Heavy Duty Rom
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What are your thoughts on Guimaraes? I was all for it when the news first broke, but the more I think about it, the more I struggle to see him in an Arsenal shirt.
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What are your thoughts on Guimaraes? I was all for it when the news first broke, but the more I think about it, the more I struggle to see him in an Arsenal shirt.
Rasmi
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Country: England
I think with CL being more games. Hopefully do better in the cups. We could play +10 games. We need to build the squad. It’s clear the manager won’t play guys like esr or vieira. So they can’t really be counted on
The one I’m most curious about this summer is Zinchenko. What do we do with him
The one I’m most curious about this summer is Zinchenko. What do we do with him
Country: Norway
I think we'd be willing to listen to offers, without necessarily hawking him out to all and sundry. He's too suspect defensively to be our main man at left back.
Sanchez11
Nobody Is Coming!
Country: England
Can see Zinny and Jesus getting sold, its time to go BIG or go home!
Zinny will be put in the market Timber is taking his place next season and we already looking for fullbacks.
Sell the obvious fringe players (Ramsdale/Eddie/ESR/Sambi/KT/Nuno) and bring in 2 level raisers.
Our squad is super strong as it is, there’s no need to mess about with it too much.
Our squad is super strong as it is, there’s no need to mess about with it too much.
Heavy Duty Rom
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I don’t mind Zinchenko, in fact I think he’s been harshly treated by the fans. However, I think his time is likely up, I’d sell and sign a natural LB so we have the option to go Timber to invert or a natural LB to overlap.
Ideally I’d sell both Zinchenko and Kiwior and sign Schlotterbeck but I think that’s more wish list stuff than reality.
HattoriHanzo
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Country: Croatia
UCL campaign this season showed us that Arsenal needs more individual quality, especially in attacking part.
Players who can make a difference with pass, shot or/ and dribble.
Rasmi
Negative Nancy
Country: England
I think a lot of the bigger clubs are gonna be in trouble this summer with moving players. The market is simply not there for a lot of these guys on huge wages. Guys like Zinchenko and Jesus are on big money and not many clubs can pay their wages and actually spend money on them. We have 10-11 players we would like to sell.
It doesn’t help we not making much money from the academy losing young talents for free like Hutchinson, Cozier and now Walters
Heavy Duty Rom
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Dribbling ability is the main thing missing from this team imo. You can see in the CL, in the latter stages, it’s players like Sane and Vinicius who are making the difference. Players with that raw pace and close control.
We also need a world class technician in the deeper midfield areas. Think #5 would have given us that if he could have played more than 5 games this season. We need someone to give us that quality on a consistent basis.
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This has been the case for a few windows now. Europe has no money, and international level players who play for Arsenal will rarely take the step down within the PL.
I think we should concentrate on moving on some of the British guys that would actually move within the league (Ramsdale/Eddie/ESR ect).
Rasmi
Negative Nancy
Country: England
Yeah they are more likely to bring in money. But most leaving will leave on a loan I suspect. I think Partey will be released
Heavy Duty Rom
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Yeah, he is good. I’m just not sold on the fee.
The way I look at it is, if Rice is out, would Bruno be able to replace his running power? No. Would a midfield of Jorginho Bruno Ødegaard be too slow? Yes.
For that reason, I’d favour a FDJ type.
Fans blast Zinchenko for being overly emotional, have they watched Bruno? Yes having players with dark arts is useful, but he doesn’t have dark arts, he’s just a pr***
Agree with you. Bruno’s a top player but for 70/80m? Nah.
We need a technician to replace what Partey/Jorginho give us, and not sure Bruno is that guy.
I’m not even that big a fan of FDJ, but style wise he’s definitely the best fit imo.
HattoriHanzo
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Country: Croatia
In this case he might stay his last season at Arsenal. He might be useful in 5-6 matches when fit next season.
HattoriHanzo
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Country: Croatia
Completely agree.
Martinelli with technical ability.
Heavy Duty Rom
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Yep or Trossard/Saka with raw pace
Country: England
Williams then. Said this for years.
ArsenesCoatMaker
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I'm not sure who's the better defender between FDJ and Guimares tbh FDJ still hadn't dislodged a 34yo Busquets from the DM role last season. He wasn't fully trusted there from my understanding. Let me quote a Barce fan:
'I supported De Jong, but there is no progress, and his limitations that existed 3 years ago, also exist now. He didn't improve at all in any area. Still modest offensive participation, still has moments where his defending is simply bad, still takes too many touches and so on.'
And another:
'Run of the mill box to box midfielder and most often than not a headless chicken in big games. Last season the presence of Busquets and Gavi made him shine. This season he's a shadow of his last season's self like most of our players.'
