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Julian Draxler

lorddulaarsenal

What do you mean by borderline obsessed? Would you lie awake at night thinking about him?

Volante

Only for Denilson.

Captain

Some Draxler heads on Newsnow if anyone cares.

Grimson

It's happening

Klaus

If it is it won't be announced before 23:45 on january 31st.

est

He obviously wouldn't solve all our problems, but is it possible he could have a Reyes-like impact on our season? Just add that extra bit of freshness and flair to the squad.

Klaus

The release clause only becomes active in the summer according to Bild, by the way.

y va marquer

Not that John Cross knows any more than we do 🙂 but he claims we're going for him in January even though we're more likely to get him in the summer.

Captain

If we want him (and we do) then it's purely down to Schalke. Doesn't really matter what we do right now.

ludovicvanzis

we definitely should go for him right now. walcott's injury freed up a spot and i imagine draxler will take a while to adapt so the sooner the better.

marv3llous

Good call on Pires, est. Thought about this myself yesterday.

He is better and worth more in the long run than all others who are being mentioned - Giovinco, El Sharaawy, Griezmann etc. Draxler 6'2 - get the fuck in. Comfortable on the ball (unlike Podolski, or Theo) - check. Can hit it with both feet - check. He is tailor made for our football. Not like some weak midget from Italy. He will be a monster.

Jed

If Draxler joins it's curtains for one of Gnabry or Ox, and I for one don't think it's worth it. Just splash the money on a bloody striker.

Timbob

If we're signing Draxler for a shed load of money then it's because Wenger thinks he can be converted to centre forward imo. I know some people don't see him in that position, but that's the only way it makes sense I think.

Volante

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2539524/Arsene-Wenger-new-RVP-Arsenal-make-37m-Julian-Draxler-Schalke.html

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-transfer-news-julian-draxler-3022668#.UtW7g7Qq0Ys.twitter

Grimson

Jed wrote:
If Draxler joins it's curtains for one of Gnabry or Ox, and I for one don't think it's worth it. Just splash the money on a bloody striker.

So what ? Neither are better than Draxler , please tell me which striker we can get in January because I'm very interested.

Klaus

The only problem I have with the Draxler as a striker argument is that we're essentially splashing 40 million on a squad player. I just can't see how a 20 year old midfielder who has never played up front before would be a serious solution to our striker problem. He'll need time and work to adapt to a new position, and meanwhile the squad will continue to look alarmingly thin. When we brought in van Persie we had Henry and Bergkamp in the team and could afford to stick him in the reserves for a year. This time we have Giroud and Bendtner.

Captain

Reyes and the fact that the snake was a £3m steal, not a £40m investment.

Burnwinter

The way this rumour's being reported makes me wonder if we'll actually sign the player. Unless somehow it happens this January. Telegraphing it too far out, reminds me of Hazard or Gotze.

naz

Yeah I honestly don't see how we're going to spend 35-40 mil on a midfielder/striker project. We can spend that on a top class forward easily and solve a big problem that we have. We have a few good young midfield stars in the making anyway.

marv3llous

The striker thing is a complete fiction though, if it happens then its gonna take time. He would come as LW and probably not even be a starter over Cazorla this season. That would allow Wenger to use Podolski as ST backup aswell. All well and good.

Also, Ox AND Gnabry will both be fine. Ox is gonna spend next year or two rotating between spots at LW/CAM/RW (mainly) or even at CM if needed and Gnabry is 18 years old with no claims to regular game time at all for the next 2 years. Getting Draxler in would allow us to start phasing out Cazorla and Podolski once the time comes for them to go. Meanwhile Ox and Gnabry get ready to step in.

Great teams are full of high profile bench players. Draxler can easily come in now and spend his first 6 months adapting to the team and league while offering a quality option off the bench despite his £37m price.

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