Thomas Lemar

[Tir Na Nog]

Thomas Lemar is Robert Pires to Kylian Mbappé's Thierry Henry.

Decent comparisons.

I remember Wenger once compared Griezmann to Pires quite a number of years ago and we ended up missing out on him, although slightly different type of player, I think Wenger believes Lemar is a similar type of talent who can be turned into a 15+ goal a season attacking midfielder/wide man so won't want to miss out on him too.

 

[Hunta]

Lemar is a very good player, the kind of guy we've wanted on our right wing for years.

No idea what the 343 means for him though, signing him must mean Alexis is leaving. Unless our dreams have come true and Wenger is finally allowing competition within his squad.

Either way if this happens the whole "Lemar and Mbappe are good friends/teammates" angle will be used to death.

He plays on the left you ballbag.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

@Tir Na Nog

Likelihood of this happening on a scale of 1-12?

I don't know, I only know that we're trying really hard to get him, it'll all depend on the player tho. But if reports from L'Equipe are to be believed then it's safe to say he would like to come here to play under Wenger.

My gut feeling says about a 9/10 on your scale.

 

[4R5Emaniac]

Lemar is excellent. Actually would take him over James and I'm sure he can excel in Özil's role. He is also unique as a player.

 

[Sanchez11]

If this goes through my boy is leaving isnt he

 

[Aevi]

 

[Kingslayer]

@Tir Na Nog

Likelihood of this happening on a scale of 1-12?

Brenda asked him the same thing after he was having some... 'small' problems, shall we say...

 

[Aevi]

Thomas Lemar is Robert Pires to Kylian Mbappé's Thierry Henry.

Funny you say that...

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Brenda asked him the same thing after he was having some... 'small' problems, shall we say...

Didn't big Weng say 3 signings max?

Kolasinac
Lemar
Lacazette

Alexis replacement, ay fellas.

 

[field442]

Lemar and Lacazette. Get it done Ivan......And ****.

 

[Sanchez11]

Lemar and Lacazette. Get it done Ivan......And ****.

Will it be enough though

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Will it be enough though

Depends. If Lemar hits the ground running you're looking at a player who will get into double figures with goals and assists from the left. Lacazette will then add more goals up top than Giroud/Welbeck. So I believe we'd be in the exact same place in terms of goal output.

Alexis - 20-25 league goals and 10-15 assists.
Giroud - 10-15 league goals and 1-5 assists.
Özil - 10-15 league goals and 10-20 assists

Lemar - 10-15 league goals and 10-15 assists
Lacazette - 15-20 league goals and 1-5 assists
Özil - same as above.

Current option minimum - 4o goals and 21-25 assists.
New option minimum - 35 goals and 21-25 assists minimum.

Lacazette would have to be hitting the same league goals as Alexis gets to make it anywhere near as good as our current trio.

 

[Pseudoexpert]

Here's a dubstep-infested YouTube compilation if anyone's interested...

You didn't need to say "dubstep-infested", that's every YouTube footballer compilation.

 

[Garrincha]

Far too sensible a buy for us.

Expect him to be Chelseas next quality supporting wide player following in Malouda & Willians footsteps.

 

[Sanchez11]

Depends. If Lemar hits the ground running you're looking at a player who will get into double figures with goals and assists from the left. Lacazette will then add more goals up top than Giroud/Welbeck. So I believe we'd be in the exact same place in terms of goal output.

Alexis - 20-25 league goals and 10-15 assists.
Giroud - 10-15 league goals and 1-5 assists.
Özil - 10-15 league goals and 10-20 assists

Lemar - 10-15 league goals and 10-15 assists
Lacazette - 15-20 league goals and 1-5 assists
Özil - same as above.

Current option minimum - 4o goals and 21-25 assists.
New option minimum - 35 goals and 21-25 assists minimum.

Lacazette would have to be hitting the same league goals as Alexis gets to make it anywhere near as good as our current trio.

No improvement then

 

[HairSprayGooners]

No improvement then

Nope, not really. With Alexis you're guaranteed 15-25 goals from the left which is an insane return.

However who knows, having Lacazette and Lemar may push Özil onto giving more assists like in the season before last.

Just a guesstimate, Lemar could flop

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Apparently he has a release clause of 28M?

 

[field442]

Apparently he has a release clause of 28M?

Someone would've probably already signed him if that were the case.

 

[Kingslayer]

They don't have release clauses in France.

 

[MutableEarth]

IMO Alexis is going. Wenger is signing two guys to replace him and if Lemar is one of them, I'll be pleased.

He is a massive technical talent, and I think if he has more confidence as a player he can go as far as he wants to go. He'd most likely either be a CM or part of the front 3 in our formation and I think he will be part of the latter, along with a striker coming in.