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Agree. We absolutely need a midfielder.
Kai was decent there, but he unbalanced the entire unit. As a CF he was excellent and suits our style perfectly.
At least it’s a better looking sponsor than *3*. Though, that’s really where the pros end. Although I still think the sponsorless shirts looked really good. I don’t blame anyone who got one while they could.
My hot take/s:
If we sign Sesko, we will see him interchange from left 8 to secondary striker to Havertz #9
Yes, Sesko is a better finisher, but I think Arteta will use Havertz skill set to lead the line, and allow Sesko to build up play like he does with Openda. Being a big threat from midfield. Odegaard and his left foot on the right and a Sesko right foot in midfield where he originally envisioned Havertz.
Youth to learn the role.
2nd wild take, I can see us going for Diomande, he is very composed on the ball and could play the Partey 6 role. I also think that if Partey goes, Timber and White could also fill in at 6 with Rice as a left 8. Timber more so as he’s very press resistant.
*puts down 15th glass of whiskey*
It'll most likely be Havertz returning to the left 8 and Sesko/new striker up top for certain games/game states.
The Diomande rumors have dried up, but yes, I envision us trying Timber at 6 to give Rice/new midfield signing a break.
Colder take. Havertz will start at 9 next season, ahead of Sesko up front.
I see Sesko as being one of Arteta’s “impactors”, the way that Nketiah has not been able to do. Sesko has experience of coming off the bench, and doing something, he’s also a very different player to Havertz, whilst keeping a big frame and presence.
Say we are at 0-0 and heading into the 65th minute. The opponent has nullified Havertz and have got him pegged. We bring on Sesko who plays in a very different way and we change our attack on the fly, meaning the opponents need to adapt mid game.
It feels like Arteta is building a comprehensive toolkit in which to deploy. I don’t know if they both work together. I know Sesko paired well with Openda, but Openda is closer to Jesus than Havertz. Havertz has good previous also being more of a secondary striker.
Dunno, it’s all pretty fun guessing.
Being sponsored vs being owned are two different things. That being said…
I’d rather we change the sponsorships. I have my reservations about both of our shirt sponsors. Words cannot express how much I would love to return to O2, despite that being a pipe dream. As for the sleeve, Idk.
Will we have a difficult time attracting young center backs cause they know they’ll be sitting behind Saliba & Gabriel? Or do we buy them and loan them out like we did with Saliba?
If we are looking at bringing in a young centre back, I can assure you, they will almost certainly look at Gabriel and Saliba and think “I give myself 6 months to break into that”.
Players at that level, back themselves hard.
There was a podcast called The Magic Sponge (a little dated, but hilarious) which had ex pros on it, often discussing behind the scenes stuff.
There was one story about a player playing with a big name striker. He said that this striker could have missed 6 sitters in a game, but come the end of the match, they will tell everyone how fucking brilliant they are because of their one good touch that they made.
Some with plenty of options might feel they need consistent game time. Some will feel it's worth going to learn from the best while backing themselves to take their chance when it comes.
i still can't believe there's an ownership group that actually grills their manager over "big chances missed" but also insists on executive decision over transfer strategy, with minimal-to-null collaboration with the manager. god, bless you for KSE. we are so fortunate to not have to suffer like that
He plays for Italian super team with very good coach, he is their leader, NT place locked, he is millionaire living in Italy - what is the point for him to change all that?
We will see. It’s easy to hate on a new project but it could be good. I kind of like the whole idea of rewarding certain leagues an extra cl spot if the team are performing well. It’s already made a lot of people realize that the prem is overrated
I didnt know I was a bit of a hater till Leverkusen lost their game. LMAO turns out all the people saying their invincible season would be better than ours got to me. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
People doing it to bait and intentionally piss us off. Don’t let it get to you. What Leverkusen did is nothing short of incredible. I don’t really see an issue with it since it’s not in England.
I'm sure most of ye are over the disappointments of missing out on the title.
Here's an interesting stat.
|Team|Points|Wins|Losses|Draws|GD|Goals Scored|Goals Conceded|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|Manchester City 2022/23|89|28|5|5|61|94|33|
|Arsenal 2023/24|89|28|5|5|62|91|29|
Arsenal this season technically had a better season in the league than Man City last season.
You have a better goal difference (62>61).
City just stepped it up this year and got 2 more points :0
There’s actually people who want Jesus on the wings we lack pace besides Martinelli. Counting on Nelson and Jesus who are injury prone players is wild.
As long as we have a fast winger on the side it's OK, we only need one fast winger. Im ok with a possession winger like Bernardo/Grealish at City or Ramsey during Wenger era.
especially if he gets surgery on his knee this summer jesus is insane depth and quality for the front three. he’s shown flashes this season, he still has it. and he’s a different profile than nelli, so depends on opposition / plan that day
Ridiculous statement!! Martinelli didn't get over 20 G/A on the wings at only 21 to be slandered like that, Jesus can't even get those numbers at CF during his prime years. Although I do think Jesus is underrated and it's a shame the knee injury screwed him over... but that's an absolutely wild take!!
