http://chile.as.com/chile/2016/04/05/futbol/1459815426_179886.html
PSG want Sanchez.
If we start losing key players to PSG we are in real trouble.
There's no way Sanchez will uproot Humber and Atom.
We should do a swap deal with Verratti.....
Getting rid of our only competent forward doesn't seem a smart move.
Classic Wenger move though.
We don't buy superstars we make them. Then sell them.
Arsenal will listen to offers for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kieran Gibbs as British core comes under threat
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/04/12/arsenal-will-listen-to-offers-for-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-and-ki/
Good.
Only disappointing thing in this article is that we may be keeping Walcott. Ox and Gibbs should go as well of course and proper replacements brought in.
"The problem with Theo is he wants to play on the right and through the middle,” said Wenger. “You have to fix yourself somewhere. When he doesn’t go through the middle, he thinks maybe for me it’s better on the right. "It’s true that at some stage I fixed him more through the middle, because of the quality of his runs, the intelligence of his runs, and he has improved a lot his finishing. He can be a player through the middle and on the flanks today you have to work very hard defensively. I know that he’s striker."
"The problem with Theo is he wants to play on the right and through the middle,” said Wenger. “You have to fix yourself somewhere. When he doesn’t go through the middle, he thinks maybe for me it’s better on the right.
"It’s true that at some stage I fixed him more through the middle, because of the quality of his runs, the intelligence of his runs, and he has improved a lot his finishing. He can be a player through the middle and on the flanks today you have to work very hard defensively. I know that he’s striker."
Quotes like these are maddening. It's not that he's wrong, but if he believes that Walcott meeds a fixed position, then why does he keep switching him around? And why did Theo end up on the left flank half of the time where he can't even whip a decent cross in?
I'd keep all of them for what it's worth. No point in fine-tuning the squad when there are gaping holes in the starting eleven. It just leaves us with too much work because we move like snails in the transfer market. If we sell anyone we'll just end up like a couple of seasons ago when we had 5 defenders covering 4 positions.
I'd sell one of Walcott or Chambo. Realistically, if Wenger gets us a class wide forward then one of them will become redundant. I'd keep Gibbs for a few reasons; he is a good enough back up LB IMO, and selling him means yet another position which needs addressing in a summer where there is already too much to do.
Clearing Gibbs and Theo are addition by subtraction. Ox might be worth keeping for another season but if Saints come in with a big bid we must bite their hands off.
Of the 3 Ox should be the first one out the door. Offers absolutely nothing.
Agree with Rex on Gibbs, whats the point in selling when he's a capable back up? We have far too many other issues to sort out to be selling decent back ups.
Qwiss! wrote: Of the 3 Ox should be the first one out the door. Offers absolutely nothing. Agree with Rex on Gibbs, whats the point in selling when he's a capable back up? We have far too many other issues to sort out to be selling decent back ups.
You think he offers lesser than the Theo we have seen for the past 2 months?
It's presumed that Gibbs wants to leave for first team football.
Clrnc wrote:You think he offers lesser than the Theo we have seen for the past 2 months?
Definitely. Preferably I'd sell both and sign a top winger.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3536447/Arsenal-eye-British-talent-homegrown-core-set-ripped-apart-summer.html
This article suggests that only Wilshere and Welbeck are certain to stay this summer from the "british core". Imagine selling Ramsey, Walcott, Ox, Gibbs and Jenkinson. Id certainly keep Chambers around as well, personally. Rest can easily go.
Could easily see those 5 mentioned bringing in £100mill, and 4 of them don't play.
Selling Ramsey would be a big mistake.
