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Layvin Kurzawa

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yybecause

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Because it's not sustainable for a club that's restricted financially - we're not Man City. If we don't rush Tierney back and get him fit for next season and he avoids any freak injury's like his dislocated shoulder then the only games Kola will play is the occasional league game or the cup comps. Is that really worth the £6M+ a year we'll be paying him? Kola isn't even versatile where he could cover RB or even CB like Monreal did, or AMN playing RB or CM. We could sell him for around £15-20M and use that and his wage towards the CB or CM this team is badly needing.
Would Kola be good enough for our bench on a 60k a week, and if we paid 10mil for him?
 

redwhiteAustrian

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I was happy with Saka.

Signing a 27 years old with little game time over the last couple of seasons who's plagued by injuries seems like a waste of funds. Handing him a three year deal e.g. means we're left with a hit on our wage budget because it'll be next to impossible moving him on, in case it doesn't work out.

Meh.
 

Rex Stone

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Genuinely would’ve taken Gibbo back here. Good pro, Arsenal lad and could’ve mentored some of the young guys.

Would’ve taken a much lower wage and cost far less.
 

Kysus

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What's not to get? Tierney is out until March, Kola is having his own injury issues but there's been some interest in him from other clubs so he'll likely be moved on in the summer as the club can't have a back-up LB on £100K+ a week! Plus if we get £20M for him it'll likely go towards a top class CB or CM.
People are getting seriously wound up over us signing a back-up LB.
Kurzawa is basically a free transfer as well so he is gonna have fairly high wage demands.
Kola is made for the premier league and offers us something different. Tierney + Kurzawa would be a downgrade to Tierney + Kola, just to possibly safe a few peanuts in the future? MEH
 

benjamin86

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I was happy with Saka.

Signing a 27 years old with little game time over the last couple of seasons who's plagued by injuries seems like a waste of funds. Handing him a three year deal e.g. means we're left with a hit on our wage budget because it'll be next to impossible moving him on, in case it doesn't work out.

Meh.
I don't understand it at all...If he was a RB sure, that would mean we would have 2 specialist RB's/LB's and Maitland-Niles who can be used as a 3rd option for RB or LB. (He covered LB reasonably well before)
 

Marjorie

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Kurzawa is basically a free transfer as well so he is gonna have fairly high wage demands.
Kola is made for the premier league and offers us something different. Tierney + Kurzawa would be a downgrade to Tierney + Kola, just to possibly safe a few peanuts in the future? MEH

I think the problem there is Kola is quite injury prone himself. As another user pointed out a page or two back, this probably means the end for him here come the summer.
 

benjamin86

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Kysus

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I think the problem there is Kola is quite injury prone himself. As another user pointed out a page or two back, this probably means the end for him here come the summer.

But Kurzawa has the same problems himself, so where is the upside in this?
 

Marjorie

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But Kurzawa has the same problems himself, so where is the upside in this?

Cashing in on Kola to the tune of 20-30m while securing a replacement on the cheap and probably a lower wage than what Kolas been on. I'm not keen on this signing but that's probably a bit of the thinking behind it.
 

Goonger

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Cashing in on Kola to the tune of 20-30m while securing a replacement on the cheap and probably a lower wage than what Kolas been on. I'm not keen on this signing but that's probably a bit of the thinking behind it.

That's the way I would see it. Would be lucky to get the figures you mention but an extra £10M-£15M even in the pot might help another position in the summer.

Also, we don't know what Kola is thinking. Perhaps he's indicated that he wants to move on in the summer, & we're being proactive trying to cover that just now?
 

BigPoppaPump

Reeling from Laca & Kos nightmares
We wanted the guy but he just happened to be recovering form injury at the time. He's then had a freak injury that could have happened to anybody.

Tierney wasn't bought as a stop-gap, he was bought as our potential leftback for the next ten years. Him recovering from injury at the time we bought him isn't stupid imo.

I don't think the shoulder injury was a freak injury when Ornstein reported on it before, he seemed to make it worse.

It's not wise to buy a player that has had injury problems pretty much every season since 16/17, especially at Arsenal. We'll be playing makeshift fullbacks and signing guys like Kurzawa forever.
 

Highbury_2006

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I don't think the shoulder injury was a freak injury when Ornstein reported on it before, he seemed to make it worse.

It's not wise to buy a player that has had injury problems pretty much every season since 16/17, especially at Arsenal. We'll be playing makeshift fullbacks and signing guys like Kurzawa forever.

8 injuries since 2016, mostly minor ones. I think you can find maaaany players with a similar record.
 

Slartibartfast

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Question for those who are freaking out over this: who do you suggest that Arsenal could get on the cheap during this transfer window who could serve as Tierney's backup in the future, would cost less than Kolasinac, who could fill the left back spot immediately and who would clearly be better than Kurzawa? I'm struggling to think of anyone.

Wasn't it the case that he had shoulder problems up at Celtic? Could be an ongoing problem if the potential is there for him to get hurt anytime he lands awkwardly.

No shoulder problems at Celtic. Hip problems. And a hernia.
 
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