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I think our squad is at a point where it’s not that easy to improve it with transfers.
If we had budget for another big player, I’d probably go for midfield. I think it would be waste of money for anyone up front. No one available for less than 120M cracks our front three, and no one available for less than 80M is an obvious improvement on our depth: Nketiah, Trossard, Havertz.
Backline is solid. Following the City model, if a versatile ball-playing center back is available, that might be a nice pick up. But with Timber coming back and what we have, we’re very solid.
Midfield has some opportunity for improvement. Maybe another try at the left 8, since Havertz is not exactly working out there. If I had budget for a big player, that’s where I’d put it.
Knowing Arteta, an athletic defender who used to play midfield is always in the cards.
no one available for less than 80M is an obvious improvement on our depth
This is the fundamental problem with guys like Reiss, ESR, and Eddie. Renewing is the significantly cheaper option when compared to trying to find a player of similar quality, or better, on the market. The problem is that it results in players that the manager doesn’t really want to play. It’s part of the reason why we are where we are with the depth on the RW.
No accounting for shrewd recruiting though. Trossard stands out as the obvious counter-example. He was on the outs with De Zerbi with limited time on his contract. Those circumstances aren’t always common, but also aren’t necessarily rare.
All the reporting points towards a quiet January, but I won’t be surprised if some outgoings fund a move.
You say that but we don’t have a world class striker or 8, I think we can get a top class winger who can play on both wings such as Sane, if we can also get a LB/RB who’s world class like Cancelo when his loan expires.
I think we do have a world class striker in Jesus.
Xhaka losing the ball under pressure and giving away a penalty again, but we’ll still have people on the sub act like he was the answer to world peace
Found the serb
hilarious waiting all year to post something like this but silence when he was thriving every week thus far. Have some shame man
I don’t see how any of this is an Arsenal problem.
Mashallah, it no longer is-- apart from the latter, very minor point.
It’s an Arsenal problem just as much as when the Xhaka Defense Squad keep posting passes and tackles he does in a damn Leverkusen shirt. As if he was Henry or Vieira or something.
Oh wait, I forgot, those deluded idiots in the Xhaka defense squad actually put him on the level of those actual Arsenal legends. Hell, maybe even higher. given how wiling they are to slag off Thierry freakin’ Henry in defense of their hero.
With each passing day, I am increasingly thankful that no one on this sub has any professional with the football club.
Send him another death threat if you feel like it, otherwise move on.
lol reposting an over week old vid
Apparently inter Milan wanted Tomi in July but Arteta said no
Allegedly they were offering €20M, and maintained their interest through the summer, but we were asking €35m.
Arteta is wise.
Anything below 4-0 on Saturday will not do gracias why do Villa and Newcastle get to go crazy every few weeks 😤
Villa - no one gives them enough respect in the way they set up.
Newcastle - they’re always in fuck it mode and just shoot from anywhere and often.
Us - “let’s see how nail biting we can make every game”
Really nervous about the Villa away game tbh. Watkins/Bailey/Diaby are no jokes when hit you on the counter. McGinn/Luiz/Kamara/Cash can run for days to press you and steal the balls. Won’t be an easy game for sure.
If we aren’t getting an out and out goal fest then I’d be happy with a strong performance from some of the players that need a lift in confidence. A goal creating action from each of Ode, Eddie, Kai and Zinny. Then one each for Fabio, Reiss and The Smith. I’d settle for that…
just spotted Marquinhos dancing with a hottie in Brazil
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CydqVt-rzlo/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
thought he was supposed to be in France
Going back to England to visit family in February and thought I might stop by the Emirates while I’m over, how difficult/easy is it to get tickets these days? Haven’t been in years
Believe it or not it’s a nightmare now because we’re good. Was piss easy when Emery was in charge mind.
Ah nice! I heard they play quite good football these days, I think that makes it difficult to acquire a ticket.
But that difficulty really depends on your disposable income :)
How much are they atm roughly?
Does anyone remember when partey was a RB and Gabriel wasn’t starting?
Feels like ages ago.
I’m playing the new FM early access and I’m 10 points clear of City by the new year.
The only problem is that for some reason United are above me. I demand the head for whoever is responsible for submitting their players stats.