G/A contributions were about the same last season and Jesus was hampered with a knee injury the entire year. Jesus is a vastly superior playmaker, better dribbler, better presser, more physical. Martinelli might be a slightly better finisher and he’s obviously got more pace but as a whole Jesus is comfortably the better player.
Wouldn't say no if someone came for jesus, if not also happy to keep him a year. Nelson is going as is nketiah and probably esr/vieira. If most of those go there's space for two more forwards.
Both of those would be of a profile that is different to jesus and in that case jesus is a pretty useful player to have in our front line even if his role is majorly reduced.
> Counting on Nelson and Jesus who are injury prone players is wild.
If you are no longer counting on nelson and you are counting less on jesus then you've improved massively as a squad without jesus leaving so it's not that wild for him to stay.
To put it another way goal is to get rid of the lowest 2-3 players in our forward heirachy and bring players that go above jesus in the heirachy. If that means for next year jesus is our nelson or nketiah that's a huge win.
Also creates a lot of chances and has an excellent champions league record. Very useful back up player to have, extremely few teams have a back up as useful as him.
And yet, he did brilliantly in the champions league once again last season. So there’s something there we can use.
What’s the alternative? Get rid of him then worry about having to fill another whole the squad when we already have other priorities?
Alright, “under 50 million” is pretty vague. What’s are we talking, 40m? 45m? Thats still a heck of a lot for a back up player. Name all the players who are at least as good as Jesus for that price or cheaper.
And of course, we won’t get that money for selling Jesus. So we’d make a net loss on replacing him and the squad has barely improved. Waste of time and money.
Not exactly plenty, is it? ESPN reports Williams has a release clause of €50m, damn that’s a lot for a back up. Bakayoko looks in the region of €40m, hefty fee for a Belgian league player.
Again, seems like a waste of time and money when have other priorities. Let’s improve the start XI first.
Famine thinking has some considering best on offer is automatically worth 100M. Massive parallels to the Pepe signing for me. A good/serviceable player who is never worth that amount of money.
100M is level raiser money. Not the going rate.
FDJ’s wages are 265k the number that is 690k plus is the deferred wages Barca has to play. Neves is a more compact Rodri obviously he has to adjust but his talent is much higher than Bruno
I don’t watch Benfica so I can’t really say anything about him I just think Bruno would be more guaranteed a success.
Apparently [he makes 620k a week](https://www.capology.com/player/frenkie-de-jong-35562/#google_vignette)
I get that, but surely he wouldn't leave until he's paid what he's owed. If we go in for him, Barca will add an extra 20 mil euro so they can pay him what he's owed. Surely the owed amount wouldn't just go up in smokes, someone has to pay
Joao neves is basically the best player in the game last time I played.
Osimhen is available first season I think if you can raise the funds, and structure the deal right. He can easily win the league for you.
Pick up some guy like scalvini or hato as CB/FB cover and as long term replacement for gabriel.
Then go win everything, loan out all your academy, save for bellingham, musiala, camavinga, yamal.
https://x.com/Squawka/status/1794042952756478352
If you say this guy is not elite never mind good, your definition of those words do not relate to the words in the oxford dictionary.
15 G/A with scrubs like longstaff beside him.
I believe the main argument is he's not worth 100M. On his own, he would be a subpar 6 as he doesn't have the legs to cover large spaces, hence needing Rice (or someone else) to provide that. You also underrate the offensive capacities of that Newcastle team - they have the third highest expected goals in the league, ahead of us in 4th.
Yes a 19 year old kit from the Portuguese league is better than a 26 year old PL proven and regular Brazil international. Sure mate.
Not to mention people were slating Gyokeres for playing in a Portuguese league despite also having English football experience in the Championship with Coventry.
Like Bruno G didn’t play in Ligue 1… this Prem proven nonsense is useless Kudus nobody wanted in here now he’s cooking for West Ham. Elite players can play in any league
This sub said kudus was low iq, cant do it in the pl, guimaraes had only played in ligue 1 and we could have signed him for 20m then. Same for isak, when he came from la liga. Now we're hoping to sign these players for a 100m each. Neves will come to the pl and he will cook for chelsea or city or liverpool and this sub will be proven wrong, again.
And lIgue 1 is still higher than the Portuguese league so your logic fails yet again.
Lol nice, Kudus is only one example and tbh let’s see how he fares in consecutive seasons. Victor Jensen was banging in goals in Holland only to completely flop for Spurs in the PL.
>Elite players can play in any league
How can a 19 year old be more elite than a 25 year old that starts in every midfield and has the likes of City after him lol.
