Do people still choose Arsenal on Fifa
Only way I can see Arsenal win the league
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He is my mates nephew grew up in Kingston where I live and more than likely to goto Chelsea - Kingstonianās ground was bought out by Chelsea Ladies so links abound. He is a good kid !!
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Somehow I found us really good on Fifa 21, shit ratings but well balanced with rapid attackers.
Complete disparity from the real life versionā¦
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I used to on FM
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Not Brighton 
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Why is it delusional to think that we could sign Declan Rice? We paid Ā£50m for Ben White in the Summer. Previous year we paid Ā£50m for Partey and put him on big wages. Year before we paid Ā£72m for Pepe. Why would Declan Rice be different? We are prepared to spend big money on players and wages isnāt a problem for us.
How much would his transfer fee be? Ā£70m+ ? Fee and wages wouldnāt be an issue if we wanted the player.
Who where the other teams we bid against in those 3 deals.
See Vlahovic for reasons you wonāt be signing Rice.
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We didnāt fail in the Vlahovic signing because we werenāt prepared the pay the transfer fee, he rejected us because he wanted to go to Juve. And the point about the other three signings is not that we were in competition (although there were other clubs interested in Pepe according to reports at the time), I am just making the point that the club are prepared to spend big on an individual player. Something we havenāt done in the past under Wenger. If Rice doesnāt want to leave or only wants a move back to Chelsea, there isnāt anything we or any other club can do, but donāt see that being the case.
I stopped playing before Potter took over 
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But if Chelsea or United are interested, do you think weāll get him? Thatās what heās getting at, our only shot would be if weāre the only ones in for him and that isnāt going to happen.
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Depends on the situation at the time. We are short of midfielders, Chelsea are not, so guaranteed he would be a starter for us. We are building a strong young team - he is only 23 still, so same age as Ben White and Gabriel so fits the age profile of the players we have been signing. We could easily compete with Chelsea on wages for the player. If we got into the top 4 we could offer CL football (which would give us an advantage over Utd). Iām not saying we will sign him, but I think we should be in for him and I donāt think it is far-fetched.
The only Rice we are getting is Uncle Benās
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He dead bro, Spider-Man fucked up
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There are several reasons we wonāt get Rice.
Would he want to come here?
Will Kroenke keep giving Arteta money?
We need a top striker which will be most of our budget.
There are other genuine top PL clubs interested.
Arteta isnāt an attractive manager for top players.
Weāre not playing in the CL.
He definitely isnāt coming here and neither is a top European striker.
Okā¦letās take each of these in turn:
Would he want to come here? In principle, yesā¦if we can offer European football. Would he prefer a move back to Chelseaā¦I donāt know, and none of us do. But we would be an attractive option for him.
Will Kroenke keep giving Arteta money? Yes absolutely. The Kroenkeās appear to have full faith in Arteta and Edu and the project.
We need a top striker which will be most of our budget. We spent crica Ā£150m in the summer. A top striker could be signed for Ā£60-Ā£75m (Iaskās release clause is apparently Ā£75m). We could easily spend big on a striker and on a CM with all the players that have gone in January. I personally think we are in for a very big summer.
There are other genuine top PL clubs interested. Agree, but we are building something special at Arsenal. He may well buy into the project and be keen to join White, Saka, ESR and Ramsdale on this journey. They are all of the same age groupā¦and dare I say our new English core?
Arteta isnāt an attractive manager for top players. Really? Do you not see the togetherness within the current squad of players? 100% disagree.
Weāre not playing in the CL. We will be back in Europe by the end of the season. Unlike others, I think we can still beat Utd and Spurs to the top 4 with the team and players we have.
He definitely isnāt coming here and neither is a top European striker. I think you are wrong on both accounts! Letās see who is right in the summer!
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Thatās a well reasoned and thought out response and I agree with a lot of what you say. I will say one thing though a lot of the people beating the same drum about Arteta and the club arenāt looking for a well thought out response, itās largely just cathartic rhetoric at this point and probably not worth getting too invested in or upset over.
Though like I say I do agree with pretty much all of that, could we be in contention for Rice if we wanted, absolutely. Probably the whole reason weāre keeping Jack locked in the basement -Iām pretty sure theyāre mates.
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Would love for us to go for him. You just never know.
Sheesh I just shut down on him being ādream midfielderā
Talk about hyperbole
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