4R5Emaniac
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Not a single minute.
Why do you need to watch more than a handful of games?
Anyway, we'll find out.
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Thomas Lemar
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Anyway, we'll find out.
Country: Iceland
Have the feeling we don't guarantee players a starting role. Players know when they come here they will have to compete for position. Seo liked us and has the mentality to come to our club and compete for position.
Maybe he wasnt guaranteed a starting position per ce, but I'm sure he was at least made aware of the fact that Monreal would be playing moreso as a CB in the current setup (as Wenger has told us all), and that he'd be competing with Gibbs. That's as close as you can get to guaranteed gametime
4R5Emaniac
Always fresh from Bangladesh
I doubt some free agent playing for Schalke floating around in lower midtable has any leverage to ask for guaranteed starts at Arsenal. We might give him a starting role but its not like we haven't screwed up decisions. We had, have and will have nothing players being rewarded handsomely.
Don't see what we'd be looking to achieve with Lemar as CM. Waste of a talented player whose abilities are better suited to the wings or closer to danger zones.
The league position of his team is irrelevant to how good a player he is. His leverage is that other teams were interested in signing him.
4R5Emaniac
Always fresh from Bangladesh
This would be an absolute amateurish way of negotiating and very stupid. Why would you need to tell Kolasinac about where Monreal would be playing and he has a free run at LWB? Wenger would tell him his plans of what is expected from him, what are the clubs targets as well as how he will look to integrate him into the plans.Maybe he wasnt guaranteed a starting position per ce, but I'm sure he was at least made aware of the fact that Monreal would be playing moreso as a CB in the current setup (as Wenger has told us all), and that he'd be competing with Gibbs. That's as close as you can get to guaranteed gametime
Ah alright, makes sense why you suggested him playing at LWB then
In the event that we signed Lemar and kept Alexis, which is the scenario we were discussing, Lemar would be better suited playing in Ramsey's role than at LWB. He has all the skills to play there, and would be in the "dangers zones" much more there.
4R5Emaniac
Always fresh from Bangladesh
Yeah but that is not enough for a player of his level to ask for assurances over playing time. I take your point re league position but every time I've seen he was at first a clown, then meh and then decent. I haven't any clue what he did last season I admit but those games that I did there wasn't much to indicate he is going to be a top quality player but has immense physical abilities.
I'll be happy to be proven wrong, its a free transfer and if he has improved really then we have someone better than Gibbs for the role. Not the end of the world.
Country: Scotland
4R5Emaniac
Always fresh from Bangladesh
LWB in a 3-4-2-1 is basically playing like a classic winger.Ah alright, makes sense why you suggested him playing at LWB then
In the event that we signed Lemar and kept Alexis, which is the scenario we were discussing, Lemar would be better suited playing in Ramsey's role than at LWB. He has all the skills to play there, and would be in the "dangers zones" much more there.
Have to disagree on the CM thing really. I can see Lemar pull that off later in his career because he is very rounded but also I think with Xhaka his likely partner there it won't work as well.
Country: Iceland
BBC also reporting something similar.
4R5Emaniac
Always fresh from Bangladesh
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!! PARTY!
Lemar can become a world class CM. Learning from Beard.
Sanchez11
Nobody Is Coming!
Country: England
Who is this kid
El Granit-Coq
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If we sign Lemar, it wont be to play him at LWB... It is most likely CM. Kolasinac will play LWB.
Kolasinac has had an incredible season, and it was essential we get him because he provides quality while also freeing up funds for bigger players (and there is ample proof we are targeting them). There was competition from other good clubs, and he held all the cards, so you do have to make sacrifices at those times to sign players. It'd be silly of Kolasinac not to get some sort of assurance he'd be a starter.
Even if this isn't the case however, it makes little sense for us to sign him and then sign Lemar for the same position. It would negate what was already a good signing and stocked position.
Sanchez11
Nobody Is Coming!
Country: England
Thought he was a winger
Country: Iceland
Kid on the only boat in sea of ****s that this summer has been. Take the lifeline. Believe.
Country: Scotland
Claims he works for ITV. Says Özil and Alexis both signed up
Over 1000 tweets but I'm not sure. Has Kolasanic mentioned very early as one of our targets for LB. Seems like a lot of mud slinging
grange
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Country: USA
Player:Havertz
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