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Edu's Transfer Targets: Summer Holidays 2021
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MikeVinna
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GK: Leno, Ramsdale?
LCB: Gabriel, Mari
RCB: White, Holdini
LB: Tierney, Tavares
RB: Chambers, Cedric
CDM: Partey, Lokonga
CM: Aouar?, Elneny
CAM: Smith-Rowe, Willock
LM: Saka, Martinelli
RM: Pepe, Willian/Nelson
ST: Aubameyang, Laca/Abraham, Balogun
Think this is very close to the squad we’ll have this season. Aouar could be anyone else and the player we sign for that position will determine how good of a window we had.
Defense will be slightly better with White and no Bellerin. Midfield should improve if we properly replace Xhaka. Attack is essentially unchanged.
Don’t think this adds enough quality for top 4.
LCB: Gabriel, Mari
RCB: White, Holdini
LB: Tierney, Tavares
RB: Chambers, Cedric
CDM: Partey, Lokonga
CM: Aouar?, Elneny
CAM: Smith-Rowe, Willock
LM: Saka, Martinelli
RM: Pepe, Willian/Nelson
ST: Aubameyang, Laca/Abraham, Balogun
Think this is very close to the squad we’ll have this season. Aouar could be anyone else and the player we sign for that position will determine how good of a window we had.
Defense will be slightly better with White and no Bellerin. Midfield should improve if we properly replace Xhaka. Attack is essentially unchanged.
Don’t think this adds enough quality for top 4.
Maybe
You're wrong, no?
It's probably top 6 but Arteta has the talent to make it 8th or lower. RB situation is really poor, I honestly believe it should take priority over CM. Even if we drop Willock to CM it should still be better than having Bellerin, Cedric and Chambers on the RB
HairSprayGooners
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Willock won't be here.
HairSprayGooners
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Bellerin goes, right back signed.
Xhaka goes, CM signed.
Laca goes, striker signed.
Attacking mid signed.
Ramsdale signed.
That is what we will get now. Along with sales of Willock, AMN and Nketiah. Could potentially see Chambers or Holding going as well once a right back is signed. No idea what's happening with Torreira.
Xhaka goes, CM signed.
Laca goes, striker signed.
Attacking mid signed.
Ramsdale signed.
That is what we will get now. Along with sales of Willock, AMN and Nketiah. Could potentially see Chambers or Holding going as well once a right back is signed. No idea what's happening with Torreira.
Maybe
You're wrong, no?
With 5 weeks to go? I'm happy to wait, just can't see it
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It's actually amazing given how bad he is at general play and dribbling that he has a video like this.
Luckily we have Saka who will make Pepe irrelevant next season.
HairSprayGooners
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I think the CM to replace Xhaka is probably already lined up and ready. Ramsdale we've been bidding for so that's a fairly quick and easy one as well. AM is still looking like its Maddison, feel like that's a last week of the window thing if ever i've seen one. Can see the right back dragging until deadline day as well...
I can't personally see the striker happening, think Laca stays but if we genuinely want Tammy to replace him a loan with option/obligation will be a fairly easy deal to do.
I think everything is in the pipeline to be done once dominos fall, so things will happen fast but yeah. You're right, its a hell of a lot to do in 5 weeks.
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but Holding’s hair transplant was painless
I'm less confident to be honest.
Bellerin goes, Chambers takes the number 2 spot. Cedric as Back up and White as an emergency.
We can't avoid signing a cm with the losses of Guendouzi, Torreria and Xhaka.
I'd love a shiny new attacking player, but it's more likely Farteta puts more faith in ESR and Pepe this season. Plus, we have no Europe. Martinelli should play more also.
We have to buy a GK, but God forbid it be Ramsdale.
Laca will probably stay.
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Got a feeling we'll be getting rid of a few players for a pittance towards the end of the window or maybe even loans in some cases . Seems like continental clubs are hanging around waiting for us to get desperate to sell.
Even with a fairly decent player like Laca, his wage demands are going to eat into the fee we could potentially receive, same with Hector. We'll probably end up getting about £10m for each of them if they do leave this window.
The likes of Torreira I've totally given up on us recouping a penny in fees from. If we can move him on without having to pay up the majority of his contract I'll consider that a success.
