Odegaard missed some time recently and Vieira is his natural replacement (though we have other options like Havertz and ESR). When Odegaard was ruled out for Newcastle away, how seriously do you think Arteta thought about putting in Vieira instead of Havertz? I bet he didn’t think about it at all, because Newcastle away is not a game that Vieira is built for. While that might be understandable, we are at a point in the project where all of our players should be good enough to play any game that is in front of them. Vieira, however talented he may be, is not capable of that 15 months into his arsenal career.
We can’t wait for him forever, and he doesn’t have enough credit in the bank to be sent off for a dumb challenge. If we could get £20M for him we should take the money and run.
Odegaard missed some time recently and Vieira is his natural replacement (though we have other options like Havertz and ESR). When Odegaard was ruled out for Newcastle away, how seriously do you think Arteta thought about putting in Vieira instead of Havertz? I bet he didn’t think about it at all, because Newcastle away is not a game that Vieira is built for. While that might be understandable, we are at a point in the project where all of our players should be good enough to play any game that is in front of them. Vieira, however talented he may be, is not capable of that 15 months into his arsenal career.
We can’t wait for him forever, and he doesn’t have enough credit in the bank to be sent off for a dumb challenge. If we could get £20M for him we should take the money and run.