Kepa is such a great name for a keeper
Goalkepa
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I donât understand all the negativityâŠmost Arsenal fans wanted change and we have got it. New manager, new team at the club in Sven and RaulâŠ
Sven has had two windows to make changes. Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang and Mavropanos in January and new contract for Ozil started to rectify the bad situation we found ourselves in with Alexis.
This summer we have done our key business early for a change (look at the mess Utd are in atm) - Iâm really pleased with Torreira (we have needed a DM for so long) and Guendouzi has looked really good in pre-season. Sokratis and Lichtsteiner add some much needed experience to our defence. LenoâŠIâm still to be convinced by, but is likely an upgrade on Ospina.
There are still two days to goâŠDembĂ©lĂ© would be amazing, but would settle for a new contract for Rambo and selling a few more of our fringe players and getting rid of some deadwood to build some funds for the January window or next summer).
We were never going to be able to completely turn things around in one or two transfer windows but we have a good team which we can now continue to add quality too. Attack wise, we are up there with the best. The business so far this summer rebalances the team a little, but we are still a top quality CB and a GK short of being able to challenge for the league.
This season we need to secure CL football. Then secure quality additions, then look to challengeâŠyou canât eat an elephant in one go!
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You always want to invest smartly. But when the gap with other clubs is so large, smart only goes so far.
Transfermarktâs data is not the final word on these things but itâs a useful broad measure of the state of the roster. The basic fact is that our roster is estimated to be worth 520M while our five major competitors all have rosters in the 750-950M range. When thatâs the case, smart signings on a small budget arenât going to make a dent in the near term. Give it 3-4 years of a smartly managed club and some good luck, then maybe weâre able to compete for major honors.
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Fuck yasss, donât worry lads let them all do what they wantâŠWERE GETTING DEMBELEEEEEEE!!
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I agree with this. The reality is weâre still suffering from poor investment choice made by Wenger
I feel its compounded by the new people turning Arsenal into second chance city and not generating funds through ruthless outgoings
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I agree with your analysis although I think the new team is in a bind because Iâm sure there is lots of pressure from ownership to get back into the CL this year. So the smart long term play is probably to avoid players like Sokratis and instead spend on higher ceiling younger players. But in the short term there is pressure to get back into the CL and to do that you need experienced players who can help you grind out results. I think the current summerâs transfer strategy reflects an attempt to balance these two competing prerogatives (build for longer term, increase competitiveness in the short term) but its hard to do both. There are not that many players like Torreira that are (a) young (b) good enough to help you right now and © not ridiculously expensive or on the radars of bigger spending clubs.
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Arsenalâs new team of player negotiations seems as inept as the previous (read: Wenger) at offloading players not needed.
Looks like Arsenalâs business is done for the window.
And weâre rectifying that with more poor investment? (Leno, Sokratis, potentially Vida)
Early business does not mean good business. Yes change was needed and yes of course iâm going to be hopeful that weâll pull off a miracle. But letâs face it, If Chelsea pull off the signings theyâre being linked with theyâll be way out in front of us along with with Man City and Liverpool.
Half of our signings have been mediocre at best. Leno is not even better than Stokeâs goalkeeper, let alone anywhere to close to our top 4 rivals.
Champions League football is going to be a massive ask. Weâll probably going to be relying on the likes of Man United collapsing under JosĂš in order to get a CL place, because our defence is barely top 10 worthy, let alone worthy of top 4!
The new team has already fed Coquelin, Giroud, Perez and Walcott to the pigs and found a positive solution for the Alexis mess. Iâm still happy with that.
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To be honest some of these remaining guys are absolute dross, the guys have done a good job so far.
Can easily see why some are hesitant to take these mugs off our hands.
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Yeah, if anything losing dead weight is ThreeFidsADayâs strong point. Likely lacks vision or much of any interesting idea as a sporting director but in terms of working efficiently, pushing necessary deals through, and using his contacts in the game heâs an upgrade on the previous.
I mean, Joel Campbell obviously shouldâve been sold in 15-16 when he had some valueâor before 13-14 when he was coming off of a nice loan spell at Betis and still had the general reputation of a somewhat promising young player. But then Wenger.
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Why are people moaning? Did you really expect to splash the cash once Wenger left? Unfortunately, we still have a greedy board and a greedy owner. At least we have a competent tactical manager now. One step at time to rebuild.
71 mil for a keeper are a farce, tbh.
@Phoebica, barely top 10 worthy? So are we getting relegated just for our defence? Should have we kept Wenga? I rest my case with some of you.
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Just realised Justin Kluivert is playing for Roma, and was sold for a pretty low 17.5m euros. Wasnât he made out to be a big talent? Why such a low fee?
Not cool :bellerin:.
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Our youth are nowhere near talented enough for that to happen.
One year contract. Raiola. Forced move.
I think he isnât such a big talent btw. Roma might just be his ceiling. If he succeeds in the first place.