Edu's Transfer Targets: Summer Holidays 2021

[Iceman10]

Leave some of the ladies to us man, that's some elite stalking ability.

Looks like the well known Al Jazeera stuff pretty much everyone recalls here at A-M. I know what he's getting at, but it is a total waste of time rabbit hole.

 

[bingobob]

I may sound negative here but please bare with me.

Previous behaviour is the biggest predictor of future behaviour. If Kroenke didn't invest when we fell out of the CL and lost that revenue there's no logical reason to think he'll give a toss about the loss of EL money.

People for whatever reason think Kroenke is motivated by success on field. He's not. People put way too much stock in on field success impacting on the clubs value. From his perspective and with his motivations Kroenke is running the club brilliantly. The clubs value is 22% higher than it was two years ago and pushing 40% higher than when we fell out of the CL. He's not failing, he's succeeding, at what matters to him.

The caveat is the Super League fiasco / fan protests. No Kroenke doesn't care about the fans but he'll probably throw the club a bone this summer just for PR purposes.

All this talk of warchest's and big investments from Kroenke are an exaggeration but they'll probably be plenty of stories like this put out when we've signed a couple of players.

It will be the same as the Partey signing. Talk of Kroenke writing a blank cheque out of his personal money etc. The truth will later come out that the money was leveraged against the club.

Bottom line is, he's never invested in the club and there's zero logical reasons to think he will start now.

There is a point when investment becomes optimal. I'm throwing it out there that now may be the time to do so. The past is a good predictor of the future however are current recent past has never happened.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Sshh... Don't tell this to @HairSprayGooners

An actual well thought out, well written response as to why Kroenke won't spend. @TimoJens take note.

The only thing we can do is wait and see. On the flip side from what you said @Blood on the Tracks the cheapest option for the Kroenkes in this scenario would actually be to bring in a manager like Sarri.

However they're backing Arteta which requires a lot of cash to get the squad he wants.

But like I said, wait and see. We will know within the first few weeks of the window if they're serious.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Would lose respect for Jack Grealish if he moved to Arsenal tbh.

He doesn’t deserve to waste his best years at a club with no ambition plus he’s being managed by a better manager at Aston Villa in Dean Smith.

 

[Red London]

Are season ticket renewals coming? Why are there millions of links today?

 

[Red London]

However they're backing Arteta which requires a lot of cash to get the squad he wants.

I'm not sure about that personally. Maybe last summer when Arteta was in a good position but after this season it's not like he can demand much. He can walk but won't get such a big job as his next. There was way more hype around his managerial credentials last summer.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Would lose respect for Jack Grealish if he moved to Arsenal tbh.

He doesn’t deserve to waste his best years at a club with no ambition plus he’s being managed by a better manager at Aston Villa in Dean Smith.

Yet they're below us? Lol.

Surely making a big money move for Grealish is showing ambition?

 

[TimoJens]

We are not really linked to Grealish anyway even if a certain exhibitionist from Chile is trying to say otherwise.

 

[A_G]

@Mitch has won, but at what cost?

 

[MutableEarth]

@Mitch has won, but at what cost?

This is probably hell for Mitch, he hates Ramsey more than he hates Bellerin

 

[A_G]

Why are there millions of links today?

It's because we found out the Kroenkes are going to make £200m available this summer.

 

[Red London]

@Mitch has won, but at what cost?

Oh lovely, I've been waiting for this for a while. We're now part of Juventus' and Barcelona's very very special and exclusive group of **** clubs who swap players to balance the books.

I look forward to this strong and fruitful partnership.

 

[Papa Wonga]

We all know perfectly what "Owner's are willing to Invest this summer" translates to don't we lads.

Buying 6-7 players, who are average at best, and arteta will start waxing lyricals about how he's been backed in the window and the fans should have faith in the owners blah blah.

Some of the sht we're being linked with is disgusting.

Moussa Dembele
Andersen
Bertrand

What's this, planning for the championship already.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Yet they're below us? Lol.

Surely making a big money move for Grealish is showing ambition?

Above them by 4 points but they’ve got a game in hand. So it could potentially be one point

Didn’t we get smoked 3-0 by them at the Emirates? Plus we lost to them at Villa Park too.

Arteta hasn’t beaten Aston Villa yet. He’s taken three straight L’s so far.

 

[Mitch]

@Mitch has won, but at what cost?

Switching gonorrhoea for herpes.

 

[Mitch]

This is probably hell for Mitch, he hates Ramsey more than he hates Bellerin

No, I don't. Although Ramsey was overrated ****e post purple patch.

Our most overrated players
1. Diaby
2. Bellerin
3. Ramsey
4. Song
5. Giroud

But at least I would be proven right in my prediction when Ramsey signed for Juventus that Ramsey woul d be playing for a mid level club within a couple of seasons. I just didn't think we would be that mid level club

 

[SingmeasongSong]

@Mitch has won, but at what cost?

Juve really is the cheapeat bunch of them all
He'd even more if Juve then really gets pushed down to second league.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

No, I don't. Although Ramsey was overrated ****e post purple patch.

Our most overrated players
1. Diaby
2. Bellerin
3. Ramsey
4. Song
5. Giroud

But at least I would be proven right in my prediction when Ramsey signed for Juventus that Ramsey woul d be playing for a mid level club within a couple of seasons. I just didn't think we would be that mid level club

I can bear most of those names being on that list, whilst controversial, there are oppinions either way.

But Diaby ? Come on, Wenger openly talked about him being his biggest regret at some point and multiple players said he was probably the most talented player there is, in his position.
He's simply been killed by that one foul.

Guy looked so damn good back before that happened.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Have to agree with @Mitch Diaby was seriously overrated by our fans. I think the comparisons to Vieira were very lazy from fans.

Another overrated player that I’m surprised wasn’t on the list was Tomáš Rosický. He was decent but not as good as our fans make him out to be. Alex Hleb was far more talented.

 

[dashsnow17]

Juve have a serious problem if they're recruiting guys like Bellerin.