Denis Zakaria

[MikelHadADream]

Elneny should not be consired a football player, he is much better at driving a golf cart and picking up balls. Maybe Bale will sign him and Mustafi later.

Irrelevant. We wasting time and effort replacing squad players like for like when we already have players of his profile (behind the ball CMs). We need guys that can make the difference a difference in the final third. Zakaria is just more of the same.

 

[Tosker]

Xhaka benches this guy for Switzerland right?

don't think this means much because the Xhaka in the red and white of Switzerland is a different beast from the Xhaka in the red and white of Arsenal

 

[SingmeasongSong]

People like to ignore what they dont seem fit with their idea.
City and Bayern wanted him for real, got a serious 1 year knee injury and slowly recovered from it. That's his recent past.

Monster season before. Fact.
Risky, but nothing like Elneny, not in any way.

 

[Trilly]

don't think this means much because the Xhaka in the red and white of Switzerland is a different beast from the Xhaka in the red and white of Arsenal

So why would Zakaria fare any differently?

 

[#254]

I mean I agree, and like I've said i'll be fuming if we sign Ramsdale, White, Lokonga and Tavares without getting a RB and specifically an AM (Maddison). But its fairly likely we'll sign a AM at the very least. After that I think we sign a RB OR CF.

We ought to have began with the priorities! It's pretty basic ****! Wonder why we do it different every single ****ing season. Is the management incapable of learning

 

[HairSprayGooners]

We ought to have began with the priorities! It's pretty basic ****! Wonder why we do it different every single ****ing season. Is the management incapable of learning

Yeah I did say that in another thread. Sign Maddison and Lautaro first within the first few weeks, have them ready then work on White/Ramsdale/RB if need be.

 

[StefanB]

Anything around €20M for this guy would be worth a risk. He's a massively talented player.

 

[mirrorstare]

Smart move to protect Xhaka's value

 

[gunner4lyfe]

Is he quicker than Xhaka at least? Can we involve Elneny in the deal? I'd be involving him in any deal being negotiated really.

 

[drippin]

Can we involve Elneny in the deal? I'd be involving him in any deal being negotiated really.

No. He will be Özil's spiritual advisor in Turkey when his contract is up. No one wants him.

 

[Bloodbather]

Xhaka benches this guy for Switzerland right?

Xhaka, and the other guys, yeah.

This take seems to be based on Euro 2020, which is misleading. Zakaria had injury problems leading to the tournament. When fit, he's a regular starter next to Xhaka.

don't think this means much because the Xhaka in the red and white of Switzerland is a different beast from the Xhaka in the red and white of Arsenal

So why would Zakaria fare any differently?

Switzerland use Xhaka in a more advanced role than we do. Zakaria isn't akin to Xhaka in terms of playing style, he's akin to Partey.

 

[Goonger]

Not sure I believe the rumours yet, but this guy was getting touted to the likes of City a couple of years ago for £40M before his injury.

If you can get him for £15M-£20M, could really be a gamble worth taking!

 

[Rex Stone]

Not seen him play much but he changed the game against Wales in the Euros tbf.

 

[Red London]

So why would Zakaria fare any differently?

I guess one reason (although being in theory) is that the PL is really quick and physical. Xhaka gets beaten by this almost every game, whether that be off or on the ball. In international football you get more time on the ball so you can pull the strings.

Zakaria may not have a sensational range of passing, but he's a real athlete and breaks play up well + one time I watched him he did a disgusting dribble from his own box beating a few players (not sure if he does that often but was something Xhaka simply can't do).

I would take Zakaria on the cheap as some depth, thats about it though. I wouldnt spend too much more then £20m on him. He would offer us something different to what we have too, people will compare Partey + Lokonga to him because they're black but they're completely different. Zakaria is much more of a destroyer than them by the looks of things, with less intricacy in his passing but a powerful dribbler.

He would be able to play with every single CM we have with quite good balance.

 

[Rasmi]

This seems like agent driven story. I really don’t see us how we get a new cm now xhaka is staying

 

[Taneruit]

Xhaka benches this guy for Switzerland right?

This gets repeated so often recently, but no. Xhaka is Switzerland's Nr.1 midfielder. If anything Zakaria plays beside Xhaka.

Atalanta's Freuler benches Zakaria.

 

[A_G]

 

[MutableEarth]

This is not a smart move

 

[Rex Stone]

Middle of the road Swiss midfielders.

I love it.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

We definitely need an extra midfielder capable of pushing Xhaka/Partey and as a more senior alternative and not just relying on Sambi. I got to say I've not see this guy a great deal but from what I've seen the opinions of him fluctuate a lot. In the past he's been described as a player who'd improve us (tho probably pre-Partey) other times I've seen people say he's average.