They haven't even accepted the bid yetOriginally Posted by Munchies
They haven't even accepted the bid yet
The bloke Spurs signed was only £18m and he scored more goals and is younger!
(same age sorry just checked
Yeah that signing was a no brainer, not too expensive, young, decent goal record and lots of potential, we were mad not to go in for him, we could possibly have snapped up two if we got rid of some of the losers in our squad.
It's a good signing to make if you already have a 25+ goal a season striker to hand which Spurs do
Not so good if you need an upgrade on what you have. Giroud had the same scoring record Lacazette and Janssen in inferior leagues.
We could have signed him, got rid of Walcott and got someone else in, would have been happy to let Giroud go if necessary so that we can bring Janssen and some other forward.
Giroud goal record was vastly inferior to Lacazette's and he was much older than Janssen and again had an inferior record.
Giroud 85 games 39 goals (in ligue 1)
Giroud 90 games 43 goals (last 2 seasons in PL and he's much older now and at his peak and in a better team)
Lacazette 84 games 54 goals
Janssen 49 games 31 goals (only one season top flight) 87 games 53 goals if you include a season in 2nd division (much younger though)
As we've seen though Giroud is very average, goes missing when you need him the most, the spread of goals and when they are scored is important too. We basically don't have a strikeforce, we've been slumming it for years, we should have two forwards capable of scoring goals.
Last edited by Özim; 26-07-2016 at 04:50 PM.
We need a different type of striker. The records are impressive but looking at Janssen and Lacazette, you can see goals and the sort of movement we just won't ever get from Giroud.
Giroud is like a lampost, static the other two have much better movement and natural skills.
The more I watch of that Ben Yedder fella, the more I wouldn't mind him. Just need to get a player like Mahrez alongside him though
It's really not working. We need some sort of mobility at the top and through the middle. Was impressed with Janssen's smarting finishing and movement. Lacazette has the pace but also can finish. If that Man Utd game showed us anything from last season is that we need pace up front but we also need some agile enough to wriggle out of tight spaces when facing a tight defence.
True, but it was quite widely reported and quoted that the Suarez & Cabaye deals collapsed a few seasons back because we refused to meet the selling clubs valuation, Higuain too. All of these reports seem pretty legit to me.
I can't claim to have inside knowledge on any Arsenal transfers and I suspect we don't get to hear about many bids we can make as they don't all go public, I would say the ones that are repeatedly reported and played out in public do have substance to them.
Wenger has pretty much confirmed the Lacazette bid with his response stating that Arsenal like to keep transfer negotiations a secret whilst some other clubs don't.
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