[HCZ_Reborn]

It would be crazy if someone had said that (see what I did )

Well a little bit more you said. A little bit more in that case would be an extra 50 million minimum

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Leipzig to take Gyokeres.

Do you know you almost gave me a heart attack ....I actually googled the news, though with our luck this could still end up being true.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think he will go to United, though would have found it hilarious if he had gone to Leipzig

[Niall_Quinn]

So it looks like Zubimendi, Sesko and a winger (Nico bloody Williams being mentioned). This is just bad news across the board and makes it all but certain Arteta will be sticking with the system that has yielded nothing to date (and is in fact taking us backwards).

Zubimendi (not that I want him here but it's a done deal apparently), then Gyokeres and Gordon makes total sense - with Arteta changing the system so we play proper football. We have the squad to do it.

[Mac76]

If Gyokeres comes to another team in the PL i'm betting a handsome sum at the bookies that he outscores Sesko if that's who we go for, a) because he's a better striker and b) because Arteta, as NQ, KSE and others point out, Arteta is wedded to a failed system

[HCZ_Reborn]

Fair enough, I disagree that Gyokeres is a better striker. I think the difference is the respective levels both are playing at

As for the system. I think we are often at danger of over complicating things. If we want quicker more efficient football, we simply don’t play two defensive midfielders in every game. Fruitless sideways passing is a consequence of teams getting back into position rather than a feature of how we intend to play. I think we want to sign more players who have a good first touch and do well against the press. Sesko is one such player