Laurent Koscielny (Out)

[HairSprayGooners]

Bielik isn't a Premier League CB. Not ready. He could do a job in midfield though. Elneny replacement

Nobody we could potentially buy/waste money on will be PL proven either.

 

[TheEconomist]

This guy has been a real servant to the club, and we wouldn't get much if we sold him anyway. Just hold a testimonial for him and let him go

 

[Divided_Pie]

Would be significant savings on wages right? Including the expiring contracts, the deal they canceled from Ramsey and the savings from Kosc, that has to be over 500k/wk saved so far? Too lazy to look it up.

 

[Toby]

Sell
Chambers £20m
Mustafi £15m
Iwobi £15m
Elneny £5m
Mhki £10m
Kola or Monreal £10m
Laca £60m

Total £135m + budget £40m = £175m

Buy
Martinelli £5m
Tierney £25m
Saliba £30m (loan him back)
Zaha £60m

Total £120m

Leaves us £55m to buy a Ramsey replacement and a Sokratis type decent but 30 yrs old CB until Saliba joins next summer.

Wages for the first year covered by wages saved on outgoing players.

I am thinking much the same, but overall it leaves the squad very think at cf and the wings.

If Lacazette or Auba leave a replacement is desperatly needed. Nketiah isnt ready to give this team 10 to 15 goals.

Martinelli might be a big talent, but he comes from a Brazilian regional league. Think any big first team contribution expectations are way over the line.

Selling Iwobi and Mkhi while bringing in only Zaha leaves the squad with only one proven winger. Try Nelson, but don't expect him to be a regular contributing starter.

If at all I think one costly CB addition is in the realm of the budget. And that guy should go or aim right for a starting spot, not get loaned out.

 

[Toby]

Laughable thought in itself tbh. No other club terminates contracts like that. You either get sold or you stay til it runs out.

 

[Hleb's Sirush]

Laughable thought in itself tbh. No other club terminates contracts like that. You either get sold or you stay til it runs out.

But no one really does transfers like we do. We must be world leaders in how incompetent we are when selling our players. So only fair we find new ways to get even less.

 

[thierrytheking14]

Kos +20m = Fekir

Kos + 20m - functional knee = Fekir

 

[HomeSteak]

Charity fc. I mean we give points for free left and right to whoever needs them, it's only natural we give out players as well.

 

[Mark Tobias]

Are we actually doing this?

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

From local media kosh camp refuse to confirm or deny they in talks with Bordeaux and kosh want Arsenal to release him so he can talk to clubs.

 

[bingobob]

From local media kosh camp refuse to confirm or deny they in talks with Bordeaux and kosh want Arsenal to release him so he can talk to clubs.

To right the main reluctance is for us to release him so he can get a massive sign on fee. He signed the contract either buy yourself out or get someone to buy you. Shocking from the club captain. Just another example of the elite mentality Emery inherited.

 

[Hunta]

If they can’t pay a couple of million they can find somebody else.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

To right the main reluctance is for us to release him so he can get a massive sign on fee. He signed the contract either buy yourself out or get someone to buy you. Shocking from the club captain. Just another example of the elite mentality Emery inherited.

What emery has to do with it? If kosh want to leave he free to go but we aren't release him

 

[bingobob]

What emery has to do with it? If kosh want to leave he free to go but we aren't release him

Emery has nothing to do with it, if youve read what i wrote i said another example of the elite mentality Emery inherited. Its a dig at Wenger.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Getting rid of him ahead of someone like Mustafi isn't ideal but meh, out with the old in with the new.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Getting rid of him ahead of someone like Mustafi isn't ideal but meh, out with the old in with the new.

I think we trying to sell both kosh seem desperate to leave and mustafi is transfer listed since he joined us

 

[Garrincha]

What if we could replace him with Cahill on a similar deal?

Bit younger, a defensive organiser, good height & maybe his body has recovered after the light work load last season.

 

[DanDare]

You never know if these rumours are true but:

If they are, Koscielny is asking us to take a loss so he doesn't have to by wages/signing on bonus

That's the truth of it financially.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

I think we trying to sell both kosh seem desperate to leave and mustafi is transfer listed since he joined us

yeah not sure anyone will take Mustafi sadly

 

[Hunta]

What if we could replace him with Cahill on a similar deal?

Bit younger, a defensive organiser, good height & maybe his body has recovered after the light work load last season.

I’m sick of signing rivals cast offs. This club is a retirement home for people who want easy money.