It would have been a mirror image.
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How lucky are the Ivory coast. 
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Honestly, pretty lucky. Iād love to have two players like that on the flanks for NI lol
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Well youād just be grateful to have a team of actual footballers 
Iām sure theyād of liked George Best
Never heard of him
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Fabrizio says heās not a replacement for Vlahovic.
All this bullshit about him not being sold. Maybe thatās because we havenāt fucking talked to him yet and neither has anyone else making up this bollocks.
Interesting rumours about Dusan VlahoviÄ and consistent reports that he isnāt keen on a move to Arsenal. Looks like a great talent, but I donāt want anyone at the club who isnāt sold on and committed to the project. Worst thing would be to get him and then he pushes for a move after one or two good seasons.
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Goes for pretty much any up and coming talents.
You arenāt signings lifers in this game unless youāre at the top.
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I think we are doing pretty well at the moment at building a good young team. This is just the start and things are looking good.
Thatās cool but my point is that you canāt necessarily avoid players that may possibly use this club as a stepping stone especially if you want the best young talent.
Iām ultimately confident if we end up signing him itās because all parties are happy with the deal and circumstances. If that changes down the line thatās a different matter.
Sometimes a player has to be convinced, so what? You canāt expect they know really anything about the club until itās laid out to them.
I am too but itās a little idealistic to think they stay together for long without success very quickly.
Do you not have concerns about that. Id give 18 months tops before we are fending off someone for one of these lads.
You need CL next season and a good showing for the following season too.
Could happen but itās going too be very hard keeping everything on track.
Is it? I donāt think players like him are aware of the ongoings at Arsenal. Even if you try and explain. They just see City (and Juventus/Liverpool in the past) win and dominate. Thatās what they care about. Only reason a guy like him would come is by paying hefty wages imo.
Iād say the worst thing would be going another season or two with a set of two to four strikers who are pretty much all gonna struggle to get ten league goals each lol. Thatād be much worse than having a potentially excellent striker wanting to leave in two years.
Two years of excellent striker is not the worst thing. We had about two years of excellent Auba before he turned to total shit, that was better than never having him imo. If only the issue was Auba agitating for a big move that bags us a fat wedge of cash to recoup what we spent on him, rather than turning to total shit and looking like heās worth relative peanuts, while not offering us any goals or anything else thatās useful. Not a striker, but also, see Ozil.
Selling him on to a big team for a profit in a couple years would also be much better than it going the same way Pepe has, where a few years later he not even worth half what we paid and hasnāt even come close to representing value for money.
Iād rather have two years of an excellent striker than four or five years of an average striker like Giroud or Lacazette.
I know Iām in danger of taking your use of āworst thingā far too literally, so apologies, but I really do think that buying an excellent striker and selling him on for a profit after two excellent seasons really is much better than quite a few alternative scenarios and that thatās a point worth making.
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Yeah, we canāt not sign someone just because they might leave after a couple of seasons. What is the alternative?
Only date ugly guys because there is less risk of them cheating?
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The additional positive in this situation is that the top striker elevates us to another level which then makes us more attractive to other players, or potentially the once doubtful player realises he is in a good situation and wants to stay longer than a couple of years.
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We badly need a midfielder signing this month. @GC-Maniac you have any good news for us on that front?!
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Nothing that hasnāt been posted so far. I guess have faith in Arteta and Edu to get someone in? 