Alexis Claude-Maurice

[yybecause]

wtf he scored some amazing goals.

My only criticism is I doubt he'd be playing CAM in the premier league; he wouldnt get the space to do those things and if he isnt a great passer / assister he will be better used in wide AM positions

apparently his vision is his main strength

 

[GDeep™]

This guy actually looks an excellent prospect ffs.

 

[OnlyOne]

This is fantastic, I don't speak French but it tells you a lot. From what I've been reading as well maybe he could play CAM? Looks great, think he'll fit in at Madrid.

 

[Harry Hunter]

Norwich want him as well and if we sign him I can’t see him getting too many opportunities especially with a new signing and nelson coming back and martenelli so we could loan to them for him to get pl experience.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Norwich want him as well and if we sign him I can’t see him getting too many opportunities especially with a new signing and nelson coming back and martenelli so we could loan to them for him to get pl experience.

Martinelli is 17. He would play for the U-23 team.

 

[Harry Hunter]

Martinelli is 17. He would play for the U-23 team.

Still if we are signing Fraser and nelson is coming back maybe a loan would be a good move

 

[field442]

Martinelli is 17. He would play for the U-23 team.

Depends on how highly they rate him. Could be like Hudson-Odoi where he gradually becomes more and more involved as the season goes on.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Depends on how highly they rate him. Could be like Hudson-Odoi where he gradually becomes more and more involved as the season goes on.

It seems highly unlikely that a skinny 17-year-old whose professional experience consists of 17 games in the 4th tier of Brazilian football (think: League Two) would be ready to hit the ground running in the Premier League.

As Arsenal correspondent Charles Watts wrote about him in a profile about a month ago:

He will get a chance to train with the senior team in the summer, but whether he goes on the pre-season tour to the United States is down to how he settles and whether he impresses at London Colney.

He will be competing with the players such as Bukayo Saka in the Under-23s, who is another incredible talent and has already featured in the Premier League this season under Emery.

So Martinelli will have to hit the ground running if he wants to make an immediate impression in north London.

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/who...erkid-arsenal-are-/1keo71dolc5zv1w02lqi92tab4

Hudson-Odoi, remember, has been at Chelsea for 12 years and came through the academy. That's quite a different prospect than going to a strange foreign land. Best not to get your hopes up for an immediate payoff.

 

[Tosker]

he's welcome here as far as I'm concerned, as long as he doesn't ask to have Alexis on his shirt

 

[field442]

It seems highly unlikely that a skinny 17-year-old whose professional experience consists of 17 games in the 4th tier of Brazilian football (think: League Two) would be ready to hit the ground running in the Premier League.

As Arsenal correspondent Charles Watts wrote about him in a profile about a month ago:

He will get a chance to train with the senior team in the summer, but whether he goes on the pre-season tour to the United States is down to how he settles and whether he impresses at London Colney.

He will be competing with the players such as Bukayo Saka in the Under-23s, who is another incredible talent and has already featured in the Premier League this season under Emery.

So Martinelli will have to hit the ground running if he wants to make an immediate impression in north London.

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/who...erkid-arsenal-are-/1keo71dolc5zv1w02lqi92tab4

Hudson-Odoi, remember, has been at Chelsea for 12 years and came through the academy. That's quite a different prospect than going to a strange foreign land. Best not to get your hopes up for an immediate payoff.

He’ll be 18 when the season starts and came to prominence in the Paulista. That’s mostly Serie A and Serie B teams and he was in the team of the year and young player of the year for that competition. Being called up to train with the national team before the Copa America also suggests he’s a little bit good. I’m not expecting him to start every game but I don’t think it’s out of the question he manages to work his way into the first team squad. He plays in an area of the pitch where we’re not particularly blessed with star talent.

 

[dashsnow17]

If this guy came in and Martinelli also, that'd be Nelson, ESR, Claude-Maurice, Saka, Amaechi & Martinelli all sort of competing in similar positions in a similar age group, plus Iwobi.

That'd be quite an array of young attacking talent, only the best of them would get minutes and make it. But then they'd have been assembled for peanuts, so even if you needed to sell some down the line you should be able to turn a profit.

In this context buying Fraser would make no sense whatsoever. If you have a glut of young talent in attack, why block it with a player who's good-ish but not great?

If one of Mkhi or Özil (I doubt both) goes then you'd look to bring in a more experienced replacement. But it wouldn't be Fraser for me, but someone like Ziyech or Bruno Fernandes.

 

[Slartibartfast]

He’ll be 18 when the season starts and came to prominence in the Paulista. That’s mostly Serie A and Serie B teams and he was in the team of the year and young player of the year for that competition. Being called up to train with the national team before the Copa America also suggests he’s a little bit good. I’m not expecting him to start every game but I don’t think it’s out of the question he manages to work his way into the first team squad. He plays in an area of the pitch where we’re not particularly blessed with star talent.

If he does well enough, he could get a look in the first team like Saka, but the point is that Arsenal isn't buying him with the idea of him being in the first team. He'll be in the U-23's, where he can be called into service for a cup game now and then or in an emergency, depending on how well he does. But he should not be part of the discussion of solutions for the first team.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Signing this guy and Saliba for combained 30M euros would be amazing. hopefully after signing this guy we'll turn our focus to Saliba i think he'll be bit harder to get because his club would ask alot of money

 

[Aevi]

Hope we sign him so that my Alexis jersey becomes wearable again.

 

[L3T5 PL4Y]

Should really make a dash with this guy, Konate/Saliba, Palacios, Chukwueze imo

 

[ThisFather]

Reminds me a bit of a depay. Physically, he seems sound as well. Doesn't look far from performing at the top level. Also got to remember it's not like he's doing well in some random low level youth competition. I know its ligue 2, but doing so well at that age at that standard is still impressive. He's playing with adults and coping well.

Off the top of my head, Koscielny, Giroud and Guendouzi also came from Ligue 2.

 

[kraphtous]

He looks like a great player in the making, let's hope we get this done.

More of this please, and fewer Frasers/Perisics/Carrascos.

 

[Camron]

Reminds me a bit of a depay. Physically, he seems sound as well. Doesn't look far from performing at the top level. Also got to remember it's not like he's doing well in some random low level youth competition. I know its ligue 2, but doing so well at that age at that standard is still impressive. He's playing with adults and coping well.

Off the top of my head, Koscielny, Giroud and Guendouzi also came from Ligue 2.

Shades of Hazard as well for me.

 

[pigge]

He looks like a great player in the making, let's hope we get this done.

More of this please, and fewer Frasers/Perisics/Carrascos.

Can't agree more.

 

[Red London]

He looks like a great player in the making, let's hope we get this done.

More of this please, and fewer Frasers/Perisics/Carrascos.

So lets just sign young players? How is that going to start getting us into top4 anytime soon.

You need balance