Summer transfer joy and happiness

[Goonermerree]

Daily Telegraph with all the inside news on Arsenal - except the Wenger news where they were as "in the know" as your average fan.

Did any of the "experts" call events last week?

It's an easy enough assumption the new guy will want to sell off the deadwood anyway and in this crazy market we'll probably get another 50, 60, 70 mill from selling junk. Bet we'd still get 25 mill for Mustafi.

We might not even need to buy any defenders, we could end up with as good as 6-7 new signings just by training up the guys we have.

This will be a summer of wide open possibilities, so I don't place any stock in what the so-called experts are twittering on about.

A good central midfielder though, that's a must.

Exciting times though, something to look forward to.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Daily Telegraph with all the inside news on Arsenal - except the Wenger news where they were as "in the know" as your average fan.

Did any of the "experts" call events last week?

It's an easy enough assumption the new guy will want to sell off the deadwood anyway and in this crazy market we'll probably get another 50, 60, 70 mill from selling junk. Bet we'd still get 25 mill for Mustafi.

We might not even need to buy any defenders, we could end up with as good as 6-7 new signings just by training up the guys we have.

This will be a summer of wide open possibilities, so I don't place any stock in what the so-called experts are twittering on about.

A good central midfielder though, that's a must.

Come on now...don't be daft.....

[Cripps]

According to the Times, Boro Primorac, Tony Colbert & Gerry Peyton are all set to leave the club in the summer. #Arsenal

Ivan

[Niall_Quinn]

Come on now...don't be daft.....

Or more. It's a crazy market and he's a German international.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

No club would be stupid enough to buy him for anything close to what we got him for now. Only the petro dollar clubs can waste that sort of money and none of them will be wasting their time on the likes of Mustafi...unless Wenger takes him with him to PSG.

I didn't understand the reports last summer that we tried to sell him,....but I certainly get it now.

[Gooner23]

According to the Times, Boro Primorac, Tony Colbert & Gerry Peyton are all set to leave the club in the summer. #Arsenal

Ivan

No real surprises there, Wenger's old boys club.

By all accounts Peyton isn't a great keeper coach at all. And would assume that fitness guy we got from Australia will take a bigger role when Colbert goes. No idea what Primoric does?!

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Hearing a number of players out of contract this summer including Chiellini (inexplicably) and Robben. I don't think we could pull off the former but I would certainly be sniffing around the divey robot Robben.

If we only have 50 million that will easily be blown on a keeper, CB and DCM. If we are really unlucky we could spend that on the just one of those alone. I think we need to be creative this summer.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

My wishlist:

1) Big powerful tall CB. Possibly two.

After watching Koulibaly head every single ball Juventus tried to launch into the box on Sunday and seeing how Van Dijk has gone a long way to stemming Liverpool's defensive woes, I'm more convinced than ever that we need to start signing powerful and tall CB's once again.

You get away with midgets like Mustafi & Vermaelen if your team is built around defence but ours never will be. That Mainz guy we're linked to sounds promising.


2) Athletic powerful CM

Naby Keita would have been perfect if we hadn't let him piss off to Liverpool.

3) Right sided goal scoring winger.

Wouldn't mind a left sided one as well but this side is especially barren.

4) GK

Cech is past it, though I still think we can eek out another season out of him if we don't have the money to replace him - he should still be enough to get us top four. Less of a priority than the other positions.


Sell/Release: Wilshere, Iwobi, Lacazette (I'm afraid we need the money and he's one of the few that actual has some sell on value), Mustafi and possibly Xhaka.

According to the Times, Boro Primorac, Tony Colbert & Gerry Peyton are all set to leave the club in the summer. #Arsenal

Ivan

Fantastic news! Though I don't think Colbert is as bad as the other two dinosaurs. I'd kick out Banfield as well - another one of supposed "first team coaches" that appears to be utterly useless when it comes to coaching & improving players.

[KSE Comedy Club]

My wishlist:

1) Big powerful tall CB. Possibly two.

After watching Koulibaly head every single ball Juventus tried to launch into the box on Sunday and seeing how Van Dijk has gone a long way to stemming Liverpool's defensive woes, I'm more convinced than ever that we need to start signing powerful and tall CB's once again.

You get away with midgets like Mustafi & Vermaelen if your team is built around defence but ours never will be. That Mainz guy we're linked to sounds promising.


2) Athletic powerful CM

Naby Keita would have been perfect if we hadn't let him piss off to Liverpool.

3) Right sided goal scoring winger.

Wouldn't mind a left sided one as well but this side is especially barren.

4) GK

Cech is past it, though I still think we can eek out another season out of him if we don't have the money to replace him - he should still be enough to get us top four. Less of a priority than the other positions.


Sell/Release: Wilshere, Iwobi, Lacazette (I'm afraid we need the money and he's one of the few that actual has some sell on value), Mustafi and possibly Xhaka.




Fantastic news! Though I don't think Colbert is as bad as the other two dinosaurs. I'd kick out Banfield as well - another one of supposed "first team coaches" that appears to be utterly useless when it comes to coaching & improving players.

We can't sell Lacazette you idiot

We have two decent strikers for the first time in years, we need them to be working together to push us on

[Bumble]

We can't sell Lacazette you idiot

We have two decent strikers for the first time in years, we need them to be working together to push us on

If we continue with 2 good strikers then we need to look at playing 2 up top. one of them out wide doesn't work and I don't think playing one at a time works either as the other will be disenchanted. I do think we could play 2 up top, 5 across midfield and 3 at the back.