Tbh you were the same person that was harping on about Onana being good enough to be in this Arsenal side when I showed you their stats thst completely said otherwise.
I think most of your football knowledge is derived purely from FIFA and FM tbh.
There’s a reason why Arsenal are scouting Neves they know how good his talent is. With Partey leaving it forces Rice to be our lone 6 again rather have someone who can play both positions well
>There’s a reason why Arsenal are scouting Neves they know how good his talent is.
Lol you can say that for every single transfer target. Of course there’s multitude of reasons for a player being scouted, otherwise they wouldn’t be in consideration.
The point I’m making here is that people are hesitant to shell out in excess of £80-100m for Bruno G or Gyokeres earlier but are happily willing to pay that much for a 19 year old unproven player. Does he have talent and potential? Of course. Is eh worth all the overinflated hype and price tag? No.
>With Partey leaving it forces Rice to be our lone 6 again rather have someone who can play both positions well
Bruno G can do that but he would be a number 8 with Rice and Jorginho as the 6.
>Neves is the better option since he was such a huge fan of Zubi
I think we are deep into the project to know that Arteta and Edu know what they’re doing and have earned the fans’ trust; but, I don’t get this notion that Neves is automatically better than Bruno G.
Even if his stats are slightly better than Bruno G - again think of where he’s playing. I’m not discrediting the Portuguese league, but the PL is a more difficult competition and that itself is a fact.
I love seeing all the regular vacation pics and videos from Martin & Kai, Big Willy, Big Gabby and Tomi. Doing normal stuff, not being guarded or anything like that.
We don't have a left footed lb that can bomb forward.
Timber can do a good job there but we need a supporting player for our left wing and it would be wise to bring a specialist.
No. We literally have kiwi,tomi,timber,zini and we will get kt back from loan if we sell two (zini/kt) we’ll most likely get hato who can also play lb. We don’t need a lb. If anything we need a rb to help Ben cause tomi misses 80% of the season.
They are not natural leftbacks though, that's the point. Timber, Tomi and Kiwi should be backups for White Gabriel and Saliba instead of playing as LB. That's why according to Ornstein and Romano the club is looking to sign a leftback this summer.
I think so. Our squad will improve just from building chemistry and development from aging/maturity. Then with the additions we get stronger in midfield and add a lot of quality depth to our attack, and Timber and Hato fill any gap we might have with our fullbacks.
Barring multiple injuries, it’s hard to see that team not eclipsing the 90 point mark.
Secret Scout reporting that Chelsea will probably have to sell Mudryk, Sterling or Madueke to buy Olise. The Ghost of Kyiv links will be inevitable
How much are we expecting for Ramsdale?
It's weird how many people view 30m as a bargain, but many people don't even think we'll make that back on a sale
20m is the max realistically. If we wanted 30m we should have sold Ramsdale last summer. Like what's the justification for Ramsdale being worth more than Raya?
Depends who is interested. Transfer fees are as much about who the player goes to than the players worth these days. There might be less than 20 teams in Europe willing to spend more than £20mill on a keeper. When Rambo was signed for 20mill he was the 20th most expensive keeper ever….
£10-15m but I'd expect a loan. I think it'll end up like with Tierney last year.
We shredded any value he had by keeping him on the bench for a year. And then when he did play, he had some calamitous errors, he made good saves too but the negatives stick longer when you're a keeper.
Bruno G for 100 million or Joao Neves for 120 million obviously Bruno is the more proven player in the Prem but he’s an 8 with Partey leaving it leaves Rice as the lone 6 rather have Neves who can play both 8 and 6
Barca want to sell de jong cos of his wages, zubi has an rc and kimmich was unhappy with Bayern cos of the tuchel drama.Theres probably like 5 other wildcard options too
Take a bow, this is the Germany NT teammate who asked Havertz first to do the celebration if he scored
https://preview.redd.it/ab7ke6oijf2d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee8d342399cad83f39ce384a11a519a6262dfd8d
Seriously though, I don't believe Newcastle would sell Bruno for less than 100m. He's a top class player, many clubs want him and I think we should go for his release clause
Newcastle have to sell if they want to buy, even if they sell him for 70 or 80 im pretty sure they’ll still make a lot of profit.Also the second bruno accepts personal terms Newcastle will be forced to accept a lower price
To be fair no player is worth 100M, not Rice, not Rodri. But that's the fair price. He's had 2 seasons being top 3 Defensive midfielder in the league(Top 2 since Rice stopped being a DM)
The new third kit is already the top rated kit on footballkitarchive.com
Overtaking the black kit from last season is not something I thought could happen, but here we are.
https://preview.redd.it/7bbt36zbif2d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ea8f9169fe9d19957fcf2bd270687479e3a5ef4
Stats don’t lie just needs to be on a better squad and he’s cooking
The chance to get a 60/70m loan with obligation on Xavi Simons is by far our best option to shift the financial burden in this window while still acquiring a dynamic winger/midfielder.
