Big Berta in the building
https://x.com/now_arsenai/status/1986451485282931084?s=46&t=eJpgg6uHWRsStnASv-OePg
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I do believe this. I think Arteta probably told Berta what he needed at a minimum and what he needed to complete the squad and Berta did the latter lol
I genuinely canāt believe how complete our squad feels now.
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Because we filled the two gaping holes weād all been talking about - LW & ST.
The others were just upgrades or replacements. Quality level definitely risen across the board.
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Interesting. I seem to remember Berta/Arsenal wanting to bring in a guy from Juventus earlier this year but I think that lead went cold.
https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1992905671470436620
Arteta when Edu pitched him Igor Jesus and Rodrigo Muniz:
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Didnāt know where to put this, so it goes here. Now obviously it is in hindsight but how weāre feeling about the transfer window? Because weāre not getting much out of what we bought.
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I think without this Summerās window, we wouldnāt even we wouldnāt be top so I think the work that Berta did is still important and ultimately we havenāt signed anybody that we canāt resell outside of Gyokeres.
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Said at the time it wasnāt that great, didnāt get the fuss.
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Zubimendi (bar today!) has been a revelation, Mosquerra looks like the bargain of the decade and weāve needed Eze and Gyokeres to be available this season.
Were top. Good window, not amazing.
Zubimendi - good but overrated, needed cos of Partey situation.
Gyokeres - made sense given we needed a striker and he had the best numbers
Madueke - done fine. Was unnecessary though since we had Nwaneri.
Eze - waste of space
Mosquera - good signing.
Hincapie - decent to good so far.
Mosquito has been the most impressive for me, given his age and fee.
Zubimendi has been good offensively, but not the 6 I thought heād be.
Gyokās foundational football skills is well below par.
Mads has no end product.
Hincapieā¦average imho.
Itās not looking good brev, but as said before typically only 40% of new signings āwork outā.
Letās see what happens come Mayā¦
The window was great. We have a top top squad.
How they are being used is the problem. All that talent and relying on set pieces is embarrassing.
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On paper I think itās still good just the players seemed to have regressed and havenāt pushed us on much like expected.
Canāt help but think weāre a bit Netflixy - all quantity over quality.
Weāre win now, and with players like Eze and Vik offering very little contribution at their age, they offer nothing for now or for the future.
Madueke maybe another season he brings a bit of end product.
Absolutely fine with Zoob and Mozza.
Berta isnāt as good as he, or everyone else, thinks he is.
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Disagree. In just one year heās tied down Saliba, Gabriel (I think), Timber, Saka and apparently Rice is in the sorks. Heās got numerous deals over the line and I trust him to get good deals on outgoing players. We also appear not to have been bent over on the Nwaneri and Zinchenko loan deals.
I agree that weāve loaded the squad last summer and are crying out for game changing players, but would anybody rather want 250m of Osak and Wirtz based on what weāve seen?
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more Chelsea rejects incomingā¦
Chelsea generally seen as the best wrt London based U18s no?
Need attackers Berta-Teta
Defence canāt do it on their own all the time.