Arsenal transfers 25/26

13 days remaining until the Premier League is back in action. I can’t see us getting another person (besides Merino) fully signed and ready by our first game August 17th…

Question for everyone: are we ready to go 1-step further with this current squad??

Cala + Merino + Timber are the new boys as far I’m concerned.

Hopefully we can squeeze a strong ST/RW in before the window ends at the end of the month though.

I’m not convinced with Jesus leading the line for us, even with his renewed build; the guy’s finishing is wack.

Pedro is a good player, but not really the profile that I would have expected us to go for. He’s VERY different to Sesko.

He covers more positions than Sesko and would also accept a squad role though. He won’t be our big summer striker signing, but we may have to wait 12 months for that.

I get that, but Trossard, Jesus and to a lesser degree Martinelli already fill the space for flexible forward. Was expecting more of a number 9.

The rumour could easily not be true though.

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Absolutely, we’re in “silly season” for the press so expect us to be linked to dozens of forwards.

My YouTube algorithm is full of Gyokeres to Arsenal about to sign a deal videos.
Ranging from 900 to about 25k views, there’s plenty of desperate fans out there .

Not with that attitude! Believe in the process.

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Joao Pedro? No thanks. Don’t want a nonce here

Why what makes him a nonce?

Pedro is just jesus 5years ago. I think the kids say very “mid”

Sadly not convinced of that. Managing players’ sharpness will be key, but i don’t think we have enough players arteta trusts to share the load, as it stands. Players can always improve though and other teams may not be as consistent…

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He dated a 15 year old

We’re talking about the guy from Brighton right?
After your post I did some investigation and couldn’t find anything to support your claim

Edit: Just did more investigation and you are right, but the legal age of consent in Brazil is 14, and as they are both Brazilian it’s ok.

14 is the legal age of consent in Portugal, Italy and Germany too.
But as a father of 2 girls I know this to be very wrong although they are both in their late teens now, if some guy came sniffing around at when they were 14 he’d be without his kneecaps now.

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Yes, the legal age here is 16 here but even I think that’s wayyyyy too low. May be legal in his country but I just find it disgusting and predatory still.

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Illegal Activity? No.
Creepy Activity? Incredibly.
Reason not to buy him? It says a lot about his mental maturity at the time. Maybe he regrets it now though. I trust Arteta and Edu to do their due diligence.

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How old was he at the time?

18

Yeah, a bit creepy.

Szczesny as our #2?

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I’d be delighted to see him return.

  • Knows the club well
  • Homegrown
  • Very experienced

Hopefully he’s willing to lower his wage demands and be a back-up goalkeeper.

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