ALL Transfer talk - merged thread

[Nos89]

Why do people on here still think we need a winger?

We need to buy CB's not get an old one on loan. Cahill would've been good two years ago but not anymore. No one seems to have mentioned Harry Maguire but he'll certainly organise this defence, plus it aids our home grown talent ratio. The last CB we bought from Leicester didn't work out too bad for us.

Ever Banega would be an upgrade in quality in the midfield and there has been plenty of press on him joining for £18m cos of a buyout clause.

Jack Butland from Stoke would be better than Leno and they don't seem to be bouncing back up. They sold their best player shaquiri for £17m,so £8-10m would be fair price.

The only players getting sold in January will be those who have contracts running out in the summer just so we can get some cash for them. Hopefully, we've learnt our lesson on that one.

[northbank123]

People think we need a winger because Iwobi and Mkhitaryan start most games.

Leicester wanted 70m to sell Maguire in the summer and given how comfortable they are financially they’ll hardly be pressured into selling cheap if they don’t want to.

[DB10GOONER]

Harry fucking Maguire?

The single most over rated average CH in the history of football.

No fucking thanks. We need to add better defenders to our defence not ones that are equally average and suspect.

[OneBardGooner]

We need to look to cheaper and better options Uruguayan, Argentinian or Italian, there are exceptions yes, but 90% of the time they are Natural Defenders, tough as old skool and innate artisan's of the dark arts.

[augie]

Harry fucking Maguire?

The single most over rated average CH in the history of football.

No fucking thanks. We need to add better defenders to our defence not ones that are equally average and suspect.

An absolutely bizarre suggestion for sure - for starters as nortbank123 pointed out, those c.unts are looking for £75m and we would expect to buy 5 players for that type of money But secondly, and far more importantly, the guy is an over-rated pile of shit (as DB10 rightly pointed out)

I also agree with northbank123 line of thought when he says that we need a winger simply because iwobi and mikki are getting their places and they are both shit, but for me the absolute priorities have to be centre back and left full

[augie]

Someone should forward this news onto our wear wearing cuntbag owner

https://www.skysports.com/football/news ... a-Dortmund

If it costs almost £60m to buy a player that has largely been a sub at Dortmund this season, then he needs to dig deeper into his pockets if dick is to have a chance at actually improving our team

[rodders999]

Square head Maguire

And people think our defence is shite now.....just add him to it

Never change OG Forum......NEVER FUCKING CHANGE.

[northbank123]

Chelsea paying 60m for a 20 year old forward with 3 goals for Dortmund this year, only 18 months left on his deal and refusing to sign a new contract. They’re even loaning him back for the rest of the season.

Roughly 10m less than Emery was given to revamp our entire squad which had about 5-6 players potentially good enough to be in a top 4 squad never mind harbouring any aspirations of a title challenge.

Puts things into perspective.

Also a little fed up of the phrases being used about investment from Kroenke. We aren’t asking him to pump in his own money a la Abramovich, Sheikh Mansour etc. We just want to be able to spend a sustainable amount of our gigantic matchday and commercial revenues rather than stockpiling cash and trying to achieve moderate financial success on a relative shoestring transfer budget.

[SteveO 35]

I stand to be corrected on this, but I think that ramsey, wellshit, monreal, helmet head and one other first team squad member is out of contract in the summer - those wages alone off the wage bill will surely offset any increases brought about by player recruitments this month ? The ffp rules ( ) are a yearly thing, so if we get them back down by the financial years end, all will be sweet

I make you right other than the fact that I think all of the above indicates more activity in the Summer rather than now. To be honest, there's a big part of me that thinks that is the right strategy anyway. We can't afford any more panic buys and I would rather we crash and burn and write off this season and rebuild carefully and properly during the Summer. Being 5th, 6th, 7th etc doesn't bother me in the way it bothers the Be All and End All CL millennials - to me there is precious little difference between finishing 2nd and 17th. I always said I wouldn't set Dick any targets this year.