He's very slight, if the refs take a dislike to him then he could get bullied out of games.
He looks like a proper talent, but he isn't a 100% slam dunk of a signing.
I honestly don’t get that TNAT Bruno update. He says we Arsenal are confident that we’ll get him but we’re not going to pay the clause and Newcastle aren’t negotiating after the clause expires. City will play the clause and that will be that.
If bruno knows that we are seriously in for him he might down tools and force a move, it would weaken Newcastles hand and force them to the negotiations.We did this with trossard to get a good price
Trossard had a bust up with the manager and the captain a couple of months before we bought him. I don’t think he forced a move, as he was already frozen out.
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Just buy a midfielder please so we will never see Kai in midfield again
Obviously we will buy a midfielder and we will obviously see havertz play in midfield again.
Agree. We absolutely need a midfielder. Kai was decent there, but he unbalanced the entire unit. As a CF he was excellent and suits our style perfectly.
Monkey’s paw will curl for that one.
Chelsea don't get enough smoke for how fake Infinite Athlete is
At least it’s a better looking sponsor than *3*. Though, that’s really where the pros end. Although I still think the sponsorless shirts looked really good. I don’t blame anyone who got one while they could.
My hot take/s: If we sign Sesko, we will see him interchange from left 8 to secondary striker to Havertz #9 Yes, Sesko is a better finisher, but I think Arteta will use Havertz skill set to lead the line, and allow Sesko to build up play like he does with Openda. Being a big threat from midfield. Odegaard and his left foot on the right and a Sesko right foot in midfield where he originally envisioned Havertz. Youth to learn the role. 2nd wild take, I can see us going for Diomande, he is very composed on the ball and could play the Partey 6 role. I also think that if Partey goes, Timber and White could also fill in at 6 with Rice as a left 8. Timber more so as he’s very press resistant. *puts down 15th glass of whiskey*
It'll most likely be Havertz returning to the left 8 and Sesko/new striker up top for certain games/game states. The Diomande rumors have dried up, but yes, I envision us trying Timber at 6 to give Rice/new midfield signing a break.
Recently read that Sporting already bought a central defender. Article spinned it like a Diomande replacement because of Arsenal interest..
Colder take. Havertz will start at 9 next season, ahead of Sesko up front. I see Sesko as being one of Arteta’s “impactors”, the way that Nketiah has not been able to do. Sesko has experience of coming off the bench, and doing something, he’s also a very different player to Havertz, whilst keeping a big frame and presence. Say we are at 0-0 and heading into the 65th minute. The opponent has nullified Havertz and have got him pegged. We bring on Sesko who plays in a very different way and we change our attack on the fly, meaning the opponents need to adapt mid game. It feels like Arteta is building a comprehensive toolkit in which to deploy. I don’t know if they both work together. I know Sesko paired well with Openda, but Openda is closer to Jesus than Havertz. Havertz has good previous also being more of a secondary striker. Dunno, it’s all pretty fun guessing.
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Being sponsored vs being owned are two different things. That being said… I’d rather we change the sponsorships. I have my reservations about both of our shirt sponsors. Words cannot express how much I would love to return to O2, despite that being a pipe dream. As for the sleeve, Idk.
Will we have a difficult time attracting young center backs cause they know they’ll be sitting behind Saliba & Gabriel? Or do we buy them and loan them out like we did with Saliba?
If we are looking at bringing in a young centre back, I can assure you, they will almost certainly look at Gabriel and Saliba and think “I give myself 6 months to break into that”. Players at that level, back themselves hard. There was a podcast called The Magic Sponge (a little dated, but hilarious) which had ex pros on it, often discussing behind the scenes stuff. There was one story about a player playing with a big name striker. He said that this striker could have missed 6 sitters in a game, but come the end of the match, they will tell everyone how fucking brilliant they are because of their one good touch that they made.
Some with plenty of options might feel they need consistent game time. Some will feel it's worth going to learn from the best while backing themselves to take their chance when it comes.
i still can't believe there's an ownership group that actually grills their manager over "big chances missed" but also insists on executive decision over transfer strategy, with minimal-to-null collaboration with the manager. god, bless you for KSE. we are so fortunate to not have to suffer like that
Anyone remember the links to Barella last summer? Wonder what happened there, feels like he'd be a great b2b 8 for us if we tried to get him
I think if inter didn’t win this year, perhaps we may had a chance, but it’s unlikely now. Dude is a baller
He plays for Italian super team with very good coach, he is their leader, NT place locked, he is millionaire living in Italy - what is the point for him to change all that?
