Sebastes
Statbomb Merchant
Country: Sweden
@TromsoGooner @Barry as an add on to my replies
For me it’s obvious Willock has potential to develop into a really fine midfielder and the one thing he needs is more playing time and exposure to different set ups. There are two ways of going about this - keeping him and playing him or getting him a move to another club, loan or permanent.
I think in the end the question to ask is what kind of direction as a club we want here and how much time we can spend developing prospects. We could develop all of Willock, Saka, ESR, Martinelli by playing them at Arsenal. But then we’d deliberately need to give up some of our ambitions/aspirations in the short to mid term. Or we could say that we don’t have that time/patience and need more experienced and fully developed players to push ourselves back into top 4/6 the coming season or two, in which case we sell Willock on the back of some fantastic performances and a (probably) inflated price.
I’m personally happy with any of those directions. For me the key is decisiveness, clarity and commitment from the club, which I desperately lack right now.
For me it’s obvious Willock has potential to develop into a really fine midfielder and the one thing he needs is more playing time and exposure to different set ups. There are two ways of going about this - keeping him and playing him or getting him a move to another club, loan or permanent.
I think in the end the question to ask is what kind of direction as a club we want here and how much time we can spend developing prospects. We could develop all of Willock, Saka, ESR, Martinelli by playing them at Arsenal. But then we’d deliberately need to give up some of our ambitions/aspirations in the short to mid term. Or we could say that we don’t have that time/patience and need more experienced and fully developed players to push ourselves back into top 4/6 the coming season or two, in which case we sell Willock on the back of some fantastic performances and a (probably) inflated price.
I’m personally happy with any of those directions. For me the key is decisiveness, clarity and commitment from the club, which I desperately lack right now.