✍️ OFFICIAL Joe Willock (Out)

[Barry]

If we sell Willock for 19 ****ing million after he just broke records whilst still being young and English, that's probably even worse than anything we've done in the recent past, which say a lot.

This would be so incredibly stupid, you'd basically would have to sack the entire crew.
19m

Especially considering we are talking about Newcastle here. I mean these guys are like the losers who go out on the first episode of the Apprentice. You could overcharge them for basically anything. If Edu gets ripped off by Newcastle he needs to hang his head in shame.

 

[2Smokeyy]

Sending out on loan again would be a disaster. You either integrate him into the starting eleven or you sell him.

No more loans.

His stock is currently high, so I’m sure another PL club would be willing to pay 30m for him. Aston Villa might come in for him once Grealish is sold.

 

[Gooner416]

So he tweets it's done but then asks another user to confirm they moved from Chalobah to Willock?

 

[carter777]

Aren't they current in the middle of an arbitration case trying to get their takeover sorted?

Ashley's tight AF in a normal season. If his focus is on selling right now I wouldn't expect him to part with anything sizeable.

 

[MutableEarth]

Feels like the best outcome for all parties... Newcastle need him, he was doing great there & Arteta cant mess him about.

Only red flag is some reports Everton may be looking at Saint-Maximin this window & Newcastle might struggle a bit.

Give them Reiss aswell on loan. Willock loan only makes sense if he signs a new deal and is definitely coming back a starter.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Arteta said he's our player and he's staying.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

So looks unless we get an acceptable bid Willock is staying because even if Arteta saying he in his plans but doesn't sound like he 100% sure about it.

 

[carter777]

"in the time that he is here we will try to make the most out of him"

Doesn't sound like the most comital to me. The right fee/deal and he'll be let go I suspect.

 

[Sebastes]

So he tweets it's done but then asks another user to confirm they moved from Chalobah to Willock?

This is from january though?

 

[El Duderino]

William Saliba was going to be assessed in pre season, according to the club.

He goes if the interest in genuine and makes sense financially for the club.

Would not be against another loan if he extends for another year or so.

 

[El Duderino]

Just seen the Lokonga loan stuff, it's an either or between him and Willock going away.

Would also mean Elneny is definitely staying. This might be it for me.

 

[Iwobeast]

"Joe is part of our plans, he's our player and in the time that he is here we will try to make the most out of him”

Arteta is a real politician, answers a question but leaves all possibilities open, you can never tell what he thinks lol, so annoying

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

I think there will be more teams interested in him loan is unacceptable unless it's with 25M obligation

 

[rich 1990]

Just seen the Lokonga loan stuff, it's an either or between him and Willock going away.

Would also mean Elneny is definitely staying. This might be it for me.

Lets hope so.

 

[Sebastes]

For me a loan would make the most sense, preferably with an extension first. He obviously benefited from being at Newcastle and I don't see how we'd use him this year if it's not in a 433 with him as starting RCM. But that'd mean we wouldn't sign any new starting players and rather go for backups which won't happen.

If not loan then I'd try to sell for 30m. I just feel there's no apparent role for him to play just yet and rather he'd go on another loan and have a full season in the PL or in a top Championship team.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Just seen the Lokonga loan stuff, it's an either or between him and Willock going away.

Would also mean Elneny is definitely staying. This might be it for me.

don't think he going on loan and Elneny is staying because we not in position buying 3 midfielders Elneny Willock Lokonga New CM and Partey is good set of midfielders

 

[samspade]

I have to admit, I’ve been pretty anti Willock on here but he’s been on my mind a lot. I’m honestly not sure if we should sell, I think if a big (25m+) bid came in for him I think the cold blooded intelligent thing to do would be to sell. I’ve been anti him because I think his passing is ****, touch a little ropey and he wastes his good work holding on to the ball too long. But clearly he has special physical and goal scoring attributes.

I think it’s possible that as he matures he cleans some of these things up though, he needs to start looking for space more too rather than the ball. Some people have compared him to Yaya which is utterly misguided imo, he’ll never be a silky smooth operator, to me the question is can he become functional in the areas he’s weak in, perhaps Lampard or Soucek are better examples for him to follow in terms of refining your passing/ ball retention to the required standard.

I’d be tempted to persist with him depending on how he feels about signing new contracts but I wouldn’t if it meant Azeez and soon maybe Patino didn’t get game time.

 

[El Duderino]

Lets hope so.

Thought you had me on ignore, Richard?

 

[rich 1990]

Thought you had me on ignore, Richard?

No, that's only for the lowest of the low.

 

[Badger_Revenge]

He really got into his own head and pressed in the Europa league last year hoping to make a starting spot. I felt a lot of his bad touches and decisions were down to that. He is a better player than he showed, I think. Hopefully the Newcastle experience gave him confidence. I really want to see how he does this preseason. I hope he gets one. If he keeps pressing, then that will be a hard problem to overcome at Arsenal. He will need to move on.