M'Baye Niang

asajoseph

Apparently we're taking M'Baye Niang on trial - a bit odd, as he's already played a lot in Ligue 1, so I'm surprised Caen would be willing to let him go anywhere on a trial basis. They did get relegated though, so they'll probably cash in.

I've never seen him, that I can remember, but from what I've heard from those that have, he's an absolutely massive talent.

asajoseph

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7883840/Niang-set-for-Gunners-trial

asajoseph

Looking at the numbers, his finishing ability looks pretty shocking though - only 2 goals from about 30 shots last year!

Rex

And that is still way better than Rosicky...

Ricky1985

Never seen him play, but I've heard him mentioned a lot as a serious talent. Little video of him scoring against Marseilles as a 16 year old:

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And a pretty in-depth scout report wrote by Jamie Sanderson from last year:

http://freshfootball.co.uk/#/blog/4560568303/MBaye-Niang---Scout-Report/2872464

Would he be allowed to play any of the pre-season games whilst on trial?

asajoseph

We've had triallists playing pre-season before. Eboue, Né, Toure, and that hopeless French defender I can't remember the name of...

asajoseph

Philipe Christanval! Remember now...

Rohit

Philippe Christanval?

I know nothing about him other than what has been written in our links with him but why would we just take him on trial if he is that big a talent?

asajoseph

I have no idea if it's related, but there's some mention on his wiki that his contract with Caen may have been void. That was 10 months ago, so would have thought it'd be sorted by now.

Gunner89

Arsenal trialists include-

Yaya Toure
Kolo Toure
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Ajax forward now)
Stefan Savic
Guilherme (Young Brazil keeper)
Ryo Miyaichi
Steven Naismith
Saad Ul-Mukhaini
Brek Shea

kamikaze

asajoseph wrote:
Philipe Christanval! Remember now...

haha that's a blast from the past.

Clrnc

That guy was quite unlucky with his injuries throughout his career

Timbob

We've reportedly agreed a fee for this bloke. City might muscle in though, cos they obviously need another centre forward. Although, tbf, we've got shit loads of forwards too.

asajoseph

Apparently our first offer was 'not derisory, but short of what was expected'.

sabret00the

He's average as fuck. Signing him would actually make our squad poorer.

asajoseph

How on earth do you know that ?

sabret00the

The answer is so lame that I'd embarrass myself to post it. Name me a single player that the rest of the top four are signing that they had to take on trial first?

Timbob

City want Niang on trial too, with a view to signing him. Do I win a prize?

est

It's lame indeed.

Kolo and Yaya haven't done too badly in their careers and they were on trial with us. I suspect Ryo will have a good career as well.

A trial is a good way for our coaching team to learn more about the player. What's he like in training, strong and weak sides of his game, attitude, etc. They won't have to rely on some third party opinion in deciding whether or not it's worth signing the guy.

Ivansen

Alex Song first came here on a trial. And loads of other top players have gone for trials. It's just another way of scouting potential recruits.