HairSprayGooners
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Yeah so we kinda did that already, didn't work.
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Calum Chambers (Out)
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Yeah so we kinda did that already, didn't work.
ArtetaCognition
Granit Xhaka Enthusiast
Country: Ireland
Actually, it did work. Most people here would have sold him at a loss last summer. He had a good showing for a Premier League club and we've now been offered our money back.
If we let him go prematurely, we could make a big (potential) loss on him like we did with Gnabry.
HairSprayGooners
My brother posted it ⏩
He was a defender in a team that got relegated. Didn't add anything to the side that Ben Gibson couldn't add.
I don't get what people are seeing in chambers that makes you think he could be a top defender? I'd love to know.
Gnabry will never be a top top player either he'll just be another one around Walcott level. Pointless keeping them.
ArtetaCognition
Granit Xhaka Enthusiast
Country: Ireland
I'm not talking about anything other than financials here, mate. Gnabry will never be a top, top player.. yes. But if we had made a series of logical decisions when he was here, we would have put ourselves in a position to receive a lot more than £4million for his transfer.
For Chambers, I think he is a technically decent player and an okay defender. He has youth on his side, to be fair.. and he plays for Arsenal, a huge club - so he should have that added value. 16m is a fair offer.. but it's not worth the risk of selling him for that. We should sign him to a longer deal and loan him out. If it goes well (again) we'll get more than 16m because the market continues to boom. If it doesn't, we'll still be able to offload him for a minimum of £10m.
Selling him for that price at this stage of his career simply doesn't make sense.. especially if we can get a club to pay his wages on loan (effectively giving us a net spend of £0 for this season on his development).
NieThePiet
Loves Overhyping Our Rivals
Why Chambers played ahead of Holding in the U21 Tournament. Why we don't sell Holding instead? Chambers already proved that he can play Premier League, young, english and still can improve very much. The same with Holding.
We are losing Merte next season, Koscielny has injuries, Monreal is getting older too and if Kolasinac will be injured, we will need him on the left.
It's not about "top defender". I think he can improve his positional play - was good in the air and is a good tackler.
We don't know if Bielik will be an option in a year, how many defenders we will need to sign? We need to look in the future too. At least we need a buy back clause. Players like Gabriel will never be enough to win the title, we can't know how good Chambers will be in 1 or 2 seasons..
Pat Rice
Self-Proclaimed Nice Guy
To be fair as much as I hate to say it that Chelsea model of long term contracts then loan either gives them a first team squad player or decent fundraiser if sold.
We need to start boxing smart
We need to start boxing smart
Slartibartfast
CIES Loyalist
Big fan of Calum but relying on him and Holding, along with a player with a persistent achilles problem and Mertesacker is just asking for trouble.
Accepting mediocrity & missing a prime chance to sell.
A year on our bench or the stands wont help us or him.
A year on our bench or the stands wont help us or him.
burnsjed
Established Member
Gotta believe we are planning on bringing someone on right, right.........
samshere
Why so serieuse?
We'll be fine, we can play Giroud there at a pinch. Hes always been great at defending
Ceballinhos
Cheating on Santi
If we trust him then why Wenger hasn't picked him last week when we needed a CB?
he wasn't on the bench
he wasn't on the bench
Tir Na Nog
Changes Opinion Every 5 Minutes
Country: Ireland
None of those guys are first choice though so it's far from "relying" on them. When it comes to it, I believe Koscielny-Mustafi-Monreal will end up being our first choice trio with the three you mentioned more than capable backups and Kolasinac as an emergency.
NieThePiet
Loves Overhyping Our Rivals
We have Europe League. That's a game nearly every two weeks. He will get enough play time.
Slartibartfast
CIES Loyalist
He was back late after the U21 Euros and didn't get a chance to play much in preseason, so he wasn't yet match fit.
Furious
Emery Gone, Telly Back On
He played around 300 minutes in the league the season before he left, what's going to change now? He's not even making the squad. Sell ffs.
Malky
Established Member
Really? The guy played in pre-season for us, Mustafi was even later back, no pre-season, and made the bench?
Player:Martinelli
We've got too many nice guys with talent. We need a confident bastard that ain't scared to ditch out. Sp**s just made that signing.
tap-in
Nothing Wrong With Me
Yep, we need a top CB to challenge. No way will Kos be fit all season and Per we have no clue what part he will play. We could easily go into a big game with the same defence we had against Leicester, ie a youngster and 2 LB's. I'm now thinking that a top CB is more important than a CM as we have Ramsey, Wilshere, Elneny, Coq and anything we can get from Cazorla to play next to Xhaka.
Country: Saudi Arabia
We should bolster but I'm honestly chuffed that to know Arsène believes he has a future here. As I previously said, there's a promising CB in there but he needs to be nurtured.
Hopefully both the domestic cups & Europa League give him a chance to repay this act of faith.
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