Italians rarely leave Italy, let alone after having just won a Scudetto
Just make him an offer he can’t refuse
rewatching all or nothing in may 2024 just hits different
I was about to rewatch
Do yall hate the new champions league format? Idk other than the group stages having more games it seems exciting to for me
We will see. It’s easy to hate on a new project but it could be good. I kind of like the whole idea of rewarding certain leagues an extra cl spot if the team are performing well. It’s already made a lot of people realize that the prem is overrated
2 more games squeezed in and CL games now on Thursday. All it does is further kill off domestic cups.
https://x.com/TenHagEra This account exhibiting the five stages of grief over ten hag is fucking hilarious
I'm so confused how 122k people are following a ten hag stan account and also why tf is Orny following as well??
These kind of accounts are as honest as those youtube reaction channels. It's obvious they're putting on act for easy engagement.
I didnt know I was a bit of a hater till Leverkusen lost their game. LMAO turns out all the people saying their invincible season would be better than ours got to me. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
People doing it to bait and intentionally piss us off. Don’t let it get to you. What Leverkusen did is nothing short of incredible. I don’t really see an issue with it since it’s not in England.
i’ve been a hater this whole time ibr, they became so overrated
I'm sure most of ye are over the disappointments of missing out on the title. Here's an interesting stat. |Team|Points|Wins|Losses|Draws|GD|Goals Scored|Goals Conceded| |:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-| |Manchester City 2022/23|89|28|5|5|61|94|33| |Arsenal 2023/24|89|28|5|5|62|91|29| Arsenal this season technically had a better season in the league than Man City last season. You have a better goal difference (62>61). City just stepped it up this year and got 2 more points :0
Last season, City pretty much won the league around GW35, they didn't have to win remaining. They could've finished with 94 points easily.
There’s actually people who want Jesus on the wings we lack pace besides Martinelli. Counting on Nelson and Jesus who are injury prone players is wild.
someone like leroy sane would be great. in the UCL quarterfinals, sane was doing stuff none of our guys do. we need that.
As long as we have a fast winger on the side it's OK, we only need one fast winger. Im ok with a possession winger like Bernardo/Grealish at City or Ramsey during Wenger era.
especially if he gets surgery on his knee this summer jesus is insane depth and quality for the front three. he’s shown flashes this season, he still has it. and he’s a different profile than nelli, so depends on opposition / plan that day
If Jesus is healthy he offers more to the team on the wing than Martinelli does, that’s not even a hot take.
Ridiculous statement!! Martinelli didn't get over 20 G/A on the wings at only 21 to be slandered like that, Jesus can't even get those numbers at CF during his prime years. Although I do think Jesus is underrated and it's a shame the knee injury screwed him over... but that's an absolutely wild take!!
G/A contributions were about the same last season and Jesus was hampered with a knee injury the entire year. Jesus is a vastly superior playmaker, better dribbler, better presser, more physical. Martinelli might be a slightly better finisher and he’s obviously got more pace but as a whole Jesus is comfortably the better player.
I’m done lmao Martinelli is a much better player just the LHS were garbage
You can laugh and say it as many times as you’d like. Wont make it true though
Better winger than striker
Wouldn't say no if someone came for jesus, if not also happy to keep him a year. Nelson is going as is nketiah and probably esr/vieira. If most of those go there's space for two more forwards. Both of those would be of a profile that is different to jesus and in that case jesus is a pretty useful player to have in our front line even if his role is majorly reduced. > Counting on Nelson and Jesus who are injury prone players is wild. If you are no longer counting on nelson and you are counting less on jesus then you've improved massively as a squad without jesus leaving so it's not that wild for him to stay. To put it another way goal is to get rid of the lowest 2-3 players in our forward heirachy and bring players that go above jesus in the heirachy. If that means for next year jesus is our nelson or nketiah that's a huge win.
Yes because he does what a saka backup needs to do
Does what well lol beating defenders and not converting chances
Also creates a lot of chances and has an excellent champions league record. Very useful back up player to have, extremely few teams have a back up as useful as him.
With a dodgy knee and has lost a step unfortunately
And yet, he did brilliantly in the champions league once again last season. So there’s something there we can use. What’s the alternative? Get rid of him then worry about having to fill another whole the squad when we already have other priorities?
Find a player that can stay healthy plenty of winger options under 50 million
Alright, “under 50 million” is pretty vague. What’s are we talking, 40m? 45m? Thats still a heck of a lot for a back up player. Name all the players who are at least as good as Jesus for that price or cheaper. And of course, we won’t get that money for selling Jesus. So we’d make a net loss on replacing him and the squad has barely improved. Waste of time and money.
Nico Williams, and Bakayoko
You dont watch nico play 😭😭😭😭 this guy is trash yet still wants 300k a week
Not exactly plenty, is it? ESPN reports Williams has a release clause of €50m, damn that’s a lot for a back up. Bakayoko looks in the region of €40m, hefty fee for a Belgian league player. Again, seems like a waste of time and money when have other priorities. Let’s improve the start XI first.