The younger English lads like AMN and Eddie we could probably still pick up a fairly decent fee for given they'll probably be PL clubs interested in them. Reiss probably to a lesser extent.
Even with a fairly decent player like Laca, his wage demands are going to eat into the fee we could potentially receive, same with Hector. We'll probably end up getting about £10m for each of them if they do leave this window.
The likes of Torreira I've totally given up on us recouping a penny in fees from. If we can move him on without having to pay up the majority of his contract I'll consider that a success.
The younger English lads like AMN and Eddie we could probably still pick up a fairly decent fee for given they'll probably be PL clubs interested in them. Reiss probably to a lesser extent.
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HairSprayGooners
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Was thinking about that as the right back scenario and it didn't thrill me but I'm fairly happy with Chambers. I don't think he's anything special but I also don't think he's done badly when he's played. I don't see any obvious right back signings as things stand, so maybe its worth waiting until next summer to see what the market has to offer. If there's nobody significantly better than Chambers available there's no point because as you say Cedric is there as well.
Yes even numbers wise we'll be looking to sign a CM, that's a certainty if Xhaka goes.
In terms of the attacker its a difficult one. Pepe and Saka will be our wingers imo, Martinelli as backup. ESR is the AM, Willian will be difficult to shift and will get minutes as well. So that's 5 players for 3 positions but I still don't think you can go into a full season with just ESR as the main AM. It takes one bad injury to Saka, Pepe or ESR and we are pretty screwed. So I do think we'll sign a player for the forward line. We need more of a guaranteed quality player in there though, not another young guy, not another Willian. A Grealish, ideally. Second option Maddison.
Ramsdale obviously looking like something that'll happen as well, too expensive but it is what it is.
I'm still confident, I think things will happen fairly quick and come out the blue. Xhaka should be done this week (Say this every week) which will snowball into us getting our new CM. I think it'll end up being Neves tbh.
Maybe
You're wrong, no?
Saka can't make him irrelevant becuse he will never have his numbers. The two need to play together, something Arteta realized later in the season. Buying someone who can give you 15 goals a season from the wing would cost a fortune. I'm not surprised by the video, he tries stuff every time he gets on the ball, so of course, there's gonna be a lot of cool moves for youtube but it's also gonna be a lot of failed stuff that pisses you off
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Just get Aouar and Bissouma.
ESR Auba Saka
Aouar Partey
Bissouma
Let Saka, Pepe, ESR all rotate, not as much pressure on Saka as well to carry the team and with Aouar you have so many options.
ESR Auba Saka
Aouar Partey
Bissouma
Let Saka, Pepe, ESR all rotate, not as much pressure on Saka as well to carry the team and with Aouar you have so many options.
<<reed>>
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Hate him atm, he's offering nothing.
Maybe
You're wrong, no?
He was definitely OK, has that good football understanding and potential to create some chances. It's just hard to see him going up and down at pace. I think we would need to play high line to keep him closer, but there is a concern that he could be targeted on the counter by other teams.
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Player:Saliba
If he had the pace of AMN, he'd have been an elite RB. His decision is on another level to our other RB. He's underrated on the ball too. But he could easily be caught out on the counter.
bonzka
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Really does make a lot of sense. I’m in
HairSprayGooners
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Fabrizio said Aouar wants CL footy and that's the stumbling block. Also @OnlyOne surely you'd want Partey CDM?
Martinelli is the best LW in the team, Willian is the best RW. You can play Saka or Pepe there, all this results in worse team performances though (yes I also don't trust in the narrative of Arsenal being carried by Saka in the first half of the season, at least if carried means to carry to almost relegation positions).
The optimum team is these two brazilian in each side and ESR in the middle with either Laca or Auba upfront, I would say even Laca (but the difference is minimum imo). Now, Saka is better than Pepe imo.
Arsenal needs a CM first now, then the RB, GK and then one CAM.
The optimum team is these two brazilian in each side and ESR in the middle with either Laca or Auba upfront, I would say even Laca (but the difference is minimum imo). Now, Saka is better than Pepe imo.
Arsenal needs a CM first now, then the RB, GK and then one CAM.
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