Wenger's Transfer Targets: Summer 2017

[JHusMan]

It's pretty embarrassing from Liverpool and Arsenal really.

But forget about Merseyside red and let's concentrate on us. The club can't come out with all the BS they've spouted and then have a net spend of 0, surely?!

Oh and Akpom to Leeds is on apparently. Another one.

 

[say yes]

It's all fun and games until Ornstein's 11am tweet "no further incomings expected at #AFC".

Would be amazed if he leaves that tweet until deadline day.

 

[Makingtrax]

Catlyst of Change. Spend less than Watford

Man C have spent almost as much as our whole squad is worth in one window.

 

[2Smokeyy]

It's pretty embarrassing from Liverpool and Arsenal really.

But forget about Merseyside red and let's concentrate on us. The club can't come out with all the BS they've spouted and then have a net spend of 0, surely?!

Oh and Akpom to Leeds is on apparently. Another one.

This is what I've been saying.

In the past, some fans on here and other places have mentioned that during the stadium move as a football club, we were financially contstrained. Therefore, we had to keep our net spend low.

A lot of the fans understood and accepted the years of transition.

However, we're currently in a period whereby as a club, we are financially stable. With the extra income from the TV rights deal, we shouldn't be looking to penny pinch.

We have three choices:

1. We should either be looking at competing with the best teams and spending top dollar for new recruits.

This probably wouldn't be viable as we aren't run like City or PSG.

2. Another alternative is to sign serious talent before they become well established like when Dembele was at Rennes, Tielemans etc.

The above would be perfect for us. We could be doing what Monaco/Dortmund are doing without the selling.

3. We should be looking at improving our youth facilities like Bayern are doing and attracting the best talent in the South region of England.

 

[JHusMan]

31 players left in Wengers eyes:

Perez >> Deportivo
Gibbs >> Galatasary
Debuchy >> Besiktas
Akpom >> Leeds

Chambers not being involved at all needs to be sold.
Maitland Niles needs a loan.
Jeff needs a loan.
Joel Campbell injured but irrelevant anyway.

Okay so that's 8 there who're all irrelevant to any plans. But Joel will probably be in the squad anyway, everything points to one more signing.

 

[JHusMan]

This is what I've been saying.

In the past, some fans on here and other places have mentioned that during the stadium move as a football club, we were financially contstrained. Therefore, we had to keep our net spend low.

A lot of the fans understood and accepted the years of transition.

However, we're currently in a period whereby as a club, we are financially stable. With the extra income from the TV rights deal, we shouldn't be looking to penny pinch.

We have three choices:

1. We should either be looking at competing with the best teams and spending top dollar for new recruits.

This probably wouldn't be viable as we aren't run like City or PSG.

2. Another alternative is to sign serious talent before they become well established like when Dembele was at Rennes, Tielemans etc.

The above would be perfect for us. We could be doing what Monaco/Dortmund are doing without the selling.

3. We should be looking at improving our youth facilities like Bayern are doing and attracting the best talent in the South region of England.

We should be basing our model off Bayern. Bringing in the odd big signing to compliment an already fantastic squad.

Eugh it's just so annoying, I don't get it. I really don't.

 

[ClubLevel]

If Campbell is injured he doesn't need to be in the squad. Also if he is not in the Premier League squad he can still play in the cups so don't know why there is this issue that we need to sell him, ideally yes but if he is injured we don't need to register him.

 

[JHusMan]

If Campbell is injured he doesn't need to be in the squad. Also if he is not in the Premier League squad he can still play in the cups so don't know why there is this issue that we need to sell him, ideally yes but if he is injured we don't need to register him.

This is true but at the same time we have a thing about putting injured players into the squad for registration.

 

[WakeupCall]

Wenger has lost it since he paid 45 millionen for mustafi imo. Have seen enough to know he will be always supsect.

 

[say yes]

Seen a lot of posts on the size of our squad and whether we need to sell before we can buy. This is how I understand it:

Last Year's Squad of 25, (*=Home grown). Guys in red have left already.

