Good news if true. Now do Saka and Saliba.
Is Saka anywhere on the priority list here.
Another increase?
They probably forgot about him. If we both send edu@arsenal.com a mail about it he might remember it.
You mean you havent yet.
Deseeved.The kid is a Brazilian international and arguably our biggest sellable asset.
Maybe Edu has received enquiries about him.
Iād be interested to hear the argument that says heās a bigger asset than Saka. Maybe if Martinelli starts scoring goals and making assists regularly, but not sure about that until then.
Saka is by far our biggest asset at the club.
He did say āsellable assetā so im assuming that is implying Saka is not sellable or at least significantly less likely to be sold.
I also think Saka is our biggest assets. 80m market value? Or maybe I have British bias. After being lauded by El phenom, Ronaldinho, Klopp and others what is the market value of Martinelli? 60? An impressive world Cup showing boosts that further.
I donāt care who is more valuable. Both play for us.
I did say arguably as well and only 1 name came back as a rebuttal so it wasnāt a wild statement.
Does this make him a starter next season again then?
If so if we are looking at Raphinha that would suggest what for Saka?
He has to be very close or he wouldnāt have signed that new deal. I would argue Saka is our Foden at City - heās going to play most games in whichever position the manager decides suits the game. Martinelli would probably be equivalent to Sterling in that he will start certain games but not others. I suppose that would have made Raphinha Mahrez.
I would say ESR is Grealish, but he scores more.
Iād say all it mean is we lack quality depth on RW tbh.
I donāt think the Raphinha was a power play from the club in respect of contract talks.
Iām fine with Gabi as the starter if an elite player isnāt going to be signed
For me his numbers arenāt good enough for starting.
Iām not even sure what his position is tbh. Important squad member but not a starter.
I get that but if you accept that this is a long term project based on the development of U25 players then you have to invest time in the development of players like Martinelli whilst their production is still a work in progress.
I think Arteta likes him on LW but then again he was willing to sign Raphinha who would have cut his high level mins and starts so who knows
Considering last year was Martinelliā first year as an almost starter. His numbers are fine.
I genuinely felt he was our most dangerous players last year. Iād be very confident of Martinelli scoring 10 and assisting at least 5 assists in the league as a starter.
The problem I have though is we need another option on the left. I prefer ESR on the right or central, so would like a creative option to rotate with Martinelli. Like a Hazard style player but obviously not that fat prick.
Love this.