Arsenal transfers 25/26

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26993

Seems Simons is a concrete target to replace Granit

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26994

We need a mediapunta trequartista with the correct ankle / ballbag ratio to maximise the xGDP of the franchise. I worry we won’t penetrate the goal hole with enough frequency.

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26995

You know ball.

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26996

Hi Dobbo

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26997

Yeah that’s it. VI is pretty reliable I would say.

Personally I’m always worried about signing Eredivisie players, even when they are doing really well which I think Simons has done.

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26998

GET SIMONS DONE

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26999

Well if we get rice to start and supplement that with simons what’s so bad?

27000

Almost as bad as the old fans wistfully longing for the days of unwatchable football, leg breaking tackles and open bigotry in the stands.

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27001

You approve?

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27002

Obviously the first part of my post would wash completely over you.
Cruyff just another boomer and well Rinus Michels would beyond your understanding.

27003

What does big Dobbo say?

27004

Born in 1947? I guess barely a boomer.

27005

You might want to carry on reading his Wikipedia page now you opened it.
He played in America too. Fill you boots.

27006

Are you sure that is set in stone?

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27007

Bayern Munich might enter the race for Xhaka, which means we should be able to get a better price for him than the ÂŁ13m mentioned earlier.

How about ÂŁ30m plus Xhaka for Gnabry?

27008

Oh I know all about it that. Before my time unfortunately. There’s definitely a good documentary to be made about the demise of club soccer in the USA all the way to a functional (albeit closed) league with the MLS.

27009

Gnabry was great a few years back but don’t hear too much hype about him now. Even then, you would still have to value him at around £30m at a minimum. That would be a fantastic deal our end for Xhaka, lol.

27010

Wasn’t the NY cosmos like a retirement home for all these stars, offering a little more money to get the biggest names for a bit?

Pele, Cruyff, and did Maradona play for them too?

Before my time like you though.

27011

Pele did. Cruyff was at the Aztecs and went somewhere else.
It was wound up before Diego had finished. US actually has a decent world cup record for a nation that doesn’t have football/soccer as it’s number one sport.

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27012

Yeah, and the Cosmos were later revived as part of an independent league and then again as basically a fashion brand.