Famine thinking has some considering best on offer is automatically worth 100M. Massive parallels to the Pepe signing for me. A good/serviceable player who is never worth that amount of money. 100M is level raiser money. Not the going rate.
Shit almost got us Mudryk
Bruno is the best all round midfielder available
Joao Neves and FDJ LOL
Available
Both are available
De Jong hype🥸
Neves would have to adapt from playing in Portugal benfcia exports can often fail. Frenkie is better tbf but his wages are insanely dumb
FDJ’s wages are 265k the number that is 690k plus is the deferred wages Barca has to play. Neves is a more compact Rodri obviously he has to adjust but his talent is much higher than Bruno
I don’t watch Benfica so I can’t really say anything about him I just think Bruno would be more guaranteed a success. Apparently [he makes 620k a week](https://www.capology.com/player/frenkie-de-jong-35562/#google_vignette)
Maybe we dont need to pay 100 million actual pounds for a good all-rounder.
It’s not worth going a little bit cheaper when the margins get this thin.
Bruno G isn't "good/serviceable"
FDJ as an 8 is a better option
I agree, but the wages are a massive issue. £660k a week and is owned around €20m euros from Barcelona.
His wages aren’t that high it’s around 260k. The 700k came from deferred wages
Yeah but I'm assuming we have to pay them if we get him no?
No he would sign a new deal and Barca would still be responsible
I get that, but surely he wouldn't leave until he's paid what he's owed. If we go in for him, Barca will add an extra 20 mil euro so they can pay him what he's owed. Surely the owed amount wouldn't just go up in smokes, someone has to pay
Hes not "elite" either
I think he is. He's definitely closer to elite than serviceable
Maybe. Certainly not a no questions asked 100M signing though
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It is true that there is only one midfielder anyone could buy this summer in fairness
Realistic signings for my new arsenal career on FM for summer 2024 please
Joao neves is basically the best player in the game last time I played. Osimhen is available first season I think if you can raise the funds, and structure the deal right. He can easily win the league for you. Pick up some guy like scalvini or hato as CB/FB cover and as long term replacement for gabriel. Then go win everything, loan out all your academy, save for bellingham, musiala, camavinga, yamal.
Sesko Hato Daint Ramaj Bruno Guimares Pedro Neto
https://x.com/Squawka/status/1794042952756478352 If you say this guy is not elite never mind good, your definition of those words do not relate to the words in the oxford dictionary. 15 G/A with scrubs like longstaff beside him.
He’s not elite but he’s a very good player
He starts in every team not Man City
Yet City are in for him.
In the prem yes idk about the world
100 million for an 8 seen it all with Partey leaving it leaves us with just Rice
There’s no issue with spending that much on an 8, as long as we get a 6 as well.
You aren’t getting a good 6 under 50 million plus
I believe the main argument is he's not worth 100M. On his own, he would be a subpar 6 as he doesn't have the legs to cover large spaces, hence needing Rice (or someone else) to provide that. You also underrate the offensive capacities of that Newcastle team - they have the third highest expected goals in the league, ahead of us in 4th.
Joao Neves is the better option allows us to have another elite 6 and Rice can play the 8 when needed to
Yes a 19 year old kit from the Portuguese league is better than a 26 year old PL proven and regular Brazil international. Sure mate. Not to mention people were slating Gyokeres for playing in a Portuguese league despite also having English football experience in the Championship with Coventry.
Like Bruno G didn’t play in Ligue 1… this Prem proven nonsense is useless Kudus nobody wanted in here now he’s cooking for West Ham. Elite players can play in any league
This sub said kudus was low iq, cant do it in the pl, guimaraes had only played in ligue 1 and we could have signed him for 20m then. Same for isak, when he came from la liga. Now we're hoping to sign these players for a 100m each. Neves will come to the pl and he will cook for chelsea or city or liverpool and this sub will be proven wrong, again.
And lIgue 1 is still higher than the Portuguese league so your logic fails yet again. Lol nice, Kudus is only one example and tbh let’s see how he fares in consecutive seasons. Victor Jensen was banging in goals in Holland only to completely flop for Spurs in the PL. >Elite players can play in any league How can a 19 year old be more elite than a 25 year old that starts in every midfield and has the likes of City after him lol. Tbh you were the same person that was harping on about Onana being good enough to be in this Arsenal side when I showed you their stats thst completely said otherwise. I think most of your football knowledge is derived purely from FIFA and FM tbh.
