ChefMan21
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I'd almost say go for Lukaku but enjoying Chelsea's winter of discontent.
It obviously won't happen, but what a January it would be if we brought in Bruno G & Vlahovic. That's a proper statement of intent.Three CM that I would love at Arsenal: 1- Fabian Ruiz, 2- Locatelli, 3- Bruno Guimarães. In the ideal world Fabian Ruiz would be the best option to line up with Thomas, but whatever Locatelli or Bruno Guimarães would be very nice too. Potential World Class players.
Others I feel it is a downgrade too much, and barely better than Xhaka. I mean a outside chance to get Rodrigo Bentancur for around 40M would still worth a bet too, he is not as good as Locatelli, but I bet he would already improve the CM position in the team.
I'm more or less thinking along the same line. I would get rid of Xhaka, though, tired of that guy and he earns too much to be a bench player (£100k/week). I am also fully expecting Nelson to leave permanently (not hacking it at Feyenoord). Other than that I'm completely on board with these signings.I would like to see us putting faith in the majority of our current starting XI and start next season with the squad something like this,
GK - Ramsdale, New GK, Okonkwo/Hein
DL - Tierney, Tavares
DC - Gabriel, White, Saliba, Holding
DR - Tomiyasu, New RB
MC - Partey, New CM, Lokonga, Xhaka, Patino/Azeez
AM - Saka, Ødegaard, Martinelli, ESR, New AM, Nelson?
SC - New SC, Lacazette
Out - Leno, Okonkwo/Hein (loan), Kolasinac, Soares, Mari, Chambers, Bellerin, AMN, Elneny, Patino/Azeez (loan), Pepe, Auba, Nketiah, Balogun (loan)
Any new GK and RB basically need to be solid enough and reliable when called upon because they aren't going to play much ahead of Ramsdale and Tomiyasu.
I have lumped all of the attacking midfielders together, yes Saka is better on the right, Ode in the middle etc. but they are all comfortable playing anywhere across the 3 behind the striker so we need another option who can fit in anywhere and be fluid.
The striker and central midfielder will be the 2 players to elevate the team to the next level and will be the difference between a good team and potentially a great one. I honestly don't know who those players will be but I will back our scouting team after last summers successful window. I know it will most likely be a lot easier if we manage to sneak into 4th this season and get back in the Champions League. Maybe not a popular opinion but I would offer Laca another year extension if he will take it and keep Xhaka to ease the pressure on those two key players coming in.
Big Caqueret fan but the club will probably not move for him as we have Patino coming up.I'll ony talk about players I have seen extensively :
CM : Caqueret is my number 1 option, he'd be perfect alongside Partey. I'm personally not a fan of Bruno Guimaraes, always felt he was too slow for PL football.
AM/ST : Mohamed Ali Cho, Angers needs money, still very raw so big clubs won't go after him, it would be a risky move and he's probably still a few months away from being better than our current options, but I really like what I saw from him. I'm sure next season he'll start scoring goals for fun.
I didn't know about this guy. Just looked him up and watched some clips. Wow! I'm sold. He's the full package.There’s been a little talk (limited, due to the cost) about osimhen, but we should stop at nothing to sign him. He’s just about the only realistic option out there that gives us everything we could possibly want in terms of quality (pressing, link up play, finishing, Ariel ability, hold up). He’s literally the perfect age to be an upgrade on laca but is really just coming into his prime. I think he’s a premier league style striker although would take some adaptation, but is experienced enough to come in and make an impact right away. The caveat of course, Napoli would ask for 100+ but I’d still do it as he could lead the line for the next 5 years plus and he’s not just one for the future
Liked him at Lille but stats wise he's got 15G in 35A over 2 seasons at Napoli. Decent numbers but nothing amazing.I didn't know about this guy. Just looked him up and watched some clips. Wow! I'm sold. He's the full package.
Is it right as well that none of his Napoli goals are penalties? If so that makes his goal stats more impressive.
Alex Scott (Bristol City)
Yeah I think that’s correct no penalty goals. And the price would be astronomical, but if we’re looking for a very specific fit, I think it would be worth the price as he’s only 23 I think and would be ready to start almost immediately. If it’s a difference of paying 80 for vlahovic or 100 for osimhen, I know which way I would go. I think he is just as strong at holding up the ball, but much better link up play than vlahovic. I’m just not sure vlahovic can run as much as it seems our forwards are asked toLiked him at Lille but stats wise he's got 15G in 35A over 2 seasons at Napoli. Decent numbers but nothing amazing.
He's got the raw materials to be a top player but so do a few other options and this guy has already gone for a big fee once. It would take silly money to get him and he's not a guaranteed success.