I see the simpletons are out there in the media and the odd one on here saying how we're only 1 point better off than the same time last year and looking at the Liverpool game and saying we've not moved on at all. What I would say to those helmets is that it is a miracle to be any better off than last year given that the new manager is slowly embedding a new style of play that is starting to expose whether some players fit the system and some don't. Ozil and Ramsey - two Wenger lovechildren - have been virtually discarded along the way, Torreira has come in and represents a wholesale difference and upgrade on the likes of Elneny or Jack who were playing there last season. Leno is better than Cech, and in a porous defence Sokratis has stood out as one of the better ones especially when Holding was fit. Lichsteiner has been shite - granted.

If you like your stats then how about the one that that says we've now covered more distance than all but one team in the PL

What Emery's achieving is little short of miraculous. Today Chelsea spent £60m on a player they've loaned back. We're 2 points behind and being linked with Gary Cahill - spot the difference

Those players you've listed mate I reckon frees up around £400k+ per week in wages - lets see what Unai does when they're gone and he's free to start a proper rebuild

[Perryashburtongroves]

I stand to be corrected on this, but I think that ramsey, wellshit, monreal, helmet head and one other first team squad member is out of contract in the summer - those wages alone off the wage bill will surely offset any increases brought about by player recruitments this month ? The ffp rules ( ) are a yearly thing, so if we get them back down by the financial years end, all will be sweet

I make you right other than the fact that I think all of the above indicates more activity in the Summer rather than now. To be honest, there's a big part of me that thinks that is the right strategy anyway. We can't afford any more panic buys and I would rather we crash and burn and write off this season and rebuild carefully and properly during the Summer. Being 5th, 6th, 7th etc doesn't bother me in the way it bothers the Be All and End All CL millennials - to me there is precious little difference between finishing 2nd and 17th. I always said I wouldn't set Dick any targets this year.

I see the simpletons are out there in the media and the odd one on here saying how we're only 1 point better off than the same time last year and looking at the Liverpool game and saying we've not moved on at all. What I would say to those helmets is that it is a miracle to be any better off than last year given that the new manager is slowly embedding a new style of play that is starting to expose whether some players fit the system and some don't. Ozil and Ramsey - two Wenger lovechildren - have been virtually discarded along the way, Torreira has come in and represents a wholesale difference and upgrade on the likes of Elneny or Jack who were playing there last season. Leno is better than Cech, and in a porous defence Sokratis has stood out as one of the better ones especially when Holding was fit. Lichsteiner has been shite - granted.

If you like your stats then how about the one that that says we've now covered more distance than all but one team in the PL

What Emery's achieving is little short of miraculous. Today Chelsea spent £60m on a player they've loaned back. We're 2 points behind and being linked with Gary Cahill - spot the difference

Those players you've listed mate I reckon frees up around £400k+ per week in wages - lets see what Unai does when they're gone and he's free to start a proper rebuild

Well said SteveO, old boy. All this bollox about not moving on from a year ago is fuelled by the press who can't get much out of Emery because he is a calm, reserved manager. He's not a Maureen or Flopp who love all the attention seeking who drama, he's not a superiority complex Pep who thinks his role in life is to preach to the rest of the world and there's no media circus left now that Wanker has gone. Arsenal were great media value for the last 10 or more years if the last regime and now we have gone back to the prime GG days of nothing getting out other than what's happening on the pitch. The press don't like this and have to start nonsense rumours or make stupid comparisons to prove they know what's going on when they don't. Arsenal quietly going about a rebuilding job doesn't work for the press and tv who have to live in the here and now. A year ago we were only as high as we were in the table because of a half-motivator Sanchez. After he went, we ended up at our level. I couldn't care less about finishing 4th this year if it's down to short term fix buys or loans. My understanding is that we need to get players off the wage bill and that areas have been highlighted and players identified for the summer. I can't see there being any more years of transfer failures as that was only down to one fucking idiot at the club. Now he's fucked off, we're going to get things done but I do think that will only start in earnest come June and July.

[SydneyGooner]

Chelsea paying 60m for a 20 year old forward with 3 goals for Dortmund this year, only 18 months left on his deal and refusing to sign a new contract. They’re even loaning him back for the rest of the season.

