Not sure where he will play at Chelsea. If it's right wingback then he not much better than Moses

Throw the £40m plus the balance needed at Southampton for van Dijk

Any sources for the 40M price? Sounds a bit high for us.

Ox isn't smart enough to become a great player. He always holds on to the ball and he drifts out of the game mentally. I've no worries about losing mediocre talents like him. He's not even as good as Theo.

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:

Not sure where he will play at Chelsea. If it's right wingback then he not much better than Moses

He's never going to get his game in midfield for them anyway. His bullshit PR stunt of saying it was all about where he played is going to be completely exposed there.

It's brilliant business which should have been completed long before 2 positions were weakened to try and convince him to stay.

I do think he will flourish under Conte though.

Don Pacifico wrote:

Klaus wrote:

(Thank you.)

No, but I think it's mostly a matter of time until he has a proper breakout season if he keeps it up. The longer he keeps going without a serious injury interruption the more he'll improve.

Yeah, I know what you mean but I've been telling myself that for the last few years and nothing has changed. 

Kinda reminds me of Theo. So many of us thought he'd eventually come good and he never did.

Yeah, there are some question marks over his character for sure.

I think Theo was always very limited though. Chambo has a lot more tools by comparison. It's easy to forget that he's still pretty young too. He only turned 24 last week. This is the age where players usually break through.

I'm just sad how it's all turned out. It seems like yesterday that RvP was mouthing surprise upon seeing Ox getting substituted after he'd been our best player against United.

Now watch him score and assist against us in a few weeks time at Stamford Bridge.

Nelson is thrice the player so it's all gravy

Till he winds his contract down and goes to Y***ted. At least we got some money for Chamberlain. Now if only we could sell the other 2 frauds from Soton.

Tbh it doesn't really matter if we sell Mustafi and Chamberlain. The squad is bloated, with far too many average players on high wages.

Klaus wrote:

Bryant wrote:

I have a feeling he's going to do better under Conte. He's the type of player that needs to be more controlled and disciplined to get the best out of him.  

Agreed. He's a power player who knows how to dribble. Conte has built top class footballers out of much less in the past.

He's the only player in our squad with pace and power (Welbeck too but lol). I think we will regret selling him but looking at his attitude yesterday we have no choice.

I rate him and think he has great potential. When he's on song he can make everything look effortless from his range of passing to dribbling. Hope Chelsea don't fulfill his potential. We will struggle against him when we play Chelsea though.

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Tbh it doesn't really matter if we sell Mustafi and Chamberlain. The squad is bloated, with far too many average players on high wages.

Who are our starting centre halfs now though? We can't go a season with Kos, Mert, Holding and Monreal as our options. We have to sign a Mustafi replacement.

dreamlord wrote:

I'm just sad how it's all turned out. It seems like yesterday that RvP was mouthing surprise upon seeing Ox getting substituted after he'd been our best player against United.

His arsenal career peaked that season tbh

Qwiss! wrote:

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Tbh it doesn't really matter if we sell Mustafi and Chamberlain. The squad is bloated, with far too many average players on high wages.

Who are our starting centre halfs now though? We can't go a season with Kos, Mert, Holding and Monreal as our options. We have to sign a Mustafi replacement.

Wenger is probably thinking, I can play elneny or Belik there for time being.

Talk that Alexis has handed a transfer request.

Rohit wrote:

Talk that Alexis has handed a transfer request.

The floodgates are well and truly opening