Spoiler

GK (4)
Cech, Petr
*Macey, Matthew Ryan
*Martinez, Damian Emiliano
Ospina, David

DEF (8)
Armando De Abreu, Gabriel
Debuchy, Mathieu
*Gibbs, Kieran James Ricardo
*Jenkinson, Carl Daniel
Koscielny, Laurent
Mertesacker, Per
Monreal, Ignacio
Mustafi, Shkodran

MID (7)
Cazorla, Santiago
*Coquelin, Francis
Elneny, Mohamed Naser Elsayed
*Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexander Mark David
Özil, Mesut
*Ramsey, Aaron James
Xhaka, Granit

FWD (6)
Giroud, Olivier
Perez, Lucas
Sanchez, Alexis
Sanogo, Yaya
*Walcott, Theo James
*Welbeck, Daniel

So 4 slots available right away, one of whom has to be HG as we only have 7 in that group above. Lacazette and Kolasinac fill two of those gaps.

The other two are filled by Bellerin and Holding (both HG), who need to be registered this year due to their age.

That gets us to our Current Squad of 25, (*=Home grown). Orange are the guys we're actively looking to sell.

Spoiler

GK (3)
Cech, Petr
*Macey, Matthew Ryan
Ospina, David

DEF (9)
Bellerin, Hector
Debuchy, Mathieu
*Gibbs, Kieran James Ricardo
Holding, Rob
Kolasinac, Sead
Koscielny, Laurent
Mertesacker, Per
Monreal, Ignacio
Mustafi, Shkodran

MID (7)
Cazorla, Santiago
*Coquelin, Francis
Elneny, Mohamed Naser Elsayed
*Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alexander Mark David
Özil, Mesut
*Ramsey, Aaron James
Xhaka, Granit

FWD (6)
Giroud, Olivier
Lacazette, Alexandre
Perez, Lucas
Sanchez, Alexis
*Walcott, Theo James
*Welbeck, Daniel

So basically at this point, it's one in/one out with a catch. The catch being that guys returning from loan count as an 'in' if we want to include them. So we need to sell someone to register Wilshere, similarly for Chambers and even Joel Campbell.

HG status not an issue at all as we have enough in the squad even if we sell Gibbs.

 

[Batman]

Wenger was clearly shoehorning both Oxlade and Bellerin into the side because he hasn't got the gumption to drop one.

Then he should have played Ox in Ramsey's role. Even that would have made more sense than the utter shambles he pulled. Wenger manages like he's playing FUT with a bunch of silver players. It's disgusting.

 

[burnsjed]

Is it too early to say, 'I can't wait for this season to end'?

 

[2Smokeyy]

We should be basing our model off Bayern. Bringing in the odd big signing to compliment an already fantastic squad.

Eugh it's just so annoying, I don't get it. I really don't.

Bayern are looking to change their model due to massive fees going around in this market.

Check this out:

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...-munich-officially-open-new-64m-youth-academy

 

[al-Ustaadh]

Bayern are looking to change their model due to massive fees going around in this market.

Check this out:

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...-munich-officially-open-new-64m-youth-academy

Will just skyrocket transfer prices for youth and they'll also start getting paid relatively massive wages. I can only see socialist policies reigning this in, not quick-fix schemes by clubs that are supposed to pay off far into the future.

 

[El Duderino]

Will just skyrocket transfer prices for youth and they'll also start getting paid relatively massive wages. I can only see socialist policies reigning this in, not quick-fix schemes by clubs that are supposed to pay off far into the future.

Doesn't matter for them, they'll keep cherry picking who they want to from within the league

 

[yybecause]

IF Fabinho actually goes to PSG, they must sell one of Krychowiak/Rabiot. Any of those 3 would be nice here

 

[Malky]

IF Fabinho actually goes to PSG, they must sell one of Krychowiak/Rabiot. Any of those 3 would be nice here

Was thinking the same.
If they're needing to raise funds to comply with FFP so they can sign Mbappe and Fabinho then I'd happily see us helping them out by signing Rabiot and Marquinhos from them.

 

[Batman]

IF Fabinho actually goes to PSG, they must sell one of Krychowiak/Rabiot. Any of those 3 would be nice here

Was thinking the same.
If they're needing to raise funds to comply with FFP so they can sign Mbappe and Fabinho then I'd happily see us helping them out by signing Rabiot and Marquinhos from them.

I like the way you lads think. That's how a shrewd club operates. And it's precisely why we won't be doing that.

 

[Linson]

Not sure why so many people want to sell Chambers. I honestly think we should give him a chance at CB here. With his height he is a natural heir to the Mertesacker throne.

I'm yet to be convinced that Bellerin is a viable option at RWB as well

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Not sure why so many people want to sell Chambers. I honestly think we should give him a chance at CB here. With his height he is a natural heir to the Mertesacker throne.

I'm yet to be convinced that Bellerin is a viable option at RWB as well

The guy is 1,82m ?!