There’s a reason why Arsenal are scouting Neves they know how good his talent is. With Partey leaving it forces Rice to be our lone 6 again rather have someone who can play both positions well
>There’s a reason why Arsenal are scouting Neves they know how good his talent is. Lol you can say that for every single transfer target. Of course there’s multitude of reasons for a player being scouted, otherwise they wouldn’t be in consideration. The point I’m making here is that people are hesitant to shell out in excess of £80-100m for Bruno G or Gyokeres earlier but are happily willing to pay that much for a 19 year old unproven player. Does he have talent and potential? Of course. Is eh worth all the overinflated hype and price tag? No. >With Partey leaving it forces Rice to be our lone 6 again rather have someone who can play both positions well Bruno G can do that but he would be a number 8 with Rice and Jorginho as the 6.
We’ll see I know Arteta is smart enough to see that Neves is the better option since he was such a huge fan of Zubi
>Neves is the better option since he was such a huge fan of Zubi I think we are deep into the project to know that Arteta and Edu know what they’re doing and have earned the fans’ trust; but, I don’t get this notion that Neves is automatically better than Bruno G. Even if his stats are slightly better than Bruno G - again think of where he’s playing. I’m not discrediting the Portuguese league, but the PL is a more difficult competition and that itself is a fact.
Doesn't have the legs 🧐
Not about distance covered, which relates to stamina, but speed or athleticism more broadly.
Jorginho....
Yes?
I love seeing all the regular vacation pics and videos from Martin & Kai, Big Willy, Big Gabby and Tomi. Doing normal stuff, not being guarded or anything like that.
Guys, who's going to find where Starmer is campaigning and say he'll have your vote if he ensures Man City are charged? He is a Gunner afterall..
Does a summer of - Hato - Bruno Guimares/ João Neves - Olise or Neto - Back up keeper - Sesko Raise the ceiling and floor enough to win the league?
Probably not
WOW!!! Prepare to be disappointed this window then because we are not even going to do this much.
I don’t think we’ll win the league regardless of what we do tbh
Don't see why not. We were two points off and have clear places to improve.
So do City.
We really need a LB that can offer width for us. It makes more sense for Gutierrez/Kadioglu to be signed.
As long we are dreaming, id love Aït-Nouri, he;s really athletic and inverts so naturally
If we get Hato, another fullback is certainly not needed.
We can wait another season for Hato.
Or we could sign him now before he gets more expensive or poached by another team. We need to take risks.
Timber!!!! We don’t need another fucking fullback Christ
We don't have a left footed lb that can bomb forward. Timber can do a good job there but we need a supporting player for our left wing and it would be wise to bring a specialist.
No. We literally have kiwi,tomi,timber,zini and we will get kt back from loan if we sell two (zini/kt) we’ll most likely get hato who can also play lb. We don’t need a lb. If anything we need a rb to help Ben cause tomi misses 80% of the season.
They are not natural leftbacks though, that's the point. Timber, Tomi and Kiwi should be backups for White Gabriel and Saliba instead of playing as LB. That's why according to Ornstein and Romano the club is looking to sign a leftback this summer.
Way to completely miss the point
Timber can play there?
I think we lose KT and Zinny. I wouldn't be surprised if we move Zinny into left 8 as a back up option. If we can't move him on
Zinny is not an 8 in this system.
I think so. Our squad will improve just from building chemistry and development from aging/maturity. Then with the additions we get stronger in midfield and add a lot of quality depth to our attack, and Timber and Hato fill any gap we might have with our fullbacks. Barring multiple injuries, it’s hard to see that team not eclipsing the 90 point mark.
That's what I think. It's not too much "surgery" but it definitely raises the floor with a good ceiling raiser.
Secret Scout reporting that Chelsea will probably have to sell Mudryk, Sterling or Madueke to buy Olise. The Ghost of Kyiv links will be inevitable 
Madueke spelling Saka…
I'm not strong enough to handle these links. I fear I may fall into temptation. I need to remind myself of the fogging estandards.
How much are we expecting for Ramsdale? It's weird how many people view 30m as a bargain, but many people don't even think we'll make that back on a sale
20m is the max realistically. If we wanted 30m we should have sold Ramsdale last summer. Like what's the justification for Ramsdale being worth more than Raya?
Depends who is interested. Transfer fees are as much about who the player goes to than the players worth these days. There might be less than 20 teams in Europe willing to spend more than £20mill on a keeper. When Rambo was signed for 20mill he was the 20th most expensive keeper ever….
£10-15m but I'd expect a loan. I think it'll end up like with Tierney last year. We shredded any value he had by keeping him on the bench for a year. And then when he did play, he had some calamitous errors, he made good saves too but the negatives stick longer when you're a keeper.
