Edu’s Transfer Targets: Summer 2023

[N@th@n]

Martinelli and Saliba count as homegrown too, having both been registered for 3 seasons.

Its kind of ridiculous that Tierney, who was a British passport, doesn't count for this.

 

[TopGunner81]

Remember when us getting fleeced on sales was supposed to be a thing of the past?

Arteta did a lot to redeem himself this summer, hoping he can come around and incorporate Pepe into this team. Saka plays way too many minutes and a confident Pepe offers stuff not even Saka can

Never gonna happen! Doesn’t work hard enough off the ball for Arteta

 

[ChefMan21]

While Pepe offers things other players don't, he is just so inconsistent and, often enough, it's like playing with 10 men. Worse still there is zero evidence of that ever changing. What's the incentive to persevere?

 

[Goonger]

Its kind of ridiculous that Tierney, who was a British passport, doesn't count for this.

Why would he though? It would make a bit of a mockery of having different teams and associations in the United Kingdom if that was allowed.

What's even more strange is someone like Saliba can count as homegrown because he was registered with the club for 3 years between the ages of 15-21, but someone like Oli McBurnie wouldn't count as homegrown for Rangers even though he played for the Scottish National Team.

Or even more extreme, someone like Billy Gilmour would count as homegrown for an English club, but not for Rangers, even though he plays for the Scottish National Team, and was actually trained by Rangers up until he was 16 when he joined Chelsea.

 

[The_Playmaker]

Never gonna happen! Doesn’t work hard enough off the ball for Arteta

I don't even think it's a question of talent or work rate. I just don't think he is smart enough.

Pepe - Not smart enough and lacks mentality
Nuno - not smart enough and lacks mentality
Lokonga - Not smart enough and lacks mentality.
AMN - no issue with football iq, but lacks mentality.

The all or nothing documentary gave you small snippets of the character of the players. Remember when Arteta did the memory game and Pepe literally was baffled acting like it was a test. Nuno having his 1v1 discussions with Cuesta, and that moment with Eddie and Lokonga.

We need to do our due diligence on every signing and mentality and football IQ are key.

 

[sergio_giorgini]

I don't even think it's a question of talent or work rate. I just don't think he is smart enough.

Pepe - Not smart enough and lacks mentality
Nuno - not smart enough and lacks mentality
Lokonga - Not smart enough and lacks mentality.
AMN - no issue with football iq, but lacks mentality.

The all or nothing documentary gave you small snippets of the character of the players. Remember when Arteta did the memory game and Pepe literally was baffled acting like it was a test. Nuno having his 1v1 discussions with Cuesta, and that moment with Eddie and Lokonga.

We need to do our due diligence on every signing and mentality and football IQ are key.

Are you saying all those brothers have low footballing IQs or low IQs in general?

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Are you saying all those brothers have low footballing IQs or low IQs in general?

 

[bastun]

Are you saying all those brothers have low footballing IQs or low IQs in general?

Both

 

[bingobob]

All I fear is that his status as a United fan will hinder us if they also go in for him.

One would hope head triumphs over heart when he sees how far we've come though.

Could do a Mudryk. Twerk for United end up with us. He does look the business and I'd like to have an Irish man play for us.

 

[Vinci]

Probably the most hilarious scene from BB.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Could do a Mudryk. Twerk for United end up with us. He does look the business and I'd like to have an Irish man play for us.

Shameful that David O'Leary still stands as the last Irishman to play for Arsenal.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

Shameful that David O'Leary still stands as the last Irishman to play for Arsenal.

I hear we're signing Evan Ferguson from Bettystown this summer

 

[Sapient Hawk]

I hear we're signing Evan Ferguson from Bettystown this summer

I'd settle for the one farther down the coast at Brighton

 

[sub_sub]

Both

I thought Tavares is meant to be actually quite brainy, he is multilingual, he did well in his studies, he plays the cello. It’s just that he does strange things sometimes like snogging dogs.

 

[BenTal]

We should have loaned Pepe to Palace or a PL team. Sending players abroad won't keep their price.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

I'd settle for the one farther down the coast at Brighton

That's the one! He's from Bettystown

 

[A_G]

 

[ArsenalInMyHeart]

a good profile to replace Partey in the future

 

[GoonerJeeves]

@MutableEarth - I might remember wrongly, but you had big hopes for him?

 

[Red London]

I’m really confused about what we’re doing in the CM position.

We are actually quite stacked at DM since we signed Jorginho.

It means we’re going for an advanced CM. Rice could be an option of doing some things Xhaka adds while being a potential long term successor to Partey.

In an ideal scenario we sign a 6/8 hybrid like Rice and a proper no.8/10 ala Kudus. But then we would be very stacked there, with for eg Xhaka, Rice and Kudus for one position (not counting ESR Vieira etc who can potentially play there).

The AM experts will have their opinions and their definite solutions but I am very intrigued as to what we do. I think we will only go for 1 player there if I had to guess, unless we have a departure or loan.