Roughly 10m less than Emery was given to revamp our entire squad which had about 5-6 players potentially good enough to be in a top 4 squad never mind harbouring any aspirations of a title challenge.

Puts things into perspective.

Also a little fed up of the phrases being used about investment from Kroenke. We aren’t asking him to pump in his own money a la Abramovich, Sheikh Mansour etc. We just want to be able to spend a sustainable amount of our gigantic matchday and commercial revenues rather than stockpiling cash and trying to achieve moderate financial success on a relative shoestring transfer budget.

Well said. What was the point of moving to the Emirates?

[nut flush gooner]

Harry fucking Maguire?

The single most over rated average CH in the history of football.

No fucking thanks. We need to add better defenders to our defence not ones that are equally average and suspect.

An absolutely bizarre suggestion for sure - for starters as nortbank123 pointed out, those c.unts are looking for £75m and we would expect to buy 5 players for that type of money But secondly, and far more importantly, the guy is an over-rated pile of shit (as DB10 rightly pointed out)

I also agree with northbank123 line of thought when he says that we need a winger simply because iwobi and mikki are getting their places and they are both shit, but for me the absolute priorities have to be centre back and left full

I see Reiss Nelson as a wide player more than a front man. Emery probably has that in mind, so I cant really see the club getting someone in that mould even though he wont be back until the summer. We desperately need 2 decent defenders.

[SydneyGooner]

I stand to be corrected on this, but I think that ramsey, wellshit, monreal, helmet head and one other first team squad member is out of contract in the summer - those wages alone off the wage bill will surely offset any increases brought about by player recruitments this month ? The ffp rules ( ) are a yearly thing, so if we get them back down by the financial years end, all will be sweet

I make you right other than the fact that I think all of the above indicates more activity in the Summer rather than now. To be honest, there's a big part of me that thinks that is the right strategy anyway. We can't afford any more panic buys and I would rather we crash and burn and write off this season and rebuild carefully and properly during the Summer. Being 5th, 6th, 7th etc doesn't bother me in the way it bothers the Be All and End All CL millennials - to me there is precious little difference between finishing 2nd and 17th. I always said I wouldn't set Dick any targets this year.

I see the simpletons are out there in the media and the odd one on here saying how we're only 1 point better off than the same time last year and looking at the Liverpool game and saying we've not moved on at all. What I would say to those helmets is that it is a miracle to be any better off than last year given that the new manager is slowly embedding a new style of play that is starting to expose whether some players fit the system and some don't. Ozil and Ramsey - two Wenger lovechildren - have been virtually discarded along the way, Torreira has come in and represents a wholesale difference and upgrade on the likes of Elneny or Jack who were playing there last season. Leno is better than Cech, and in a porous defence Sokratis has stood out as one of the better ones especially when Holding was fit. Lichsteiner has been shite - granted.

If you like your stats then how about the one that that says we've now covered more distance than all but one team in the PL

What Emery's achieving is little short of miraculous. Today Chelsea spent £60m on a player they've loaned back. We're 2 points behind and being linked with Gary Cahill - spot the difference

Those players you've listed mate I reckon frees up around £400k+ per week in wages - lets see what Unai does when they're gone and he's free to start a proper rebuild

I concur. For these reasons it's imperative we get rid of Ozil and his albatross of a contract in the summer which would free up almost £1m per week in wages. If we don't get into the Champions League next season there's a part of me that hopes we miss out on European football altogether so Unai can focus solely on the league.

[A11M11]

can't see there being any more years of transfer failures as that was only down to one fucking idiot at the club.


Probably two but they are both gone now .Whoever gave Ozil that contract should have been fired immediately as all it has done has held the club to ransom on future deals which is why we are pleading poverty at the moment.

[SydneyGooner]

Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas could be on the verge of a move to Arsenal. The Gunners have offered £14m ($18m) for Navas, in the hope that he can serve as a long-term replacement for veteran 'keeper Petr Cech.

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