Metro seems to think we've been given greenlight by PSG to sign Adrien Rabiot in January. I hope it's true. I really like that guy.

Bryant wrote:

Speaking of starlets, I've seen that we've been linked to Breel Embolo. Anyone know much about him?

Massively talented and Basel know it, Wolfsburg offered more than 20m already and they didn't even think about it. I'd rather splash 50m on this kid than Martial for example.

Klaus wrote:

Metro seems to think we've been given greenlight by PSG to sign Adrien Rabiot in January. I hope it's true. I really like that guy.

That'd be great.

one of the conditions is rabiot's mom has to be made a board member

what? I dont get it...

rabiot's mum has a track record of being quite vocal in the press about her sons career trajectory, i believe. i've wanted us to sign him for a while, could be groomed to take cazorla's place, or play in tandem with ramsey. seems a bit injury prone though.

I'd probably know this if I watched PSG more, but does this cat even play? Only seen him occasionally as a sub.

He doesn't get into the side which is why he wants to move. He's 20 and has around 80 first team appearances for a club that arguably has one of the top 3 midfields in the world, though. I think he'd start for us within a season.

Looks to have all the tools to succeed

Loads of top talents out there at the mo

Maybe not a young'un no more but we were linked to Jese Rodriguez yesterday

Jese should get his own thread/go into houseboat, not a starlet imo. I'd snap your hand off if he gets back to the level he was at before his injury, a front three of Alexis Theo and Jese would be the fastest in world football. His agent is making noises that he's unhappy with his lack of playing time, hope we're on the case for once.

Jese before his injury looked really promising.

Wasnt it recently revealed that Wenger has decided not to sign players who have family members as their representatives?

Sounds like bull to me. It didn't stop us from signing Özil. Agents are a nuisance regardless of whether they're related to the players they represent or not. Handling them is part and parcel of running a football club.

So we're not signing players represented by; Jorge Mendes, Jonathan Barnet, Darren Dein or family members.

Hmmm...prob just get Henry back again in Jan and call it a day.

Agents often have really good relations with clubs. A good agent can't bring 3 top youngsters to your academy every season. If as a club you have a lot to offer then agents will help rather than hinder the move.

Some clubs have a name for being a nightmare to negotiate with and if you have 5 offers your not going to wrestle with the nightmare club.

But let's be honest if Sanchez had the choice of us and Bayern his agent would be pushing for Bayern because its the best move for the player. While a club like Liverpool and spurs are seen as an ideal development stepping stone between lower clubs and top clubs. They have no chance at all of getting Sanchez.

a month later

Metro, Express and other news media thinks that we are about to sign Barcelona B captain Alex Grimaldo who plays as a left back.

2 months later

L'Equipe apparently linked us with Kylian Mbappé, 17 year old winger at AS Monaco. Youth product from Clairefontaine so there should be some talent to work with. Got an assist when they played Spurs in the EL

Better dribbling than anything I've seen from Ox in the last two years