Utd are always stupidly overpowered in FM
They’ve even got ten Hag with amazing stats despite the fact he is one of the most mediocre managers I’ve ever seen, completely absurd
And fifa. I think sancho was higher than saka last year and Antony higher than martinelli
I won the league with 103 points lol. City got 100. Beat them 7-2 to win it. This year’s FM is easy when you play with a world class inverted wb.
Who’s the world class WB?
I’m not really sure what Artetas plans are with Rice. Does he see him as a 6, LCM, progressive 8? The main reason it’s confusing is also the players he’d want to bring into the club to play alongside Rice in midfield, like Zubimendi or Tchouameni. Both of them are deep lying and ball carying DM’s. That leaves Rice as the 8.
the thing is because of rice skill set which is running with the ball forward, arteta seems to now fully use him as no 8 compared to few first few appearances where he played as no 6
He played him 8 in his first true competitive game. Then a 6 that becomes an 8. Then mainly a 6 and now more recently an 8 again.
I think he’s just a super talented midfielder that can do different things in different games.
Rice is actually great as an 8. He can carry the ball well, he’s decent at passing and can score too. He would need time to properly settle into the position but everything is there (in him) to find success.
Although it’s quite clear originally Mikel wanted Kai as LCM and Rice as CDM (forced Partey as RB) but it didn’t work out at all. At least he’s not foolishly stubborn and seems to have changed his approach.
I think you should wait until we’re actually signing these players before getting confused by artetas plans for them. More likely than not it’s all bullshit anyway.
It’s pretty clear at this point that his plans for rice are mainly putting him on the pitch. But it could be that he doesn’t trust him in possession at the base of midfield against teams where possession may be harder to come by. Or it could just be that he likes Jorginho.
Playing FM24 as The Arsenal and hate doing staffing stuff so saw we had a vacancy for under 21s coach- tell me how Edu and co hired Lee Cattermole ffs
There are two breeds of United fans on twitter
Goldbridge is a pro, puts TV pundits to shame usually.
UTDTrey deliberately says stupid things for interactions.
Literally makes money off it
Man are on 3 points after 3 games in the UCL, single handedly bringing the coefficients down and are talking about other clubs getting exposed 💀
I can admit I find Trey hilarious when he’s talking about other Big 6 teams not named Arsenal.
But I don’t mind twitter banter
I don’t mind it either. Though I do feel as if my brain is rotting if I’m on there for longer than 5 minutes… the general level of discourse on football Twitter is secondary school esque.
That and the engagement whores.
Every week before an Arsenal game I hope he makes fun of us because that usually means we’ll end up winning
When did Vieira get injured
Market value of the following, what are your estimates
Eddie. 20m
Tomi 25m
Zinny 20m
Partey. 28m
Viera. 12m
Nelson. 11m
What does market value even mean?
A fair price
What does that mean?
Lets not argue.
I meant a dollar value you would be comfortable with the club letting these transfer away.
I take into account age, talent, international reputation, reliability, purchase price and contract length
Not at all credible but some report saying we’re still interested in Zubimendi…
Not surprising. It’s also further evidence in my continuing - yet entirely unproven - conspiracy that we lend senior players to clubs where there is a recruitment target.
Zubi is likely a summer target, if the interest still remains.
Think this was rumoured a good bit when Monreal left.
While Mo does have some sources, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Arsenal are interested him. Doesn’t mean he wants to leave Real Sociedad.
And Kubo. I’ll take either of them let alone both, but doubt it’s reliable.
Speaking of, i saw another twitter rumour that we’ve made Tchouameni our number one summer target. Lol. Lmao even.
Zubi + Kubo = Let’s do it, please
Raya will come good. If you can afford patience to Havertz then you can do the same to Raya
I think raya’s biggest issue is adjusting to the limelight. We will know pretty quickly if he can stick or twist
Arteta must be a genius if we are actually getting away with two bad goalkeepers.
It’s not exactly the same though. My frustrations with both are exactly the opposite - Havertz is too safe, not taking risks with shooting or some tricky passes enough, while Raya is the opposite - he is taking too much risk, and it can be a lot more costly for us if he is to make them compared to Kai.