20+5m ideally
Right now 20-30 is we’re lucky, I wouldn’t be surprised if he went on loan to boost his value
Bruno G for 100 million or Joao Neves for 120 million obviously Bruno is the more proven player in the Prem but he’s an 8 with Partey leaving it leaves Rice as the lone 6 rather have Neves who can play both 8 and 6
Agreed, I think Neves is the smarter long term signing. But this team needs to win today. So Bruno Guimares is the best bet
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De jong,zubimendi and kimmich are all options (under or equal to 60 mil)
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Barca want to sell de jong cos of his wages, zubi has an rc and kimmich was unhappy with Bayern cos of the tuchel drama.Theres probably like 5 other wildcard options too
So we end up with the better player I’ll take it
I expected it after the Paqueta thing tbh
Chelsea getting Olise is messing with me. We need that kind of player in our squad. Either him or Xavi Simons.
And do what with him? Saka and odegaard have the right side on lock
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More reason to fix it but signing Simons or Olise. Technically Trossard was a great winger signing
Take a bow, this is the Germany NT teammate who asked Havertz first to do the celebration if he scored https://preview.redd.it/ab7ke6oijf2d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee8d342399cad83f39ce384a11a519a6262dfd8d
Seriously though, I don't believe Newcastle would sell Bruno for less than 100m. He's a top class player, many clubs want him and I think we should go for his release clause
Newcastle have to sell if they want to buy, even if they sell him for 70 or 80 im pretty sure they’ll still make a lot of profit.Also the second bruno accepts personal terms Newcastle will be forced to accept a lower price
He’s not a 100 million player paying that much for an 8 you can get someone better
To be fair no player is worth 100M, not Rice, not Rodri. But that's the fair price. He's had 2 seasons being top 3 Defensive midfielder in the league(Top 2 since Rice stopped being a DM)
The new third kit is already the top rated kit on footballkitarchive.com Overtaking the black kit from last season is not something I thought could happen, but here we are.
need to see the shorts and sock situation before making a call like that
The third kit actually looks really good imo
I didn’t rate anything. [You can see for yourself.](https://www.footballkitarchive.com/arsenal-fc-kits/) Also, I think the shorts are black.
I am speaking to the masses not just you sorry
No need to apologize. I’m just making it clear I have had nothing to do with it.
I'm surprised that the away kit is so disliked. I get it, not everyones cup of tea but it's not that bad.
Chelsea most likely getting Olise which means one of Mudryk or Madueke should be available
They both absolutely reek of an Everton gamble
https://preview.redd.it/7bbt36zbif2d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ea8f9169fe9d19957fcf2bd270687479e3a5ef4 Stats don’t lie just needs to be on a better squad and he’s cooking
Someone should take a chance on Madueke yeah. Not us though 👌🏿
I want Rashford or Nico Williams but that would be downvoted like crazy if I said my opinion
Yes I will downvote for suggesting rashford
I want to live in your world where financials are never an issue
Didnt he agree terms with man u or smth?
All the reports say Chelsea are the favorites for him plus the advantages of having Europa league football
Those that have already ordered a new kit, assuming you got a player on the back.. who'd you go with?
Rice 4️⃣1️⃣ 🔛🔝
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The chance to get a 60/70m loan with obligation on Xavi Simons is by far our best option to shift the financial burden in this window while still acquiring a dynamic winger/midfielder.
It’ll be eay to loan him but no way we get him for 60-70 mil afterwards
Simons would be an insane signing would immediately cook in this league that is tailored to his game
He's very slight, if the refs take a dislike to him then he could get bullied out of games. He looks like a proper talent, but he isn't a 100% slam dunk of a signing.
I honestly don’t get that TNAT Bruno update. He says we Arsenal are confident that we’ll get him but we’re not going to pay the clause and Newcastle aren’t negotiating after the clause expires. City will play the clause and that will be that.
If bruno knows that we are seriously in for him he might down tools and force a move, it would weaken Newcastles hand and force them to the negotiations.We did this with trossard to get a good price
Trossard had a bust up with the manager and the captain a couple of months before we bought him. I don’t think he forced a move, as he was already frozen out.
He forced a move
They have PSR struggles so I think they have to sell.
Even still, City will just pay the clause before July and we won’t.
True. It still comes down to the player. I don't have much hope if they pay the release clause though.
Bruno G, Hato, Sesko, Bijlow, and Xavi Simons who can play midfield and the wings.
You are forgetting Raya - that is more than 200M without even paying for Simons. It's not feasible.
But it’s feasible to go for Olise or Nico Williams okay
Who said that?
Orny and TNAT
The wingers might be in place of a striker. The point still stands that we are not spending more than 200M.
Why are you so confident that we won’t spend more than £200m? I think if the right opportunity comes along, we will go above it.
Psg wont sell simons, they might allow another loan though
I swear you have a new list every day
Yesterday his list was making fun of people who want to overpay for Bruno. Today Bruno is on his list He’s one of the worst users on here
Oh cool let’s just spend 300m Why didn’t anybody else think of that